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BiographyNancy Graham Dick
… Dick’s generosity was demonstrated after her father’s death; when she donated her inheritance to support families …
BiographyNosipho Dastile
… of 71 after battling a long illness. At the time of her death, she had retired from political activities and was …
Statement of Comrade Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela, the President of the ANC, on the Occasion of His Installation As the Chancellor of the University of the North 25 April 1992
… Mandela, the President of the ANC, on the Occasion of His Installation As the Chancellor of the University of the …
Statement of the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, After His Election by the National Assembly as President of the Republic, Cape Town 23 April 2004
… of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, After His Election by the National Assembly as President of the …
BiographyRuth First
… work of security agencies within South Africa. Until her death, she remained a ‘listed’ communist and could not be … Africa. Her close friend, Ronald Segal,…
Acceptance speech by President Jacob Zuma on the occasion of being awarded an Honorary Doctorate in Humane Letters in recognition of his contribution to education at Texas Southern University Houston, Texas, 23 September 2011
… Government, where I served as, to establish a project of his or her choice. Through the Fund, I opted to focus my … South African child is denied an…
BiographyBrenda Nokuzola Fassie
… failure was a result of an asthma attack. But after her death, new evidence came to light, according to which …
BiographyNokutela (nee Mdima) Dube
… in the development of Zulu Choral music. Up until her death in 1917, she travelled many times with her husband to … 17 October 2012]| Consul General Earl…
To mark his 10th year in office, the South African Prime Minister, Mr. John Vorster, as interviewed on SABC-TV by Chris Rencken. Here are extracts from that interview
… To mark his 10th year in office, the South African Prime Minister, …
BiographySamson Ratshilumela Mudzunga
… Limpopo province. However, Apartheid-era documents noted his year of birth as 1938, a date still recognised as correct … age fifteen began to teach himself…
BiographyMatome Maponya
… village of Lephapane in the district of Tzaneen, where his parents eked out an existence on their small rural homestead. At school, where one of his…
BiographyRay Berman
… name in places such as Australia, Israel, South Africa and his home town, Mbabane in Swaziland. Ray studied graphic arts … which he pursued for a few years. …
BiographySedick Isaacs
… He was the second eldest in a family of four children. His father, a businessperson in the fishing industry, died when he was six years old. His mother then…
BiographyPeter Henry Abrahams
… a byproduct of the early contact between black and white.” His father, James Henry Abrahams Deras was from Ethiopia, a … grew up hearing stories about the…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… granted limited passports in 1987 and 1988 to take up his scholarships. From 1971 to 1995 Farouk Asvat received numerous death threats from both the Security…
BiographyAbdullah Ibrahim
… Johannes Brand, he converted to Islam in 1968 during his pursuit for a more peaceful and fulfilling spiritual life. Ibrahim is known for his influence in…
BiographyJohn Koenakeefe Mohl
… objects such as chairs and mealie stampers. During his youth, Mohl drew with 'pepa' on rocks and made clay objects. He attended primary school in Dinokana…
BiographyMtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana
… . The young Pukwana grew up studying the piano at his home and went on to play with the Broadway yanks and … later the Four Yanks. In a turn of events that…
BiographyRichard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane
… during the student uprising of 1976, and like many of his contemporaries he went into exile. In exile, he joined … June 16 Detachment of Umkhonto we Sizwe …
BiographyJames Kantor
… who got lucrative cases and big name clients. He had his own firm, James Kantor & Partners, in Johannesburg. He … were second-class citizens at best, he…
BiographyRichard Steele
… father and a South African mother, in Pretoria, in 1956. His father emigrated to South Africa at the end of the Second … in township soup kitchens at the…
BiographyAndries Ntsenyeho
… neck and in both thighs. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and five children. According to his sister, Lebohang Ntsenyeho, …
BiographyJohn Tengo Jabavu
… near the Methodist mission school at Healdtown district. His parents, though poor, were anxious to give him some … and sent him to the day school. He liked…
BiographyNgoako Abel Ramatlhodi
… Province). Ramatlhodi's father was a mineworker while his mother a housewife. He was nicknamed “Montsho” and had … two sisters and three brothers. Ramatlhodi…
BiographyDumile Feni
… Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in Worcester, Western Cape. His mother died when he was only five or six years old and he … Town until the age of eleven. He…
BiographyReverend Beyers Naudé
… Frederik Beyers, a Boer general who was close to his father, Jozua Naudé. Naudé was one of eight children and … committed to the preservation of Afrikaner…
BiographyArthur Albert Hugh Adams
… Adams was a child of Indian and Cape Coloured parents. His father had emigrated from India to South Africa in 1911. His mother, Emma Caroline, was a coloured…
BiographyJonty Driver
… (C.J) Driver was born in Cape Townin 1939 and grew up with his mother and younger brother in Kroonstad. His father spent time fighting in North Africa…
BiographyBasil Paul Petersen February
… in District Six in 1944.The son of clerk and a midwife. His family moved around several times, living in places like … settling back in District six. As a…
BiographyRajes Pillay
… the Natal Indian Congress (NIC), Kimberley Branch. Due to his political activities, her father was a listed person. The … matriculated in the early 1960s…