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BiographyFrancis William Reitz
… He became an advocate and from 1874 was the President of the Orange Free State Appeal Court. He became President of the Orange Free State in 1889. He was a…
BiographyNelson Mukhuba
… with Marula and Jacaranda wood, producing sculptures of celebrities, sports personalities, and dancing figures. Some of his work has the reputation of being…
BiographyHendrik Andries Hanekom
… Andries Hanekom was born on 17 June 1893. He was the son of Hendrik Hanekom. Hanekom was educated at Beaufort West … was first employed as a municipal…
BiographyKiren Thathia
… in Durban. In 1983 he obtained a BA(FA) from University of Durban Westville (UDW); in 1988 an MA(FA) cum laude and in … in Education from UDW. He was a…
BiographyMangisi Pheneas Nene
… in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg in the 1950s and one of the accused in the Treason Trial . He was born in Natal … assisting volunteers from Alexandra…
Archive2020 - President Ramaphosa, State of the Nation Address, 13 February 2020
… Speaker of the National Assembly (NA), Ms Thandi Modise, Chairperson of the National Council of Provinces (NCOP), Mr Amos Masondo, … in several areas. We…
Oliver Tambo, Southern Africa, South Africa and the ANC replies to questions by Sechaba, 01 April 1968
… Question : Mr. Tambo, you have just completed a tour of some African countries; what was the aim of this tour and what are its results? TAMBO : Our…
BiographySteve Dyer
… in 1960. He taught himself to play the guitar at the age of eleven. He studied music at the University of Natal where he obtained a degree in classical music…
BiographyPeter Engblom
… He is a descendant of the original Scandinavian Missionaries who evangelised Zululand a century and a half ago. Of Lapp descent he was born on a sugar…
Hangula Shonyeka
… In 1967 the minister of justice announced that a detainee had died in detention in … the detainee's name.In 1970,in parliament the minister of police said…
BiographyTiyo Soga
… Tiyo Soga was born in 1829. He was the most famous pupil of the Lovedale missionaries. On a visit to Scotland in 1857, … to be ordained in an established…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Second Annual Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 12 October 2009, Port Elizabeth
… Programme Director, Chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Council Judge … Vice-Chancellor and CEO Prof Derrick Swartz; Hon Premier of the…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath In the early months of 1960 the PAC leadership…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Where Working people Lived
… by Luli Callinicos Topic This part describes the nature of housing and shows how it was related to the labour needs of the employers on the Rand. Housing in…
BiographyVictor V. T. Mbobo
… at a Pretoria high school, he participated in the founding of the Youth League and in 1947 was chosen as the league's delegate to a conference of the World…
BiographyThomas Kgope
… Kgope was injured when he fell from the second floor of Catherine's studio and subsequently stayed with Catherine … (An Alive). 1988: Natalie Knight Gallery,…
BiographyBobby Hendricks
… 7 February 1936. He started his music career as a member of the Kay Simmers Orkes (Afrikaans for orchestra or band). … from kidney failure. In 2000, the…
BiographySir Winston Spencer Churchill
… to the Morning Post during the South African War of 1889-1902, and was taken prisoner in Natal when the train … was travelling in was ambushed by forces…
BiographySuliman (Solly) Mahomed Nathie
… Evaton and played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. He had earlier been jailed for participation … Passive Resistance Campaign . He…
BiographyNehemiah Tile
… Leader of the first major secessionist church in South Africa, Tile … a falling out with his European superior, who was critical of his involvement in Tembu…
BiographyDilizantaba Mji
… and M.S. degrees, then studied medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he graduated in 1952. In 1950 he participated in the organisation of…
Peter Papela Nthite
… Born 1929, the son of a labourer, he grew up in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. From … during the 1952 Defiance Campaign , he became chairman of the Sophiatown…
BiographyTrineke Weijdema
… to support the freedom struggle in Angola . The whole of southern Africa became a zone of concern, and with the AC’s aim being reached in Angola in … African…
BiographyThobisile Zibambele
… and left behind his wife and 10 children, the majority of which are still at school. According to his wife, Nokuthula Zibambele, "I am attending the…
BiographyZola Budd
… 1984 she gained international recognition when, at the age of 17, she broke the women's 5000m world record. As this … Africa had been banned from competing…
BiographyJohannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape
… and was elected in 1987 as the first General Secretary of the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) in … to be a ‘security’ threat, the Security…
BiographyKippie Jeremiah Moeketsi
… and other personal problems resulted in a life long habit of drinking and money squandering. However, these problems did not stand in his way of being a…
BiographyCyprian Mpho Shilakoe
… Germany; Sweden; Denmark; Italy; USA 1972: University of California, USA (African Art). Goodman Gallery (SA … (Memorial Exhibition). Goodman Gallery (Third…
BiographyNdabenhle William Zulu
… the international exhibition celebrating the unification of East and West Germany. Then in 1995 he held his first solo … Rights to contribute a linocut image…
Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli
… her to Uitkyk Farm No. 92 in the Groblersdal district of the [Northern] Transvaal [now Limpopo Province], where she … Chief Paulus Howell Mopeli. Despite the…