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EventRiky Rick, one of the most esteemed South African hip hop artists is born
… Durban, KwaZulu Natal on 20 July 1987.[i] He is a South African musician, music producer and actor. Ricky Rick is … his own unique sound by harmonizing a…
BiographyAdam Glasser
… then later moved to Johannesburg, South Africa with his family where he spent his childhood and teen years. Being the son of South African composer and music…
ArchiveLetter from D. Nokwe to the Organisation of African Unity
… Letter from D. Nokwe of the African National Congress to the Organisation of African Unity regarding recognition and support of the Pan … Letter from D…
ArchiveUnited Democratic Front/African National Congress/COSATU press statement
… Press statement issued by the United Democratic Front, African National Congress and Congress of South African Trade Unions regarding the township's violence…
African National Congress President, Comrade Jacob Zuma, delivers the Peter Mokaba Memorial Lecture, Mankweng Village, Polokwane, Limpopo, 6 June 2010
… Programme Director, The Family of Comrade Peter Mokaba, ANC Youth League President, … who dedicated his entire life to the liberation of the African people…
BiographySewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum
… “Papwa” Sewsunker Sewgolum was born in 1930, into a family of poor sugarcane labourers in Natal. He started … a year of this victory, Sewgolum was banned by…
BiographyMmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi
… wall and floor painter. Sebidi was from a humble family, and with limited means of obtaining formal education, … routinely included in standard reference…
BiographyCarl Niehaus
… the apartheid system. He joined and became a deacon in the African Dutch Reformed Church in Alexandra and in July 1980 Niehaus joined the African National…
BiographyElmon Malele
… regime to Moroka Emergency Camp. Malele joined the African National Congress (ANC) during the 1952 Defiance … its interests. His “crime” was that he was…
ArchiveConstitution of the National Union of South African Students
… Appendix A: Constitution of the National Union of South African Students of the Minutes of the 53rd Congress of the National Union of South African Students,…
EventRudolph Lewis, South African road racing cyclist is born
… (20 April 2017). ↵ [ii] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 233. ↵ [iii] David van Lill, Van Lill’s…
EventSAA takes over the South-West African Airways (SWAA)
… A year after its establshment, South African Airways (SAA), took over South-West African Airways (SWAA), which had since 1932 been providing a … Town: NASOU,…
BiographyKrotoa (Eva)
… . In 1662 Krotoa became the first indigenous Southern African to be baptised a Christian, and the Dutch settlers … Krotoa, who gave birth to her third child…
BiographyWilliam Ngwendu
… 1937; active in 1943 anti-pass campaign and 1949 Western Areas train boycott. … active in the 1943 anti-pass campaign and the 1949 Western Areas train…
BiographyNdazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)
… his wife, Alvina Nakasa. As a child from a working-class family in an impoverished rural area, Nakasa was forced by … no difficulty in obtaining a passport…
BiographyClarence Mlami Makwetu
… were peasant farmers who were related to the Matanzima family.After passing Standard Four at the local school he … found work in Cape Town where he joined…
BiographyIshwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba
… Chiba abandoned secondary school to help provide for his family. The 1956 Treason Trial sparked his interest in … Indian Congress (TIC). In 1959, he joined…
BiographyBoy Mvemve
… de guerre John Dube (or simply JD), while serving as the African National Congress (ANC) deputy chief representative … was part of the leadership that openly…
EventThe South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee is founded
… On the 13 January 1963, the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee (SAN-ROC) was founded by … Olympic representative body in place of the 'white' South…
EventNizaam Carr, the South African rugby player is born
… Cape Town on 4 April 1991.[i] He is a professional South African rugby player, and usually is positioned as a flanker … Province team in 2011. Nizaam formed…
EventOubangi-Shari achieves independence as the Central African Republic
… Oubangi-Shariachieved independence as the Central African Republic (CAR) with David Dacko, the cousin of the … the National Assembly. On 23 March 2013, about…
BiographyDorothy Adams
… wine making industry, tannery and fruit production. The family of Dorothy was directly associated with the introduction of the African Methodist Episcopal…
EventAfrican delegates urge U Thant to enter Nelson Mandela fray
… African delegations at the United Nations headquarters in New … read to him during a court appearance. In a statement, the African delegates condemned the…
EventCharles Barends, the renowned South African jockey is born
… (6 April 2017). ↵ [ii] David van Lill, Van Lill’s South African Sports Trivia (Cape Town: Zebra Press, 2005), p. 224. ↵ [iii] David van Lill, Van Lill’s…
EventSouth African author and feminist Olive Schreiner is born
… South African author Olive Emilie Albertina Schreiner is born to … it after her. Some of her works include: The Story of an African Farm, upon which her fame…
EventThe Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) is founded
… inter-racial women's organisation, the Federation of South African Women (FSAW or FEDSAW) was launched on 17 April 1954 … it was primarily composed of…
BiographyMatthew Goniwe
… (a founder member and former secretary general of the African National Congress (ANC)) and his eldest brother, … spread throughout Cradock and then to the…
BiographyCassim Mohammed Bassa
… wife Fathima. Bassa's father came to South Africa with his family in 1927. Bassa was schooled in Durban and in 1944 … was a member of the executive…
The Group Areas Act and Community Destruction in South Africa - The Struggle for Cato Manor in Durban
… Urban Forum … (Hart 1988). In Durban, the implementation of the Group Areas Act (GAA) of 1950 in Cato Manor similarly reflected, at … a racial basis. In…
A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community - Chapter 1
… From the book: A.I. Kajee His Work for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin An early photograph … during which his pay rose to 15 shillings…