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BiographyAutshumao (Herry the Strandloper)
… strandloper (beach walker), he was chief and interpreter of the Gorinhaikonas. In 1630 he was taken to Bantam by the … who were engaged in a trading…
BiographyGeorge Msimang
… beginning in 1969. In 1971 and 1972, through the support of the NSA and the Italian Consulate in Durban, he attended … 1985 to 1986. Msimang makes his…
BiographyThe Taung Child
… which the spinal cord passes – was towards the front of the skull, indicating that this creature stood on two … the specimen as Australopithecus africanus …
BiographyLucky Shabalala
… Workshop in the 1980s in Durban. He has obtained a number of commissions from offices in the centre of Durban to carve heads. He carved sculptures for the…
Interview with Albert Luthuli by Studs Terkel, 6 May 1963, Chicago
… Perspective on Ideas and the Arts TERKEL: Here in a suburb of Durban, South Africa, we are sitting with Albert John … I became the President-General of the…
Memorandum by Ben Turok before the ANC`s Morogoro Conference and a "Reply" by Joe Matthews, 5 April 1969, Morogoro
… be content with the present situation; all must be aware of a deepgoing malaise such as we have never known before. . . . Theoretical. . . . one must point…
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…
Nelson Mandela’s leadership: The early years (Part 1) by Raymond Suttner, 4 June 2018
… what considerations he had in mind. Despite the plethora of articles and books on Nelson Mandela, little is written on … little writing attempts to unpack…
ArchiveRemembering to think critically: Rick Turner 40 years on by Anthony Egan, 8 January 2018
… Forty years ago, in the early hours of January 8th 1978, a 36-year old political philosopher was … colleagues and friends as Rick) was coming to the end of a…
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… A couple of days back I had a dream where I visited the renovated premises of my once favourite shop as a kid in Salt River just around … H O Ally was highly…
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…
Fenuel Mogatusi
… was undisclosed but he was reportedly arrested on charges of theft after the Soweto unrest. He was held at the … as an awaiting-trial prisoner, the South…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyEsme Bodenstein
… association which attracted many former Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) members. The Society organised … although she never joined the CPSA. She was a…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbatha
… was inspired to make non-functional objects by a piece of wood which he discovered in the veld that reminded him of a bending female figure. Mbatha worked…