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BiographyRichard Rive
… or “mixed race”, area under apartheid. With the aid of a scholarship, Rive attended high school in Cape Town and studied at the University of Cape Town (UCT)…
BiographyGordon Mbatha
… approach to decoration, but each retained individuality of form. Mbatha often chose the bowl form to decorate with … acquired off that exhibition for the…
BiographyBheki Zacharia Mvulane
… died in detention on 29 March, 1985. A fellow-detainee of Mvulane said: "I saw a white policeman in Katlehong Police … amiss only when he failed to appear in…
BiographyDr. Pholile Mpofu
… Dr. Mpofu noticed that the field of dermatology tended to be neglected by black doctors, and … woman to qualify as a dermatologist through the College of…
BiographyVictor Shange
… 1958. Victor showed keen interest in art at the tender age of 6 and his talent developed as he grew until he could … became a full time artist. His work…
BiographyRobert Cedric Wilcox
… Robert Cedric Wilcox - a member of the NEUM/Unity Movement (Non-European Unity Movement), APDUSA (the African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa),…
BiographyJustice Zac Yacoob
… on 3 March 1948. He became blind at 16 months because of meningitis. Yacoob attended Durban's Arthur Blaxall School … LLB at the University College, Durban …
Diana (Di) Bishop
… accompanied Pass Laws . In 1981 she was elected a member of the Provincial Council for the Progressive Federal Party . … was arrested for the first time. In…
BiographyAndries Johannes Botha
… the UN(P) obtaining a BA (FA). He has served on a number of important committees and in 1983 was instrumental in … disadvantaged communities. He has…
BiographyBhekisani Manyoni
… in Greytown, Natal. After Manyoni completed three years of study at Rorke\'s Drift in 1963 he was employed at … training centre in Mbabane, Swaziland. He was…
BiographyErnest “Ernie” Theodore Els
… Johannesburg, South Africa. He was the second born child of Neels and Hettie Els. At school Els was very sporty but … he won the Junior World Championship in…
BiographyDora Tamana
… Ntloko) was born in 1901 in Hlobo, Transkei , the eldest of seven children. Her childhood centred mainly on the many tasks demanded of a young girl growing…
BiographyJoel Sibisi
… in colour, with figurative decoration. Animated figures of men, animals and mythical creatures leap off the surface of his pots. He exhibited at the Durban…
BiographyJohn S. P. Motloheloa
… Town in 1938. In the mid-1950s he was acting secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape. … return to Basutoland. He was later…
BiographyGeorg Schmidt
… was born in Kunewalde on 30 September 1709 as the son of a peasant family. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 16. In 1726, Schmidt set off on…
ArticleThe Seriti Commission
… former president Jacob Zuma to establish a commission of inquiry into the procurement packages and allegations of criminal misconduct resulting from them,…
BiographyDaniel Sefudi Rakgoathe
… at Botshabelo Training Institute. In I960, with the help of the Reverend Henneck Seloane, Rakgoathe was able to attend … an MA degree in African Studies at…
BiographyMalesella Benjamin Moloise
… Central Prison for his supposed role in the 1982 murder of a black security policeman. However, the African National … the townships which escalated violence…
Alex Moumbaris
… in 1973. His wife was detained during the same period of his detention, but was later released without charge. … the Terrorism Act in January 1973. He was…
BiographyWiseman Mbambo
… He was born at Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. He is a sculptor of figures and he works in wood. He attended school at the … He is represented in the Durban Art…
BiographyTelang Mohai
… killed at scene 2 after he was shot twice in the back. One of the bullets travelled downwards, which means he was either … still haven’t recovered from the…
PlaceKlein Karoo
… Karoo tends to concentrate against the Southern slopes of the Swartberg Mountains, ensuring that many of the Towns and Villages are concentrated along the…
Adapted from De Rietfonteyn: Founding of Grahamstown By Elron Kleinhans
… around what is today Grahamstown was home to all types of indigenous people for thousand’s of years. Rock art in caves and cliff overhangs can be found ……
ArchiveRemembering the Blue Notes: South Africa’s first generation of free jazz by Gwen Ansell, 11 September 2017
… “We were all kind of rebels,” drummer Louis Tebogo Moholo-Moholo recalls, “so, like birds of a feather, [we] flocked together.” He’s talking about the … at…
ArchiveThe South African Art Collective That Imagined the End of Apartheid by Keenan Teddy Smith, 27 August 2019
… that same year under the Terrorism Act, the infamous piece of legislation used to imprison Nelson Mandela and silence … 42 days, and her story, like Serote’s…
BiographyOhm Collins Chabane
… He attended Shingwedzi High School, and at the age of 17 he joined the ANC underground. Chabane was also a member of the Azanian Student Organisation (Azaso…
BiographyThinus Mathee
… whilst serving in the defence force. After two years of national service he enrolled for a degree in architecture at the University of Port Elizabeth. A week…
National General Council 2005: Consolidated Report on Sectoral Strategies, 3 July 2005
… issues: Public participation unit to educate on the role of public in the elections process in relation to service … with the state. Strengthen all formal…
Sipho Philip Mutsi
… Richard Spoor, announced a state autopsy showed the cause of death to be a brain haemorrhage, the result of a blow to his head. The inquest commenced on 2…
Molatodi Thomas Lehupela
… at grade six due to financial constraints. At the age of seven, Lehupela had already acquitted himself with making … group in Thaba' Nchu as having…