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Document 12 - Notes prepared by Nelson Mandela for his meeting with P. W. Botha
… few words to bring this Special Congress to a close. Vote of thanks First a word of thanks. For myself, and on behalf of the new Executive you … jobs - a so…
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…
Chapter 7. An Afrikaner Working Mother
… became a mounted policeman at Thaba Nchu, on the border of Basutoland. When I was three years old, the family went to … movements and some fighting in the…
BiographyGarth Erasmus
… at Hewat Training College in Cape Town. He received a set of oil paints as a 21st birthday gift ”” this prompted him to … Arts Associates in the Cape, a…
BiographyRosalie van der Gucht
… position as assistant in speech training at the University of Cape Town (UCT), which she accepted. She soon found … many performances. In 1946 she was…
BiographyDr. Phuthuma Seoka
… Progress, Johannesburg (Tributaries). Market Gallery (Out of Africa). 1986: WITS (two-person exhibition with Dr Jim … Western Cape. WITS (Standard Bank…
BiographyVernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng
… training before was deployed to South African Congress of Trade Union (SACTU) underground machinery in Botswana. … in a fierce pre dawn cross border attack…
BiographySelby Themba Ngendane
… At the Pan Africanist Congress's inaugural conference of April 1959, he was elected secretary for foreign affairs. … Island . He has since been restricted to…
BiographyAnneke Laurie
… birth, the family was forced to leave the country because of the civil war. Since then her family has moved to … in documentary photography since her third…
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,…
ArchiveANC 2019 Election Manifesto
… and grow South Africa. Over the past 25 years, the lives of the people of South Africa have changed for the better. Millions of … comprehensive social…
BiographyThabiso Johannes Thelejane
… 2. He was shot 3 times by the police – twice in the back of his head and in his buttock. He left behind his wife, two … responsibilities and listened to…
Maggie Smith
… and became the first woman news editor in Africa of the Sunday Times in Johannesburg in the 60s when the press … example. A highly political person and an…
BiographyThomas Selema Masekela
… and then returned to Randjesfontein and became principal of the Masekela school there. He remained there for five … he came into contact with Dr C.P. Anning,…
BiographyRobert Edward Jansen
… 1949. The Cape Doctor, as he was popularly known, was one of South Africa’s most celebrated alto saxophonist, composer, … the early 1970s, Jansen shot to…
BiographyRuben Xulu
… Hiabisa mission station and embarked on a life-long career of producing religious sculptures for missions in Natal. Unlike Gcwensa, who because of ill-health…
BiographyMoritz Isaac ("Manu") Herbstein
… in the Western Cape. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Sc in Engineering in 1958. From … in 1970. He wrote a historical novel called Ama…
BiographyLeoni Marinovich
… Leoni has co- produced one 24 minute documentary, Village of the Spirits, for SABC2 (2001), a 52 minute film on the … managed accounts totalling USD 1…
ArchiveBiography of Florence Mkhize by Rachel Manak
… Florence Mkhize was an active member and leader in some of the most prominent organizations that worked to end apartheid in South Africa, including the…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
… Muafangejo returned to Ovambo in 1976 and a collection of his prints, selected by Walter Battiss, was published. In … Awards: 1981: Republic Festival, Durban…
BiographyHerschelle Herman Gibbs
… became his first choice. His career began at the early age of 16 when he debuted for the national cricket team, the … 1999 and the other in 2003 in South…
BiographyJameson Gilbert Coka
… born in 1910 on a white farm near Vryheid, Natal, the son of a sharecropper. He won a bursary to Adams College, where … worked with Ballinger for some time…
ArchiveJonas Gwangwa embodied South Africa’s struggle for a national culture by Gwen Ansell
… on stage, Gwangwa’s playing contributed to every genre of South African jazz. Overseas, he was hailed as player, … for ten years, leading the Amandla…
ArchiveSpeech by President Nelson Mandela to the Angolan National Assembly Luanda, 29 April 1998
… President of the National Assembly; Your Excellency, President Jose dos Santos; Honourable Members of Parliament, Ladies and Gentlemen, I come to this…
PlaceCenturion, Gauteng
… area which continues to grow, owing to the relocation of businesses, which has resulted in the City limits … is significantly trouble-free for residents…
PlaceKyalami Grand Prix Circuit
… Grand Prix Circuit is situated in Midrand in the Province of Gauteng . It is ideally positioned between the 2 major Cities of Johannesburg and Pretoria . The…
PlaceMiddleburg, Mpumalanga
… is a modern Town situated in the Cultural Heartland of the Mpumalanga Province in South Africa. Middelburg serves … idea. In 1864, The Dutch Reformed Church…