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Why Did it happen? Religious and lay Explanations of the spanish flue epidemic of 1918 in South Africa
Industrial Conciliation Amendment Act No 94 commences, permitting certain Blacks, excluded under the 1953 Act, to join unions.
The Rev. Daniël Stephanus Botha, moderator of the DRC Cape Synod in 1919, is born in Goudini, CP.
Rachel Alexander (Ray) Simons, legendary communist and trade unionist born in Latvia in 1914, dies in Cape Town.
Dr Cedric Namedi Phatudi, chief minister of Lebowa (1973), is born in the district of Pietersburg (now Polokwane).
Alan Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country and founder member of the Liberal Party in 1953, dies.
Alan Paton, author of Cry, the Beloved Country and founder member of the Liberal Party in 1953, dies.
Ray Alexander Simons, Interviewed by Steven Robins and Immanuel Suttner, 20 July 1993 and January 1996, Cape Town
Restoration of SA citizenship, announced by parliament on 15 December 1993, becomes effective. More than seven million people i
Robert Hector Catterall (60), SA cricket player in twenty-four test matches (1922-1933), dies in Kempton Park.
BiographyThomas Titus Nkobi
Thomas Titus Nkobi was born in 1922, the son of a taxi driver, he grew up in Johannesburg. Member of the national executive committee of the African National…
BiographyWilton Zimasile Mkwayi
Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi was a trade unionist who served a life sentence for his involvement in Umkhonto We Sizwe. He was born into a peasant family near…
BiographySydney Derrick Sipho Mdanda
He was born in Durban. He attended Mzuvele High School and matriculated in 1979. He studied at Fort Hare University from 1980-1985 and obtained a BA(FA) Degree…
BiographyMary Fitzgerald
Fitzgerald was born in Ireland in 1882, and came to South Africa as a typist for the British Army. She worked in the Castle in Cape Town, and then moved to…
BiographyJonathan Ngwenya
Col Jonathan Ngwenya received his basic military training as APLA activist in Conakry, Guinea in 1977. He completed his Instructor Course at Kwame Nkrumah…
BiographyDr. Phuthuma Seoka
Dr Phuthuma (also documented as Phutuma and Phatuma) Seoka was born in 1922 in Modjadji near Duiwelskloof, Lebowa. Seoka left school in Standard VI and spent…
BiographySelby Themba Ngendane
Selby Themba Ngendane was born about 1929 in the Eastern Cape and attended Fort Hare, where he was active in the African National Congress Youth League during…
BiographyJoseph Albert Mokoena
Joseph Albert Mashite Mokoena was born in 25 November 1919 in Johannesburg, he was educated at St. Peter's Secondary School, where he matriculated in 1938,…
BiographyHein du Plessis
Born on the 13th February 1967, Hein matriculated at Sentraal High School, Bloemfontein. He studied for a National Diploma in Photography at the Vaal Triangle…
BiographyCecil Sols
Cecil Sols worked as a freelance photographer with a collective of social documentary photographers in the 1980s to early 1990s, helping to expose the…
BiographyJan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk was born in 1911 into a strict 'dopper' home. Hoogendyk was married to Jackie, an accountant. He enlisted with the South…
ArticleGrade 9 - Term 3: Turning points in South African History, 1960, 1976 and 1990
… out of the "Tribal Reserves" carved out by the 1913 Land Act. Between 1960 and 1985, approximately 3.5 … forced removal Sophiatown was established in 1904…
BiographyPeter Rudolf Gisela Horn
Peter Rudolf Gisela Horn was born 7 December 1934 in Teplice, Czechoslovakia (currently in Czech Republic). At the end of World War II he had to flee his home…
BiographyDaniel (Sampie) Malope
Born in 1915, Malope was a house painter. He joined the ANC Youth League in 1944 and was arrested in 1946 for assisting in the African mine workers' strike. He…
BiographyRichard Granville Baloyi
Richard Granville Baloyi was born on 1897 and lived in Alexandra north of Johannesburg in 1922. His first job was that of a taxi driver but in 1925 he became a…
BiographyGlenn Moss
Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a secretary. He went to Waterkloof Primary School…
BiographyBob Hepple
Professor Sir Bob Hepple was born on 11 August 1934 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex Hepple, was a trade unionist and Labour Party…
BiographyJohn Mtini
Born in 1887, John Mtini was the 'Grand Old Man' of the trial who took part in the 1929 anti-pass campaigns, the struggles of the unemployed of 1931-2, the…
BiographyPercy Peter Qoboza
Qoboza was born on 17 January 1938. He grew up in Sophiatown, which was a hybrid township of cinemas, shebeens, jazz dens, political meetings and “tsotsi”…
BiographyHammington Silulami Majija
A graduate of Healdtown, he taught in Rhodesia and the Transkei and later worked as business manager of Contact in Cape Town. A prominent figure in the Liberal…