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BiographyRosamund Everard-Steenkamp
Rosamund Everard-Steenkamp was born in Carolina, Mpumalanga, 1907. She was a daughter of Bertha Everard, had a brief career cut short by her death in a…
BiographyBen Skosana
Ben Skosana was born in Sharpeville on 7 May 1947. He qualified as a teacher from the Wilberforce Training College, and later pursued further studies at St…
BiographyHermanus Lethebe
Towards the end of 1929, the Minister of Justice, Oswald Pirow, announced a new bill, an amendment to the Riotous Assemblies Act, which would give him the…
Judson Diza Kuzwayo
Judson Diza Kuzwayo was born August 25,1941 at Adams Mission in rural Natal and completed his junior certificate at the Loram Secondary School.He joined the…
BiographyBen M. Skosana
Ben Skosana was born in Sharpeville on 7 May 1947. He qualified as a teacher from the Wilberforce Training College, and later pursued further studies at St…
BiographyRuben Xulu
Ruben Xulu, born deaf on 10 May 1952 and attended school in Mgangatho from 1955 to 1961. He began carving with Bernard Gcwensa at Hiabisa mission station and…
Henry Eric Isaacs
Henry Eric Isaacs was born March 21 in 1949,He grew up in Raisethorpe,a peri-urban area of Pietermaritzburg.His family was of diverse racial composition:one…
PlaceKokstad
… for its cheese until Oprah Winfrey placed the town on the map, amidst much fanfare, when her charitable foundation, … for its cheese until Oprah Winfrey…
PlaceZorgvliet Wine Estate, Stellenbosch
… Bange Hoek’ which is how it was indicated on a transport map of Zevenrivieren ,in the year 1704. Not only was it …
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BiographyMatsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]
Early Life and Teaching Career Matsie Angelina Motshekga (popularly known as Angie Motshekga) was born on 19 June 1955 in Soweto, Transvaal (now known as…
PlaceMarakele National Park, Waterberg Mountains
… of your vehicle, except at places indicated to you on the map, by the receptionist! No pets are allowed in the Park. A … get out of their vehicles, except at…
BiographyCaleb Mayekiso
Caleb Mayekiso was an African National Congress (ANC) supporter who was arrested on 16 January 1964 in Graaff-Reinet, Cape, and sentenced to three years`…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Early LifeJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma (Msholozi – his praise name) was born on 12 April 1942 at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He is the first…
PlaceTable View
… Race Track , which features on the National Racing Map! Du Noon is what South Africans call an "informal … Race Track , which features on the National…
ArticleThe Cape Coloured Corps and the First World War
… trench warfare. Officers were expected to be proficient in map-reading and topography. In July 1918 the First Battalion …
PlacePosthuys
… material on the Battle of Muizenberg. First recorded on a map in 1687, the actual origins and history of this building … structure currently standing is the…
BiographyNtsikelelo Magwanya
Ntsikelelo Magwanya, aged 41, a resident of Peelton Location, Zwelitsha District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] was accused of hampering the Acting…
Colonial history of Polokwane
… Council in Pretoria and a land surveyor was appointed to map out the new town, which was called Pietersburg. The site, …
BiographyJeanette Eleanor Kasrils
Eleanor Kasrils was born in Scotland in 1936. She came to Durban as an infant. In March 1960, Ronnie Kasrils, later, her husband, visited Durban, to visit his…
Hjalmar Reitz, eldest son of Pres. F.W. Reitz and MP for Brits and Jeppe, is born in Bloemfontein.
Nicolaas Christiaan (Klasie) Havenga (74), private secretary of Gen. J.B.M. Hertzog, MP for Fauresmith and Ladybrand, and twice
Political assassination: Nomsa Mapongwana (34), wife of chair of the UDF affiliated Western Cape Civic Organisation, Michael Ma
Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan, Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service and former ANC MP, is born in Durban.
Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan, Commissioner of the South African Revenue Service and former ANC MP, is born in Durban.
Algeria’s military-installed president, Liamine Zeroual, is proclaimed winner of the November 16 election, boycotted by most ma
Winnington Sabelo, IFP Central Committee member and KwaZulu MP, is gunned down at his shop in Umlazi, Natal.
PlaceKuboes, Northern Cape
… a Century ago. Kuboes, also spelled Khubus. Was put on the map when a Rhenish Missionary Church was completed there in …
PlaceCrossroads Township
… and refuse collection for a nominal fee. View Larger Map Attempts to save Crossroads from destruction became a …
BiographyChristopher W. M. Gell
Christopher Gell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1917. One of the most respected White champions of the African cause,After graduating from Cambridge…
BiographyLeng Dixon
Leng Dixon was born in 1916 in Cape Town. He joined the New Group after his return from the Camberwell School of Art in London from 1937 to 1938 and a period…