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BiographyGibson Magwaza
Gibson Magwaza, from Nongoma District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] was banished for coming into conflict with Chief Cyprian Dinizulu and the state. A document…
BiographyJunaid Ahmed
International award winning filmmaker Junaid Ahmed was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) South Africa in 1959. He attended Southlands Secondary School…
BiographyDr. Philip Blaaiberg
Born in Uniondale in the Cape, Blaaiberg spent his youth in the Karoo town of Oudtshoorn. He studied dentistry in London after spending a year at the…
BiographyLele Jacob Motaung
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Prisoners Of Apartheid , A biographical List of political prisoners and banned…
BiographyEmily Isabel Fern
Born Ballarat, Australia, 1881; died Johannesburg, 1953. Fern arrived in Johannesburg as a child in 1890, and was taught oil painting by a nun at End Street…
BiographyWalton Zacharias Fenyang
Walton Zacharias Fenyang was born in 1877 in Thaba 'Nchu distric in the Orange Free State. An early treasurer of the African National Congress (ANC) and for…
BiographyEmmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande
Dr Emmanuel Bonginkosi "Blade" Nzimande was born in Kwa-Dambuza, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 14 April 1958. In the 1980s, he was a member of…
BiographyZolile Hamilton Keke
Zolile Hamilton Keke was born on 31st of October 1945 in East London and grew up in Duncan Village township. He attended Welsh High School in East London where…
BiographyJune Rose Nala
June Rose Nala was born in Durban, Natal. She graduated from the Workers College at Ruskin College, Oxford. Before becoming active in the Natal trade union…
BiographyFrederick John Harris
Frederick John Harris was born in 4th of July in 1937. He was a teacher, a member of the executive committee of the Liberal Party In 1962 in the Transvaal, as…
BiographyEla Gandhi
Ela Gandhi was born in 1940 in Phoenix Settlement in the Inanda district, KwaZulu Natal. Indians, Coloured, Whites and Africans lived here in harmony although…
The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out
… "Basutoland" and the OFS was signed in February 1869. The map opposite shows the final border settlement between …
BiographySamora Machel
Samora Machel was born in 1933 and was raised in the village of Chilembene. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. Machel…
BiographyChief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
Justice Arthur Chaskalson was born in Johannesburg on 24 November 1931. In 1952 he graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a B.Com, and in 1954…
BiographyStanley Mabizela
Born in Port Elizabeth, Stanley Mabizela joined the liberation struggle at an early age when he first joined the ANC Youth League. A son to a farm worker,…
BiographyDr Essop Essak Jassat
Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents came from India…
BiographyJohn Kgwana Nkadimeng
John Kgwana Nkadimeng was born in Sekhukhuniland in the rural eastern Transvaal in 1925 and after completing primary school he worked as a domestic worker in…
Summary Minutes of the Bilateral Meeting held in Brazzaville on Friday 13 May 1988 between delegations from the Governments of the Republic of South Africa and the Peoples Republic of Angola
Minutes of a meeting between delegates from South Africa and Angola to discuss a strategy for peace and stability in Southern Africa. Withdrawal of Cuban…
ArchiveMinutes of the 97th Ordinary Meeting of the Urban Bantu Council of Johannesburg heldÂ… in the Urban Bantu Council Chamber, Jabulani, on Wednesday 26 May 1976 at 2.30pm
Minutes record the service provision and the administrative duties of the Council within a segregated local government.
BiographyJosiah Thugwane
Josiah Thugwane was the first Black South African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He was born on 22 April 1971 in the small town Bethal, eastern…
PlaceOdendaalsrus, Free State
… was found in 1946, Odendaalsrus earned its place on the map, attracting a number of settlers who wanted to be a part … was found in 1946, Odendaalsrus earned…
BiographySibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu
Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu was born on 8th of May in 1934 in Natal. He began his career as a teacher in 1952. His years of teaching culminated in the…
BiographyHenry Bathurst
Politician and British Colonial Officer, Bathurst was born in Gloucestershire, England on 22 May 1762. He was the eldest son of the second Earl of Bathurst. In…
BiographyChief Malebogo
Malebogo (Kgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch) was chief of the Bahananwa chiefdom, a group of the Tswana peoples. Lebogo led the Bahananwa to the…
BiographyMampe Mosia Makhaya
Mosia Makhaya was born on 6 December 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa. Makhaya obtained a BA Honours degree specialising in Russian, French and Portuguese…
BiographyFikile Magadledla
Fikile Magadledla, South African artist and co-founder of the Soweto Art Association, was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, on 13 December 1952. As a young boy…
Sir Shafa’at Ahmad Khan
Born in Moradabad, Khan was, like Raza Ali, an unofficial Muslim appointment from U.P. After attending the Government High School in Moradabad, he studied at…
BiographyZubeida Jaffer
Zubeida Jaffer is a journalist who was active in the South African anti-apartheid and the trade union movements. She obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism…
BiographyRosa Hope
Rosa Hope's The Old Miii was shown on the SASA 35th Annual Exhibition in 1937, and acquired by the SANG, as noted by critic Melvin Simmers (qv.), for its …
BiographyNerine Constantia Desmond Fial
Nerine Constantia Desmond Fial was born in Constantia, Cape, 1908. She studied graphics at London's Central School of Art in 1938, but was otherwise largely…