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Biographyde Villiers Graaff
Sir de Villiers Graaff (Div) was born on 8 December 1913 in Cape Town, Western Cape. He attended Western Province Preparatory School, Claremont, Cape Town from…
BiographyMabel Palmer
Dr Mabel Palmer (nee Mabel Atkinson) was born on 22 May 1876 near Stocksfield in Northumberland, England. Her father, J.B. Atkinson, was a mine inspector, and…
BiographyMary Thipe
Mary Thipe was born in 1917* in Ramhlakoane, a village in the Matatiele district, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) near the Eastern Cape border. Later, as a young…
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
Mary Butcher Turok is the wife of the anti-apartheid activist, parliamentarian and Professor Ben Turok, who played a prominent role in the writing of the…
ArticleGertrude Fester Biography by Nehal Patel
… It also had writing workshops for women, after which some writings were published. The WEAVE project is still very …
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza was born at King Edward Hospital, Umbilo, Durban, in June 1967. The second child of Zizile Cothoza, Nontsikelelo Cothoza, or…
National Orders Recipients
… steadily moving forward in a direction that reasserts our humanity. In this march towards humanity, a new culture of human rights and a respect for the … and…
BiographyRebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
Affectionately known as ‘Magogo’ (meaning grandmother – a title bestowed to her for her motherly, nurturing character), Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)…
ArchiveThe Little Acknowledged Legacy of Steve Biko by Prithiraj Dullay, (Daily News), 08 Sept 2008
… the chains that bound our minds and gave us back our humanity in the face of an implacable and a menacing enemy. … strongly advise many of our current…
BiographySally Gross
Born on August 22, 1953 in Wynberg, Cape Town, Sally Gross is one of the most challenging and important figures in our country’s history. Gross was born…
BiographyDavid Bruce
David Bruce received a call-up notice from the South African Defence Force (SADF) in July 1987. His choices were two years in the army, exile, or six years in…
BiographyHarriet Ngubane
… African-centred belief systems, including notions of how humanity and the world came into being. Ngubane was …
Albert Luthuli`s speech to ceremony for presenting him the Christopher Gell Memorial Award, 21 October 1961, Port Elizabeth
… of the late Christopher Gell and his yeoman service to humanity will now live long and achieve immortality when most … his incisive written words could not…
Quotes by Steve Biko
… bind them to perpetual servitude." The Quest for a True Humanity, I Write What I Like, 1978. "We do not want to be … and hamburger cultural backgrounds." The…
South African History Online and Principia College Partnership Project - 2018 submissions
… I encountered Ruth First for the first time in her writings, specifically her article The Gold of Migrant Labor, …
Black South African Poets of the 1970’s and their Publications
… Poet Critical Writings and Interviews Publications Date Keorapetsi …
ArticleHistory of South African National Orders and Awards
… steadily moving forward in a direction that reasserts our humanity. In this march towards humanity, a new culture of human rights and a respect for the … and…
ArticleThe Contentious Relationship Between Ngqika And Ndlambe
… Mqhayi, Abantu Besizwe – Historical and biographical writings, 1902-1944 (Johannesburg: Wits University Press, … Mqhayi, Abantu Besizwe – Historical and…
The Origin of People
… have been found in South Africa! Africa - The cradle of humanity It is not difficult to see why Africa is sometimes referred to as the cradle of humanity…
BiographyJohn Jacques William Aitchison
John Jacques William Aitchison was born to Harold Aitchison and Phyllis Jacques, in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 2 June 1944. He was brought up by his…
BiographyRobert Anthony Basil Waterwitch
Robert ‘Robbie’ Anthony Basil Waterwitch was born on 15 July 1969 and grew up in Athlone, a suburb of Cape Town located on the Cape Flats. Remembered as a…
BiographyBenjamin Magson Kies
… saying that ‘it is from his culture … that man derives his humanity’, and begins his social history (ibid). Critically, … how important to the discussion of…
Ruth First Untold by Jerry Saena
… of apartheid. Ruth contributed in many ways, from her writings to her public speeches. Ruth directed her campaigns … important Fighting Talk journal. A…
ArticleSophiatown in Literature
… In some cases it is their experiences reflected in their writings, more than accounts of the overtly political …
ArticleGrade 4 - Term 1: Local History
… sources, namely through the use of pictures, research and writings, stories, interviews and objects. The local area …
BiographyJotello Festiri Soga
Dr Jotello Festiri Soga, the first South African of any race to obtain a degree in veterinary medicine, was born in 1865 at the Mgwali Mission in the then…
BiographyWalter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela
Walter Kefuoe Fikelephi Chakela was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner town in Transvaal (now…
BiographyJennifer Davis
Jennifer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1933. She grew up in what she described as a Jewish middle-class household where her pediatrician father was…
ArchiveRootedness and Openness in The Life and Works of Véronique Tadjo (b. 1955) by Tim Steckler
… with each new pair draws her reader into a world marked by humanity and hope. This ability is the reason her works have … focus on particular problems facing…
BiographySimon Gqubule
Reverend Dr Simon Gqubule was born on 18 February 1928 at a place near Cookhouse, Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His family did not have a lot of money; his…