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ArchiveAn MK combatant speaks on Sharpeville
ArchiveAn appeal to the international community
The Making of an African Communist
SA signs loan agreement with Lesotho.
Sudan is declared an independent republic.
Sidney Goldblatt (60), SA painter, dies.
ArchiveOscar Romero: bishop and martyr: defender of the poor: pray for us
… and a priest praying at the tomb of Oscar Romero in San Salvador, Central America. Catholic Fund for Overseas …
EventThe first recognised AIDS cases are reported in the USA
… in the 1940s or early 1950s. However, in January 2000 (San Francisco, California) the results of a new study …
BiographyBarney Barnato
Barney Barnato was born in 21 February 1851, Whitechapel slum of London. His original name was Barnett Issacs but changed it to Barney Barnatto when he was…
BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in the Witzieshoek area of the Orange Free State in 1899. He worked at various times as a teacher, a miner, and a full-time…
BiographyJim Bailey
James Richard Abe Bailey was born in London on 23 October 1919. Bailey was the son of Randlord Sir Abe Bailey and Lady Mary Bailey. He grew up on a country…
ArchiveIn Memoriam
… List of martyrs assassinated on the 16th November 1989, San Salvador. Anniversary of martyrs 1989 - 1991. Universidad …
BiographyJoseph Nkatlo
Joseph Nkatlo was vice-chairman of the Liberal Party in the Cape, he was a delegate to the December 1960 consultative conference of African leaders in…
The role of Cecil John Rhodes' British South African Company in the Conquest of Matabeleland
… In the early times the country was home to indigenous San people who can be traced to as far back as 200 BC. The San were later moved from the area by Bantu…
PlaceGqeberha was Port Elizabeth, Nelson Mandela Bay
… emigrants . The Area was previously inhabited by the San and the Xhosa . The City now forms part of the Nelson …
BiographyAlfred Khumalo
Alfred "Alf" Khumalo was born in Johannesburg and matriculated at the WiIberforce Institute in Evaton. Khumalo began his working career as a journalist in…
PlacePorterville
… Before the arrival of Europeans , the area was inhabited by San and Khoikhoi peoples. In 1652, Jan van Riebeeck … Before the arrival of Europeans, the area…
BiographyLionel Forman
Born in 1926 in Rosettenville Forman was a barrister and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, 'You Can Hang For Treason'. Forman headed…
BiographyReverend Allan Aubrey Boesak
Allan Aubury Boesak was born at Kakamas, Northern Cape, one of eight children. His father, a schoolteacher, died when Boesak was six years old. He was raised…
BiographyZanemvula Kizito Mda
Zanemvula Kizito Gatyeni Mda (Zakes), was born in Herschel, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in 1948 to Rose Nompumelelo, a nurse, and Ashbey Peter Solomzi Mda, a…
EventGeneral J.C. Smuts (80), former prime minister of SA, dies
South Africa's former Prime Minister on two occasions, from 1919 - 1924 and 1939-1948, General J.C. Smuts passed away at the age of 80 on his Doorkloof farm in…
ArticleA brief history of domestic service in South Africa
… of the indigenous population, mostly the Khoikhoi or San and frequently male for domestic labour, according to records dating back to 1777 [ii] . Slaves, San…
PlaceHaarlem
… groups in the past thousand Years or so. First came the San , who left their traces in caves and overhangs all over …
PlaceDinorben Farm, Eastern Cape
… thought to be a depiction of the supernatural potency that San people believe can be used in fighting. The association … work came out of the Kalahari in the…
Hendrik Ramaala, SA athlete, wins the men’s title at the New York Marathon in an unofficial time of 2hr 9min 24sec, becoming th
BiographyDumisani Abraham Mabaso
Dumisani Abraham Mabaso was born on 20 June 1955 in Soweto. He received his initial basic art training at the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) in…
BiographyFranciscus Jacobus Ludovicus De Vriendt
Franciscus Jacobus Ludovicus* (also François Jacobus Louis) De Vriendt was born on 2 September 1886**1874 in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium. He was the son of a…
BiographyDavid Perumal
David Perumal lived in Derby Street, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and worked at College Clothing in Albert Street. He was educated up to standard six …
Chapter 3 - The Cigarette-Makers Strikes and the First Workers Co-operative Society in South Africa, Cape Town 1906 - 1907
From: Labour Struggles in South Africa The Forgotten Pages 1903 - 1921 by Evangelos A. Mantzaris INTRODUCTION In May 1906 smoking habits amongst the ladies…
BiographyHarold Wolpe
Harold Wolpe was born on 14 January 1926 in Johannesburg to a Lithuanian Jewish family. Wolpe graduated with a BA in Social Studies in 1949 and an LLB in 1952…