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Sidney Goldblatt (60), SA painter, dies.
Lionel Morrison
Born in 1935, he became a clerk and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the Cape Town branch of the South African Coloured People's Organisation…
ArchiveWars of resistance
… Jack Simons on wars of resistance. Covers the Khoikhoi and San resistance, the Xhosa wars against dispossession, the …
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
BiographyCaiphas Nxumalo
Caiphas Nxumalo graduated from Rorke's Drift in 1971 and during the 1970s was a free-lance artist in Pomeroy. He uses indigenous woods for his sculpture and…
Michael Mike Matsobane
The Matsobane brothers, Mike and Dan, aided the revival of the PAC in Krugersdorp. Their efforts fell under the non-political YACM (Young African Christian…
Lennox Madikane
Lennox Madikane was a member of the Pan African Congress (PAC) and Poqo, the military wing of the PAC. Following Poqo attacks in Paarl, Cape Province (now…
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 …
BiographyAnn Tobias
Ann Tobias was a member of the Liberal Party of South Africa during Apartheid. The party strongly opposed Apartheid policies and the government would go on to…
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 …
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 …
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…
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…
ArchiveIn Memoriam
… List of martyrs assassinated on the 16th November 1989, San Salvador. Anniversary of martyrs 1989 - 1991. Universidad …
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…
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…
Hendrik Ramaala, SA athlete, wins the men’s title at the New York Marathon in an unofficial time of 2hr 9min 24sec, becoming th
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…
ArticleGrey Street Complex timeline 1800-1999
… happen to me.” Mr. Harris, who took over the work of the SAN-ROC since the banning of Mr. Dennis Brutus, has done a … just a few days before he was to have…
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…
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…
EventEducation Minister, Sibusiso Bengu warns Stellenbosch University that it can’t to be exclusively Afrikaans-speaking
The former South Africa Minister of Education, Dr. Sibusiso Bengu warned the University of Stellenbosch that it could not continue to be an exclusively…
EventEducation Minister, Sibusiso Bengu warns Stellenbosch University that it can't to be exclusively Afrikaans-speaking
The former South Africa Minister of Education, Dr. Sibusiso Bengu warned the University of Stellenbosch that it could not continue to be an exclusively…
PlaceHaarlem
… groups in the past thousand Years or so. First came the San , who left their traces in caves and overhangs all over …
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…