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BiographyJames “Sofasonke” Mpanza
… who often rode horseback in Orlando and who built his following into a cultlike organization for the contesting … experienced a Christian conversion, became…
BiographyPeter Clarke
… third born child in a family of six, there was much that his domestic worker mother and Dockyard handyman father could … that was expected of him and was…
BiographyJock Leyden
… Scotland. He settled in Durban which was to be his home for the rest of his life. He attended part-time art classes at the Natal School of Art, Durban, and…
BiographyJulius Thamsanqa Kuboni
… Kuboni was born in Johannesburg. Like his father, Gabriel Kuboni, he was a sculptor. According to Julius, his father had the most influence on his work as a…
BiographyTikkie Sibisi
… 1975 and grew up in Duduza Township with a single parent, his father, and three sisters. (At the age of four his mother died during the ritual of Sangoma…
BiographyGaus Shikomba
… to Pretoria. He was later brought back to Namibia for his trial. He was found guilty and sentenced to life imprisonment on Robben Island where he remained…
BiographyPieter Dirk-Uys
… industry. Uys writes, directs, performs and produces his own work. A creative writer, he has written in many genres. One his books, Trekking to Teema, became…
BiographyMatsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono
… in Soweto, Johannesburg on 17 July 1955. At the age of 8, his father Eric “Scara” Bamuza Sono, a midfielder for … Pirates in the 1960s, died from a car…
BiographyTheophilus Doctorson Khumalo
… Valve” was born in Soweto, Johannesburg on 26 June 1967. His father Eliakim “Pro” Khumalo, was a renowned footballer in the 1970s and 1980s. When Khumalo…
BiographyKeorapetse William Kgositsile
… the newspaper, found a platform from where he could voice his contempt for the system. In one interview he was quoted … Kgositsile gained much success in the…
BiographyMosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale
… and matriculated at Orlando West High School in 1972. His nickname “Tokyo" was derived from his involvement with the sport of karate in his youth. He…
BiographyCurtis Nkondo
… (now Makhado, Limpopo). Towards the end of the 1800s, his grandmother, Ma Nkondo left Lorenco Marques (now Maputo), … he had read every Charles Dickens…
Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the State Banquet in honour of the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency, Festus Mogae, Cape Town, 25 October 2005
… in honour of the President of the Republic of Botswana, His Excellency, Festus Mogae, Cape Town, 25 October 2005 …
Statement of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the Joint Sitting of Parliament on the Release of Hon Jacob Zuma from his Responsibilities as Deputy President: National Assembly, 14 June 2005.
… of Parliament on the Release of Hon Jacob Zuma from his Responsibilities as Deputy President: National Assembly, …
Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by his Excellency, the President of the Hellenic Republic, Constantinos Stephanopoulos at the Presidential Palace, Athens, Greece, 24 February 2005.
… of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by his Excellency, the President of the Hellenic Republic, …
BiographyPeter McKenzie Brown
… 1924 to a wealthy family. While the Peter was seven, his father was killed during a polo game. Despite this, Peter … clandestinely playing polo outside the…
BiographyKenneth Hlaku Rachidi
… Maria and Manabane Rachidi and had three other siblings. His parents were both school teachers in the area. He spent most of his early years staying with…
BiographyLord Kitchener
… Best known for his famous recruitment posters bearing his heavily moustachioed face and pointing hand over the … and then occupied the nearby city of…
Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson
… the 1950s. He taught briefly in Pimville High School until his dismissal for participation in the 1952 Defiance … the University of the Witwatersrand but did…
BiographyManfred Zylla
… in "Interaction" 1982 Source: starship-magazine.org One of his most controversial displays was "Inter-Action". This … to express their emotions about…
Statement by Reverend Gabriel Seteloane at the special meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in Atlanta to pay tribute to the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr., on the 50th anniversary of his birth, 16 January 1979
… very close to the man we are commemorating, we must take his word that we in South Africa, the black indigenous people … He is right. Mahatma Gandhi thought…
BiographyAhmed Essop “Quarter” Khota
… Ahmed Essop "Quarter" Khota, was born on 5 July 1928. His friends affectionately knew him as “Quarter”, a name … by Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu . It…
BiographyDr Arthur Elias Letele
… Letele was born on 2nd October 1915 in Maseru, Lesotho. His father, Elias Letele, was a school inspector. His mother, Catherine, was of Xhosa decent. The…
BiographySamir Amin
… Samir Amin was a prominent Egyptian-French Marxist thinker. His work on capitalism, colonialism and (under)development … to study political science,…
BiographyVuyani “The Beast” Bungu
… high school before dropping out at grade nine to follow his passionate sport, boxing. During his amateur career Bungu won 108 fights and suffered 20 ……
BiographyBarend Jacobus Du Plessis
… High School. After matriculating in 1956 he obtained his B.Sc. degree in 1960 at Potchefstroom University of Higher Christian Education and in 1961 also…
BiographyKaizer Motaung
… South Africa and immediately started proceedings to form his own team, to the disapproval of many in the football … He named the club Kaizer Chiefs, after…
Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino
… with her when she returned to Accra. Peregrino gained his elementary school education in Accra, and thereafter … then England. He stayed in England after he…
BiographyEnver Hassim
… of a large family, with two brothers and four sisters. His father made a living as a middleman and the family … (even in Afrikaans, which he spoke fluently)…
BiographyRev George Wauchope
… Organisation (AZAPO). Wauchope shot to prominence in his role as publicity secretary during AZAPO’s cultural … Charles, Champion Jack Dupree and others. As a…