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BiographyPandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe
… North (also known as Turfloop), where he continued with his political activism andbecame a member of the Student … organised and led more protests which…
BiographyJeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe
… Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). In 1958, his family was evicted to KwaMashu, north of Durban. He … he joined the Black Consciousness movement…
BiographyThamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele
… in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, on 10 December 1948. His father was a minister of religion and his mother a domestic worker. In the sixties, his father and…
BiographyFrancois Roux
… School of Art, London and travelled in Europe completing his studies in painting at the Royal Academy Schools, London … the Rhodes Gallery. In 1967, he moved…
BiographyJaneveke Raphael Liau
… being shot once in the chest by the police. He left behind his wife and four young children, who he supported financially. He also supported his late brother…
BiographyHenry Mvuyisi Pato
… the police. He was clearly trying to flee. He left behind his two young children and their mother, as well as his elderly parents and three siblings, all of…
BiographyHermanus Gabriel Loots
… Loots, also known as James Stuart, is most noted for his role in exposing brutality at African National Congress … Valley region of the Eastern Cape on 19…
BiographyDr Kwame Nkrumah
… notably including Black nationalism which, in part, led to his departure in 1935 to the historically Black Lincoln … in Pennsylvania, United States of…
Thomas G. Karis
… Obituary by his son, Aleck Karis. Thomas G. Karis, a former foreign … was born November 21, 1919, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His parents were Greek…
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
… newspaper, Student Call, from1955-56. Maharaj completed his BA in 1955. In 1956 the 'Non-European' section of the university opened an LLB faculty where he…
BiographyHoratio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle
… Xhosa and Zulu.Mbelle then became a court interpreter. His first position was at the Supreme Court at Grahamstown. … interpret for dignitaries such as the…
BiographyProfessor Bernard Magubane
… white-owned farm in the Colenso district of KwaZulu-Natal. His father, Xhegwana Elliot, was illiterate and his mother, Ella Magubane, had been to school only…
BiographySindiso Mfenyana
… clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots back to a small town near Alice , where his ancestors most likely arrived with the…
BiographyKgalema Petrus Motlanthe
… up in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His parents, Louis Mathakoe Motlanthe, a cleaner and Masefako … maternal grandfather, Kgalema Marcus…
BiographyChristopher W. M. Gell
… in 1945.The son of British navy captain.In 1947 he and his South African-born wife moved to Rustenburg and later in … in indian opinion(edited by Manilal…
BiographyJeremy Patrick Cronin
… journalist Anthony Holiday and joined while a student. His aim was to further both his education and political involvement, he studied for a … which he was…
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…
BiographyHassan Howa
… business. As a young man, Howa was deeply influenced by his father Yusuf Howa, who was a prominent member of the … and dignity in the face of oppressive…
BiographyNdazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)
… was the second of three children of Joseph Nakasa and his wife, Alvina Nakasa. As a child from a working-class … would come to the Classic shebeen where they…
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, …
BiographyStephen William Black
… of the Cape Coloureds appeared from 1904 to 1905. Through his work as reporter, Black became fully aware of the … Town Magistrate's Courts, from which he…
BiographyColin Wells Eglin
… Western Province (now Western Cape) on 14 April 1925. His parents, Carl August and Elsie May Eglin were religious. … Cape Town, but moved at the age of nine…
BiographyFrederik van Zyl Slabbert
… Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and his twin sister were born on 2 March 1940 in Pretoria to … He transferred to the University of Stellenbosch in his second…
BiographyHotep Idris Galeta
… he was more commonly known as Cecil Barnard; Barnard was his father's first name. Gelata used the name Cecil Barnard … until he left South Africa in 1961. He…
BiographyDr James Sebe Moroka
… son. Moroka then had the task of finding money to fund his overseas education. At the time, he was the owner of a farm which he inherited from his…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… Naidoo*was born of indentured stock in 1875 in Mauritius. His family, originally from Mattur, state of Madras, in Tamil Nadu,India, had settled in Mauritius…
BiographyLucas ‘Masterpieces’ Moripe
… as it was an honour for Mope, and an acknowledgement of his contribution to soccer in both the city and the country. … football". Defenders feared him, and…
BiographyGregoire Johannes Boonzaier
… Born in Newlands, Cape Town in 1909 and lived most of his life at Onrus, Western Cape.The son of D.C. Boonzaaier (qv.), Gregoire pursued art against his…