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BiographyJennifer Schreiner
… Jennifer Schreiner (known as Jenny) was born in Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) in 1956 to G.D.L. … of the Natal Midlands Women’s Coalition between…
BiographyFrancois Pienaar
… Francois Pienaar was born on 1st January 1969 in Vereeniging into a working class Afrikaner family. … when his provincial team retained Currie Cup title in…
The ANC Women’s League in the Struggle for Women’s Rights in South Africa by Meghan Knapp
… project Abstract The African National Congress was created in 1912 and a year later the Bantu Women’s league was created. In 1944, women were granted…
BiographyIndres Naidoo
… Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo, a leading political activist, in 1953. Indres was an active member of the Transvaal Indian … and MK were withdrawn. After the…
ArchiveMaize price rise, hits SA Blacks 1975 - 1982
… Maize price rise, hits SA Blacks 1975 - 1982 … Maize price rise, hits SA Blacks 1975 - 1982 …
EventSA wins top awards from the International Rugby Board
… clean sweep of the International Rugby Board (IRB) awards in 2004. The awards were held on 29 November 2004 in London's Royal Lancaster Hotel. South African…
EventAnti-Apartheid demonstration is held outside SA embassy in Washington
… The Soweto riots of 1976, in which school children protested against being taught in Afrikaans and were subsequently gunned down, detained, and … Council to…
EventSA Government spoil Chief Albert Luthuli's chance of Rectorship
… SA Government spoil Chief Albert Luthuli's chance of …
BiographyFather Smangaliso Mkhatshwa
… Father Smangaliso Mkhatshwa was born in 1939 in Barberton, in Mpumalanga (Eastern Transvaal) … nominated as the United Democratic Front patron. Between 1994…
A set of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old and found in Blombos cave in SA, is believed to be the oldest known jewel
… of shell beads estimated to be 75 000 years old and found in Blombos cave in SA, is believed to be the oldest known jewel …
ArticlePopular resistance and police brutality in democratic South Africa
… such as the Sharpeville massacre , Vaal and the East Rand in 1985 and Soweto uprising of 1976 . The apartheid era ended in 1994, and people hoped that South…
BiographyNtwaesele “Fish” Keitseng
… Ntwaesele "Fish" Keitseng was born in Kanye, Botswana in 1919, the son of a peasant,the oldest of six children. At … Ward in Gaborone City Council, and…
ArchiveBig Inter-Race soccer match to be played on Sunday (SA Police vs Tongaat), 17 September, 1953
… 1953, Big Inter-Race soccer match to be played on Sunday (SA Police vs Tongaat) … Big Inter-Race soccer match to be played on Sunday (SA Police vs Tongaat),…
BiographyRafique (Rafs) Mayet
… Rafique (Rafs) Mayet was born in 1955 in Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). Mayet matriculated in … Commission during the first democratic elections in 1994,…
EventAndré Phillipus Brink, well-known SA author, is born
… on 29 May 1935. Brink obtained his Bachelor of Arts degree in Literature at the University of Potchefstroom in 1955. 1n 1958 he earned his Masters in…
Worsie Visser (35), popular SA singer, is killed instantly when his plane crashes at Saldanha, West Coast.
… Worsie Visser (35), popular SA singer, is killed instantly when his plane crashes at … Worsie Visser (35), popular SA singer, is killed instantly when his…
EventValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar, SA political activist dies from a fever
… Indian Emigrants from Tamil Nadu, India, Mudaliar grew up in Johannesburg. She was named after the village her mother came from in India, Thillaiyadi. As she…
EventConnie Mulder announces banning off WCC officials from SA
… It did not make direct grants to guerrilla organisations in Southern Africa out of its normal financial income. After … their arguments to achieve moral…
EventSA writer, Nadine Gordimer, wins Nobel Prize for Literature
… 1991 Nobel Prize for Literature. She was the first woman in 25 years to be awarded the honour and the seventh woman laureate in the near-century history of…
BiographyJoseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla
… Joseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla was born on 4 December 1936 in Sophiatown. He was one of the five children of Christina … father moved the family out of Free…
EventPieter Willem Botha resigns as state President of SA
… months after a minor stroke that led to his admission in hospital, and amid rising political instability, growing … isolation. On 15 August, Mr. F.W. de…
ArchiveThe challenge of Black Theology to the present S.A.
… General Secretary of the South African Council of Churches in Benoni on March 6, in 1976 about the challenge of Black theology in a South African situation …
EventMargaret Mary Smith, SA artist and ichthyologist, is born
… artist and ichthyologist, Margaret Mary Smith, was born in Indwe in the Eastern Cape. Ichthyology is the branch of zoology … regarded as one of the most…
EventLast remaining SA troops have been withdrawn from Namibia
… reported that the remaining 1 500 South African troops in South West Africa (Namibia) had been withdrawn during … how Namibia would be governed after its…
BiographyTwasile Champion Galela
… Twasile Champion Galela was born in Korsten, Port Elizabeth on 24 October 1947. He received his primary education at Hillskraal in Korsten. His family…
BiographyMavivi Myakayaka-Manzini
… Mavivi Manzini was born in Alexandra Township , outside of Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) in 1956, and then moved to Soweto . Manzini suffered from …
BiographyL.W.H Ackermann
… Justice of the South African Constitutional Court 1994 - …
Legislation, Dissent, and Violence in Sophiatown under Apartheid
… Abstract This article traces the major segregation laws in South Africa that acted as precedent for the 1954 Native … authorised the forced removal of…
EventThe UN Special Committee on Apartheid reports on SA
… on this date, gave a detailed review of developments in South Africa's racial policies since 6 November 1962. The … Philippines and Somalia. The committee…
EventWelcome Ncita, junior featherweight of SA, wins the IBF
… on 10 March 1990, when he beat Israeli Fabrice Benichou in Tel Aviv, Israel. Known as “The Hawk”, Ncita went on to … times. He lost the title to American,…