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BiographyFranklin Kaye Kendall
Kendall was an architect whose interests led him to join SASA as both artist and administrator. Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1870. He was educated at King\'s…
BiographyDeputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke
Dikgang Moseneke was born in Pretoria on 20 December 1947. He is the eldest of the four children of Karabo Mabel and a school headmaster Samuel John Sedise…
ArticleCall for submissions: The Politics of Armed Struggle in Southern Africa Conference
… component consisting of public discussions, book launches, film screenings, storytelling, poetry readings, and other … activists, artists, writers, cultural…
BiographyGill Marcus
Gill Marcus was born in 10 August, 1949 to parents who were active members of the African National Congress (ANC). She grew up in Johannesburg, where she…
BiographyBoas Moiloa
Boas Moiloa, from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico District, Transvaal [North West Province] is described by Advocate George Bizos’ as ‘a dignified, elderly…
BiographyAbraham Mogale
On 27 February 1958, banishment orders were made out for three key Bahurutshe figures - Abraham Mogale, Kenneth Mosenyi and David Moiloa. Abraham Mogale was…
EventGary Bernard, photographer of The Star, commits suicide in Johannesburg
… between 1990 and 1994. Bernard was winner of Fiji Film’s Photographer of the Year award for 1998. He committed …
BiographyDr Abdullah Abdurahman
Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, who was born in Wellington (Cape Town ) on 18 December 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Glasgow in 1893.He…
EventRonald Harwood , Oscar winning screenwriter, is born in Cape Town, South Africa
… The Statement, The Pianist, and his play turned to film, Taking Sides. Based on true stories, the latter two … and the Butterfly, for which he also won a…
EventRichard Horatio Edgar Wallace, South African author and newspaper editor, is born in Greenwich, England.
… the Frightened Lady’ which led him being invited to write film scripts for Hollywood. He is famously known as a … 1932 he died of pneumonia while he was…
ArticleInsurrections Ensemble
… tight performance schedules composed for theatre and film.. Brydon’s. performing and composing ability, from the … written music for the Siwela Sonke Dance…
BiographyDr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer
Zac de Beer was born on 11 October 1928. He was the second of four children of Jean Isobel and Zacharias Johannes de Beer, a medical doctor. He attended the…
BiographyAlbert Newall
Albert Newall was born in 1920 in Manchester in the United Kingdom. Newall enlisted with the Royal Air Force (RAF) in 1937, where he trained and later served…
BiographyAzhar Cachalia
Azhar Cachalia was born in Edinburgh Scotland on 26th of June 1956. He attended school there and then later in Benoni, Gauteng province, South Africa. He…
BiographyFikile Charles Bam
Fikile Charles Bam was born on 18 July 1937, in Tsolo in the Eastern Cape. He attended St. Peter’s Secondary School from 1956, and went on to study law at the…
ArchivePretoria Central Prison execution register entry and prison photograph of Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize, recorded as "Mkhise P", File V963
A photocopied page (numbered 134) from the execution register of the former Pretoria Central Prison. The upper portion is a tabular entry recording, under the…
Online directory - archives and media sources
… Email: [email protected] National Film, Video and Sound Archives The Head Postal address: …
ArticleWorkshop ‘71
… many of whom went on to become notable figures in theatre, film and television. It provided many skills and opened up …
List of South African Artists in Exile
… Berman Earnest Mancoba Louis Maqhubela Photographers and film makers Ernest Cole George Hallett Calvin Prakasim Mike …
BiographyTito Mboweni
Early LifeAfter completing high school, Tito Mboweni attended the University of the North in Transvaal between 1979 and 1980, where he was registered for a…
BiographyThandi Modise
Thandi Modise, the youngest of six children, was born on 25 December 1959 in Huhudi township near Vryburg in the North West. Her father, Frans Modise, a…
BiographyJo Ractliffe
This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI Jo Ractliffe is a documentary photographer who captures the traces of…
BiographyAlfred Mangena
Alfred Mangena was born in Escort in present day Kwazulu Natal circa 1879. He managed to acquire little formal public education, and eventually began to study…
BiographyLot Kgagudi Maredi
Following widespread resistance, the Native Affairs Department (NAD) was forced to abolish the Bapedi tribal authority because of a lack of support. This led…
ArticleSpark: A Progressive Arts Project Publication
… Conference What is the responsibility of the documentary film-maker? by Frank Meintjies "Red our colour" poem by …
Lerato Maduna
… the CAF -Andalusian Centre of Photography and the African Film Festival of Tarifa (FCAT)2010. …
BiographyAbdullah Abdurahman
Abdurahman, who was born in Wellington (Cape Town ) on 18 December 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Glasgow in 1893.He return to…
BiographyAnton Edward Rupert
Anton Edward Rupert was born on 4 October 1916 in Graaff-Reinet in the south-central Karoo. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria for a medical degree,…
BiographyAlan Stewart Paton
Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal on 11 January 1903. His father, James Paton, a Scottish immigrant and civil servant, came to…
BiographyMmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi
Mmapula Mmakgoba Helen Sebidi was born in Marapyane, near Hammanskraal,on 5th March in 1943. She developed a life-long love for the designs of traditional arts…