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Thomas Tommy Trevor Motswai (known as Tommy), SA artist, is born at the East Rand, Johannesburg. He was born deaf and atten
… Motswai (known as Tommy), SA artist, is born at the East Rand, Johannesburg. He was born deaf and atten …
Four people are seriously injured after being thrown off moving trains on the East Rand. A number of people have been thrown fr
… injured after being thrown off moving trains on the East Rand. A number of people have been thrown fr …
Four people are seriously injured after being thrown off moving trains on the East Rand. A number of people have been thrown fr
… injured after being thrown off moving trains on the East Rand. A number of people have been thrown fr …
The Rand daily Mail reports that ninety-six White soldiers walked out of a camp in April in protest against alleged poor food a
… The Rand daily Mail reports that ninety-six White soldiers walked …
David Pratt
… that included the Electricity Supply Commission , Rand Water Board , as well as some iron and steel companies … African Prime Minister of from 1958 to 1966,…
Aaron Khoza
… 1977.Mr Khoza was a member of a church group on the west rand which gave assistance to people and families who …
BiographyClive Edward Butler Rice
… the Plascon Cricket Academy and also formed the Academy of Rand Afrikaans University for the development of skilled …
BiographyLebo Mathosa
… Lebo Mathosa was born in Daveyton in the East Rand. She began singing at the age of seven in the local …
BiographyJillian Edelstein
… working as a press photographer in Johannesburg for the Rand Daily Mail and The Star . In 1985 Edelstein emigrated to …
BiographyNomvula Paula Mokonyane
… Mokonyane was born on 28 June 1963 in Kagiso on the West Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She is the youngest in a …
BiographyJustice Gizenga Mpanza
… National Congress (ANC). Inspired by the Mpondoland Revolt, Mpanza and 13 thirteen others began by burning sugar …
BiographyDorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
… dips. The campaign became known as the Natal Women’s Revolt . In 1963, Dorothy was arrested and charged with …
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… Lesotho. The formed underground structure planned an armed revolt in 1963. They gathered whatever weapons they could …
BiographyHezekiel Sepeng
… athletic meetings. Sepeng is a former student of the Rand Afrikaans University. In 1993 Sepeng qualified for the …
Benjamin Pogrund, senior reporter on the Rand Daily Mail, is jailed for eight days for refusing to divulge the source of his st
… Benjamin Pogrund, senior reporter on the Rand Daily Mail, is jailed for eight days for refusing to …
Barbara Hogan is sentenced in the Rand Supreme Court to an effective ten years in prison for high treason and membership of the
… Barbara Hogan is sentenced in the Rand Supreme Court to an effective ten years in prison for …
BiographySusan Shabangu
… period. From 1995 to 1996, she served in the ANC’s East Rand PCO Management Committee. Shabangu served as Deputy …
BiographyAaron Sipho Madondo
… went to Hlengiwe High School. After the Soweto student revolt in 1976, Madondo dropped out of school and in October …
ArchiveRocket HQ traced, Emielia Jaroschek, Rand Daily Mail, 15 March 1982
… Rand Daily Mail, … Rocket HQ traced, Emielia Jaroschek, Rand Daily Mail, 15 March 1982 …
BiographyAdriaan Vlok
… order. His ministry was responsible for suppression of the revolt and the detention of an estimated 30 000 people, with …
BiographySteven Eli Friedman
… Financial Mail from 1976 and 1979. He then moved to the Rand Daily Mail where he became a labour correspondent 1979 …
BiographyAlex Hepple
… on behalf of South Africa's workers, white and black' (Rand Daily Mail, 15 March 1958) an as 'the militant champion …
BiographyVeerammal Naidoo
… Opinion as C.K. Thambi Naidoo. However, an obituary in the Rand Daily Mail (1 November 1933) gave the full name …
BiographyRonald “Ron” Press
… was in one of the White worker-commando's during the 1922 Rand Revolt as a dispatch rider. His mother was born in Leeds, …
BiographyKing Mpande kaSenzangakhona
… with a commando of 400 burghers helped Mpande in his revolt against his half-brother Dingane, who was killed on an …
BiographyLesley Lawson
… her interests in photography grew. After the 1976 student revolt, upon her return to South Africa, she resolved to …
BiographyNana Sita
… Act to impose on me." He was sentenced to a fine of 100 Rand or three months in prison, and warned that if he failed … the term, declining the alternative of…
BiographyChief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli
… volunteers. He was particularly active on the East Rand where, along with Oliver Tambo, he addressed numerous … on different occasions. He made numerous…
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BiographyB J Vorster [John Vorster]
… His period as prime minister began with a far-right revolt against the Nationalist Party, which he neutralised. … of liberty is thus being repeated.’ On the…
BiographyDawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers
… Reformed Church, from 1967 to 1969. He then lectured at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). In 1972 he completed an MA …