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Trevor Andrew Manuel, Minister of Finance of the RSA since 1996, is born in Kensington, Cape Town.
Speech by President Nelson Mandela at a banquet in honour of her majesty Queen Beatrix of the Netherlands Pretoria, 30 September 1996
Documents: An anonymous Cape Town correspondent, The nineteen days (Sharpeville and the days after.before), this article has been published in SAHO's library…
BiographyJeanne Zaidel-Rudolph
Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph was born in Pretoria in 1948, and was educated at Pretoria High School for Girls. As a student, she displayed an extraordinary gift for…
ArticleSophiatown timeline 1899-1955
… resident and journalist is one of those that went to war. 1946 Anecdotal evidence suggests that Sophiatown was not …
ArchiveReport on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by Neil Jacobsohn Presented at National Conference 1976
Report on Conditions Prevailing in the Winterveld- A Summary of a Series of Articles Prepared for the Pretoria News by Neil Jacobsohn Presented at National…
BiographyMilner Langa Kabane
Milner Langa Kabane was born in the Transkei. Kabane studied at Healdtown. He was one of the first students to enroll at the University of Fort Hare, earning…
BiographyStanley B. Lollan
Stanley B. Lollan was born in Johannesburg in 1925, he became one of the few significant coloured activists in the Transvaal in the 1950s. A clerk by…
BiographyFrank Modiba
Born in 1909 Modiba was a cabinetmaker. While a youngster in the Tzaneen district, he refused to tend the sheep of a European cattle farmer and received eight…
ArchiveVerdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National Conference 1986
Verdict Brought by Dr Wendy Orr and 43 Others Restraining the Police from Assaulting Detainees in Port Elizabeth Prisons: Report Presented at National…
EventGermany invades Poland, starting World War II
Three years of mounting international tension - encompassing the Spanish Civil War, the Anschluss (union) of Germany and Austria, Hitler's occupation of the…
Enuga S Reddy: Notes on meeting with Dr. Cassim Jadwat -1997
… But you should ignore that and carry on your work." In 1946, South Africa organised a big exhibition in London, …
Grade 12 - Topic 2 - Independent Africa
In 1884, at the Berlin Conference, the European powers carved up Africa amongst themselves. By 1914 all of Africa, except Liberia and Ethiopia, was under…
ArticleEarly hominid discoveries in South Africa and East Africa
… many hominids, but World War II stopped the work until 1946. Professors Broom and Dart and John Robinson returned to …
Chief Vuna Miya
Between 1953 and 1957, there was conflict around Bantu Affairs (BA) and various other issues in the Bergville area, [Natal, now KwaZulu-Natal]. As a result,…
BiographyChristina Jasson
Born in 1928 Jasson worked as a clerk. She was active in the Port Elizabeth trade union movement, organising food and canning workers, and textile workers,…
Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), “The Colour Bar and the National Struggle for Full Democratic Rights”, Workers’ Voice, 1, 2, November 1944
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 121 - A. Mon (M. N. Averbach), "The Colour Bar…
BiographyGabriel Dichaba
Born in 1920 Dichaba was a herd boy until he was 15. He left school to become a labourer in the railway workshops. He led the first Free State volunteers in…
BiographyDeputy Chief Msizwana Mbata
Documentation related to Deputy Chief Msizwana Mbata’s banishment alleges that 10 years of community conflict in the districts of Estcourt and Weenen, Natal …
BiographyArchibald Mncedisi Sebeko
Archibald “Archie” Sibeko (aka Zola Zembe) was born on 3 March 1928 in Kwezana Village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. Sibeko attended Lovedale in the 1940s…
Lionel Morrison
Born in 1935, he became a clerk and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the Cape Town branch of the South African Coloured People's Organisation…
The Agnes (94 tons) and the Christina (196 tons), run ashore at Plettenberg Bay.
BiographyFlorence Barbara Ribeiro
Born on the 3rd November 1933, community worker Florence Barbara Ribeiro was the fourth of five children. Her father, Henry Mathe, was a labourer in a Coal…
BiographyChief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi
Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi, son of Princess Magogo Constance Zulu kaDinuzulu, King Solomon’s sister, and Inkosi Mathole Buthelezi, the King’s Prime…
BiographyJosiah Thugwane
Josiah Thugwane was the first Black South African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He was born on 22 April 1971 in the small town Bethal, eastern…
BiographyLungile Kepe
Born in 1927 Kepe worked as a labourer. He took part in the 1950 national strike on June 26th. He served a term of imprisonment during the Defiance Campaign…
BiographyJoseph Morolong
Born in 1927 in the Northern Cape, Morolong participated in ANC campaigns in the Cape Town area and was a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions…
BiographyLord Kitchener
Best known for his famous recruitment posters bearing his heavily moustachioed face and pointing hand over the legend, "Your country needs you", as secretary…
BiographyVice Admiral Refiloe Johannes Mudimu
Vice Admiral J. Mudimu was born on 6 March 1954 in Sophiatown (Johannesburg). He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) in 1975…
BiographyMichael Sedgwick
Michael Sedgwick was born on the 20th February 1958 in Claremont in the Western Cape. He grew up in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. His school career started…
BiographyPhilemon Masinga
Philemon Masinga or ‘Chippa’ as he is affectionately known by thousands of soccer lovers was born on 28 June 1969 in Klerksdorp, Western Transvaal (North-West…