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BiographyEugene Marais
… on a Waterberg farm, north of Pretoria and created some of his best poetry. It was also around this time that he … which was posthumously published after he…
BiographyAlfred Khumalo
… at the WiIberforce Institute in Evaton. Khumalo began his working career as a journalist in 1951, freelancing for Bantu World , where he took photographs to…
BiographyLucky Philip Dube
… near Ermelo in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). His mother, Sarah, considered his birth after a few unsuccessful pregnancy attempts so …
BiographyJohn J. Skomolo
… Africans entered the militant decade of the 1950s, he lent his support to the Defiance Campaign of 1952, and helped to organise volunteers in his hometown of…
BiographyRoy Padayachie
… University of KwaZulu-Natal). He went onto to complete his B.Sc Masters degree at the University of London. … organising the UDF structures in Chatsworth. He…
BiographyCanodoise (Can) Themba
… also worked for The Golden City Post in Johannesburg. His work, including “The Suit”, won several prizes, including the 1953 Drum award. His stories were…
BiographyMoebien Wadee
… born in Sophiatown in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family moved to Kliptown. He studied medicine at Glasgow University in Scotland, where he…
Toast Remarks of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of His Excellency, The President of The People’s Republic of China, Hu Jintao, on the occasion of the State Banquet - Presidential Guesthouse, Tshwane, 6 February 2007
… the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of His Excellency, The President of The People’s Republic of …
Toast Remarks of The President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of his Excellency, The President of the Czech Republic, Václav Klaus, on the occasion of the State Banquet - Presidential Guest House, Tshwane, 12 December 2006
… The President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, in honour of his Excellency, The President of the Czech Republic, Václav …
Toast Remarks by President Thabo Mbeki on the Occasion of the Official Dinner in Honour of His Excellency, Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of the People’s Republic of China, Tuynhuys, Cape Town, 21 June 2006
… Mbeki on the Occasion of the Official Dinner in Honour of His Excellency, Wen Jiabao, Premier of the State Council of …
Reply by the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by his Excellency, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, Dr Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono, at the State Banquet, Istana Negara, Jakarta: 19 April 2005.
… of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Toast Remarks by his Excellency, the President of the Republic of Indonesia, …
BiographyDavidson Don Tengo Jabavu
… newspaper in 1884, Imvo Zabantsundu (Black opinion). His father was also a founding member of the South African … the University of Fort Hare). John Tengo…
BiographyKevin Dowling
… on December 2 1990, and Archbishop Denis Hurley conferred his Episcopal consecration on January 27 1991. Bishop Dowling … that he believed in democracy and…
BiographyErnest “Ernie” Theodore Els
… and Hettie Els. At school Els was very sporty but golf was his first love. In 1984 age 14, Els rose to prominence, when … United States. The very same year…
BiographyPetrus (Fanie) Stephanus De Villiers
… cricket team and in the 1992/93 cricket season he started his career for the South African team, playing in One Day Internationals. In the next season he…
BiographyFani Mkhize
… earned a living dealing in live chickens. He now supports his family by creating wheeled, fur covered wooden animals. Mkize sells his work outside the Old…
BiographyJoel Sibisi
… animals and mythical creatures leap off the surface of his pots. He exhibited at the Durban Art Gallery (DAG) on the … Drift. The DAG acquired work by him…
Virgile Joseph Bonhomme
… Joseph Bonhomme was born in Durban on 15 March 1944 and his parents were Patricia and Francoise Virgile Bonhomme.He … wages. Appalled at the miserably low…
BiographyFred Carneson
… Fred’s parents were both almost illiterate though his father learned to read just enough to enjoy simple books. His father worked as a coach painter for the…
BiographyPercival Mdala
… Anglican Church, but nothing from the Government.Percy and his colleague, a Mr. Ganga, started a programme of house … active in the fight for black education…
BiographyPlaatjies Joseph Paul
… an unpaid staff member at Fighting Talk and New Age in his off-hours. He helped organize the May Day work stoppage … 1960s he became a member of Umkhonto we…
BiographyZwelakhe Sisulu
… nine, he was taken to Swaziland to live with family while his father was an accused in the Rivonia trial in 1963. He … to South Africa in 1968 and a year…
BiographyAndreas Vlachakis
… in the local newspaper and magazine industry since 1995. His work has been published both locally and internationally. … in Photography from the Technikon of…
Robert Elias Mokxotho Matji
… the BCP and joined the Marematlou Freedom Party. During his tenure in Lesotho, he continued to support the underground activities of the ANC, alongside his…
BiographyBokwe James Mafuna
… delegates when,learning of the Mail's refusal,he announced his immediate resignation from the newspaper. Shezi was … in March 1973.After three months in…
Siva Pillay
… served with no remission from the State. Following his release from prison, Pillay was banned, in terms of the … Sedick Isaacs , a fellow prisoner on Robben…
Sir Shafa’at Ahmad Khan
… the Chairman of the All-India Muslim Conference. Pursuing his scholarly interests, he presided over the All-India Modem … GIP Railway Committee of the…
BiographyDouglas G. Wolton
… doctrine, issued by the Comintem in 1928, Wolton and his wife, also a party activist, backed the slogan, … Act and sentenced to another three months hard…
BiographySir Winston Spencer Churchill
… as an honorary member of the Imperial Light Horse. During his long career as statesman he held South Africa and its … in deep affection and General J.C…
BiographyPatrick Akhona Jijase
… shot in the head and forearm by the police. He left behind his mother, father, brother, two sisters and nephew, who all depended on him financially…