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Barney Cohen (53), former Drum magazine editor and chief executive officer of Urban Brew studios, dies in Johannesburg while un
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,…
BiographyShulamith Muller
Shulamith Muller (nee Movshowitz) was born in Pretoria in December 1922. She studied law at the University of Pretoria, and was admitted as an attorney in 1948…
BiographyJacqueline Daane-van Rensburg
Jacqueline Daane was born on 17 December 1937. A White South African, her first encounter with police came in 1956 when she adopted a mute Black boy (6). She…
BiographyElizabeth Mbatha
Elizabeth Mbatha was born in 1950 near Rorke's Drift. Mbatha did not attend school. In 1974 she married Eric Mbatha, a potter at Rorke's Drift. In the early…
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 …
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
Sicelo Mhlauli was born on 25 May 1949 in Cradock. After completing high school, he trained as a teacher at Lovedale College and upon completion taught at…
BiographyFort Calata
Fort Calata was born on 5 November 1956. Fort’s grandfather, the Reverend Canon James Arthur Calata, was the Secretary General of the African National Congress…
ArticleGrade 5 - Term 4: A Heritage trail through the provinces of South Africa
… to all human beings. The United Nations Organisation (UNO) is a global organisation that each country in the world …
BiographyFreda Levson
Freda Levson was born on 21 November 1911 in Pretoria, South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in Johannesburg. She was educated in England from the…
BiographyHarold Athol Fugard
Athol Fugard, born Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard in the remote village of Middleburg on 11 June 1932, grew up in Port Elizabeth. His father was Afrikaner and his…
BiographyFezekile Ntsukela Kuzwayo (Khwezi)
There's still much not known publicly about Fezekile Kuzwayo. Unfortunately, the event that she is best known for is the Jacob Zuma rape case. It is from the…
BiographyPhillmon Velangetshe Sangweni
Sangweni was born in Vryheid, Natal in 1947. He worked for many years for a carpet company in Durban, but left during the workers’ strikes of 1976. Sangweni…
ArticleNUSAS Wages Commission Timeline 1971-1973
1971 11 March, A resolution is passed at a student body meeting for the establishment of a student Wages Commission. David Hemson, Halton Cheadle, David…
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo*was born of indentured stock in 1875 in Mauritius. His family, originally from Mattur, state of Madras, in Tamil Nadu…
BiographyVeerammal Naidoo
Veerammal Naidoo, wife of Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo*, suffered greatly because of the repeated imprisonments of her husband, a leading political…
BiographyAthol Edwin Thorne
Athol Thorne was born in Springs, South Africa on 15th October 1921. His family soon moved to Durban where he attended school and university. His parents were…
BiographyElizabeth Mafekeng
Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in…
BiographyAndries Johannes Botha
He was born in Durban. He is a major SA sculptor who studied at the UN(P) obtaining a BA (FA). He has served on a number of important committees and in 1983…
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