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BiographyAdvocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels
… had come to South Africa with his siblings and parents in the 1890s from Pokroy, a small village in Lithuania and his … and received his undergraduate and…
BiographyJoe Slovo
… in 1926. He moved to South Africa with his parents at the age of nine. His father was a van driver in Johannesburg … as a dispatch clerk for a chemist while…
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… England to Ernest Huddleston and his wife. Soon after, the family moved to Golders Green, a suburb in North London. At the age of four Huddleston served as a…
BiographyLuis Inácio Lula da Silva
… Luis Inácio Lula da Silva was born on 27 October 1945 in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. He was the 35th President of Brazil. President Lula had little ……
ArchiveObituary: Eddie Webster’s influence over generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 March 2024
… old, but about two years ago, he led an eight-hour hike in the Amatole Mountains near Hogsback as part of his 80th … Eddie Webster was born in 1942 and grew…
BiographyJohanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
… and organizer Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers was one of the four daughters of Sarel Gerhardus Breitenbach and his … Strydom. Johanna Scheepers was born…
BiographyJacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
… at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ). He is the first born of five children of his father Nobhekisisa … His mother had three sons with his…
BiographySophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
… nationalities living side by side. She was raised in the home of her grandparents with her older brother and … with his older brother. She started primary…
Document 53 - M. Harmel, “Observations on Certain Aspects of Imperialism in South Africa”, Viewpoints and Perspectives, 1, 3, February 1954
… 1, 3, February 1954 [....] TWO NATIONS [....] On the one hand the most superficial observer can detect all the … nineteenth centuries. ”¢ In Asia, and Africa…
BiographyChief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
… on 24 November 1931. In 1952 he graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a B.Com, and in 1954 he obtained his LLB Cum Laude. Two years later…
BiographyIsmail Chota Meer
… Chota Meer (known as IC) was born September 5, 1918 in the small town of Waschbank in Northern Natal (now … from Sastri College in 1939. Meer studied Law at…
Yunus Ismail Mahomed
… in 1967. As a young scholar he became conscious of the inequities of the apartheid system. The train journey that he daily undertook to school passed ……
BiographyAmina Cachalia
… ) to Ebrahim Ismail Asvat and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. Her father … of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi . He…
BiographyEnuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
… known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a … Narasa Reddy, was a follower of Gandhi and…
BiographyCleopas Madoda Nsibande
… seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended school … After school he started working at…
Cleopas Madoda Nsibande
… seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended school … After school he started working at…
BiographyFlorence Mophosho
… born in 1921 Alexander Township , Johannesburg . She was the first of the three children. Florence's mother was a qualified … Household conditions forced…
BiographyNjinga Ana de Sousa
… The history of Queen Njinga (or Nzinga) of Ndongo/Matamba is … her conversion to Catholicism and her participation in the slave trade. Angolan nationalist…
BiographyJohannes (Joe) Modise
… born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, on 23 May 1929. He was the only child of Miriam and Ezekiel Modise. Modise completed his Junior Certificate at the Fred…
BiographyProfessor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
… 1940. His grandparents had come to South Africa around the 1880’s. They were part of the second wave of emigrants from India to South Africa. His … had owned…
BiographyRica Hodgson
… Hodgson was born on 1st July 1920. She devoted her life to the struggle for democracy, confronting the enemy at all stages of the struggle from the early…
ArchiveThabo Mbeki, Jacob Zuma, Cyril Ramaphosa: The people who killed Eskom over 25 years by Ferreira, Harper and Saba (Mail and Guardain), 20 January 2023
… Of all the projects that the administrations of presidents Thabo … was eventually halted by a legal challenge in the Western Cape high court, but had by then…
BiographyRoelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
… principal. Pik as he is affectionately known attended the Hoer Volkskool, Potchefstroom, and was a good all-round … pupil, becoming chairman of debating…
BiographyEschel Mostert Rhoodie
… Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. He served as the Secretary of the Department of…
BiographyEdwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
… Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in the Witzieshoek area of the Orange Free State in 1899. He worked at various times as … political organiser and…
BiographyAntjie Krog
… Antjie was born on 23 October 1952 on a farm in the Free State . She completed her BA degree with Afrikaans … (cum laude), Philosophy (cum laude) and English…
BiographyAnthony Sampson
… School and Christ Church in Oxford, and served on the Royal Navy from 1944-7. In 1951, due in part to his … like Nadine Gordimer. On his return to Britain he…
BiographyDavid Sibeko
… Sophiatown, Johannesburg . He received his schooling at the St Cyprian's Anglican School in Sophiatown, and the Johannesburg Bantu High School (sometimes…
BiographyBhawani Sannyassi Dayal
… Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal was the son of the Jariam Singh, a former President of the Transvaal Indian Association. He received his early …
BiographyDawood Seedat
… Dawood Seedat (1916-1976) was the grandson of a Ladysmith, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) trader … Moosa. After qualifying as a bookkeeper, Seedat entered the…