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… Dr Robert Broom, SA archaeologist and discoverer of the “Mrs Ples” skull at the Sterkfontein Caves, is born in Scotland. …

… Sir John Coode, SA harbour engineer who designed the seaward defences of Table Bay, is born in Bodmin, Cornwallis, England. …

… Johannes Paulus (Fanie) Eloff (62), first notable sculptor born in SA and grandson of Paul Kruger, dies in Pretoria. …

… (Jean) Welz, painter and architect who emigrated to SA in the 1930s, is born in Salzburg, Austria. …

… Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery. … Michael Zondi, SA artist, is born in Msinga, Greytown, Natal.    He was trained in …

… Keith Sandile Kunene, attorney Supreme Court of SA and chair or vice-chair of numerous companies and commissions, is born. …

… Maggie Laubser, SA painter and receiver of several awards, is born on the farm Bloublommetjieskloof in the district of …

… Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art Gallery, p. 100 … Thomas Kgope, SA artist, is born in Rustenburg, Transvaal.   He is an electrician who …

… Gerhardus Smidt (Johan van der Post / Adriaan Roodt), SA short-story writer is born in Frankfort, Orange Free State. …

… Hendrik Pieter Nicolaas Muller, SA anthropologist and consul-general of the Orange Free State, is born in Rotterdam, the Nether …

… and first woman ophthalmic surgeon to practise in SA, is born in Zürich, Switzerland. Her parents emi …

… and General Secretary of the United Workers’ Union of SA (UWUSA), is born in Melmoth, Natal. …

… Naomi Leon (who later started calling herself Tania) was born in a small town called Wellington in the Cape Province … her family’s financial situation. Although she was born during a time of great racial discrimination in South …

… Ian Smith became prime minister of the self-governing British colony of Rhodesia in … God bless you all. In response the British prime minister announced a full-range of sanctions including … 07 November 2013]| Modern History Sorcebook,(1965), Prime Minister Ian Smith: Announcement of Unilateral Declaration of …

… Janet Soga is born …

… Anna Tempo is born …

… people, local government refers to a municipality like Johannesburg or London or New York which has a high tax base … contemplate the possibility of a network of development finance institutions in the region being able to facilitate … to the SANC Local Government Conference, 30 July 1999 Johannesburg …

… He was born in 1924 near Mafeteng, Basutoland (now Lesotho), the son of an Anglican minister. In 1940, while a student at Lovedale, he concealed … Leballo went back “to Basutoland [Lesotho] where he was born.  Here the Basutoland authorities accepted him. Using …

… work. The grandson of Lithuanian-Jewish immigrants, he was born on 29 November 1930 in the small mining town of Randfontein, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng). David was the third … whilst studying part-time at Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg . In between running the family business and …

… Dwane was born in the Eastern Cape in 1848 and was raised as a Wesleyan. Ordained as a minister in 1881, he proved to be a man of great ability and …

… S. J. J. Lesolang was born and educated in the Transvaal, he taught at Kilnerton … African Institute of Race Relations. Later he became a Johannesburg businessman and was active in the African …

… Godfrey Rosenbaum Zibuse Kuzwayo was born in 1909, he grew up in Bloemfontein, graduated from … business and a real estate company in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Kuzwayo was founding member of the African …

… The first and only elected Prime Minister of the Congo Republic , Patrice Lumumba , was … president Tchombe, and Mobuto Sese Seko, who became Prime Minister after the death of Lumumba, took part in the plot.    … Patrice Lumumba, Prime Minister of the Congo Republic, is assassinated …

… Elizabeth Angela Marguerite Bowes-Lyon was born on 4 August 1900. Queen Elizabeth Angela was the ninth … The Queen mother Elizabeth is born. …

… Hemant Kumar Waghmarae was born on 24 October 1948 in Mumbai, India to Vishnu Maroothi … Diploma at the then Transvaal College of Education in Johannesburg in 1970. Following this, he obtained his Senior … spokesperson, Helen Suzman addressed a question to the Minister of Police, about humanitarian concerns and needs of …

… Cable from the Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs to Oliver Tambo detailing … Letter from Danish Minister of Foreign Affairs to Oliver Tambo …

… Statement released after discussions between the deputy minister of Planning Mr Andre Fourie and a United Democratic … Statement released after discussions between the deputy minister of Planning …

… Stephanie Kemp was born in the Karoo in 1941 and grew up with her two sisters in … was in detention her lawyers filed a lawsuit against the Minister of Justice and a member of the security branch for … Kemp became actively involved in ANC structures in the Johannesburg area. She was elected as the chairperson of the …

… and activist for marginalised groups, Diana Ferrus, was born on 29 August 1953 in Worcester, Cape Province (now … Baartman’s remains and in early 2002, Baartman arrived in Johannesburg, Gauteng, and was at last laid to rest on 9 … celebrations all over the world. In 2007, she received the Minister’s Award for Women from the Western Cape Provincial …