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BiographyDeputy Chief Msizwana Mbata
… banishment alleges that 10 years of community conflict in the districts of Estcourt and Weenen, Natal (now … of enquiry blamed Deputy Chief Msizwana Mbata of…
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…
ArticleSouth Africa’s 2019 General Election - Post Analysis
… South Africans went to the polls on 8 May 2019 in a general election considered the … Strangely, he also promised poor whites in the Western Cape that the…
BiographyAlfred Khumalo
… "Alf" Khumalo was born in Johannesburg and matriculated at the WiIberforce Institute in Evaton. Khumalo began his … stories. In 1956, Khumalo found a…
BiographyMargareth Baloi
… fondly addressed, was born on 8 August 1936. She lived in the region of Dunn, in Ward fourteen. She was a very … a better life for all people. In 1990,…
BiographyNelson Mukhuba
… as a gifted wooden sculpture. His methods were learnt from the Vha-Venda wood sculptures. He worked primarily with … personalities, and dancing figures. Some…
BiographyHendrik Andries Hanekom
… Hendrik Andries Hanekom was born on 17 June 1893. He was the son of Hendrik Hanekom. Hanekom was educated at Beaufort … was first employed as a municipal…
BiographyVedant Nanackchand
… was born in Durban. In 1977 he graduated in Fine Art from the University of Durban-Westville; in 1978 he gained an … a British Council Scholarship to study…
BiographyLucas Ted Sithole
… Gauteng). He was one of ten sons of a Zulu lay priest in the Zion Christian Church, Richard Ndlala Sithole, and a … name and called himself Ted or Teddy, a…
PlaceZimbali Coastal Resort, Ballito
… Resort is a place where miles of deserted Beaches divide the warm Indian Ocean and the lush Coastal Vegetation. A place where you observe schools of Dolphins…
BiographyDoe Molefe
… fruit shop and making post-boxes. Molefe's post-boxes were the inspiration for an exhibition of post-boxes held at the Market Gallery in 1986. His work has…
BiographyBenjamin Mzimkulu Macala
… As a young boy Macala tended cattle on a farm in the Orange Free State and passed the time drawing on the rocks with stones. He is largely self-taught…
BiographySitelega Meric Gadlela
… He began working for Lonmin in 1989 and was with the company for 23 years. Mr Gadlela was killed at scene 2 after being shot twice in the back. He left…
International Boycott of Apartheid Sport by Mary Corrigall
… With special reference to the campaigns in Britain by the Anti-Apartheid Movement Paper … albeit on apartheid principles, were prepared to join racial non…
ArticleNatal Workers’ Theatre in the 1980s
… Introduction Starting in the late 1970’s and reaching its height in the 1980’s, the South African province of Natal (now known as KwaZulu … Natal Workers’…
PlaceBokoni, Mpumalanga
… If you drive through Mpumalanga with an eye on the landscape flashing by, you may see, near the sides of the road and further away on the hills above and in…
I have written it by E.S. Reddy & Fatima Meer - International Support: UNO - 1948
… From the book: Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents … population of the Union to the "irreducible minimum" . The Cape Town Agreement which…
Observatory - Steeped in History and Heritage by Patric Mallet
… A couple of days back I had a dream where I visited the renovated premises of my once favourite shop as a kid in … Pet Shop. It was the biggest store of its…
Chapter X - Final word
… From the book: Side by Side by Helen Joseph Right up to the … been many. I have been several times to the University of Cape Town, to Wits University and to…
BiographySokhaya Charles Nkosi
… art at Mariannhill. From 1980 to 1981, he taught art at the Open School, Durban. Between 1982 and 1986 he was employed as a graphic artist by the SABC. Since…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Themes to Think About
… From the book: Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular … About This Feature has shown how working life changed for the millions of people who came to…
South Africa’s policy towards Zimbabwe: synopsis by Thabo Mbeki 22 February 2016
… Historically, with regard to the Zimbabwe liberation struggle, the ANC had good relations with ZAPU and none with ZANU when … should send Umkhonto we Sizwe …
Document 12 - Notes prepared by Nelson Mandela for his meeting with P. W. Botha
… Viva COSATU, Viva! Viva SACP, Viva! Viva ANC, Viva! Viva the Alliance, Viva! Comrades, it falls to me to say a few … First a word of thanks. For myself,…
BiographyObie Oberholzer
… Munich, and in 1979 a Masters Diploma in Photography from the same Institute. Oberholzer lectured in photography at the Technikon Natal from 1975 to 1983; he…
ArticleChanging Perceptions of Nelson Mandela
… is a figure who has undergone many transformations in the eye of the South African public as well as in the global … at an all time high. Pienaar, in his…
ArchiveRemembering to think critically: Rick Turner 40 years on by Anthony Egan, 8 January 2018
… Forty years ago, in the early hours of January 8th 1978, a 36-year old political … on a farm, went to St George’s Grammar School in Cape Town and then to the…
PlaceSt Thomas’ Church, Ridge Road, Berea, Durban
… In 1835, Captain Allan Gardiner retired from the navy and went to Natal to begin Missionary work amongst the Zulus. Although the Zulus as a whole were…
EventExtracts from one of South African President Thabo Mbeki’s most stirring speeches
… "I am an African. I owe my being to the hills and the valleys, the mountains and the glades, the rivers, the … desolate souls haunt the great expanses of the…
PlaceLamont-Hussey Observatory
… The name of the Observatory refers to W.J. Hussey and a good friend of … were University students in engineering in Michigan, in the late 1880's. They were…
34. Further immigration restrictions, 1903
… From the book: A Documentary History of Indian South Africans … fresh piece of legislation sought to tighten control over the entry of free Indians into…