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BiographyJoyce Patricia Nokhuthula Khoza
… Born 1945, Groutville. In 1967 she attended the Teachers’ Training Course, Adam’s College, Amanzimtoti; in 1969 she took the Special course in Arts and…
BiographyGert Petrus Swart
… from Queensborough High School in 1969, he enrolled at the Natal Technical College, Durban, where he obtained a … by his father’s interest in carving, he…
BiographyDavid Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane
… David Hlongwane was born on 1 January 1963 in the Zwelethemba township of Worcester. He studied at Vuyisile High School, without … Chicken Farms in Worcester…
BiographyJohn Hlatywayo
… Centre and later under George Boys who introduced him to the techniques of batik and mono printing. Around 1970 Hlatywayo travelled to Rhodesia and was given…
BiographyAndries Johannes Botha
… 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 was…
BiographyBhekisani Manyoni
… in Greytown, Natal. After Manyoni completed three years of study at Rorke\'s Drift in 1963 he was employed at … a further two years. He then taught art at a…
BiographyDora Tamana
… Tamana (nee Ntloko) was born in 1901 in Hlobo, Transkei , the eldest of seven children. Her childhood centred mainly on the many tasks demanded of a young…
To mark his 10th year in office, the South African Prime Minister, Mr. John Vorster, as interviewed on SABC-TV by Chris Rencken. Here are extracts from that interview
… To mark his 10th year in office, the South African Prime Minister, Mr. John Vorster, as …
John Alfons Pandeni
… Namibian John Pandeni was one of hundreds of People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) … on Robben Island. After his release in 1985, he became the founding…
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…
BiographyGarth Erasmus
… at Hewat Training College in Cape Town. He received a set of oil paints as a 21st birthday gift ”” this prompted him to … on his art independently until 1978…
BiographyNorma Kitson
… to Jewish parents in 1933 in Berea, Durban . She was one of four children, and had an elder sister Joan and brother … Mark. Her father was a chemist by…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
… Africa/Namibia. He started receiving formal education at the mission 'bush school' mere. In 1963 he moved to the Onamunama Holy Cross mission school where he…
BiographyNhlanhla Benjamin Nsusha
… Edendale Technical College in 1972, ELC 1975-1977 and at the Slade School of Art, London, from 1983 to 1985. In 1988 he obtained a BA (Hons) degree in…
BiographyObie Oberholzer
… 1970 he obtained a Diploma in Graphic Design, University of Stellenbosch, a German National Diploma in Photography in … Munich, and in 1979 a Masters Diploma…
BiographyBetty Radford
… Betty Radford was arrested after the 4 August 1946 miner’s strike, together with, among others, WH Andrews and Moses Kotane . She was the editor of the…
Michael Mike Matsobane
… The Matsobane brothers, Mike and Dan, aided the revival of the PAC in Krugersdorp. Their efforts fell …
Molatodi Thomas Lehupela
… on 7 September 1962 in Paradys Location, Thaba' Nchu in the Free State Province. He attended Penyang Primary School … to quit at grade six due to financial…
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…
BiographyJan Gerard Sekoto
… “Art is the spark, the illumination which is socially significant for it brings … Botshabelo was a mission station established by the German missionaries…
BiographyMax Coleman
… Max Coleman was the Human Rights Commissioner,a businessman .He was married … Coleman, they had four sons, and became active members of the Detainees Parents…
BiographyMichiel Hendrik Nesser
… in “Ons Klyntji”. S.J. du Toit invited Nesser to join the editorial team of “Ons Klyntji” and “Die Patriot” in 1899. Unfortunately … Du Toit led him to quit…
BiographyMgcineni Noki
… Noki (40), known as Mambush, was from Twalikhulu in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2009 and was a leader of the strike. On 16 August 2012…
Leon Madakeni
… Leon Madakeni, star of the South African film Wanaka, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe …
BiographyJ.J.R Jolobe
… James Ranisi Jolobe was best known for his collection of poems, Umyezo (1936). He also played a major role in the compilation and translation of the English…
Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana
… May 1952 Shepherd Mdladlana was born in Keiskammahoek in the Eastern Cape. He has been South African Minister of Labour since 1998 and is a member of the…
Imperial Duty by John Ruskin, Oxford 8 February 1870
… "Imperial Duty" There is a destiny now possible to us ”” the highest ever set before a nation to be accepted or … refused. We are still undegenerate in race;…
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 … seas and the ever-changing seasons that define the face of…
BiographyClifford Bestall
… He taught art at the Natal Technical College during the 1970s. He exhibited on major group exhibitions of the period and was invited to hold a solo…
BiographyFrank A. Pendla
… Frank A. Pendla was the president of the Cape African Congress in the early 1940s until suspended … a clerk, and a restaurant proprietor. President of the…