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10. Seedat writes to his brother in India
… written because you thought we were coming. However, the death of Sheth Ahmed Jeewa has delayed us, and for this … But our Ahmed says that he does not want…
Message by Oliver Tambo to Frelimo Central Committee on the death of Samora Machel, 22 October 1986
… has been killed by the only enemy who stands to gain by his death, the apartheid regime of Pretoria and its agents. … of (word indistinct) to mankind. He was…
EventSouth African woman, Janice Bronwyn Linden, is sentenced to death in China for smuggling drugs
… Linden, 35 from Wentworth in Durban was sentenced to death by a high court in Guangdong Province, China for … trunk. Linden was not the first person to be…
BiographyNkosi Johnson
… HIV positive mother in a township on the east rand. When his mother became too ill to take care of him, she gave him … public relations officer Gail Johnson…
BiographyVernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng
… (SACTU) underground machinery in Botswana. Nkadimeng met his death in a fierce pre dawn cross border attack by the members … fateful day. He was buried in…
EventDr Chris Barnard divorces his second wife
… world known medical practioner, Dr Chris Barnad divorced his second wife Barbara Zoellner whom he had been married for … He got married to Barbara in 1970, a…
BiographyBuyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi
… He has exhibited both in South Africa and abroad, and his works can be found in many collections, most notably of … labour, making the work a sophisticated…
EventEmperor Haile Selassie reclaims his Ethiopian throne
… Emperor Haile Selassie returned to Ethiopia to reclaim his throne with the help of the British. Selassie lost his throne in 1936 after he was defeated by…
EventNelson Mandela celebrates his 90th birthday.
… institutional rights of Black people. The commemoration of his birth this year (2008) is a fitting tribute to a hero who … during the struggle. We recognise,…
EventPresident Thabo Mbeki congratulates his US counterpart
… South African President Thabo Mbeki congratulated his US counterpart, President George W. Bush on his election for a second term as president of the United ……
BiographyLouis Washkansky
… active service in WW2 in East and North Africa and Italy. His wife Ann, he met and married after the war. He was keen … swimming and weightlifting and lived…
BiographyDurant Basi Sihlali
… known as Gauteng Province. Due to harsh living conditions, his parents sent him to live with his paternal grandparents in a rural village called Cala in ……
EventDaily Dispatch editor, Donald Woods, arrives in Britain with his family
… a newspaper based in East London arrived in Britain with his family after fleeing South Africa via Lesotho and … to jail for revealing Security Police…
BiographyJulius Tokoti Mangcotywa
… He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his wife, five adult children, 3 young children and three grandchildren. According to his daughter,…
EventFinance Minister Chris Liebenberg presents his budget
… The SA finance minister, Chris Liebenberg, presented his 1996 - 1997 budget to parliament. It was a cautious … to low and middle-income groups. Liebenberg…
Farewell To His Comrades: Message, September 19, 1983
… African Communist Party, written and signed hours before his death, September 19, 1983] Dearest Comrades and Colleagues, … an understanding, do our cadres…
EventConstant Viljoen announces his resignation from AVF
… Freedom Front (FF), General Constant Viljoen, announced his resignation from the Afrikaner National Front-Afrikaner … he broke ranks with the FA on 14 March…
EventWinnie Madikizela-Mandela's bodyguards arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Seipei
… at her home. The 4 were arrested in connection with the death of Stompie Mokhetsi Seipei, after rumors in … and dumped at a waste site, was positively…
EventNapoleon assembles his army near Aboukir, Egypt
… alliance, Napoleon decided the strike first and marched his armies into Palestine to confront the Ottomans in Syria. … to May 1799, Napoleon retreated to…
BiographyNokukhanya Luthuli
… for Chief Luthuli’s political endeavours. He dedicated his autobiography partly to her and therein expressed great admiration for her and gratitude for her…
BiographyKing Mzilikazi
… African military leader after the Zulu king Shaka. In his autobiography, David Livingstone referred to him as the … Mzilikazi's boyhood was spent in the…
Message by President Nelson Mandela at the celebration in honour of his 80th birthday
… President Nelson Mandela at the celebration in honour of his 80th birthday …
BiographyPaul Herman Robinson
… studied art briefly at the Natal Technical College. He did his apprenticeship in commercial art at the EP and Commercial … Natal Mercury . In 1934 he was…
BiographyNkosiyabo Xalabile
… 2012 Nkosiyabo was killed at scene 2 after being shot in his thigh and buttock by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his…
BiographyAnton Muziwakhe Lembede
… farm in Eston in Natal. He was baptised as an Anglican. His father, Mbazwana Martin was a farm labourer and his mother Martha Norah MaLuthuli Lembede, a…
EventMembers of Mau Mau uprising in Kenya to receive death penalty for resisting colonial rule
… Evelyn Baring, colonial governor of Kenya , introduced the death penalty for anyone who organised the taking of the Mau … people. The Mau Mau oath called for…
BiographySolwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
… 1922 in KwaZali village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. His mother, Notyhume, named him Looksmart because when he was … the Crown Mines goldmine for two…
Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin
… port of Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth in memory of the death of his wife. He committed suicide at Southampton in 1841. He was …
Jacob Abraham de Mist
… tenth child, Julie Philippe Augusta de Mist. After the death of his wife de Mist married Elisabeth Margaretha Morre and he had no further children. His…
Zulu warriors ambush Petrus Lafras (Piet) Uys and his men at Italeni. Uys, his son Dirkie and seven of his followers are ki
… Zulu warriors ambush Petrus Lafras (Piet) Uys and his men at Italeni. Uys, his son Dirkie and seven of his followers are ki …