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BiographyJob Patja Kekana
Jon Patja Kekana was born on 1 January 1916. He grew up on a rural homestead outside of Potgietersrus, now known as Mokopane, in Limpopo province. Kekana’s…
BiographyNgoako David Thebehali
David Thebehali was born on 3 June 1938 in Orlando East, Soweto. His parents were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at…
BiographyGraeme Pollock
Robert Graeme Pollock was born on 27 February 1944 in Durban. His father was a first-class cricketer and editor of the Port Elizabeth Herald. Pollock attended…
Henry Mutile Fazzie
Henry Mutile Fazzie was born on 3rd of January in 1924 in Stutterheim. Fazzie went into exile in the early 1960s. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and underwent…
BiographyBasil Paul Petersen February
Basil February was born in District Six in 1944.The son of clerk and a midwife. His family moved around several times, living in places like Elsies River,…
BiographyJodi Bieber
Jodi Bieber has lived in Johannesburg for the past 35 years. She studied photography at the Market Theatre photographic workshop, a non-profit organisation…
BiographyJeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe
Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe was born on 18 February 1953 in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). In 1958, his family was evicted to KwaMashu, north of…
BiographyFrederik Willem de Klerk
Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 18 March 1936. F.W. de Klerk grew up in a political family, with both his father…
BiographyAbdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat
Docrat was born in the village of Kathor, India on 15 September 1915. His grandfather was a pioneering businessman who traded in Burma and South Africa. Upon…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
Rita Ndzanga was born on 17 October 1933, the third child of Isaac and Alina More in a village called Mogopa near Ventersdorp, western Transvaal (now North…
BiographyCarl Niehaus
Carl Niehaus was born on 25 December 1959 and grew up in Zeerust, North West Province. He completed his higher education at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). A…
BiographyJeffry Dumo Baqwa
Jeffry Dumo Baqwa was born on 24th of July 1949 in Pinetown, Natal. He was the second child and oldest son (two younger brothers were to follow). His father…
BiographyAchmad Cassiem
Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He became politicised in the 1960s when the Pan Africanist…
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge
Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge was born in KwaZulu-Natal on 29 June 1952. She attended Magog and Fairview Schools. Madlala-Routledge matriculated at the…
BiographyElmon Malele
Elmon Malele was born in Mapulaneng in the Limpopo Province (Transvaal) in 1920. Malele came to Johannesburg in 1943, and stayed in Alexandra township. He was…
BiographySaleem Badat
Dr Saleem Badat holds Bachelors and Honours degrees in the Social Sciences from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Certificate in Higher Education and Science…
BiographyRefiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe
Refiloe Phelile Florence Jackie Sedibe (known as Jackie Sedibe) was born at White River in Mpumalanga. Sedibe’s mother was a domestic worker and her father …
Some of Gandhi’s Early Views on Africans Were Racist. But That Was Before He Became Mahatma by E.S Reddy (The Wire), 18 October 2016
… determination of women in the last stage of satyagraha in 1913. The heroism of the working men and women led him to …
ArticleGrade 11 - Apartheid South Africa 1940s to 1960s
… laws and policies included the Native Land Act of 1913 and the Pass laws . National Party victory 1948 National … laws and policies included the Native Land…
Tribute by Oliver Tambo to the United Nations Special Committee against Apartheid, Statement at the meeting of the special committee on its tenth anniversary, New York, 2 April 1973
’Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 8 October 1963
Appeal for action to stop repression and Trials in South Africa by Oliver Tambo I wish to express my deep gratitude for the privilege accorded to me to…
PlaceA History of Ottosdal and Letsopa
… townships. [3] The town “Ottosdal” was established in 1913 when white farmers decided to set up a Dutch Reformed … Kriel, Goue Jubileum: Ned. Geref. Gemeente…
Durban an Overview
In 1824 Nathaniel Isaacs obtained from Shaka, King of the amaZulu, a grant of land in the area immediately surrounding the bay of Durban. Initially settlement…
ArticleCape Town Timeline 1300-1997
… population approaches 200 000 1912 Rhodes Memorial opened 1913 Kirstenbosch Botanical Gardens established 1918 … would be tabled shortly for the repeal of…
ArticleEuropean missionaries in southern Africa: the role of the missionaries
"Without doubt it is a far more costly thing to kill the (indigenous population) than to Christianise them." (Warneck 1888) European missionaries to…
PlaceVlakfontein Monument, Roodepoort
… a wooden cross was erected, but it was replaced in 1913 by a monument commemorating all those killed in action. …
An evolution of Worker Education in South Africa since 1973 and its impact on Worker Movement by John Mhandu
This paper was submitted to the 1973 Durban Strikes Celebrating 50 Years Conference Abstract The article seeks to contribute to the development of new…
BiographyVincent Mbamama Hlamandana
Vincent Mbamama Hlamandana, Magade Madapu and William Tyabashe, from Tsolo District [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], were issued with banishment orders on…
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
Historical BackgroundBarberton, the 'Daisy Town', was named after Henry Barber on 24th of July 1884 by the Gold Commissioner David Walson, after Barber and his…
EventWomen protest against passes in the Free State
… of the protest, though all sources agree that it was in 1913. One* source mentions that on 28 May 1913 a mass meeting of women was held in Waaihoek and it…