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EventThomas Pringle, journalist and editor of Cape newspaper Commercial Advertiser, dies in London
… his life because he did not receive medical care in time. The injury meant that Pringle could not follow the family tradition of farming, so his father sent…
BiographyJames M. Thaele
… was born in Basutoland in 1888 and was reputed to be the son of a Basuto chief and a Coloured mother. From 1906 … Kennan, Thaele organised a strong branch of…
EventDr Alexander Logie du Toit, South African geologist, is born in Cape Town
… geology. One of his most famous projects was his study of the Karoo and its dolerite intrusions, of which he wrote and … Alfred Wegener's theory of…
BiographyThomas Maclear
… He was a keen amateur astronomer and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of astronomers. Maclear arrived in South … 1834 to assume his duties as Royal…
Address of the President of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, to the Joint Sitting of Parliament to Report on the Processing of Some Presidential Pardons: Cape Town, 21 November 2007.
… Madam Speaker and Deputy Speaker of the National Assembly, Chairperson and Deputy Chairperson of the NCOP, Leaders of our political parties, Honourable ……
ArticleThe South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO)
… The South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO) was formed in 1953 at a Coloured People's Convention in Cape Town. The organisation aimed to unite…
BiographyMichael Barry
… in 1954 in Port Elizabeth , Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). After receiving his schooling in Port Elizabeth, Barry worked as a computer operator. In…
Tribute to President Reginald Oliver Tambo by ANC Treasurer General Dr Mathews Phosa on the occassion of the OR Tambo Lecture, 27 October 2011, Kimberly, Northern Cape Province
… Programme Director Leadership of the Organisation of Cde. Oliver Tambo and the Alliance Business Community Comrades Patriots Ladies and … 27 October, 1917 in…
BiographyGlynn Griffiths
… Glynn Griffiths was born on 20th March 1950 and grew up in the tough diamond mining town of Jagersfontein in the Free … After his service ended, he joined…
BiographyMeshach Pelem
… qualified as a primary school teacher. After teaching in the Cape for several years, he went to the Griqualand West … Bechuanaland as a British protectorate…
BiographyJohn Liebenberg
… conscripts he was sent to Ondangwa Air-force base near the border with Angola. He later returned to Namibia and in … Austria The eye of the elephant, The…
BiographyLillian Diedericks
… Lillian Diedericks was born in 1925 in the oldest part of New Brighton township , Red Location (near the railway line), in Port Elizabeth , Eastern Cape …
BiographyMaggie Oewies-Shongwe
… Maggie Oewies-Shongwe was born in 1940 in Namaqualand, Cape Province (now Northern Cape Province). As the youngest in the house, she often stayed at home…
ArchiveThe Missing Mothers of the Slave Lodge - slave families in the Company Lodge, 1658 - 1828 by Robert Shell and Linda Mbeki, University of Cape Town,16 May 2014
… The Missing Mothers of the Slave Lodge - slave families in the Company Lodge, 1658 - 1828 by Robert Shell and Linda Mbeki, University of Cape Town,16 May…
Statement of Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the Debate in the National Assembly, on “Reconciliation and Nation Building, National Assembly Cape Town, 29 May 1998
… Statement of Deputy President Thabo Mbeki at the Opening of the Debate in the National Assembly, on “Reconciliation and Nation Building, National Assembly…
BiographyMathews Phosa
… In 1981, he opened a legal practice in Nelspruit. He left the country in 1985, and in 1986 became the regional commander of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the ……
BiographyJohn James Issel
… John James Issel was born on 17 August 1946 in the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town . At a tender age, he worked on a vineyard, … In 1970,…
Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943]
… one Harry Snitcher 1, Unite Against Segregation! Condemn the C.A.C. [1943] Document 1 In spite many leading … these things, and it calls upon all non…
BiographyChief Rabbi Israel Abrahams
… was born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah Sherman. … on 30 June 1945 he was appointed the…
BiographyDenis Mayer
… Johannesburg, on 8 September 1923. His father, Harold, was the Recruitment Manager for the Chamber of Mines, and had come to South Africa from … College …
BiographyIrvin Jim
… Irvin Jim was born in1968 in the Eastern Cape in Motherwell. He became a university … shaped by his difficult childhood on farms in the Eastern Cape. And…
ArticleYusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1920 - 1929
… are some of the centres of the revolt and all shops and schools are closed. 1923 The South African Indian Congress … African Government and an Indian…
BiographyIshwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba
… abandoned secondary school to help provide for his family. The 1956 Treason Trial sparked his interest in politics, which led him to join the Transvaal…
BiographyGoolam H. Gool
… Goolam H. Gool was born on 24 March 1905, in Cape Town, Western Cape. He was the son of Yusuf Gool, born in India, in 1864. He made his … Physician, member…
ArticleCapitalism in the USA 1900 to 1940
… How did the Great Depression in the USA bring about a crisis of … unions. Workers were also given the right to form and join trade unions and to take part in…
Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the closing event of the celebration of Ten Years of Freedom, Athlone Stadium, Cape Town, 11 February 2005
… Address by the President of the Republic of South Africa, Thabo Mbeki, at the closing event of the celebration of Ten Years of Freedom, Athlone Stadium, Cape…
ArticleThe Group Areas Act of 1950
… in cities, the extent to which families migrated to join the urban breadwinner varied greatly. This is a trend … restricted the ability for African men to…
BiographyElliot Tonjeni
… Elliot Tonjeni was born in 1895 in the Transkei and later went to Cape Town, where he joined the Communist Party of South … workers, particularly in die…
BiographyMujahid Safodien
… Mujahid was born on 17 of March 1972. He matriculated at the Alexandra Senior Secondary School and went on to do a Graphic design and Fine Art Photography…
BiographyMlungiseleli Velaphi
… (MK name Mzimkulu Goduka) was born in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape in 1967 was a United Democratic Front (UDF) member. He left South Africa in 1985 to join the…