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BiographyCurtis Nkondo
… Louis Trichardt and due to there being no high school for African children in the area; he went to live with his aunt … and passed. Curtis wanted to become a…
EventSimon Petros Matseke, prominent in African social and political life, dies in Pretoria
… he learnt to speak Dutch as well as a number of African dialects, which assisted him in his work as a court … homes. Matseke served on the National Executive…
Minutes of the Joint Meeting of the National Executive Committees of the African National Congress and the All-African Convention, 17–18 April 1949
… All-African Convention … Joint Meeting of the National Executive Committees of the African National Congress and the All-African Convention, 17–18 April 1949…
BiographyKing Sarhili kaHintsa
… King Hintsa’s jurisdiction was targeted. [10] Governor D’urban and Colonel Smith demanded the Rharhabe refugees as … father’s; kept as a lump in the belly…
ArticleMissionary settlement in Southern Africa 1800-1925
… culture & society section of the site (Religion). South African History Online, in partnership with Franco Frescura, … includes sections on architecture,…
BiographySushila Gandhi
… central India. She was the daughter of a rich, land-owning family who gave much support and money to Gandhi ’s …
BiographyChief Sekonyela
… next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His …
BiographyRajes Pillay
… the early 1960s. Following her father’s death in 1958, the family resettled in Natal. She was denied entry to the … in exile. Dr Dadoo used her flat for…
Gender and deviance in South African industrial schools and reformatories for girls, 1911-1934 by Linda Chisholm
… British reformatories between 1889 and 1939, as in South African], they were much more fiercely resistant character … Secondly, the problem of the children…
EventThe 4th Pan-African Congress is held in New York City, USA
… The 4th Pan-African Congress was held in New York City, USA. The congress was sponsored by the American based African-American women's organisation, Circle…
Nelson Mandela Timeline 1920-1929
… 1920 The Housing Act is passed. This Act made funds available for the … Native Affairs Act was yet another spin-off of the South African Native Affairs…
BiographyPatricia De Lille
… Patricia de Lille, a South African politician, was born the 17 February, 1951 in … third of seven children in an Afrikaans-speaking coloured family. Her…
Zulu Community
… of homelands or 'Bantusans' denied Zulu people South African citizenship and attempted to confine them to the … in the KwaZulu-Natal Province. Many Zulu live…
BiographyKgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa
… In addition, although he left Dinokana ‘...to stay with a family member in Ventersdorp...he kept interfering in tribal … Tshekedi Kgama at Pilikwe.’ He was…
Jafta Kgalabi Masemola
… parents at an early age and was raised by his sister. The family moved to Marabastad and then to Atteridgeville in 1942 … Rammopo Makhudu was principal. In…
BiographyNontetha Nkwenkwe
… and King William's Town. However, after the massacre of African Israelites at Bulhoek in 1921, white attitudes to any … a train and sent back to the Eastern…
BiographyBisho Jarsa
… story of how she had come from Ethiopia to the South African city of Port Elizabeth . Bisho was one of a group of … in 1888 off the coast of Yemen, then…
BiographyOlive Schreiner
… with British imperialism in South Africa or with the South African (Anglo-Boer) War 1899-1902 that was fought to … she was born. Her childhood was unsettled…
EventBrenda Fassie, South African singer and diva, dies in her sleep at Sunninghill Hospital
… about Brenda and brought her to Soweto to live with his family. She soon joined the group Joy and later formed her … Brenda Fassie, South African singer and…
EventFormer South African Football Association president Solomon 'Sticks' Morewa died
… Former South African Football Association president Solomon "Sticks" … International Football, He was also at the helm of South African Football Assosiation …
BiographyJan van Eck
… asked him to take the party's views into the Afrikaans areas. Van Eck concentrated on students. He did this in his … 1994 and served the ANC until 1999…
BiographyNthato Harrison Motlana
… then the need to provide quality of life for self and family will become part of our national pride and the … boycotts, he supported rent boycotts of…
BiographyDavid Joseph Webster
… of Northern Rhodesia where his father was a miner. His family later immigrated to South Africa, where David chose to … trauma and torture used on detainees…
EventThe Blue Bulls rugby team wins the South African Currie Cup at Loftus
… The iconic gold trophy was first presented to the South African provincial champions in 1892. The trophy had been … and thereafter become a floating trophy…
BiographyMohamed Farouk Asvat
… POLITICAL HARASSMENT FAROUK ASVAT was banned by the South African regime between 1973 and 1978; and nominated an … Security Police of the apartheid regime;…
BiographyDinah Molefe
… in a basic repeat pattern. She, like members of the her family (her daughter, Loviniah and relatives, Ivy and …
BiographyJosiah Thugwane
… Josiah Thugwane was the first Black South African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He was born on … and in 1990 started running marathons to support his…
ArticleElizabeth Davenport: A teacher and member of the Black Sash by Cole Morgan
… the voters' roll. Outraged by the corruption of the South African government, the women decided in the following months … the people detained. Many of the…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on South African Raid on Matola, 05 February 1981
… [On the morning of January 30, 1981, South African troops attacked and killed a number of ANC refugees … to overthrow that regime. The people of South Africa…
ArchiveWho was Albert Luthuli? The murdered South African leader who put his people above himself
… South African liberation leader Albert Luthuli died on 21 July 1967 near his home in Groutville, in the South African province of KwaZulu-Natal. A government…