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EventBob Woolmer, former South African coach, is found unconscious in his hotel room during the Cricket World Cup in the West Indies
… Woolmer (58), the Pakistani cricket coach and former South African coach, was found unconscious in his hotel room during … After weeks of investigation his…
BiographyFlorence Barbara Ribeiro
… She waited for her order and then proudly marched her family out of the shop, leaving it behind. In the 1980s she … period it was Ribeiro's strength that…
BiographyMiriam Makeba
… Sophiatown when it was a vibrant place and one of the few areas where all races could mix. It was the scene of kwela music, marabi and African jazz and big…
BiographyAlan McLeod Cormack
… shortly before the outbreak of World War One. The Cormack family moved around the country a fair amount, but in 1936 …
EventThe first part of the South African Press Commission’s report is tabled in parliament
… On 19 February 1962, the first part of the South African Press Commission's first report was tabled in … pages. The report strongly recommended that the…
BiographyElizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng
… left school at the age of 15 to support the family. Her first job was at a “canning factory where she … then served, between 1954 and 1959 “as President of…
EventAbyssinian fortress of Dessie is captured by South African troops during World War II
… Alagi, was captured by General Alan Cunningham's South African divisions. This event happened in 1941 two years … Africans and the Afrikaner. Led by J. C…
EventLondon hosts an international conference on the protection of the African elephant and rhinoceros
… was held to implement legislation to protect the African elephant and rhinoceros. This is because due to their … tusks and horns, which were valuable trade…
ArticleLife in Sophiatown
… and black mothers or the other way round - I knew of a family with a black father and white mother - were moving in … of shrewd Chinese, Indian, white and in…
PlaceClaremont, a Suburb of Cape Town
… had been in existence for over 60 years and were lucrative family businesses of inhabitants in the area. The community … ultimately became a Suburb of…
Meeting of the University of the Western Cape delegation and the African National Congress
… the University of the Western Cape delegation and the African National Congress in Lusaka, Zambia, to discuss the South African education crisis. … of the…
Minutes of the Black Sash Annual National Conference held at Johannesburg
… reports, magazine, bilingual propaganda, position of African women in urban areas, resettlement villages, farm labourers, finances, housing, education for…
EventThe first Non-White South African Table Tennis team participates at the World Championship
… On 6 March 1957, the first South African Non-White sporting team participated at the World … newspaper, the team did not get the blessings of the South…
ArticleStrong and Unnoticed: The Women of the UDF by Reid Arnold
… by three community-based organizations to oppose the South African Indian Conference and the apartheid government’s plan … takes a job in a city to be a…
EventThe second Anglo-Boer war, also known as the South African war, breaks out
… and the Uitlander franchise. On 9 October 1899 the South African Republic issued an ultimatum to Britain and two days … of South Africa' (2007) the authors…
EventSouth African Parliament votes to restore citizenship to residents of so-called independent states
… would retain the independence it gained from the South African government in 1977. This announcement produced a … The ANC felt that there would not be a…
ArchiveSA Air Force operation, Car bomb carnage in SA's worst-ever urban terror attack, Rand Daily Mail, 21 May 1983
… SA Air Force operation, Car bomb carnage in SA's worst-ever urban terror attack, Rand Daily Mail, 21 May 1983 …
EventPortuguese navigator Bartholomew Dias erects the first stone cross on the South African coast
… the Padroes The first European known to set foot on South African soil was Bartholomew (or Bartolomeu) Dias. Details of … known as Fort Elmina. In December…
BiographyGordon Sprigg
… and put into place a harsh native policy, expanding white areas at the expense of Blacks. He crushed the Xhosa state … Together with Schreiner, he was the…
BiographyKlaas Matlala
… already held other compatriots. He was a Ma-Congress [ African National Congress - ANC)] supporter and key member of …
Speech by Albert Luthuli at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats, 1 February 1958
… Society (Speech at a public meeting organized by the South African Congress of Democrats in Johannesburg in 1958 to hear the President General of the African…
Siziwe Nosimo Balindlela
… 1949 in the Western Cape at Hermanus , after which her family was forcibly moved to Middledrift in the Eastern Cape …
BiographyAubrey Levin
… anti-Semitic exclusion of Jews from its ranks, Levin’s family were ardent supporters of the Party’s ideals. Levin … Pretoria where he was awarded a…
BiographyNontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza
… of Zizile Cothoza, Nontsikelelo Cothoza, or Nstiki, as her family refers to her, was raised in Lamontville, a township … involved in student activism as the…
Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the 26th assembly of OAU Heads of State and government
… Statement of the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the 26th …
Speech by the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the Banquet hosted by the President of the Republic of India
… Speech by the Deputy President of the African National Congress, Nelson Mandela, at the Banquet …
EventSally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its top
… Sally Little, South African golfer recognized by the LPGA as one of its top-50 … and regional amateur titles, and in 1970 was named South African Sportsman…
BiographyPatrice Émery Lumumba
… (Tetela) which is a dynamic branch of the Mongo-Nkutshu family of central Congo [1] . He grew up in a mud-brick … made him a symbol of struggle for champions…
BiographyJohnson Phillip Mlambo
… charged with sabotage and plotting to overthrow the South African government. Subsequently, he was sentenced to 20 … on 20 June 1983. Mlambo spent about ten…
A reply by Albert Luthuli to Mr. Jordan K. Ngubane`s attacks on the African National Congress, 5 June 1956
… Opinion making scathing and unjustified remarks about the African National Congress and its leadership. It is my duty as President-General of the African…