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BiographyConstance Greaves
… Constance Helen Greaves was born in Brighton, Sussex, England 1882. She was … painting of "native life" exhibited at the NSA in Durban. Greaves, who worked…
ArchiveRichard Turner and the politics of emancipation by Duncan Greaves
… Richard Turner and the politics of emancipation by Duncan Greaves …
BiographyIrma Stern
… – such as Dorothy Kay , Barbara Tyrrell (qv.), Constance Greaves and Joyce McCrea – were essentially realist painters …
ArchiveWhere are their graves in Soweto
White poster with charcoal title and drawings of two people. Very small touches of red on heads.
EventMagnus Malan and Constand Viljoen deny knowledge of mass graves
Former Minister of Defence Magnus Malan and General Constand Viljoen, former commander of the South African Defence Force (SADF), denied accusations on two…
Watson Mzwandile Majova
Watson Mzwandile Majova was born in 1958. His parents were teachers. Watson Mzwandile Majova, Paulos Madiba, Aaron Makwe, members of the African National…
The Cemetery, Graveyards, Memorials and War Graves Pages (external link)
A short history of the oldest graves in Plettenberg Bay by Patricia Storrar (The Heritage Portal), 12 September 2016
In the following article Patricia Storrar provides a brief history of the Harker graves in Plettenberg Bay. The piece was published in the 1977 edition of…
BiographyCleopas Madoda Nsibande
Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
Cleopas Madoda Nsibande
Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…
South Africa’s Western Front Great War Memory and the Commonwealth War Graves Commission by Jacques de Vries
About 500 members of a doomsday cult die in a church fire in a remote part of southwestern Uganda. Mass graves containing 4
List of exhibitors - South African Society of Artists
… RBC G Gill, Marion Glossop, Allerley Goodman, Robert Gwelo Greaves, Constance Groves, Charles Sidney, ARCA H Hazell, Amy …
SA signs treaty with Greece concerning the graves of members of the armed forces of the Commonwealth in Greek territory.
South Africa signs treaty with Japan on certain portions of land granted to the Commonwealth War Graves Commission at Yokohama.
PlaceBarberton, Mpumalanga
… Gold Mine , was named after Jessie Agnes the wife of Jack Greaves. Jack Greaves discovered gold in this area in 1888. After some time …
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
Sicelo Mhlauli was born on 25 May 1949 in Cradock. After completing high school, he trained as a teacher at Lovedale College and upon completion taught at…
BiographyNise Bulelwa Malange
Nise Malange was born in 1960, in Cape Town Western Province (now Western Cape Province), South Africa and grew up in Clovelly. As a young teenager she became…
PlaceOld Post Office, Fleming Street, Port Elizabeth
… and erected by J Kohler & Sons. The architect was H.S Greaves who completed the Parliament Buildings in Cape Town. …
BiographySantu Mofokeng
Born in 1956, Mofokeng grew up in and around Soweto (Johannesburg), spending most of his childhood in Orlando East. Mofokeng’s initial experiences with…
BiographyNongqawuse
History is not kind to Nongqawuse. What we know of her is mainly related to the Cattle-Killing/Millenarian Movement of 1856-7 and her role and relations…
EventConstructors make mass grave finding in Namibia
Reports were made that two mass graves were found at a former South African Defence Force base, Eenhana, in northern Namibia. Construction workers discovered…
The search for Peter Johnson’s story
In 1975, Peter Johnson, joined the ranks of the uMkhonto we Sizwe and disappeared into exile. Nearly a decade later, on the 26 October 1984, Johnson, now known…
PlaceIrene Concentration Camp and Gravesite
Opened on 2 November 1900, the Irene Concentration Camp was built with the intention that it would be one of the camps that would house Boer woman and children…
PlaceCwanguba
A forest 34km East of Elliotdale. The forest is reputed to have resulted from Imilenya shrubs, planted on the grave of Chief Tsiwo! The name is thought to be a…
A Society for the “Advancement of Art”
… of such SASA members as Elizabeth Drake (qv.), Constance Greaves (qv.) and Mabel Withers (qv.), whose intrepid travels …
EventCalvin Thusago is stabbed to death
Calvin Thusago, a reporter for the SABC, was stabbed to death by a mob of youths as he and a colleague were on their way back from Sharpeville where they had…
PlaceHeritage Route of King Shaka
Memorial Complex- Shakas two half brothers; Dingane and Mhlangana and his body servant, Mbopa assassinated King Shaka on the 22 September 1828. A memorial…
EventCanada offers a second contingent of troops to the British in the South African War
The Canadian government offered a second contingent of troops consisting of infantry, cavalry and field artillery to bolster British troops in the South…
PlaceGannahoek Farm
Gannahoek Farm is situated in the Colenso district in KwaZulu-Natal Province. In 1894, the McFie family took possession of the farm until 1990. Evictions …