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Robert Melvin Simmers
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BiographyRobert Melvin Simmers
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BiographyBobby Hendricks
… 1936. He started his music career as a member of the Kay Simmers Orkes (Afrikaans for orchestra or band). Later, he …
BiographyHonorine Margaret Withers
… through Cyprus, England and SA. Art critic Melvin Simmers referred to her work as "dull", dismissing it as mere …
BiographyRosa Hope
… 1937, and acquired by the SANG, as noted by critic Melvin Simmers (qv.), for its "extraordinarily strong sense of …
BiographyWolf Kibel
… reaction abusive but receives favourable review by Melvin Simmers in 'Cape Times' ; worked in oils, etchings and …
BiographyMorgan Gonaseelan Naidoo
Morgan Gonaseelan Naidoo was born in 1936 in Durban. He spent most of his young life at the FOSA TB Settlement, just north of the city. His father died when…
Anglo-Boer War 2: The major mines on the Reef cease to operate, including the Simmer & Jack, the Wolhuter, the Geldenhuys D
South African swimmers have put South Africa first at this stage in the Swimming World Cup in Durban, after winning twelve meda
List of exhibitors - South African Society of Artists
… Roworth, Edward Arthur Roworth, Ivanonia S Sawyer, Ethel Simmers, Robert Melvin Simpson, William Henry Smith, Johannes …
BiographyRaymond Ackerman
Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) “Raymond Ackerman” from They Shaped our Century: The Most…
BiographyRev. Theo Kotze
The Reverend Theo Kotze was born at the Heads in Knysna, Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 19 May 1920.Kotze came from Afrikaaner stock. His father, a lawyer…
EventSenior UDF leaders released from detention for being part of the Mandela Birthday celebrations committee
… Omar Badsha, Jonathan Shapiro, Rehana Rossour, Veronica Simmers, Saleem Mowzer, Ngconde Balfor and Nams Wessels were …
BiographyPregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender
Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender was born on 15 February 1960 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Her father – a writer and, mother, a teacher – valued critical…
Images That Preserve History, and Make It : ‘Rise and Fall of Apartheid’ at Center of Photography by Holland Cotter (The New York Times), 20 September 2012
… thrives. Conflict, interracial and black-on-black, simmers, flaring up hideously last month when the police …
BiographyShirish Nanabhai
Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, Shirish J. Nanabhai’s father, was from the village of…
BiographyGovin Reddy
Govindasamy Reddy (Govin Reddy) was born on 16 June 1943 in Kranskloof, a farming area next to Claremont on the outskirts of Durban, Natal (now known as…
BiographyIsmail Jacob Mohamed
Professor Ismail Jacob (Josef) Mohamed was born on 27 July 1930 in Barkley East, Eastern Cape. His parents divorced before he was five years old. His mother,…
PlaceLions Head, Mt.
Lions Head is between Table Mountain and Signal Hill, adjacent too the Twelve Apostles Mountain Range, in Cape town. The best thing about the Lion’s Head hike…
ArticleThe Western Front
At the outbreak of the First World War, Germany put into operation the Schlieffen Plan. This plan was based on the assumption that in case of a war breaking…
Frances Baard Launch of the ANC Volunteer Corps, 11 July 2013
The African National Congress in the Frances Baard Region will be launching the Luthuli Volunteer Corps on Sunday 14 July 2013. The Programme will include a…
PlaceCalitzdorp, Route 62
Calitzdorp is a Town on the Western side of the Little or Klein Karoo in the Western Cape Province of South Africa and lies on South Africa's, Route 62.The…
BiographyThabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki was born on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His middle…
PlaceHazyview
A Village that is inundated with History and very quicky being modernized but will always keep it's charm! The name "Hazyview" aptly describes the hazy,…
Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers’ Party of South Africa, Johannesburg Branch, held at 90 President Street, Johannesburg, 25 March (1936) at 8.30 p.m.
From: South Africa's Radical Tradition, a documentary history, Volume One 1907 - 1950, by Allison Drew Document 61 - Minutes of the meeting of the Workers'…
PlaceRobert Sobukwe Town, was called Graaf-Reinet
The oldest town in the Eastern Cape, the fourth oldest in South Africa and certainly one of the most atmospheric, Graaff-Reinet lies enclosed by a bend in the…
PlaceCaledon, Cape Overberg
Caledon is situated on the N2 national road in the Overberg region in the Western Cape Province of South Africa, located about 113 Kilometres (70 mi) east of…
PlaceWelgelegen Homestead, next to Mosterts Mill
In 1657 the VoC granted land on the slopes of Table Mountain to a number of free burghers under the leadership of Steven Bothma, who then established a Farm he…
PlaceWild Coast
The Wild Coast, known also as the Transkei, is a 250 Kilometre long stretch of rugged and unspoiled Coastline that stretches North of East London along…
ArticleSouth Africa and the Olympic Games
BackgroundWhat is today referred to as the “Ancient Olympic Games”, was a sports festival celebrated in honour of the Greek god Zeus in the town of Olympia. As…