A collection of African History and Biographies posts
Prof Chabani Manganyi, JET’s first CEO
As the first Executive Director of the Joint Education Trust, along side Nick Taylor, Prof.…
Browsing: African History and Biographies
Sobukwe Speaking to a Basotholand African Congress Party, Conference in Lesotho in 1957
Mr. Speaker, Sir, Sons and Daughters of the soil, I wish, in opening this conference,…
Reminiscence Of Apartheid: Illegal Migrants, Foreigners & The Dompass
The death of Elvis Nyathi in Diepsloot two weeks ago is not only a tragedy…
King Moshoeshoe
Founder and first paramount ruler of the Basotho nation, Moshoeshoe I was one of the…
Shaka Zulu
Sigidi kaSenzangakhona commonly knows as Shaka was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived…
King Mzilikazi
Source: www.sahistory.org.za Mzilikazi (meaning The Great Road), was a Southern African king who founded the…
King Sekhukhune
Source: www.sahistory.org.za Sekhukhune was King of the Marota people (commonly called Bapedi) who originated from…
Chief Maqoma
Born on 1798 in the right-hand house of Xhosa chief Ngqika, King of the Rharhabe…
Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa was born on 21 July 1921 in Zululand, Natal (now…
Moses Josiah Madiba
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Moses Josiah Madiba was born 22 November 1909 in Seshego, Pietersburg District. He…
Joe “Sdumo” Mafela
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Joe Mafela, actor, songwriter and film producer was born on 25 June in…
Sindiwe Magona
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Sindiwe Magona was born on 23 August 1943, in the village of Gungululu…
Arthur Maimane
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Arthur Maimane was born on 5 October 1932 in Pietersburg. He completed his…
Nise Bulelwa Malange
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Nise Malange was born in Cape Town. At an early age, she was…
Dikobe Ben Martins
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za “As politics must teach people the ways and give them the means to…
Oliver Kgadime Matsepe
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Oliver Kgadime (Phukubjane) Matsepe was born on 22 March 1932 in Tafelkop, Groblersdal…
John Matshikiza
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za John Matshikiza was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after…
James David Matthews
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za James Matthews was born on 25 May 1929 in District Six in Cape…
Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Baleka Kgositsile was born on the 24 September 1949 in Claremont, Durban. She…
Don Mattera
Source: https://www.sahistory.org.za Donato Francisco Mattera was born in Western Native Township, now called Westbury, Johannesburg…