Jeff Masemola was born on 112 December 931 and was a member of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania (PAC).Jeff Masemola was also known as The Tiger of Azania and Bra Jeff, was a South African anti-apartheid activist, teacher, and founder of the armed…
In November 1980 three young freedom fighters, Petrus Lubisi, Ncimbithi Mashigo and Naphtali Manana, were sentenced to death for attacking a South African police station. They were Petrus Lubisi (21), Ncimbithi Mashigo (20) and Naphtali Manana (24). They were incarcerated…
The dye is cast – the ANC and the DA have ushered a Government of National Unity (GNU) for which there was no imperative, together with other smaller parties. For the ANC, this is simply a marriage of convenience to…
The South African political terrain has changed dramatically following the recent 29 May 2024 elections. No longer is the ANC able to form a majority government. It will probably settle, as a matter of convenience, for a government of national…
King Hintsa was born in 1789 and died a painful and brutal death on the 12th February 1835 along the banks of Nqabara river (Lower Mbhandcolo) He was the 4th paramount Chief of the Gcaleka sub-group of the Xhosa nation from 1820 until…
Patrick Pule “Ace” Ntsoelengoe was born to Daniel Ndimande and Margaret Ntsoelengoe. Ntsoelengoe did not grow up with his parents, as they were not yet married when he was born. The Ntsoelengoe surname comes from his grandmother, who raised him…
Angela Davis, in full Angela Yvonne Davis, (born Jan. 26, 1944, Birmingham, Ala., U.S.), militant American black activist who gained an international reputation during her imprisonment and trial on conspiracy charges in 1970–72. The daughter of Alabama schoolteachers, Davis studied at…
Félix Houphouët-Boigny, Ivory Coast’s first president, is a man who divides opinion even in death. Unlike Africa’s beloved freedom fighters such as Nkrumah, Nyerere, Sekou Toure, and Patrice Lumumba, Houphouët-Boigny is often lumped together with others who are deemed to…
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