Friday Feature: The Mystery of the Cradock Four

Friday Feature: The Mystery of the Cradock Four

27th June2014
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Photo Retrieved from the South African History Archives website. Goniwe usually went to Port Elizabeth every Wednesday to report to the United Democratic Front (UDF) leadership. As UDF organiser, Goniwe travelled a lot, mostly in his Honda Ballade, registration number CAT 8479, which had been given to him by the UDF for his work. On 24 June he

Friday Feature: A Youth Leader: Tsietsi Mashinini

Friday Feature: A Youth Leader: Tsietsi Mashinini

13th June2014
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE Names: Mashinini, Teboho "Tsietsi" Macdonald Born: 27 January 1957, Central Western Jabavu, Soweto, South Africa Died: 1990, Guinea In summary: Student leader,in the Soweto student uprising of 16 June 1976 Tsietsi Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi,

Battle of Bhambatha and the Death of Bhambatha Zondi

Battle of Bhambatha and the Death of Bhambatha Zondi

06th June2014
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Normal 0 false false false EN-US X-NONE X-NONE MicrosoftInternetExplorer4 In 1906, following the Anglo-Boer War, the Colony of Natal was plunged into rebellion when several tribes refused to pay a Poll Tax that was introduced by the Colonial Government, headed by Prime Minister The Hon Charles Smythe, to help reimburse the somewhat depleted Treasury. There were, of course,