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Greatest AfricansAfricaEducationJoburgSouth AfricaGreatest AfricansConnie Chiume, an accomplished South African actress and filmmaker, has made significant contributions to African film and television. She recently won the Lifetime Achievement Award at the Annual Royalty Soapie Awards, which is a prestigious accolade in the film and television industry.
SAFTA award-winning actress, director, producer, motivational speaker, and TV presenter Katlego Danke has shared a powerful message on her social media accounts, encouraging her followers to never stop dreaming.
95 years ago, a writer whose literary work and reputation would grow increasingly significant in the South African literary landscape was born. Daniel Canodoce “Can” Themba! He was born in Marabastad, Pretoria in 1924. He saw through his High School education at Kagiso Secondary School in Krugersdorp, where he first fell in love with...
“We take our stand on the principle that Afrika is one and desires to be one and nobody, I repeat, nobody has the right to balkanise our land.”Mangaliso Robert SobukweEarly years and educationMangaliso Robert Sobukwe was born on the 05 December 1924, in Graaff-Reinet, Eastern Cape (then known as the Cape Province). His father was worke...
Born in South Africa and exiled to neighbouring Eswatini, Regina Twala was one of southern Africa’s most important intellectuals: a pioneering writer, academic, political activist and feminist. Why, then, has she been all but forgotten?
Archbishop Desmond Tutu has been awarded the Human Rights Global Treasure Award recognition of his lifelong commitment to advancing peace, equity, equality, and human rights as well as his unwavering commitment to speaking out on behalf...
“South Africa belongs to all the people who inhabit it by RIGHT and NOT by MIGHT” – A.P Mda (1955)Early YearsAs a young boy, Ashby Peter Solomzi Mda listened attentively as his grandmother related tales of how his family trekked from the...
