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1939 In South Africa
The following lists events that happened during 1939 in South Africa. Incumbents * King of South Africa, Monarch: King George VI. * Governor-General of the Union of South Africa, Governor-General and High Commissioner for Southern Africa: Patrick Duncan (Governor-General), Sir Patrick Duncan (starting 5 April). * Prime Minister of South Africa, Prime Minister: James Barry Munnik Hertzog (until 5 September), Jan Christiaan Smuts (starting 5 September). * Chief Justice of South Africa, Chief Justice: James Stratford. Events ;September * 2 – J. B. M. Hertzog puts his case to the National Assembly for South Africa to remain neutral in the Second World War, against Jan Smuts who supports a Commonwealth alliance. * 4 – Jan Smuts becomes the 4th Prime Minister of South Africa for the second time. * 5 – The National Assembly votes on a motion whether or not to join the war and Jan Smuts wins by 13 votes. * 6 – The Union of South Africa declares war on Germany. ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
King Of South Africa
From 1910 to 1961, the Union of South Africa was a self-governing country that shared a monarch with the United Kingdom and the other Dominions of the British Empire. The monarch's constitutional roles were mostly delegated to the governor-general of the Union of South Africa. South Africa became a republic and left the Commonwealth of Nations on 31 May 1961. On 31 May 1994, South Africa rejoined the Commonwealth as a republic, after the end of apartheid. History The monarchy was created by the South Africa Act 1909 which united four British colonies in Southern Africa: Cape of Good Hope, Natal, Orange River Colony and Transvaal. The act also made provisions for admitting Southern Rhodesia as a fifth province of the union in the future, but Southern Rhodesian voters rejected this option in a referendum held in 1922. South-West Africa became a League of Nations mandate of the union in 1915. Following a referendum on the subject, South Africa adopted a new constitution in 196 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pius Langa
Pius Nkonzo Langa Order of the Baobab, SCOB (25 March 1939 – 24 July 2013) was Chief Justice of South Africa, serving on the Constitutional Court of South Africa, Constitutional Court. He was appointed to the bench in 1994 by Nelson Mandela, he became Deputy Chief Justice in 2001 and was elevated as Chief Justice in 2005 by Thabo Mbeki. He retired in October 2009. He died in 2013, aged 74, following a long illness. Legal career Pius Langa was born on 25 March 1939 in Bushbuckridge, in the then Transvaal Province. He obtained his Legal_education#South_Africa, B. Iuris law degree from the University of South Africa in 1973 and his Bachelor_of_Laws#South_Africa, LLB in 1976. He worked in a shirt factory from 1957 to 1960 but then found employment as an interpreter and messenger for the Department of Justice and Constitutional Development, Department of Justice. He worked his way up to serving as a prosecutor and a magistrate. He was admitted as an Advocate#South_Africa, Advocat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karel Schoeman
Karel Schoeman (, 26 October 1939 – 1 May 2017) was a South African novelist, historian, translator and man of letters. Author of twenty novels and numerous works of history, he was one of South Africa's most honoured writers. Schoeman wrote primarily in Afrikaans, although several of his non-fiction books were originally written in English. His novels are increasingly being translated into other languages, notably, English, French and Dutch. Life and career Born in 1939 in Trompsburg, South Africa, Karel Schoeman matriculated in 1956 from Paarl Boys' High School. In 1959, he obtained a BA degree in languages from the University of the Free State. In 1961, he joined the Franciscan Order in Ireland as a novice for the priesthood, but then returned to Bloemfontein to obtain a Higher Diploma in Library Studies. During the 1970s, he went into voluntary exile, working first as a librarian in Amsterdam and then as a nurse in Glasgow, Scotland. He returned to South Africa in 1977 a ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tertius Delport
Jacobus Tertius Delport (16 October 1939 – 21 November 2023) was a South African academic, lawyer, and politician. Delport was elected a member of Parliament for the National Party in 1987. In 1990, he joined the government as Deputy Minister of Provincial Affairs and Constitutional Development before he was appointed Minister of Local Government in 1992. Delport was the government's chief spokesperson during the CODESA. In the 1994 elections, he was elected to the Eastern Cape Provincial Legislature where he was afterwards appointed to serve as the member of the Executive Council for Agriculture and Transport from 1994 through 1997. Delport defected to the Democratic Party in 1998 and was elected back to Parliament in 1999. He was a founding member of the Democratic Party's successor party, the Democratic Alliance, in 2000. Delport retired from politics in 2009. Early life and education Delport was born into an Afrikaner family on 16 October 1939 in Humansdorp in the Unio ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Breyten Breytenbach
Breyten Breytenbach (; born 16 September 1939) is a South African writer, poet and painter known for his opposition to apartheid, and consequent imprisonment by the South African government. He is informally considered as the national poet laureate by Afrikaans-speaking South Africans. He also holds French citizenship. Biography Breyten Breytenbach was born in Bonnievale, approximately 180 km from Cape Town and 100 km from the southernmost tip of Africa at Cape Agulhas. His early education was at Hoërskool Hugenote and he later studied fine arts at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. He is the brother of Jan Breytenbach, co-founder of the 1st Reconnaissance Commando of the South African Special Forces against whom he holds strongly opposing political views, and the late Cloete Breytenbach, a widely published war correspondent. His committed political dissent against the ruling National Party and its white supremacist policy of aparth ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Lydia Mokgokoloshi
Lydia Mokgokoloshi (born 27 September 1939) is a South African actress, best known for her role as Koko Mantsha and the mother of Charity Ramabu and grandmother of Katlego (Kat) and Joseph(Jojo) in the SABC 1 soap, ''Skeem Saam''. Her most notable role was as Mma Nkwesheng in the 1980s drama, ''Bophelo ke Semphekgo''. Early life and education She was born at a small village outside Polokwane called BOTLOKWA. She was a teacher before she got acting roles. Career She is well known for acting as Mma Nkwesheng, an evil, cruel mother-in-law on the popular Pedi TV drama, ''Bophelo ke semphekgo''. She has also acted in a number of TV dramas like ''Ngwanaka Okae'', ''Muvhango ''Muvhango'' is a South African television soap opera, created by Duma Ndlovu. It is broadcast on the public TV channel SABC 2, and has an average of 4 million daily viewers. The first episode was aired on 7 April 1997. It was the first Tshive ...'', and currently in ''Skeem Saam''. Filmography Television ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Caiphus Semenya
Caiphus Semenya (born 19 August 1939) is a South African composer and musician. He was born in Alexandra, Gauteng, Johannesburg, South Africa. He left South Africa for Los Angeles, California, United States, in the 1960s, together with his wife, singer Letta Mbulu. Among the artists with whom he worked are Hugh Masekela, Jonas Gwangwa, Hotep Galeta, Miriam Makeba, Lou Rawls, Nina Simone and Cannonball Adderley. Semenya also arranged the Swahili chant in the intro to Michael Jackson's "Liberian Girl" from the 1987 ''Bad'' album. Awards * 2015: South African Afro Music Awards * 2015: ACT Lifetime Achievement Award for Music * 1986: Academy Award for Best Original Score for the 1985 film ''The Color Purple''; shared the nomination with nine other composers. Discography *''The Very Best of Caiphus Semenya'' (Columbia, 1996) *''Woman Got a Right to Be'' (1996) *''Streams Today... Rivers Tomorrow'' (Munjale, 1984) *''Listen to the Wind'' (CBS, 1982) With Quincy Jones * ''Roots ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Somizi Mhlongo
Somizi Buyani Mhlongo (born 23 December 1972) is a South African media personality, television presenter, actor and choreographer. In 1992, he appeared on the musical and political film, '' Sarafina!'' which gained him prominence. Mhlongo became lead choreographer for numerous shows and events, including the opening and closing ceremonies for the 2010 FIFA World Cup and 2013 Africa Cup of Nations. After starring and taking part in the choreography of ''Sarafina!'', Mhlongo also appeared in several films including drama film ''Cry, the Beloved Country'' (1995) as well as various television shows, including Idols South Africa and V Entertainment. Early life Somizi Buyani Mhlongo was born on 23 December 1972, in Soweto, the largest township in Johannesburg, to South African actress Mary Twala and actor and comedian Ndaba Mhlongo. Through the influence of his parents, he became exposed to the entertainment industry at a young age. He had one sibling, a brother named Archie, who ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mary Twala
Mary Kuksie Twala (14 September 1939 – 4 July 2020) was a South African actress. In 2011, she was nominated for Africa Movie Academy Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role. Career Twala featured in several South African local productions. She had a guest role in the first season of '' Generations''. In 2007, she starred in local drama, ''Ubizo: The Calling''. In 2010, she played a supporting role in ''Hopeville'', the film won numerous awards in several festivals and award ceremonies. Twala played "Ma Dolly" in the film, which earned her a Best Supporting Actress nomination in the 6th Africa Movie Academy Awards. After undergoing a medical procedure that kept her out of filming for months, Twala made a comeback in '' Vaya'' in 2015. In 2016, she was one of the ensemble cast in ''Comatose'', a film that featured top acts across Africa including Bimbo Akintola and Hakeem Kae-Kazim. In 2017, she played a supporting role in the sport film, ''Beyond the River''. By October ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David King (chemist)
Sir David Anthony King (born 12 August 1939) is a South African-born British chemist, academic, and head of the Climate Crisis Advisory Group. King first taught at Imperial College, London, the University of East Anglia, and was then Brunner Professor of Physical Chemistry (1974–1988) at the University of Liverpool. He held the 1920 Chair of Physical Chemistry at the University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ... from 1988 to 2006, and was Master (college), Master of Downing College, Cambridge, from 1995 to 2000: he is now Emeritus Professor. While at Cambridge, he was successively a Fellow (Oxbridge), fellow of St John's College, Cambridge, St John's College, Downing College, and Queens' College, Cambridge, Queens' College. Moving to the Universi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gilbert Ramano
Lieutenant General Gilbert Lebeko Ramano (born 7 July 1939) is a South African military commander. Career Ramano was born in Sophiatown. He completed his schooling at Madibane High School and worked as a senior clerk at the WNLA mines depot in Johannesburg from 1961 to 62. He left South Africa in 1962 to join the armed wing of the African National Congress, uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). He attended a number of military courses in Tanzania, Egypt (special operations) and the Soviet Union, including a Soviet Army Staff Course in 1971. He returned to South Africa in 1992 and attended the Zimbabwe Army Staff Course in 1994. In 1995, he attended the SANDF Joint Staff Course and was appointed General Officer Commanding Northern Cape Command in July of that year. In May 1997 he was appointed Deputy Chief of the Army and on 1 July 1998 he was promoted to lieutenant general and appointed Chief of the Army. Honours and awards In 1999, Lt General Ramano was awarded the Order of the St ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Essop Pahad
Essop Goolam Pahad (born 21 June 1939) is a retired South African politician. He served as the Minister in the Presidency from 1999 to 2008. Early life Pahad was born in Schweizer-Reneke in the former Transvaal Province. He is an alumnus of both the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) and the University of Sussex. He started his academic career with a Bachelor of Arts degree in political science at Wits. At the University of Sussex, he completed a Master of Arts in African politics as well as his PhD in history. The title of his thesis was "The Development of Indian Political Movements in South Africa 1924 – 1946." He is the brother of Aziz Pahad. Political career His political career began in 1958 when he became a member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress. In 1962 Pahad was arrested for organising an illegal strike, following the banning of the African National Congress. In December 1964, Pahad was banned for five years and went into exile. While in exile, Pahad bec ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
