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… On 21 March 1914, Lembede was born into a peasant family living on the farm in … was a farm labourer and his mother Martha Norah MaLuthuli Lembede, a teacher, who taught him at home until he completed … Mbumbulu. One of the reasons for the relocation was that Lembede should get a formal education. Before his family …

… Adams College in 1933, where he became friends with Anton Lembede. On graduating from Adams in 1937, Ngubane was … in politics intensified. He renewed his acquaintance with Lembede and through Lembede met  A. P. Mda . The three subsequently became …

… He was a devoted Catholic and staunch anti-communist. When Lembede arrived in Johannesburg to serve articles at Seme's … him in fine politics and ANC culture. Together with Lembede and Jordan Ngubane, assistant editor of the Bantu … at the University of South Africa (UNISA). Following Lembede's sudden death on 29 July 1947, Mda was named acting …

… organized the ANC Youth League in 1944. When  Anton Lembede  became Youth League president, Mbata was chosen …

…  and  Albert Luthuli  were his colleagues and Anton Lembede  and Jordan Ngubane were among the students.  He was …

… on 17 July. Dr Xuma, then-president of the ANC, and Anton Lembede, president of the newly formed ANC Youth League, were the main speakers. Lembede warned Albertina that she was marrying a man who was … and establish a youth wing of the ANC. Sisulu, along with Lembede, Mandela, Oliver Tambo, and Ashley Mda, was elected …

… executive committee, but was later replaced by  Anton Lembede  in order to complete his studies. On completion of …

… Strongly influenced by the nationalist views of  Anton Lembede  and  A. P. Mda , Leballo continued to be active in …

… the time of writing, received no assistance whatsoever. I am not in any employment; I am living with friends I made after my arrival here; these … hospital and doctor is thirty-nine miles from where I am. I do my shopping in Swaziland, as there is none here. I …

… refuses to pay railage for my stock.  When I leave here, I am going to start from scratch and I need all my beasts.  The other reason is that I am not prepared to be dumped at the station nearest my home and told I am free.  I want them to replace the house that was burnt. …

… father who died four months before August 2012. I am lost without my husband. I do not know what I will eat tomorrow and in the future. How am I going to build a house, send the children to school and …

… “I feel proud to be doing it for the struggle and I am not scared.” …

… wife, Matsepang Ntsoele,"I cannot even explain the pain I am going through. I would not wish it to befall anyone. There … this came to happen. I have lost interest in everything. I am always thinking about him and what happened to him and the …

… a journalist in 1958, ‘I even doubt the government knows I am here. I am like a dead person’. In 1965, the couple was again …

… restricted him to his home between the hours of 7pm to 6 am. The only visitors  he was permitted were his  mother and …

… National Congress ], and having said: ‘Being an African, I am a member of all African organisations and I shall always …

… “I told my children that if I had not become an artist I am convinced I would have been a good writer. On second … a writer I may not have been able to do with books what I am able to do through art. I told them that I want to record … that term used for writers and musicians. I feel that I am documenting history, and if it is seen by people during …

… colleague on the staff and his students included  Anton Lembede  and Jordan Ngubane . With Luthuli he attended …

… and felt severe pain on hearing that he died. I am still not well emotionally. I did not expect that he would …

… at school. According to his wife, Nokuthula Zibambele, "I am attending the Commission of Inquiry because I want to know …

… in its first National Executive Committee with  Anton Lembede ,  Oliver Tambo ,  AP Mda , Godfrey Pitje, Walter …

… ahead of us is a dark and difficult one but as far as I am personally concerned I am prepared to lay down my very life for the cause which I … oppression. I have therefore decided to defy the order and am prepared to bear the full brunt of the law. "It is very …

… Dean said the following about their work: I am an artist concerned primarily with contemporary socio-political narratives. I am interested in portraiture as co-authorship; social media … technology as self-reflection and provocation. I am Genderqueer, which is a non-binary transgender identity …

… watching television. I don’t even listen to the radio. I am hurting." …

… will have to get someone to look after my children while I am away.” …

… was written by Jacqueline herself and sent to SAHO. As I am watching another milestone in our young democratic … to do about it”. ”Do about it?” he asked in amazement. “I am not going to do anything about it. The bloody hotnot got a … you and all those like you who have put up such a fight, I am delighted to tell you there will be no tour.” He hung up …