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… Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal on 11 January 1903. His father, James Paton, a Scottish immigrant and civil servant, came to South Africa … April 1988.| Sunday Times , 10 April 1988.| Alan (Stewart) Paton (1903-1988) [Online]. Available at:kirjasto.sci.fi. …

… Peter Brown was born in Durban on 24 December 1924 to a wealthy family. While the Peter was seven, his father was … he became Deputy to the LP National Vice-Chairperson, Alan Paton. In his role as National Chairman in 1958, Brown stood for Parliament. Following Paton’s writing of ‘The Long View’ in the liberal journal …

… - UKZN), he went to Oxford University, England as a Rhodes scholar. He lectured briefly at the University of … and a very close friend of the 1956 LPSA leader, Alan Paton .  Gardner edited a collection of Paton’s shorter pieces, Knocking on the Door, in 1975. The …

… Observer , where he worked from 1955-6. Sampson also wrote a book about Drum in 1955 entitled Drum: A Venture Into The … The Authorised Biography (1999), which won the Alan Paton Award. Sampson wrote his autobiography, The Anatomist , … The Authorised Biography (1999), winner of the Alan Paton Award Who Runs This Place?: The Anatomy of Britain in …

… fame but, due to the influx control laws, she ended up as a domestic worker. Her employer soon recognised her talent for singing and introduced her to a recording company. In the meantime she associated herself … Margaret also starred in Sponono, a production by Alan Paton , which showed in New York. The recordings that she did …

… Africa (LPSA). At about this time he was approached by a friend who asked him to become a member of the “National Committee for Liberation”, a secret … until it was published in 1989. He also won the 2012 Alan Paton Award for Stones against the Mirror , a personal …

… servants and country clubs, Benson’s early ambitions were a far cry from where she would eventually end up. The younger … for the screen. It was during this time that she read Alan Paton’s celebrated novel, Cry, The Beloved Country  in1948 and, deeply moved by it, wrote to Paton – marking the beginning of a life-long friendship and …

… The son of a rabbi, Leslie Rubin was born on 5 August 1909 in District … voters from the common roll. Together with writer Alan Paton , Rubin attempted to persuade Jan Hendrik Hofmeyr – a … they went ahead anyway, and on 9 May 1953, Rubin and Paton, along with the likes of Margaret Ballinger , Henry …

… emigrated to South Africa with her family in 1904. She was a member of the white Native Representatives Council (NRC) in … her efforts on the Assembly. In 1943 she put forward a motion calling for new direction in the administering of … handed over leadership to  Peter Brown  and  Alan Stewart Paton . She retired from Parliament in 1960. In 1967 she …

… in Kwa Mashu Township , the North of Durban . Growing up a poverty-ridden township, she became a member a youth backyard dance group called Amajika where … Roodt's film Cry, the Beloved Country (1995) based on Alan Paton 's novel, produced by Anant Singh and starring Richard …

… career in human rights activism started in 1952 , when as a 17 year old second year law student at the University of … the people he defended were facing the death sentence. As a result of his work, he was raided by the security police, … entitled Island in Chains . In 1991 he received the Alan Paton Award for Soft Vengeance of a Freedom Fighter . …

… Antjie was born on 23 October 1952 on a farm in the Free State . She completed her BA degree with … of the Orange Freestate and then she went on to obtain a Masters degree in Afrikaans at the University of Pretoria. … Correspondent award for outstanding journalism, the Allan Paton award for best South African non-fiction work and the …

… He received primary schooling at his birthplace, Reitz, a town in North-East Orange Free State province. After this he gained a first class pass for his Lower Primary Teachers’ … of Law. In 1951 he went overseas to assume the William Paton lectureship at the Selly Oakes Colleges Council in …

… and then in 1895 to Johannesburg, where Kumalo served for a while as an ox wagon driver in his father's business, … interpreter and clerk. The following year he worked as a messenger at the Jubilee Gold Mining Company. After the … version of the novel  Cry the beloved country  by  Alan Paton . Kumalo's first attempt at composition was in 1899, …

… Stellenbosch University. At Stellenbosch, Cameron acquired a BA Law degree, and an Honours degree in Latin – both cum laude. Cameron was a lecturer in Latin and Classical Studies before he left for … Award ‘Witness to AIDS’ jointly awarded Sunday Times/Alan Paton Prize (South Africa’s premier literary award for …

… of English and Scottish descent. His father, who worked as a mine manager passed away when Craighead was 11 years old. … in Kimberley where upon completion he enrolled to study a Bachelor of Science (BSc.) degree at the University of … and became a close friend of its later leaders, Alan Paton and Peter Brown. He served on the Transvaal provincial …

… November 1911 in Pretoria , South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in Johannesburg . She was educated in … holidays in Scotland throughout her school years and as a consequence developed a deep love of and interest in her … charged with high treason. Bishop Ambrose Reeves, Alan Paton , Alex Hepple , a Labour MP, Dr Ellen Hellman of the …

… Town in 1958 and also known as Zapiro. Could not imagine a career in cartooning, so studied architecture at University of Cape Town. Could not imagine a career in architecture, so tried switching to Graphic … In 2005 he also received an Honorary Sunday Times Alan Paton Literary Award. In 2005 he won the first Mondi Shanduka …

… Gillian Ruth Hemson in  Plymouth , England in 1940 during a Nazi bombing raid on the city. After losing their home in a later bombing raid, she and her mother relocated to Durban, … she worked in London and met her first husband, Iain Paton Millar, a journalist. After a short period in Katanga …

… – Sydney Dodson (who was the piano department manager of a furniture business in the city) and Olive (neè Hiles) got divorced. After finishing school, she pursued a degree in psychology at the University of Natal (now the … Africa (LPSA) alongside people like Jack Unterhalter, Alan Paton , and Peter Brown , before the apartheid government …

… Durban. Growing up in the township exposed him to a lot of crime from an early age, which pushed him to focus on his education as a way to escape the violence and poverty that surrounded him. … His autobiography was shortlisted in 2007 for the Alan Paton Award and in 2019, Dancing the Death Drill was the …

… Bokwe Matshikiza and Grace Ngqoyi Matshikiza. They were a family of renowned musicians; his mother was a noted soprano, and his father played the organ in the … fans as 'King Kong'. In 1959 he worked closely with Alan Paton in Durban to create Mkhumbane, an a capella musical …

… Harriet Ngubane was born in 1929 at Inchanga, a rural area near Pietermaritzburg, kwaZulu-Natal (KZN). She was brought up as a Roman Catholic but grew to embrace African-centred belief … at this institute. In that same year she was a William Paton lecturer at Selly Oaks College in Birmingham, England, …

… Naicker) was the eldest son of Papiah Gangathura Naicker, a well-to-do businessman, and his wife Dhanalutchmee Pillay. … Monty's grandfather came from India to South Africa as a contract labourer. Monty matriculated at the Marine College … his funeral. He loved life, and at his funeral, Alan Paton described him as "jollity personified". …

… was born in Inanda and from humble beginnings became a successful farmer. Ramgobin attended the Inanda Government … Council (SRC) at the University as it was then known. At a NUSAS meeting, Ramgobin tabled a motion for the … with Advocate Lewis Skweyiya, Rick Turner and Alan Paton , which spearhead the call for the release of all …

… his grandparents chose to live in Cato Manor. They bought a small piece of ground to develop a market garden. His paternal grandparents hawked vegetables … Rabindranath Tagore, and also to direct Sponono by Alan Paton . Shah was persuaded to run a three-week clinic on …

… interest in photography began in 1924 when she was given a Kodak Box Brownie for her birthday. After graduating from … after which she apprenticed in the studios of Yevonde, a Berkley Square society photographer and Yvonne, a … she produced a portfolio of photographs on the author Alan Paton and his book Cry, the Beloved Country. She also had …

… Albert John Luthuli . Although she never became as public a figure as her husband was, she was significant in her own … was unveiled at a small church in his hometown. Alan Paton was asked to give a memorial speech at the event and … Journal (62), (4), 2010, p. 694. ↵ [33] R. Holland: Alan Paton Speaking the Lintrose Conversations interview with Alan …

… of Lillian (born Mgqogqoza) and Josiah Tshangana Gumede  a former ANC president. He attended various primary schools … of Fort Hare) at Alice, in the Eastern Cape, for a medical aid course, but dropped out after two years. During … on Gumede included Bram Fischer and liberals Alan Paton and Peter Brown. As a result of these contacts, Gumede …

… Walter Kefuoe Fikelephi Chakela was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner town in Transvaal (now North … he got to meet prominent literary figures such as Alan Paton , Professor Es’kia Mphahlele, Njabulo Ndebele , Sipho …