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… primary school and in Standard Six he went to live with a white missionary couple to continue his schooling at the All Saints Mission near Engcobo.  Xundu matriculated at St John’s … Umtata in 1952.  He joined the ANC Youth League while a pupil at St John’s College and held the post of branch …

… Tane Kekana was born in 1840 in Moletlane, near Zebediela. A chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele and the son of Lebelo Seroto and his wife NaMahlangu, a member of the Ndzundza tribe. Van Warmelo {infra) contends … meant that the whole tribe could no longer live at the mission station. Kekana therefore left Wallmannsthal in 1872 …

… A stalwart of the African National Congress (ANC) and the … Shange Nobadula was born on 23 December 1927. She was a woman who dedicated her life to the fight for racial and … years they endured living separately. Working in the ANC mission in Tanzania, Nobadula was one of the ANC militants …

… A martyr for the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA and … of Pixley  Seme near Standerton and attended the St John's Mission School at Blood River up to Standard 5. For a time he worked as farm labourer before moving to …  19 December 1930 • E. ROUX,  Time longer than rope :  a history of the black man\'s struggle for freedom in South …

… BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS FOR FOREIGN MISSIONS. 1886. Zulu Mission: a Condensed Sketch. 1835-1886. Boston: American Board,. 1891. … FRESCURA, Franco. 1982. Index of the Names of Mission Stations Established in the Southern African Region During …

… Mr Luke Mazwembe, aged 32 , a member of the Western Province Workers Advice Bureau and of … led by the police that Mr Mazwembe had hanged himself with a noose made of strips of blankets cut with a razor blade and tied together with twine.The police were …

… Province].  Having received information that he was on a death list, he moved his partner and six children to a safe house and then observed his home being burnt down.  He … “swartkolle” Doornbult and Vergenoeg in Mafeking district, a new order was issued for banishment to Ewbank Trust farm in …

… mother, Julia, was the third wife of Mzimeni Tambo, son of a farmer and an assistant salesperson at a local trading … Massacre , on 21 March 1960, Tambo embarked on a “Mission in Exile” in order to gain international support for … namely, that Tambo was to head the ANC’s diplomatic mission and to communicate to the world the situation in …

… offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots back to a small town near Alice , where his ancestors most likely … East London for Grahamstown , where they moved into an old mission house, which had been previously occupied by the … between. Sindiso’s father helped to maintain the Anglican Mission there, presiding over services in both Xhosa and …

… Thus, Stuurman found himself working for Johannes Vermaak, a  farmer. The brutal treatment meted out to Stuurman by Vermaak led him to abandon his role as a farm labourer. For instance, on one occasion, he was tied … go back to the farms but went to live at the Bethelsdorp Mission Station, near Algoa Bay. After the death of his …

… village in Ga-Segonyana, Northern Cape.His father was a migrant mineworker. He left a mission-run secondary school to work as a messenger at a …

… Though his parents were not Christians, Thema attended mission schools. He interrupted his education when he ran … he went to Pretoria where he first worked as waiter in a boarding-house and then at the Imperial Military Railway … with his education and in 1904 was assigned to open a school adjacent to his parents' home. In 1906 Thema …

… Africa with his parents at the age of nine. His father was a van driver in Johannesburg . Slovo worked as a dispatch clerk for a chemist while studying law at the … Rivonia . He left the country in June 1963 on an 'external mission', and a month later, police captured the remaining …

… after an attempt was made to burn down the resident of a tribal headman who had been appointed by the chief of the … in hospital,he was treated for lung and kidney infections. A post-mortem gave the cause of death as bronchial pneumonia. … of concussion.Mr Kgoathe had told that he had fallen in a shower room,but on being questioned further said that he …

… released seven weeks later in September 1979. He lodged a complaint regarding the severe assault and torture he had … Police. The murder, carried out in April 1980, followed a pretext at releasing him from detention, while the actual … murder and then dispose of his body. Madondo was killed by a bomb attached to his body and detonated by the apartheid …

… constraints prevented her from doing so. She then found a job as a domestic worker in Green Point . In 1941, she was forcibly … had to surrender their dompasses at their nearest police stations. In April 1960, she was, along with many other women …

… Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student strike. The son of two teachers, who also … the secretary of the Laundry Workers Union as well as a member of the ANC in Soweto.He also took  a teachers' … he was moved from the camp and deployed to head the ANC Mission in Cairo, Egypt.  Makiwane and Alfred Kgokong Mqota …

… was four, his older brother began school at St Andrews Mission in Newlands where their father was headmaster. … because Dudley insisted on joining him he also began Sub A (now Grade 1). He then went on to secondary school at … the class medal for Physics and in 1945 graduated with a Bachelor of Science Degree (BSc), Masters of Science Degree …

… Reggie Vandeyar was born into a poor family on 15 July 1931 in Newclare. His father was … been betrayed by Jardien, who had accompanied them on the mission.   Lying in wait for us was the notorious Lieutenant … “Mosey” Moolla, also attended the meeting. During this mission, the South African delegation sealed an agreement …

… Please note:  This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) … Hutt said: 'You'll never rnake money unless you have a mission. Like a doctor serves his patient, you've got to … how I think. The consumer must sit on top; she is your mission. However, you must have sound administration this is …

… Thornville near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923, into a poor family which was later forced off the land. Mabhida … ninth grade in 1942. After leaving school, he worked as a waiter and manual labourer. Mabhida’s two early political … affection of the aged King Sobhuza. In 1985, while on a mission to Havana, Mabhida suffered a stroke, and after a …

… Bopalamo tracks the history of the  Rustenburg  area in a remarkable fashion. From humble beginnings, she climbed the educational ladder to become a teacher and eventually an education official in the new … to Dipompong. Bopalama began her schooling at the Polonia Mission School in 1947. In 1954, she passed Standard 6 with …

… the age of 15 to support the family.  Her first job was at a “canning factory where she cleaned fruit and vegetables for 75 cents a week.”  She married a fellow factory worker in 1941.Up to … old baby, Uhuru, and sought refuge at a Roman Catholic Mission at Makhaleng.  She was granted asylum and lived in a …

… Irish and Khoisan . Ferrus attended the Dutch Reformed Mission School before going to Esselen Park High School, … the university was closed later that year in June as a result of protests . When it finally reopened, Ferrus was … themes. Her poem, I’ve come to take you home, is a tribute to Sarah Baartman , the Khoi woman who was taken …

… was born on 22 October 1941 at the Inchanga Roman Catholic Mission in Camperdown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He … degree in 1986 from the then-Natal Medical School, and a Postgraduate Diploma in Economic Principles from the … of London, England, in 2003. Although he came from a family that was involved in traditional politics, Dr …

… the eldest of the six children of Betsy and Henry Nyanda, a traffic inspector and area supervisor of liquor outlets for … from Orlando High School in 1969. Nyanda enrolled for a BSc at the University of Zululand in 1970, but was expelled … by the ANC's president, Oliver Tambo, to prepare for a mission into South Africa, code named Operation Vula . …

… Ramothibi Tiro was born on 9 November 1947 in Dinokana, a small village near Zeerust North West Province, South … Tiro had two brothers and one sister. His mother was a domestic worker at Emmarentia in Johannesburg, Transvaal … the BPC. While living a simple life at the Roman Catholic Mission at Khale, a village about 20km from Gaberone, he was …

… took place at home. For his entire youth he did not spend a single day at a formal school. Gandhi regarded places like Phoenix … and Indian Opinion carried many significant exposes. His mission as a journalist was not only to provide information …

… on 27 April 1932 in Rustenburg, Transvaal.His father was a school principal. Pik as he is affectionately known attended the Hoer Volkskool, Potchefstroom, and was a good all-round pupil, becoming chairman of debating … In June 1956 he was transferred to the South African Mission in Stockholm, Sweden, as third secretary, and in …