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… West of Buffalo Harbour. Named in honour of Balthazar John Vorster, 1915-1983. Former Prime Minister of the Republic of … now as the Steve Biko Bridge, formerly known as the John Vorster Bridge, was renamed in 1997 on the 20th anniversary …

… Telang Mohai (37) was from Lithabaneng, Maseru in Lesotho. He had been working for … travelled downwards, which means he was either shot from above or while lying down. He was the sole breadwinner … Matumelo Mohai, “The children still haven’t recovered from the shock. After hearing of his death they were …

… (the Transvaal, the Orange Free State and Natal). From 1942, however, he settled in Edendale near … Msimang's resignation as president and distancing himself from the ICU until after Kadalie's resignation in 1929. … of the ICU he held the post of national propagandist. From 1928 to 1937 Msimang was a labour advisor in …

… friction with colonial authorities and he was barred from central Africa around 1903 as an alleged supporter of … Again in South Africa in 1912-1913, living off rent from boarders in his Cape Town home, one of whom was  D. D. … in 1896 had been Saul Msane. In 1913 he enlisted support from  Sol Plaatje  and from  John L. Dube , whom he had met …

… African National Congress  (ANC), he resigned in late 1954 from the executive committee of the Transvaal Youth League in protest against the expulsion of  P. K. Leballo  from the league. After working for some time as a clerk for … "task forces" of youthful activists and soliciting support from sympathetic whites. Delegated with Peter 'Molotsi to go …

… received three years of primary school education ”” from 1932 to 1935 ”” at Collies School in Tugela near Pomeroy … of a lifelong career of commissioned ecclesiastical work. From 1953 to 1970 Gcwensa was employed at Hiabisa in Natal … In 1973 and 1974 he worked at Hammarsdale in Natal and from 1975 to 1978 at Inkomana Abbey, Vryheid, where he …

… age of four he attended Paterson High School. He graduated from the University of Fort Hare with distinction in English … African Communist Party (SACP) In late 1961 he was banned from teaching, writing, speaking in public and attending … route to Lourenco Marques (now Maputo). He tried to escape from the police in central Johannesburg, but a policeman shot …

… and white business groupings particularly in the 1980s. From late 1984 onwards, a series of meetings between the exiled ANC and groupings from within South Africa began to take place, a process that … the ANC in 1987. Anglican Bishop of Johannesburg Desmond Tutu became a frequent visitor, first in 1986, then again in …

… on 6 May 1933 and raised in a village situated about 110km from Polokwane, Northern Transvaal (now known as Limpopo), at … a better life. In those days it was the norm for young men from villages, particularly in the Northern Transvaal, to … incarceration by claiming that he was a school child from Alexandra (a township in Johannesburg). The ploy worked …

… Black people and the breakaway of the Africanists section from the African National Congress after they were barred from attending public meetings. Tose was born when Dr Hendrik … College in KwaZulu Natal.  Tose’s subject matter ranges from landscapes, wild life and figure studies in oil, to …

… training at the Royal Veterinary College in London from 1911 to 1914. During this time he won 14 medals and … as a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. From January 1915 until March 1917 Curson served as a field … as Professor and Head of the Department of Anatomy. From November 1930 Curson and Dr Hall Carpenter did …

… Chief Pakade of an important Zulu chieftaincy, the Cunu. From early childhood, chief Bhambatha became renowned for his … which was repaid by his people. He also borrowed heavily from his White neighbours and failed to pay them back. As a … the tax by force. Chief Bhambatha's attempt to dissuade from open rebellion failed. Realising that the Natal …

… Speech delivered by Archbishop Tutu at St Geoge's Cathedral in Cape Town at an inter-faith …

… Thembelakhe Mati (50) was from Ntabankhulu in the Eastern Cape. On 13 August 2012 Mr … that he was stabbed; however it emerged that he died from a gunshot wound, probably from a ricocheted bullet. He was the only employed person in …

… President of the  All African Convention  (AAC) from 1948 to 1959. Born in the Transkei, he graduated from Port Hare in 1935 and first taught school, then later … practised law at Lady Frere. He was involved in the AAC from 1936 and was instrumental in bringing the Cape African …

… at home. His grandparents, indentured workers, came from India. His parents, born in South Africa, were flower … the war, he went back to school - it was about seven miles from home.  He had to cross the Umbilo River about three … They had to attend part time lectures in the evening, from eight o’clock, off-campus. The students started a study …

… Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele … of South Africa. In 1968, he received his doctorate from the University of Denver in the USA. Mphahlele was born … whose lives would run a close parallel to his. From St. Peters Mphahlele went on to study at Adams College …

… KwaZulu-Natal ), to a middle class Indian family. [i]  From an early age Jana developed an awareness of the unequal … uprooted because of her father’s political activity. [iv]  From 1960 she attended Durban High School [v] and in … . [ix] As a human rights attorney her clients ranged from society’s most economically downtrodden to many noted …

… and dress. Kumalo received his first schooling at home from his mother, and then at school at Edendale. In 1891 he … ox wagon driver in his father's business, ferrying goods from Natal to Johannesburg. However, he also took other jobs, … had wiped out the oxen of the business he had taken over from his father, he worked for the Goldsmith Alliance in …

… Art Centre, one of the first places to bring artists from different areas under one roof. During the 1950’s, it … Cecil Skotnes and Sydney Kumalo at the Jubilee Art Centre from 1960 to 1964. He became a teacher at the centre in 1965 … post as assistant to Skotnes. Legae received a scholarship from the US-SA Leadership Development Programme (USSALEP) to …

… schooling was completed in Kroonstad. He matriculated from St Francis College, Mariannhill, outside Durban, Natal … his ideas. He moved towards non-racialism and away from  Black Consciousness  ideology. Lekota was released from Robben Island at the end of 1982. Eight months later, he …

… include a Diploma in Human Resources Management from Damelin, a Certificate in Defence Management from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Certificate in Personnel Management from IPM. Shoke joined  Umkhonto we Sizwe , the military wing …

… Later, during the 1950s the family was forcibly moved from Newclare to Naledi in Soweto. Bokala was active in  African National Congress  campaigns from the 1952 Defiance Campaign, and on 5 December 1956, … He was imprisoned for six months. Upon his release from prison he was banned and placed under house arrest for …

… and landscapes and was apparently able to support himself from the sale of his art.  It is highly possible that the … knew very well. This would distinguish them to some extent from the colonial ‘native studies’ by most white artists at … ‘colonial studies’ produced by most white artists differ from Butelezi’s art; they reveal the way that white artists …

… an art lecturer at St. Francis College, Mariannhill, Natal from 1951-52. Selhorst made a number of study tours to Europe, living there from 1971-1980 and studying mosaic work and stained glass. In … she died. She participated in numerous group exhibitions from 1949 in South Africa and Italy and held a number of …

… of Chief Bloeu of the Kopa tribe. Although Matsepe came from a non-Christian family, he received his education at mission schools. From 1942 to 1949 he received his primary school education at … interrupted to enable him to attend circumcision school. From 1950 he furthered his education at another mission …

… of non Stalinist-Marxist intellectuals. Its members, apart from Essak, were A.I. Limbada (later Dr), Enver Hassim (later … Wits, except that he shared quarters with Amanullah Khan from Stanger, whom he influenced to study.  In 1956 Khan took … stay at Fort Hare introduced him to African intellectuals from the Eastern Cape. Essak excelled as a teacher, and his …

… soon brought around by an incident in which she recovered from being gravely sick, and attributed this convalescence to … aimed to steer members of the Worcester community away from the temptations of alcohol. Indeed, Nannie's own father, … stumbled into a Gospel Temperance meeting and was saved from his destructive alcoholism with which his daughter was …

… was at a time when South Africa was in transition from an Apartheid state to a democracy, with Nelson Mandela and other political leaders soon to be released from prison. As the political scene in the country gradually … in Hillbrow. The place increasingly became home to people from all over Africa, locals, and people who simply couldn’t …

… the next few years more of the leading women were removed from office in the organisation by government orders and … of student unrest and the crackdown by the government in 1976 further drove thousands of students into exile, among … Modise told the TRC panel chaired by Archbishop Desmond Tutu that it was true that some camp commanders took …