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… Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major female poet to … often employ hyperbole and caricature, some information about Mgqwetho can be gleaned from a poem about herself published in Umteleli on 12 January 1924.  She …

… which was shared by twenty five other teams. He would walk about 10 miles (about 16km) on the morning of a match to help prepare the … an entire month devoted to coaching him, in his backyard, about the English game. This was the first time he had ever …

… hearing of his death they were inconsolable. They talk about the days that he was meant to come home on leave and …

… it upon himself to develop the awareness of his students about conditions in South Africa. Her father died when she was about twelve and it was Mervy Thandray, later secretary of … attended classes conducted by members of the TIC to learn about the political situation in South Africa and ways to …

… depiction of the realities of the poor raises questions about the sensibility of human interactions. The work shows … furniture on foot. ‘Moving Day’ may be Tose’s testament about how the indignities of the downtrodden are often …

… had catapulted my life into exile and how it had all come about".  Let it be Told  (1987) recounts the turbulent … well known books is “And They Didn’t Die”. This book is about a black rural community of women who, against the …

… we Sizwe (MK) by reconnoitring and providing information about the location and activities of the police in the … Lusaka, Zambia to provide South Africa with information about the then-banned ANC. Manzini was detained on 3 July …

… Pretoria in 2000. Rafs is currently working on a project about the area he grew up in, the Warwick Avenue Triangle, … of contemporary jazz musicians, whilst learning more about archival printing processes. Exhibitions Staffrider …

… turbulent time in South Africa, and after reading a report about the December 1985, massacre in Maseru where nine ANC … that he intended to call the shopping centre to warn them about the blast but could not find a vacant telephone booth. …

… Wyk, Coetzee and four railway policemen. He was questioned about his activities in MK, which he denied. A damped bag was … the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) to talk about the ordeal he suffered at the hands of police officers. …

… very worried, devastated and felt severe pain on hearing about my husband's death. When I heard the news, I was so …

… According to his cousin, Lanford Gcotyelwa, “I only heard about his death on 17 August 2012. He was found in the …

… the union's top position and growing its membership to about 10,000 in the early 1940s.Koza mastered the …

… death as 'suicide' and confirmed other earlier information about Mr Hamakwayo. …

… I have lost interest in everything. I am always thinking about him and what happened to him and the pain is …

… as having influenced his career. Most of his sculpture was about people he mingled with everyday. In 1988 Lehupela was …

… with the album Stoki Stoki . Nkabinde was disappointed about the fact that many of those who attended his concerts … in our country. Never mind that they're American. It's about time they took a very important step and started learning about their origins”. This does not imply that his music was …

… in which his images contributed directly to the statement about popular resistance and state brutality in South Africa … of Gugulethu.  Meintjes stated that this project came about because he often spent time socialising with friends in … was deeply moved and inspired by these struggles and spent about 4-5 years documenting the hostel life in Khikhi.” …

… Born about 1800, in Zomba, Central Africa. From his youth the boy … they never knew.  Adjai with a group of other boys about his age were parted from their mothers and sisters and … from him by the slave-traders when he was captured. It was about 25 years that they had been parted. Adjai was a …

… writer. Black’s series of articles in that newspaper about the plight of the Cape Coloureds appeared from 1904 to … fully aware of the different levels of Cape Town society, about which he wrote humorously but sympathetically. He … inter alia, Damaged Goods  a popular moral drama by Brieux about White slave traffic. Black then became editor of a …

… used to listen to meetings from the balcony and learned about the political situation and discrimination in South … unionist working with the Natal Sugar Workers’ Union and about twenty-five other unions. He was also a CPSA leader. …

… way for land claims in South Africa for the San people. About 40 000ha of land were handed back to the San in March … appetite suppressant as part of their indigenous knowledge about survival in the harsh desert conditions) for various …

… Schuur hospital in Cape Town, stories began to surface about the role that Naki played in the procedure. Chris … Mr. Naki once asked him where he was when he first heard about the transplant. He replied that he had heard of it on …

… mother who was already working in Durban , Natal. She was about 15 years old at the time. Nair then got a job at a … but no shaking hands, nothing ”¦ We didn’t worry about it because at least you’re seeing the person you …

… black pride and a belief that only Black people can bring about their own freedom. This meant that the Black Sash would … could not be heard by the TRC to share their experiences about the transition. In 2000, she helped launch the Home for …

… two nieces, nephew and young daughter. His father died about two months after he was killed. According to his …

… According to his sister, Matshepo Letsaba, "He told us about the increase of police and the Nyalas. He said the …

… ophthalmologist in South Africa. Blake became concerned about blindness and got involved in the work of SANCB in the …

… his sister, Nolufefe Noki, “It was really painful to hear about my brother’s death. I have since seen a doctor at the …

… eventually became full time and the swimming school grew about 10-fold from about 60 pupils. At its peak he would work every weekday at … he would teach for five evenings a week. He would spend about £150 per month on books just to keep the collection up …