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… and Leah Plaatjie. As the niece of Reverend Canon James A. Calata , who was Secretary-General of the African National … Congress (ANC) for many years, Ngalo entered politics at a young age. She joined the African National Congress Youth … long before she was elected Branch Secretary of the ANCWL, a position she held until she was forced to leave the country …

… Peter Hlaole Molotsi was born in Steinsrust, a municipal location, in the district of Kroonstad, (then … offices in exile in Ghana, from where they operated. Their mission was to publicise the PAC all over Africa and the … Ghana. In 1964 he went to Dar es Salaam to strengthen the mission there. The PAC headquarters was still in Lesotho. He …

… including the infiltration of trained MK cadres.  As a member of the ANC Volunteer Corps, Dingake participated in … of 1957, Potato Boycott, Sophiatown removals, One Pound-a-Day, the Women Anti-Pass Campaign of 1959, the Pass Burning … Dingake had to leave the country. He was sent on a mission to Dar es Salaam.  When he came back to Johannesburg …

… (Ben) Ulenga was born in Owamboland. His father was a labourer, who from age 16 or 17 had to leave Owamboland to … Scottish and German-owned farms. His father provided a political education and instilled in him a concern for … he served in PLAN until he was seriously injured during a mission into northern Namibia and captured by South African …

… Traci Mackie was born to a working-class family, in an industrial village called … Town , Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province ), after a brief stay in Port Elizabeth. Her new hometown introduced … happening in the country would later inspire her to become a journalist. Immediately after high school, …

… Germany (Weimar Republic) on 13 May 1924. Growing up in a Jewish family, Schwarz witnessed the rise of the Nazi … to the Third Reich’s racial laws against Jews, notably, as a young child being thrown off a tram for being a Jew. In … against the arrival of Jewish refugees led by H. F. Verwoerd , the architect of apartheid and later Prime …

… mother never went to school, while her father worked as a painter but was exploited by his White employer. When her … died in 1971, her father had to look after the family on a salary of just R20 a week. While still a young girl, … where she was instrumental in spearheading the fund’s mission to change the way that society treats its children …

… Mary Thipe was born in 1917* in Ramhlakoane, a village in the Matatiele district, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ) near the Eastern Cape border. Later, as a young woman, she moved to Umkhumbane, Durban , Natal and in … that Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) , the ANC’s military wing, had a steady supply of fighters. She was part of the iconic …

… Ruben Xulu was a sculptor who specialized in wood and stone. He was born … for missions in Natal. Xulu eventually left Hlabisa mission station, where he had learned to carve and moved to several mission stations in Natal. He died on 15 December 1985 at …

… 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 … His father, Augustine Tjato ‘Chateau’ Chakela, was a travelling agricultural inspection officer and a …

… Eastern Cape, South Africa, in 1948 to Rose Nompumelelo, a nurse, and Ashbey Peter Solomzi Mda , a school teacher, who later became a lawyer. His father was a … them as radio dramas for distribution to community radio stations, and then as video dramas. In late November 2003, …

… political organisations. The first was the emergence a class of black African farmers who were landowners. This … own gain. The second development was the establishment of mission stations with schools which provided education meant to serve …

… like "the crushing" or "scattering". It describes a period of widespread chaos and disturbance in southern … Senegal). During this war, the Boers also destroyed many mission stations in the Basotho kingdom, as they blamed them for …

… on 14 October 1923,he was  one of seven children in a rural family that 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 …

… the family home until 2013. The Ponnusamy family had a middle-class upbringing and were known for their generosity … country. This resulted in the university being brought to a standstill. The University, in cahoots with the apartheid … Pradesh while continuing his involvement with the ANC Mission in India and the ANC representatives in India. He was …

… Dennis Brutus . He had to leave school early to look for a job as his brother, Indres Naidoo, was imprisoned on Robben … We used to be raided regularly, at least once a month. But we were very careful. We never kept banned … such. But a guy would come and say: “Listen, I came on a mission. I want transport to take me to the border”. My …

… South Africa after spending some time in Mauritius. He was a successful merchant, who had strong sympathies for the … in India. He also took Mahatma Ghandi into his home for a while after one of his terms of imprisonment, when Jane was … At his insistence Jane and her sisters were removed from a mission school because he considered the education that they …

… Town, in the early 1920s, where he found employment as a labourer at a wholesaler. In 1924, he married Francina Pretorius, who was … African because of their father. Mildred attended the City Mission School in Kensington and then Kensington High with …

… against Germany in the First World War. David was born on a farm approximately 25km from Pietersburg (now Polokwane). … primary education started at Kratzestein, at a Lutheran mission school where the family stayed for a short while … wounded in unprovoked attacks by the police. After  Dr. H.F. Verwoerd  introduced Bantu Education Bopape together with …

… July in 1937,  the second of five children. When he was a few months old Ebrahim's mother became ill and he was sent … Because Ebrahim's parents had difficulty in getting him a place in the overcrowded schools, he only began his … In 1985 Ebrahim re-entered South Africa on a political mission and lived incognito in Durban, though he often …

… A tireless advocate for justice and equality in South Africa, … in Cape Town , Cape Province (now Western Cape) in 1903 on a ‘poor ship’ from Lithuania, escaping the Russian pogrom … of the Witwatersrand in 1948, where she completed a BA in Education. In 1953, she married Emanuel ‘Mannie’ …

… hearing much political discussion at home. Her parents ran a second-hand furniture shop. The family lived near Athlone railway station before moving to Hazendal, a whites-only complex. In 1945 they moved again, this time to … of the 12 600-strong Food and Canning Workers Union (F&CWU) . Rebecca acted as General Secretary until her own …

… Hereo chief Traugott Tjetjo and Lieutenant Streitwolf hold a meeting to discuss the shooting of alleged Herero cattle … puts the military on high alert. He informs other military stations and the Governor that the Herero are planning an … 23 January, German soldiers shoot at unarmed Herero at the mission station of Otjimbingwe. The battle spreads from …

… The Act was to apply the Mission Stations and Communal Reserves Act 1909, of the Cape of Good …

… on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His … as Nelson Mandelaother political activists, had attended mission schools.The Act ended the relative autonomy these … that they were overreaching themselves. As a result, most mission schools that admitted Blacks chose to close rather …

… Lewis Baker was married to Villa Baker. He was a civil rights lawyer, and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The … in World War II and later the National Party under Dr. D. F. Malan . In 1961 before South Africa became a Republic …

… Joseph Faniso Mati was born on a farm near Adelaide, Eastern Cape and grew up in Port … ZK Matthews , Chief Albert Luthuli and Nelson Mandela . As a result, Mati joined the African National Congress (ANC) and … became an organiser for the ANC Youth League . He became a street steward for the Congress and thus was also involved …

… in English law, the general idea being that when a group of people embark on an unlawful or dangerous activity … planning to attack the Pretoria West and Villiera police stations. Tau admitted he had infiltrated the country on a mission to carry out the ‘Watloo’ attacks but denied he had …

… Fanele Mbali was born on 1 December 1937 in a village called Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana … Mas’Thathu. His biological mother, Nomanundu, worked as a domestic worker in Queenstown at the time. Mbali left his … his expertise. The boat was eventually sabotaged and the mission was aborted. On his return to South Africa in 1972, …

… and Historic Village of Genadendal is the oldest Moravian Mission Village in Africa, with Church buildings and a School that dates back to 1738. The original Moravian … labour. Given the dire conditions on Farms, the Mission Stations, which provided access to Land in return for …