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… he enlisted in the army to fight in the Second World War. From 1938 to 1945, he served as radio officer and saw duty in … was repeated in 1954. This effectively prohibited them from working for Trade Unions and other related organisations. Later in 1954 he was prohibited from being in a gathering of more than two people and …

… her life to the struggle of the South African people from an early age, joining the Young Communist League (YCL) … order. Following Chris Hani’s return to South Africa from Lusaka, Zambia, in 1990 after thirty years of exile, … her life to the liberation cause, and never faltered from it. This came at a cost to her family, however, as the …

… Prime Minister B J Vorster announces that White entrepreneurs will be given …

… in composing rival variations on an identical theme: the Vorster regime's 'new, outgoing and pragmatic approach' to …

… He was the prime minister of the Orange River Colony from 1907 to 1910. Abram had married a Scotswoman and Percy … His schooling was at Grey College, Bloemfontein; from there he went to Grey University College in his … Party of South Africa (CPSA) . They never deviated from their outward devotion to Stalinist communism. This …

… 1929 in Johannesburg to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania, Norman Levy and his twin brother, Leon (a … to consult together, serving as its first secretary from 1957 to 1960.  Because of his involvement in the … Emergency in Swaziland while Levy intermittently commuted from Johannesburg to Mbabane until the State of Emergency …

… premises of the Gemeentelijke Universiteit of Amsterdam. From the outset his customers were bookish people: academics, … was published by an unknown publisher, newly immigrated from the Netherlands, and not by Leipoldt's own publisher? … and printing by importing expertise and qualified people from overseas. Although these measures meant that fewer …

… Pushkin International Institute in Moscow in October 1980. From September 1986 to August 1988, she managed to acquire a … Relations, Potsdam, East Germany (former GDR) from January to June 1989.  Ngwevela served in diverse … Pan African Women's Organisation in Angola . On her return from exile, Ngwevela worked on two projects between …

… National Congress (ANC) member, who worked in Durban, was from the Makhanya Tribal Area, Umlazi District, on the south … Hlanganani’ and urged that cattle not be allowed to drink from dipping tanks as it was suspected that there were … Department] officials. He travelled with his belongings from ‘Makhanya Tribal Area’ to Johannesburg in the Transvaal, …

… 1954, she was the first Indian woman to receive a bursary from the Council for Scientific and Industrial Research. In … active. He travels to Bombay to marry an Indian woman from Bombay, Yagesvari Jivan-Sinha. The narratives reveal the … pianist and took part in dramatic productions. Apart from this, Dr. Singh is also the author of two …

… England 1846, died Cape Town, 1921. Morland was descended from a family of British artists that includes the famous … instruction at various Cape secondary school; Aside from teaching, he examined for the SADC, and met Gwelo … the doyen of SA Artists". For personal reasons he resigned from SASA in 1910. Morland is little known today. His vision …

… Williams together with his colleague Alan Lipman to resign from any organization that they belonged to. In addition they were prohibited from attending any gathering or meeting for 2 years. After … work of MK. For instance, when Mandela returned from military training in Addis Ababa, he was met by Williams …

… National Congress (ANC)  and its leaders, their release from prison and a national convention. In November, 1961 dos … to ‘indecency with the intent to commit immorality’. From about the middle of 1961 dos Santos worked for Helen … James Hadebe and  Frene Ginwala .  She carried a letter from Helen Joseph confirming that she was indeed a member of …

… could not afford university fees she accepted a loan from the Transvaal Education Department which was conditional … she worked with ‘non-white’ ex-servicemen who returned from war to find the same social barriers in place. Altman … Suppression of Communism Act . As a result she was banned from her work on the factory floor and prohibited from …

… in Fidel Castro’s seizure of power on 1 January 1959, was from the beginning based on a non-racial ethos, and … at Quifangodo, Cabinda, Ebo and other sites) during 1976, they continued a campaign of destabilisation after … Portuguese troops would take place by the end of February 1976. By April a fragile ceasefire, organised by the …

… Makhosandile Mkhonjwa (28) was from Bizana in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin … support his siblings? I do not know where help will come from.” …

… year bought a second hand Yashica with the profits he made from photographing school and social events with his cousin's … camera. In 1999 he matriculated and used the profits from his photography to start studying electrical engineering …

… a parliamentarian who was a member of the Cape elite, and from 1854 the first Speaker of the Cape Parliament.  Brand … degree of D.C.L. in 1845. He was called to the English Bar from the Inner Temple in 1849, and practised as an advocate in the Supreme Court of the Cape of Good Hope from that year until 1863. He married Johanna Sibella Zastrom …

… Committee. The group calls for the boycott of South Africa from the 1964 Olympic Games. 1967 New Zealand All-Blacks … Hendrik Verwoerd's announcement forbidding their team from including any Maori players. 1970 The National Party … non-racial sporting development within South Africa. 1976 The National Party announces that multi-nationalism in …

… Herman Charles Bosman, for one, seems to have learned from Blackburn's ironic humour. 1920 The first novel by a … The Sound of Thunder (1966) was published. Prime minister Vorster's government list the names of 46 South Africans in … Steve Biko was a leading figure, and the youth revolt of 1976. Literature became a vehicle to promote the political …

… contemporaries. Indeed, he travelled so extensively that from 1945 until the early 1970s he was probably the most well-known Afrikaans author abroad. His departure from traditional Afrikaner nationalism and particular focus … is also unique among authors of his generation. [2] Aside from his considerable literary contributions, Krige played a …

… family photos. Nearby is the home of Archbishop Desmond Tutu (not open to visitors); Winnie Mandela has a property a …

… father, Isidore Gordimer, was a Jewish jeweller originally from Latvia and her mother, Nan Myers, was of British descent. From her early childhood, Gordimer witnessed how the White … has been awarded 10 honorary doctorates in literature from various universities around the world. She grew up …

… Biko he said that it was essential to free the black man from his inferiority complex. From then on he believed that no measure of sacrifice would … was closely involved with the removal of  P.K. Leballo  from the PAC leadership in 1979. He was a member of the …

… she “acquired a more intensive and deeply rooted education from her mother, who had been a teacher of young ladies in … too. Schreiner’s earliest extant letter to Alexander dates from December 1909, and they remained correspondents after … rather insistently, “How does it come I never never hear from you.” There is surprisingly little discussion in the …

… of Joseph Nakasa and his wife, Alvina Nakasa. As a child from a working-class family in an impoverished rural area, … journalist, I expect no difficulty in obtaining a passport from the South African government'. When told he would not … the programme had started, after getting travel documents from the Tanzanian government, he settled into his studies. …

… in borrowing books to read. All administration was done from there as well. During the first year she raised funds by … for contributions and in 1921 received supplementary stock from the American Braille Press in Paris, France, the … responded by transporting the contributions and loans from overseas institutions free of charge. The postal …

… World Federation of Democratic Youth in Budapest, Hungary, from 1983 to 1987. In 1987, he was elected as leader of the … of ANC exiles back to South Africa. After returning from exile, Selebi was one of the ANC’s acclaimed civil … on a Convention Banning Anti-Personnel Landmines. From 1995 to 1998, Selebi served as the South African …

… Piny, as her friends and family called her, had moved from the nearby boarding school at Mariazell to Lovedale and … had to travel several kilometres daily to collect water from the nearest well. The Mbekis obtained a concession to … and hardship for heras she attempted to eke out a living from her shop while enduring unspeakable harassment from the …

… and appointed chairperson of the Johannesburg Bar Council from 1972 to 1973. Five years later, in 1977, he was called … of Court). When apartheid collapsed, he took time away from his lucrative practice in London to sit as an acting … Harvard Law School, and has received honorary law degrees from the universities of Leicester, London, and Sussex in …