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… After the banning of the ANC, Lambert carried on her anti-apartheid political activity underground. Consequently, she …

… that played a key role in documenting the resistance to apartheid in the 1980s. At the time she was freelancing for …

… National Congress (ANC) member to be executed by the apartheid state.  Nomkhosi Mary Mini was born into a …

… who often rode horseback in Orlando and who built his following into a cultlike organization for the contesting … experienced a Christian conversion, became a preacher to his fellow prisoners, and wrote a short book. The Battles of the Christian's Pathway. After his release in 1927 he became a teacher in Pretoria, then …

… 27 July 1925. As a young boy, he watched and listened to his older brothers playing jazz instruments, thus, influencing his musical taste later in life. Kippie's first musical instrument was the clarinet which he played with his first band known as the Band in Blue. Kippie and the Band …

… Defiance Campaign  led a batch of 40 volunteers to defy apartheid regulations, for which he served two months …

… up as an Indian but was "reclassified" Coloured in 1957. His father was an accountant born in India and his mother was classified as Malay.As a teenager he visited India for a year with his father,and spent two years studying for matriculation …

… better wages and working conditions. From June 1948, until his retirement from the union, he was involved in … African Cricket Board from 1956-1970 when he relinquished his presidency. A horse-race enthusiast, Butshingi spent his leisure time at the race-course. Butshingi was also …

… the banishment order. The official reasons provided for his banishment were that, fromSeptember 1957, Mnyaunduwas the … [Bantu Affairs Department] officials. He travelled with his belongings from ‘Makhanya Tribal Area’ to Johannesburg in … he helped locals undertake a strike. This was confirmed by his second banishment order, which said that soon after his …

… went to the University College of Zululand, completing his BA in History and Anthropology in 1965. In 1967 he obtained his University Education Diploma. Whilst at university, he … study towards their matriculation. He continued with his own studies through the University of South Africa …

… satyagraha in 1941, and Ramamma. 1943 E.S. Redy receives his B. A. from the University of Madras, India. 1946 March, … He is appointed Secretary of the Special Committee against Apartheid. 1966 E.S. Reddy is Appointed Secretary, Committee … Mr Reddy retires from the United Nations but continues to work against apartheid, as a member of the Board of Trustees …

… Maria and Manabane Rachidi and had three other siblings. His parents were both school teachers in the area. He spent most of his early years staying with relatives in Limpopo and later … life offered Rachidi a newfound freedom to speak his mind without fear of parental reprimand. He was suspended …

… the 1950s. He taught briefly in Pimville High School until his dismissal for participation in the 1952 Defiance … the University of the Witwatersrand but did not complete his degree. In 1953 he attended the World Youth Festival in … he was one of the accused in the Treason Trial. Following his acquittal he left South Africa without a passport and …

… He attended school at Welsh High in East London, where his father worked. After school Ntsangani worked in P.E. and … During the 1970s and 1980s Ntsangani’s son indicated that his father spent months every year in detention without trial at Fort Glamorgan in East London. Albeit his baning orders Ntsangani served as an MK commander in the …

… High School. After matriculating in 1956 he obtained his B.Sc. degree in 1960 at Potchefstroom University of Higher Christian Education and in 1961 also completed his Transvaal Higher Education Diploma. During his studies du Plessis played an active role in the Transvaal …

… high school before dropping out at grade nine to follow his passionate sport, boxing. During his amateur career Bungu won 108 fights and suffered 20 … turning professional. However, Bungu managed to avenge his defeat in May 1990 to capture the South African title and …

… 1958, at the end of the preparatory examination. After his release in 1958, the  New Age  reported that Charles was sacked by his employers, Messrs Hume Pipe Company of Koelenhof, for whom he had worked since 1939. He was told by his employer that he would not be re-employed “because he was …

… he was banned for five years.  At this time he earned his living as a butcher in Vereeniging. His inability to leave his area of restriction to buy meat seriously affected his …

… once in the back by the police. He was the breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and 5 young children. According to his wife, Nosakhe Nokhamba, “He called on 16 August 2012 and …

… To mark his 10th year in office, the South African Prime Minister, …

… Organisation (AZAPO). Wauchope shot to prominence in his role as publicity secretary during AZAPO’s cultural … Charles, Champion Jack Dupree and others. As a result of his activism, the entire Wauchope family became involved in … leading to numerous arrests and detentions – of Wauchope, his mother, siblings and even nephews and nieces. During the …

… killed at scene 1 after being shot twice by the police in his back and his buttock. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his young daughter, parents and …

… followed Ahmed Mohamed Cachalia’s example by informing his creditors of his determination to resist the anti-Indian laws and placing all his assets at their disposal. He wrote to them: ‘My …

… Leah Sherman. As a young boy Abrahams emigrated with his parents to England where he was educated at the Jews … the Chief Rabbi of the Cape Town Hebrew Congregations and his duties covered the Cape and South West Africa (now known … for more than thirty years (1937- 1968). A year after his arrival he was also appointed part-time professor of …

… campaign. She was involved with all facets of the Party's work, and after being dismissed from a job for attending the … in Angola and Alexander Simons continued to do underground work. In 1990, she attended the Malibongwe conference in …

… in English at the University of Pretoria , and started to work at the normaalkollege in Bloemfontein. She then became a …

… sections of the plate in brown, green and black. In this work one can also discern a similar approach to subject …

… the Ceramic Workshop, entering the workshop in 1967.  Her work was exhibited at the Durban Art Gallery in 1970 on the …

… no schools, clinics and jobs. Husbands remained behind to work as migrant labourers. It was during this time also that …

… livelihoods of the Xhosa. Hence, King Sarhili’s rule and his life is characterised by a turbulent political climate in … the Rharhabe lineage. [5] Xhoxho was attacked for grazing his cattle in lands that the British had ‘forbidden’ from … Maqoma and Tyhali (the brothers of Xhoxho) and had given his approval to their efforts to go to war. [7] As such the …