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… Soweto was an important location of the struggle, against apartheid, and Mandela's house seems an appropriate site for … hard-fought path to democracy. Nelson Mandela lived with his first wife, Evelyn , and later with his second wife, … family photos. Nearby is the home of Archbishop Desmond Tutu (not open to visitors); Winnie Mandela has a property a …

… in the head by police. He left behind two young children, his mother and three siblings. He financially supported his entire family. According to his mother: "He supported the family and bought food and …

… he met photographer David Goldblatt in, who took him under his wing and allegedly helped him to build up a portfolio … into Michaelis School of Art. Although he did not finish his degree, he embarked on a fruitful career in printing, photography and invention. Among his inventions is the Panfield 4” x 5” camera, which is used …

… he matriculated. He never received theatrical training in his youth. Hanekom was first employed as a municipal official in the town of his birth and was later promoted to assistant town clerk. He was also interested in theatre and in 1912 made his debut as an amateur actor in C.J. Langenhoven’s “Die …

… arrived in South Africa on 5 January 1834 to assume his duties as Royal Astronomer at the Cape. He immediately … survey and accurate mapping of the Cape colony. Some of his beacons are still used by cartographers, such as the … observation and assistance, Livingstone was able to plan his expeditions carefully. Maclear was knighted in 1860 for …

… in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father, John Knox Bokwe , in Ugie, East Griqualand, and then studied at Lovedale high school from 1911 to 1917.His father was reverend and his mother a teacher. Entering …

… As a child he grew up in a working-class environment - his father was a shoemaker - and attended primary schools in … Africans. Nokwe became acquainted with politics early in his life. One of his teachers in Johannesburg was  Oliver Tambo , a leader of …

… born in Ga-Mamabolo, Pietersburg district, in 1886. Both his parents were Pedi speaking but not originally belonging … contact with missionaries, were already Christians. Though his parents were not Christians, Thema attended mission schools. He interrupted his education when he ran away from school in 1901 and joined …

… of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of times during his youth, first to Natal and then to the Cape, where Tantsi completed his education to the Junior Certificate level at Cota High …

… 6. He then attended the Emjindini secondary School and got his Junior Certificate in 1957. He went on to obtain a … Teacher’s Training College in Vryheid. He later completed his matric in 1964 and registered for a BA degree in 1966, … with Zulu and Psychology as majors. In 1974 he completed his Honours degree in Psychology. From 1960 he lectured at …

… carried out the abduction, torture and murder of anti-apartheid liberation fighters. De Kock led the ambushes of … a member of the ANC who turned to become an agent for the apartheid government’s police. The four combatants were … emphasising instead that it was an ambush. De Kock and his fellow officers fired countless gunshots at the vehicle …

… Vaal River. He settled near present-day Zeerust and called his farm Ver Genoeg. His wife was Maria Catherina Messer, daughter of the German … the nick- name of' Jan Segeel' - due, it is said, to his outstanding bravery in the campaign. In 1854 he hunted on …

… and a Swazi mother whose name could not be ascertained. His given Zulu name was Ncane meaning “small”. He disliked … Ted or Teddy, a name reflected in the signature of one of his very early works. Later he was also known as Lucas … Thandokwazi Sithole. From the age of six he lived with his Swazi grandmother, Tsayi Numvumi, who was of royal blood …

… especially those from Britain. In 1881, together with his three brothers, he was sent to Stellenbosch for further … this by studying Law and not Theology as he had intended. His 1892 doctoral thesis was titled: De Income-Bond, Zijn … the worth of its economic and legal practices.) Armed with his qualification, ‘H' as he was popularly known, could not …

… 1897 and lived in Alexandra north of Johannesburg in 1922. His first job was that of a taxi driver but in 1925 he became a taxi owner. In 1927 he purchased his first buses and shortly afterwards he and other bus … the interests of African entrepreneurs of Alexandra. On his letterhead Baloyi identified himself as the managing …

… Turner . It was during this time that Tip’s opposition to apartheid developed and he became very involved in student …

… Northern Rhodesia.) He was the youngest of eight children. His father was a Minister and teacher who had left Malawi in 1904 and his mother was the first African woman to teach in colonial Zambia. Initially, the young Kaunda followed in his mother’s footsteps, becoming boarding master and then …

… An intervention by Jacob Zuma and Joe Slovo secured his release. Sikhosana proceeded to Zambia and then to Angola … the special amnesty, Sikhosana was released in 1991. Upon his release, he was promoted to the rank of Commander of MK … IFP) deputy-secretary in Wembezi, Estcourt, was shot near his home by an unidentified gunman armed with an AK-47, who …

… in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). On completing his schooling in Johannesburg, Davis served his compulsory one-year call-up in the South African Air … part-time as a freelance photographer in Cape Town. For his Masters degree Davis was concerned with- and tracked- the …

… was held at the Johannesburg Fort.Bail was est at R500 but his family could not raise the money. The police said that he died from an epileptic fit,but his family denied that he had ever suffered from epilepsy.His sister had visited him on the day before his …

… country, from time to time, during the years that followed his exile. In 1981, during one of his secret visits to South Africa, the Security Police … Africa was in the midst of a political transition. After his release from prison, Seatlholo was unemployed, forgotten …

… Green Point in Cape Town on 23 February 1974. He completed his secondary education at Diocesan College where he played soccer and rugby, but cricket soon became his first choice. His career began at the early age of 16 when he debuted for …

… He won a bursary to Adams College, where he completed his schooling to junior certificate level. Attracted by the  … and in the party organ, Umsebenzi,  he found an outlet for his gifts as a writer. In mid-1935, however, he was expelled … free-lance journalism but found white pressmen hostile to his nationalistic ideas. In 1935 he launched his own …

… shot dead by police on that day, sustaining an injury to his head from which he died in hospital. The Coloured doctor … afternoon in grim detail: “a bullet wound to one side of his head, blood and brains spilling out of a large exit wound on the other side, the gurgle of death in his throat." Klein was initially totally perplexed by what …

… killed at scene 1 after being shot twice by the police, in his shoulder and thigh. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his wife and 10 children, the majority of which are still at school. According to his wife, Nokuthula Zibambele, "I am attending the Commission …

… Then on the 19 June, religious figures Bishop Desmond Tutu and afterwards Ray Macauley visited the grieving … chanting “To hell with de Klerk -- go away, go away”. His heavily guarded motorcade slowly drove down Bakoena … held less than two years later.  After the transition from Apartheid to democratic rule, sixteen members of the IFP …

… a white man, others were more readily willing to listen to his message than if he had been black. He created … maintained a presence in Sophiatown for forty years. The work they contributed to the community included valuable work … such a way as to relate naturally with Africans. Desmond Tutu witnessed Huddleston’s connection with the townspeople, …

… left Manchester and moved to Pretoria where Thompson did his primary school education and upon completion went to … at the South African Railways and Harbours up to 1928.  In his late teenage years he developed an interest in local and … College, the Divinity School at London University. Upon his return to South Africa he was assigned to the Geaina area …

… Northern Sotho as a communication medium. He received his primary education in the Pietersburg district at … . Through private and full-time study he later improved his qualifications, Junior Certificate in 1930, matric in … in order to reorganize the college. In 1961 he returned to his position as sub-inspector and in 1965 became Bantu …

… Cape, where the scenery would later be the inspiration for his paintings. Most of his paintings depict old farmhouses in Cape Town. He … landscapes of the Cape and Natal. He was also revered for his portraits. In 1908, Roworth was elected president of the …