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… and ideals. By the end of the 1920s Mahabane was anxious about the growing black following of the communist ideology … Through the ANC he constantly tried to educate Africans about their rights and made frequent representations against …

… was sometimes described as too blunt and too emotional about issues. He was also regarded as a harsh warlord because he was unremittent about when it came to the need to defend people. These …

… Orlando branch of the ANC in Johannesburg in 1945 and at about the same time became the first full-time …

… up in Newclare, before moving to Riverlea, a poor suburb about 8km west of the Johannesburg, surrounded by dusty mine …

… discriminatory laws and detention. Makhoere wrote a book about her experiences in prison, entitled No Child’s Play: In …

… defects and just as easily discuss Calvin's virtues, talk about Mother Teresa of Avila or his beloved Paarl" (from …

… vol.,1882), which remains a valuable source of information about South Africa, the war and the siege of Pretoria. Du Val …

… a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress executive for about five years,working some of that time as its full-time …

… seeing much of Europe. Abrahams grew up hearing stories about the great adventures his father had experienced. His … booming voice, tinged with disgust rumbled something about a ‘black baboon’.” (Abrahams, 1954) That night, … from their school days: “I remember him vividly talking about Marcus Garvey”¦dreamily he said what a wonderful thing …

… it generated sent a strong message to the government about the organizational strength of African leaders, the … a historic moment for South Africa and women’s movements. About 20 000 women gathered from all over the country to … who the state wanted to persecute or were suspicious about) except her husband. In addition to this she was not …

… of South Africa. Mavi shared the resentment of blacks about white control over the expression of workers … Municipality Worker's Union. Defying conventional wisdom about the futility of organizing migrant worker's,in late …

… in Kliptown. Later he lived in Lenasia for a period of about two years.  Wadee moved to Nelspruit in the late 1970s, …

… a weaver...I am told that my minimum pay was going to be about R6 to 8...The next thing is you are...on the loom with …

… which was published in Bloemfontein for about two years. Fenyang hosted Plaatje when the latte was …

… Msengi in the Limpopo Province, but very little is known about this family of carvers. They have neither been prolific …

… homelessness and the discrimination she faced. She spoke about how coming from a Muslim family, with her father being … would always speak plainly and passionately to the crowds, about how these spaces were failing poor, black, transgender … to be a girl. She would go on to help educate people about the differences between sexuality, being someone’s …

… no longer provided with meals at school and how slogans about Bantu Education were painted on walls. One-day members … that a boycott should be started. Mokoena was very unhappy about this, as was Anna Khomo, but his father, who was a … an equal education. At the age of twelve Mokoena learnt about the potato boycott from his father, and from then on …

… of the student body. Variava and his peers had heard about students aligned to Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) … in July 1972, where Biko and his peers engaged in a debate about whether students should engage in boycotts. The speech … students. When Variava received a telegram, on a Friday, about the expulsion, he immediately convened a mass meeting, …

… wiped out the ANC. As a journalist and being free to move about without attracting too much suspicion, Joyce was sought … was engaged to an African doctor. When she spoke to him about this he wasn't interested and she threw the engagement … policemen. It was clear that the police knew everything about her, so there would have been little point in denying …

… was Nandi, the daughter of a Langeni chief. Information about Shaka's early years is gleaned entirely from oral … he was developing a thirst for power. Probably when he was about twenty-three years old, he was drafted into one of the … he built a far bigger KwaBulawayo, a royal household of about 1,400 huts, in the Mhlathuze valley, some 27 km from …

… an interest in sociology. This led to learning more about the injustice in his own country.[4] He later wrote … the ANC in London, with the intention of helping to bring about change in South Africa. Here Jenkin met his future wife … tour in Australia organised by Karel Boele speaking about his escape and community currencies.[28] Recognition In …

… the HIV/Aids stigma in Tanzania . Mtukudzi was outspoken about the disease.  He also criticised polygamy as a practice … One of Mtukudzi’s hit songs, entitled ‘Neria’, was a song about the woman who was in poverty after the death of her …

… sons from a previous marriage. Kantor did not much care about was politics, although he did not like the thuggish … of the group were immediately arrested. After Wolpe learnt about the Lilliesleaf Farm arrests, he told Kantor of his … steadfast and did not do so. Hilda Bernstein wrote about the issue in The World That Was Ours . In January 1964, …

… the farm. After the war, he went back to school - it was about seven miles from home.  He had to cross the Umbilo River about three times, to get to school in Stella Hill.  His … his comrades. He was held in solitary confinement for about five months with no visits from either a doctor or …

… offered their lives in exchange for giving information about sabotage activity in their area. Mini wrote: ”I am … and they would help me. I refused. They then asked me about Wilton Mkwayi (subsequently sentenced to life … deputy chief were refused amnesty for this raid. Read more about Vuyisile Mini: "Four articles on Vuyisile Mini" ,  "Let …

… So people were starving. We saw many graves. About 300 kids were dying there. Being just buried like … with migrancy, personal ones and those we had heard about from others. We had lots of talks on the life of … strategies. It also showed that workers were serious about culture, and that it had a functional role to play in …

… the police explanation, Mdluli was arrested on 18 March at about 10 p.m. and attempted to escape from the Durban … interrogation continued with occasional breaks until about 8.30 p.m. when he suddenly got up, held his head, … van Straaten said that he was called to Fisher Street at about 11 p.m. and shown the body of Mdluli covered by a …

… a refugee camp in Alexandria, Egypt where they stayed for about two months in mid-1941. His father was housed in a camp … at a Greek orphanage in Alexandria, where he stayed for about a month. Refugees were being moved out, with single … Bizos met with Mandela in a dark cell reserved for those about to appear in court. Bizos shared his opinion with …

… a hidden chapter in his life, which he rarely talked about, because he felt he and his family had sacrificed … enough and he had done all that he could to bring about radical change. He married Mitzi Trop in 1945 and they …

… to see Sara’s half naked body displayed in a cage that was about a metre and half high. She became an attraction for … in 1981 when Stephen Jay Gould, a palaeontologist wrote about her story in his book The Mismeasure of Man where he …