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… grew up in Worcester. One day in 1884, a Christian lady by the name of Miss Schreiner, who later became Mrs … with Miss Schreiner, Anna struggled to feel convinced by the Christian faith, but was soon brought around by an incident in which she recovered from being gravely …

… caring and understanding, and was soon being approached by black groups who sought her assistance. In 1983, she was asked by Matthew Goniwe to officially inquire about rent … Blackburn started to be seen as a troublemaker, not just by members of the National Party but also by some liberals. …

… exhibitions in the 1940s and were subsequently acquired by the SANG. They demonstrate his command of fine techniques … horizontal panel painted in egg tempera. It was inspired by his study of predella panels from altarpieces by Renaissance artists that were exhibited in London in the …

… From the book:  Side by Side by Helen Joseph On that day in August 1956, I was already …

… houses where two different families lived on either side. The people called this area Lindela (meaning: wait). It … project that looked at improving the lives of people, by building houses with sewerage systems and electricity. … As the youths from the urban areas were sent off by their parents to relatively 'apolitical' places like …

… decided to make their way overland to Cape Town, and by the time they were discovered by a rescue party at the … was established by Dutch families on the south-western side of the bay. 6 February, Piet Retief , together with a … a second harbour off the “ back ” beach on the seaward side of the Point. Construction was completed on the Natal …

… African Congress (PAC) as a 15-year-old in 1961, attracted by the vision of a black-ruled South Africa. Arrested in May … on Robben Island. In prison, he completed high school by into a principal adherent of Africanism. In 1973 he was … While working in East London factories and studying law by correspondence, he became associated with the Black …

… Africa, in addition to the armed and unarmed struggle led by the African National Congress, the collapse of Portuguese … the rest of South Africa. But there is another important side to this situation. The policy of worker migration … countries do not want to see their governments on the side of the regimes of the white minority. Even the argument …

… Mandela in Umtata, in his first suit, presented to him by the Paramount Chief of the abaThembu, Jongintaba … ‘troublemaker’. He was given the name, ‘Nelson’, by his White missionary school teacher at the age of seven. … same year, Mandela enrolled at Clarkebury , a school run by C.C Harris. It was here that Mandela was first introduced …

… abound. Some of the best fishing spots are very close by; Oribi Gorge is just inland of Southport and well worth a … has it all. With a safe swimming beach that is manned by capable life guards, shark nets, a tidal pool that is both …

… and the San hunter-gatherers – the area now occupied by Cape Town City Centre were known as- Camissa , Place of …

… people. His father was Mantatisi, who was expelled by King  Shaka Zulu  from the area he had conquered. In 1821 … tribe and killed their headman and retaliation followed by the Amahlubi from Natal. The Batlokwa people fled taking … tribes to Barolong in Kuruman, where they were stopped by the Griquas under Waterboer in 1823. In the early 1830s …

… in 1858, who befriended King Mzilikazi. This was followed by fortune hunters and land grabbing settlers. Cecil John … territories from King Lobengula. He arrived accompanied by an army and later declared war on the King. After … over control over to the settlers. With power on their side the settlers had the liberty of changing the …

… but flattering feeling that I was free and surrounded by you, the members of the family and lifelong friends. I … on my bookcase with that of Zeni, which is on the outer side, then Zindi's and lastly yours, my darling Mum. Doing so … lady in his life? He teased Winnie but confided in Zindzi: By the way, has Mum ever told you about Nolitha, the other …

… schooling in Pietermaritzburg, in a private school run by an Indo-European teacher. While still a schoolboy in … (CBSIA) - this in opposition to the decision taken by the leadership of the NIC and the  South African Indian … Congress (SAIC)  to work with the government at that time. By 1938 the CBSIA was almost back within the NIC and the …

… Heinrich Kleinschmidt in 1842. The family was deeply split by the racial practices that prevailed in both the London and … Colonial administrations in southern Africa and, finally, by apartheid. Kleinschmidt attended the University of the … in Cape Town. The raid resulted from the arrest and murder by the police of Ahmed Timol. Timol appeared to have an …

… was only realised in 1998, some years after her death. By all accounts never more than a competent performer, … perhaps not an outstanding teacher of technique and, by her own admission, not a great choreographer, Howes … as a facilitator resulted in classical ballet being taken by her UCT Ballet Company to all corners of South Africa and …

… and going into self-imposed exile, Hallett was persuaded by the author James Matthews to photograph District Six , an … Dumile . Working as a freelance photographer, he was sent by 'The Times Educational Supplement' to Handsworth, … back in South Africa in 1990 and in 1994 was commissioned by the ANC to photograph the movement's coming to power. A …

… into the Zulu Kingdom. Mpande’s forces were defeated by Shoshangane’s force and he was forced to retreat. On his … he learned about the assassination of the King Shaka by  Dingaan , also half brother to Shaka. Fearing that the … heir because he was born of a wife given to Mpande by Dingane. During his reign Mpande was faced with both …

… Merriman embarked on a tour of the Cape, and was welcomed  by the Afrikaner Bond in Graaff-Reinet . The welcome address … about writing a tract against the Bond and ‘racialism’, by which he meant discord between English and Afrikaner. He … which revealed Rhodes’ corrupt dealings. He was outraged by the Jameson Raid, and broke definitively with Rhodes. …

… primary school education very early in his life and by the age of 12, he had completed Standard 6. After … in 1949 he became politically aware. He was influenced by  Flag Boshielo who was a member of the  Communist Party of … Boshielo gave him literature such as parliamentary debates by Sam Khan a communist MP to read. As a consequence, Mogoba …

… and participating in the Young Communist League (YCL) and, by 1946, in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) .   … of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD) in 1954. By the time the COD was formally launched Levy had also been … of his involvement in the struggle, Levy’s flat was raided by the police, and in December 1956, Norman and his twin …

… Social Democracy Party), defeated him in 1994 and again, by an even wider margin, in 1998. Lula finally achieved … term, which ended on 1 January 2011. He was succeeded by his former Chief of Staff, Dilma Rousseff. During his … The programme was first introduced in the city of Campinas by then Mayor José Roberto Magalhães Teixeira, after the …

… rather than through mother tongue medium as prescribed by Bantu education, Macozoma attended mission schools in the … his political awareness. This was further bolstered by the arrival of students who had been expelled from Fort … involvement in the South African Students Movement (Sasm). By the end of 1975, student activists were under pressure …

… University of Pretoria where he was awarded a scholarship by the South African Defence Force (SADF). Levin was vocally … as a student. This broadly involved ‘curing’ a patient by showing them pornographic images of same-sex people and … is known for its use of psychiatry to discredit activists by pathologizing or institutionalising them, a practice that …

… were poor. Machel parents were forced to grow cotton by the Portuguese, rather than food such as corn which they … how bad medical treatment was for Mozambique's poor by saying, "the rich man's dog gets more in the way of … the Liberation of Mozambique or FRELIMO, as it was called by most. FRELIMO was dedicated to creating an independent …

… of six her mother died of tuberculosis. She was rejected by her father who regarded her as an illegitimate child. … Consequently, she suffered physical abuse and neglect by her relatives. This resulted in her being adopted by Mary-Ann Brown Craig a principal at a local Aberdeen …

… when she was eight years old but Emecheta was discovered by a benefactor who saw her potential and she was given the … and in 1962 she joined him there with their two children. By 1965 the couple had five children, however, the volatile marriage left her feeling unhappy and by the time she was twenty two years old they were separated. …

… 1948. He held his first solo exhibition in 1960, followed by many others. Most of Page’s paintings feature spaces defined by architecture, usually using the older quarter of Port … and, not unsurprisingly, Edgar Allan Poe. This small work by Page in the Campbell Smith Collection (plate 98) is …

… and immediately she signed up at Troubadour Records. By the time she was sixteen, Masuka had become a top … several times, she was released. She left for Johannesburg by train and it was during this journey that she composed the … lot of Masuka’s performances were as a soloist accompanied by close-harmony groups and other big bands that featured in …