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… CPSA activists led CNETU and reached about 150,000 members by the end of World War II. Motsoaledi was elected chair of … meantime, the State dissolved the CPSA and was replaced by the underground South African Communist Party (SACP) … interracial unionism. The 1950s were characterized by growing repression, and Motsoaledi was among those …

… than in pursuing his various entrepreneurial activities. By the age of 13 he was doing a roaring trade, buying and … male pupils. When he left school, he began studying law by correspondence through Unisa. At the same time, he worked … the National African Farmers' Union. Maponya is survived by his wife Raisibe and six children. …

… Parys. Schooled in Zeerust, he showed leadership qualities by captaining the school rugby team. During the Great … and seek employment. In June 1936 Erasmus was employed by the Johannesburg Municipal Transport Service to scrub … Transport Workers Union (JMTWU). Erasmus was influenced by the President of the JMTWU, Johannes Jacobus (Jan) Venter. …

… in 1997, Bishop Dowling recounted how he was summoned by the President of Bophuthatswana on 12 February 1991. … to explain why he was allowing church property to be used by anti-apartheid activists. He explained that he believed in … the use of condoms. Reasoning that in a country ravaged by HIV/Aids, the condom was at the forefront of the struggle …

… Coloureds at Malmesbury near Cape Town. Although accused by some critics of fearing African domination, he insisted … for Coloured Affairs. Later in the 1960s, discouraged by the futility of opposition to the basic direction of the …

… violently forcibly removed as a result of the legislation by the white government.” (Koeve and Besserer, 1983, 80) In … Botswana in 1982 as well as to the 1983book and exhibition by  Dieter Koeve and Tim Besserer entitled Nichts Wird Uns … O. (ed). (1986) South Africa: The Cordoned Heart , Essays by Twenty South African Photographers . Cape Town: Gallery …

… During this time, he expressed his love for writing by joining a campus writing circle. He completed his further … he received the second prize in a poetry competition held by Concept, a Belgian cultural organisation. In 1996 he was …

… Art and Craft Centre, Rorke’s Drift and it was acquired by that Gallery. She began with traditional geometric … there is a heritage of beer-pottery and beadwork made by women. Exhibitions: 1970: DAM (Sculpture and Ceramics from …

… Britain and remarried his wife, Norma whom he had divorced by mutual consent on going to prison. During his … called the "City Group" that agitated for prisoners rights by mounting round-the-clock pickets outside the South Africa …

… set up in 1943, and was attacked as a quisling or traitor by radical Coloureds who opposed collaboration with … and Indians, his general orientation was toward acceptance by whites.In the early 1960s Golding founded the conservative …

… long the standard work on me subject. Strongly influenced by the Tuskegee-Hampton Institute vogue in black American … then served in the Native Affairs Commission created by Jan Smuts from 1920 to 1929 before returning to Natal as …

… in 1894 in Britain. In 1928 he was sent to South Africa by the British Independent Labour Party as an Advisor to the … , he became a senator from 1948 to 1960, elected by Africans in the Transvaal and Orange Free State. He was …

… A sister ship to the Kenilworth Castle, she was built by Fairfields, in Glasgow, Scotland, and came into service in … this name, was a mail steamer of 10 248 tons. It was built by the shipyard of Harland and Wolff, at Belfast in Ireland. … complement of passengers included the first English rugby side to tour South Africa. At a banquet held on board the …

… APO and the NIC to fight increasing segregation imposed by the white minority government. A case in point was the Non … for a significant part of the 1930s, the ANC was plagued by divisions and factionalism, evidenced by the frequency of … that South Africa should enter the Second World War on the side of Britain and the Allies. 6 September, The Union of …

… did not die during infancy. The name Chris was adopted by him as a nom de guerre, and was in fact the real name of … These studies in these two courses were gobbled up by me and I became an ardent lover of English, Latin and … active in campus protests over the takeover of Fort Hare by the Department of Bantu Education. During his years in the …

… 1946 Fatima, like thousands of Indian people, was swept up by the 1946 Indian Passive Resistance Campaign , which was … of the leaders of the Campaign. In 1949, Durban was shaken by the Durban Riots . At the cessation of the riots, Fatima … at the Gandhi Settlement in Phoenix . The vigil was led by Sushila Gandhi , Mahatma Gandhi ’s daughter-in-law. During …

… His family joined him in America within a year, and by 1896, he was living in Buffalo, New York and publishing … profile to the Buffalo Spectator. Peregrino was influenced by Booker T. Washington, an African-American leader who … Association (CMPPA) – which was also set up in 1900 by Peregrino – did better, as did the Coloured People’s …

… This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI Jo … inner city of Johannesburg (2000/01). This was followed by Johannesburg Circa Now, a collaboration with fellow … – 2002) and the independence movement was spear-headed by three vastly different organisations that turned on each …

… the University of Witwatersand. Here, Lipman was inspired by the work of architects such as Le Corbusier, Walter … of wanted militants and that if he had not been warned by Coetzee, he would not have known to leave the country in … was closed after a student revolt. Lipman was then asked by his close friend Walter Sisulu , who had been released …

… as a miner brought to light the discrimination practiced by the mine bosses and the ruling class against blacks. At a … 1960, in which scores of people were killed, was followed by the declaration of a State of Emergency whereby over 20 … were not allowed to marry. It was a crime punishable by imprisonment without the option of a fine. According to …

… in their footsteps. He started off at the age of seven by selling copies of  Torch , a newspaper produced by the NEUM. He was a diligent scholar. On completion of his … process in 1993.After the unanticipated announcement by State President  F.W. de Klerk  to unban the ANC and other …

… denounced this attitude as cowardly, only to be answered by De La Rey comparing the relative strength of the British … were called up to extricate Cronjé's men at Paardeberg. By the time he and 1,000 men arrived there, Cronjé had … ended as the Boers regrouped in small mobile commandos. By this time, the British were in full command of the …

… nickname, "Sofasonke" ("we shall all die") was acquired. By dramatizing the plight of the city's homeless workers, the … of modem Soweto. In 1946, Mpanza was deported to Natal by government order, but he defied the ruling and won his …

… he went to the Nqutu CJM Hospital where he was discovered by an Occupational Therapist at the hospital who encouraged … at the African Art Centre, Durban. He was invited by Artists for Human Rights to contribute a linocut image to …

… Congress leaflets, she was knocked down and stepped on by a constable. She married Mohamed Ismail (“Issy”) Dinat who … the seats for Blacks in the gallery were all taken, many by the police. Dinat spent four months in detention and …

… mostly suppressed. John let himself be thoroughly used by the art community, and he abused himself in providing … 2012 in his Melville, Johannesburg, home. He is survived by his parents and three sisters.  …

… been buried. A police report concerning the death released by the minister of police on 23 February 1977 said that Mr … stolen vehicle.When he attempted to flee he was shot dead by the police.An inquest was held and verdict of 'justifiable … Behind Closed Doors. By Shireen Motala .South African Institute Race …

… capture him. On 10 June 1988, Bopape was finally arrested by the police. He was taken to John Vorster Square where he … that he had escaped from prison. Bopape was survived by both parents and a brother. His father died in 1996. Today …

… West Germany; USA; London, UK (group exhibition organised by the National Arts Society). SAAA Johannesburg (Rorke's … Gallery, Johannesburg ('Explorations' exhibition of work by Sokhaya Nkosi, Vincent Baloyi and AIA students). FUBA …

… criticisms. The white members of the WPSA were barred by their very skin colour from playing an active … place on two fronts. The first opportunity was presented by the introduction of the notorious Hertzog Bills in 1935 , … it became the All African Convention (AAC). Jane, joined by political figures such as Ben Kies , Willem Van Schoor, …