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… (Bheki) Hamilton Cele was born on 22 April 1952 to Albertina Mtshali and Gillford Cele at uMuzumbe Mission … was left in the care of his relatives, which meant he had to move between rural uMuzumbe and Lamontville [3] . The … uMkhonto we-Sizwe (MK) , in Angola [11] . He was smuggled back into the country in 1987 but was caught by the security …

… under the 1913 Land Act, limiting African land ownership to just 7% of South Africa's territory and creating the conditions that would force generations of young men to seek work in the industrial centers of the … had deep roots in South African liberation history, dating back to the 1952 Defiance Campaign organized by the African …

… American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal on 22 February 1871 to James and Elizabeth Dube. ‘Langalibalele’, his middle … tribe. It was only because Dube’s father was converted to Christianity by the early missionaries that he did not … of the English language , missionaries also attempted to culturally indoctrinate their indigenous subjects. This is …

… of a refreshment station at the Cape, Jan van Riebeeck was to ensure a constant supply of fresh fruits, vegetables and meat for VOC ships. When the company allocated land to company employees in 1652 and 1657 with various … occupation ended in March 1803 when the colony was handed back to Dutch under the Treaty of Amiens and British forces …

… in 1974 from St Chad's School in Ladysmith, and continued to study and received her National Secretarial Certificate at … Sugar Company, where she stayed for 2 years. From 1978 to 1979, she studied printmaking at the Evangelical Lutheran … then worked at the African Art Centre in Durban from 1980 to 1983. In mid-1983 she moved to the Grassroots Gallery in …

… Free State. His parents were Christians who belonged to the Setswana-speaking Barolong tribe. About the time he was born, his parents moved to the Pniel mission station of the Lutheran Berlin Mission … further with the aid of the missionaries. In 1894 he went to Kimberley, where he found work as a postman, continued his …

… Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in Cape Town in early 1930s. Mafekeng left school at the age of 15 to support the family.  Her first job was at a “canning … a week.”  She married a fellow factory worker in 1941.Up to the time of her banishment in late 1959, they had eleven …

… 1866 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and went to school at St Andrews in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. He was … the Cape of Good Hope, graduating in 1886. He then went on to do an LLB at the same institution. He was admitted as an … Cape Supreme Court in 1892. Life in Kimberly Burton went to work as an advocate in Kimberly in 1892 (Willan, p66). He …

… Jameson and Christian Pringle. After his parents moved to London, he went to school at Goldolphin in Hammersmith. Jameson went for a … health broke down from overwork in 1878 and he migrated to South Africa and settled down to practise in Kimberly. He … Methuen.|Longford, E. (1982) Jameson's Raid: The Prelude to the Boer War ., 2nd edition. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball …

… in the  Natal Indian Congress  (NIC) from the mid-1930s to 1945, when militants took over the leadership. He had only … the marriage of the Indian government's agent, a Muslim, to a Hindu woman. An avid learner, Kajee read lot of … Indian people could advance. Time and again, he returned to this Agreement in pleading for the educational, political …

… 1952, Gertrude Fester fulfilled her mother’s dream for her to become an educated Black woman in South Africa. Her … education. Fester’s parents could trace their ancestry back to an indigenous Khoi San and an enslaved Asian, so they … the surge of other political organisations following the strike at Soweto in 1976 . These women’s rights organisations …

… working at an early age, and as a young boy, Sewgolum took to imitating the golfers he had seen on a nearby golf course … a golf ball with a Syringa stick. Later, Sewgolum was able to practice his childhood passion when as a caddie he was … club. At the club where he was a caddie, he was allowed to play on Mondays. Despite his unorthodox golf grip, …

… In 1954 his family was forcibly removed from the area to Mamelodi where his political life began. One of the factors that contributed to Tefu’s political awareness was developments on the African … still at school, his teacher, Joe Matlala also contributed to his political awareness. Matlala taught about inequalities …

… he led a church service in downtown Johannesburg in 1985 to protest the State of Emergency. His interest in … any further then, as he left the country within months to avoid doing extended military service. He made his way to Botswana's northern border, befriended SWAPO guerillas and …

… 1933 at the age of eleven, although her father had come to South Africa a few years previously. Podbrey’s father was … Roux , and this impacted on the life of Podbrey. She used to listen to meetings from the balcony and learned about the political …

… mass demands were made for a constitutional assembly to create a new non-racial, democratic, and unitary South … the history of the ANC and of the UDF . As the ANC moved back into South Africa, the UDF needed to find its new role and position in society. Once again the …

… influential musicians of all time from South Africa due to his role in spreading awareness about his country during … country. Eventually his life experiences influenced him to play music that reflected the hardships he witnessed in … this failure, Masekela decided it was time for him to go back to South Africa and use the money he made working in …

… Born in Lancashire in 1934 Ian Berry moved to South Africa in 1952. Roger Madden, a South African photographer who had worked as an assistant to Ansel Adams, vouched for him as an immigrant and taught … an enthusiastic amateur himself. From there he proceeded to work at a photographic studio, driving around the country …

… in England on March 15 1841. He moved with his family to the Cape Colony in South Africa in 1849, where his father became Bishop of Grahamstown. He went to the Diocesan College in Rondebosch , Cape Town for his initial schooling, and went on to study at Radley College in England, returning to South …

… after Henrietta Schreiner’s nephews. She soon converted to Christianity and began helping Schreiner with her welfare … women in prison and hospital, and paid special attention to young girls and women who had turned to prostitution. She wanted to save these girls both morally …

… a group of the Tswana peoples. Lebogo led the Bahananwa to the Blouberg, about 110 kms from Pietersburg and close to the Soutpansberg Range. Malebogo became chief in 1880. He saw the Transvaal Boers as intruders who were trying to change his way of life and refused to have his territory …

… member of the then Non-European Unity Movement , later to be renamed the Unity Movement of South Africa (UMSA). … and committed teacher who, like others in the TLSA refused to teach the inferior brand of education which the ruling … taught the truth of oppression and urged all his students to play a positive role in the society into which they were …

… and the aged were being taken away from urban areas to barren places where there were no schools, clinics and jobs. Husbands remained behind to work as migrant labourers. It was during this time also … her weight behind opposing these inhuman laws urging women to join in the demonstrations to Parliament and refused to be …

… 5 December 1943, in Westville, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ), to a middle class Indian family. [i]  From an early age Jana … who challenged social injustices, whether these related to Apartheid or to the Indian caste system. [iii]  The family was constantly … Priscilla Jana — the gutsy lawyer who fought tirelessly to dismantle apartheid from TimesLive, 12 October 2020, …

… 30 YEARS AGO- RETURN TO PRISON 30 years ago on 12 June 1986 I was re-detained for … times, with a number plate I recognized. I immediately got back into my car and raced off, with the Toyota behind me. I … whether there was a successful “stayaway” [general strike, and non-attendance of classes by students] on June …

… in Krugersdorp, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 6 June 1980 to Ethel and Simon Maimane but grew up in Dobsonville, … of Business Science in Johannesburg, before he applied to run as a Democratic Alliance (DA) candidate for the … the Democratic Alliance (DA) in 2009. In 2011, he applied to run as the DA’s candidate for the position of Mayor of …

… where his father was a miner. His family later immigrated to South Africa, where David chose to pursue a career in anthropology.   David became actively … topic of kinship.  His fieldwork had taken him to southern Mozambique where he was exposed to the effects of …

… Chris grew up a devout Christian. Hani was introduced to the politics of inequality early in life, when his father had to leave their rural home in search of work in the urban … the young Chris, who became aware of his mother's struggle to run the household. Like other young men of his age, Chris …

… His father’s death in 1911 brought sudden insecurity to Kibel as a child. He studied briefly in Poland under the … a painter visiting from London. He became very motivated to see whether he had potential as a painter. At age of 20 he fled to Austria to avoid the draft, which was the norm in the …

… 1918.  She was one of the organisers of the Women's March to the Union Buildings. The women were protesting against the extension of the pass laws to women in 1956. At the time, Gazo lived in Payneville, … pass law, spoke with one voice that day as they marched to the Union Buildings on 9 August 1956. The intention was to …