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… primary education and at the age eight he was sent to Cape Town to continue his education. In 1905 he graduated from … school at Clanwilliam. It was there that he was exposed to the injustices of the Cape's segregated education system. …

… in MK activities. He foiled the government’s attempt to forcibly remove the  Transvaal Indian Congress  (TIC) … Jassat was arrested as a result of this incident and sent to the Marshall Square Prison in Johannesburg, where he met … later, Jassat was taken along with his fellow MK members to Johannesburg Park Station where they were subjected to all …

… against his father. His father arranged for someone to get a permit to take a boat out of the harbour, and with others they set … up from an open boat off Crete, from where they were taken to a refugee camp in Alexandria, Egypt where they stayed for …

… and a diploma in Communication. Upon completion she went to the University of Fort Hare and worked towards a University Education Diploma. She gave up teaching to pursue social work after a year. She was offered a scholarship by the Institute of Race Relations to do a postgraduate course in Social Policy and …

… which meant that the family was quite poor. He had to help with the tending of the fields while growing up. … education was very important, and his mother taught him to write in the evenings before he even went to school. In Standard six he received a bursary, which …

… on 1 May 1930, in Alexandra, Johannesburg. He was a son to Joseph Jele and Alvinah Khanyile Jele.Like many black South Africans, Jele was exposed to the harsh conditions of colonialism and apartheid at an … was these experiences among other factors that drove Jele to join the fight against apartheid. In 1950, at an age of 20 …

… the young Snitcher and his four brothers and sisters came to Cape Town. His mother kept the family together by renting out rooms, in their house, to boarders, in Gympie Street, Woodstock. Thus she was able to manage send Snitcher to the South African College School …

… Simon van der Stel was born on 14 October 1639 to parents Adrian van der Stel and Maria Leviens. The couple were en route to Mauritius when Maria gave birth to Simon aboard the ship le Cappel. Van der Stel’s father …

… Johannes Modise, or Joe, as he is known to family, friends and comrades, was born in Doornfontein, … at the Fred Clark Memorial School in Nance Field. He had to leave school in order to work and contribute to his family's income. His parents …

… the slums of Glasgow met and married the first black man to be ordained to the Christian ministry. Scottish social history shows that, just prior to this period, many weavers were well educated and …

… on campus. In 1955 he obtained his BA degree and went to complete his LLB in 1957. In 1960, Dullah Omar set up his … Cadoc Kobus, a black lawyer who did not have permission to work in the city. As a consequence, they set a practice in … As per government requirement, Omar needed a permit to visit the office. Later he also opened an office in …

… in Mzala a love for books and a disciplined approach to studying. Mzala attended school at Louwsburg, then Bethal … person. With a number of others he left South Africa to help swell the ranks of the people`s army, Umkhonto we … by a bullet mistakenly fired by a new recruit. He fell to the ground and comrades were convinced the injury was …

… worker. When Jack was six years old, his family moved to the farm Klipdrift near Oyster Bay.  Jack attended the … where he completed Standard Four.  As he had no permit to continue his schooling in Humansdorp, he completed … Standard Five and Six at Jeffreys Bay and then went to Port Elizabeth to stay with an uncle.  Upon his arrival, …

… worker. When Jack was six years old, his family moved to the farm Klipdrift near Oyster Bay.  Jack attended the … where he completed Standard Four.  As he had no permit to continue his schooling in Humansdorp, he completed … Standard Five and Six at Jeffreys Bay and then went to Port Elizabeth to stay with an uncle.  Upon his arrival, …

… Degree in Science (BSc) and left the country in 1976 to complete her MB ChB at the University of Bristol in 1978. … Student Organisation (SASO). Dlamini-Zuma was married to President Jacob Zuma from 1992 to 1998. At the Convention for a Democratic South Africa …

… Movement of South Africa (NEUM). When Dr Limbada returned to Dundee he started a study group for young activists. He would hand them assignments, and compel them to do research and make oral presentations. Dundee became a … Congress (NIC). He and Karrim Essack, as members, hoped to influence the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) through its …

… Malawi in 1904 and his mother was the first African woman to teach in colonial Zambia. Initially, the young Kaunda … master and then headmaster at Lubwa Mission from 1943 to 1945. He worked at Salisbury (which is now Harare), at … 1948 became a teacher in Mufulira, for the United Missions to the Copperbelt. But he soon began to show an active …

… the second child and oldest son (two younger brothers were to follow). His father worked as a school inspector while his … He attended schools in Utrecht and Pinetown, andwent to study at St Francis College Marianhill where he matriculated. He then went to Fort Hare University where he studied majoring in …

… was born on 25 May 1929 in District Six in Cape Town, to working class parents. After completing standard seven, Matthews began to work and held a variety of jobs, including newspaper boy, … lure of words and the art of expression were fundamental to his being, and his first writings were published in 1946 …

… began his career as a teacher at Healdtown before moving to Thaba Nchu in the Free State. After a while in Thaba Nchu he returned to Johannesburg and managed one of James Moroka's businesses. … and fathered four children. In 1992 Mosaka was elected to the Native Representative Council (NRC), which emanated …

… Vernom Nkadimeng was born in 1958 to the  African National Congress (ANC) activist and trade … the country immediately after the  1976 Student Uprisings  to join the ANC in exile. He went to Angola to undergo military training and later proceeded to …

… Valiamina Munuswami Mudaliar was a young girl who decided to join in the last phases of  Gandhi ’s  Satyagraha  in … and her mother joined other women who went on a march to inform others of the passive resistance movement. She travelled to Charlestown, Dundee, Ladysmith , Dannhauser, …

… East India Company) in the Netherlands was set up in 1602 to trade. In 1647, the Haerlem, a Dutch trading ship, was … shipwrecked in Table Bay. When the sailors eventually got back to Holland they gave the DEIC or VOC (Vereenigde Oost …

… League Manifesto of 1944. Later that year he returned to Natal to take up the editorship of  Inkundla ya Bantu,  the … names  "Kanyisa" and "Twana," he made  Inkundla  from 1944 to 1951 the country's leading forum for the expression of …

… could no longer box, his love for the sport led him to pursue a career as a trainer and later as a boxing writer. In 1955, he moved to Dube Village, Soweto where he set about establishing a … Primary School as a venue. Two years later, the club moved to the corner of Mahalefele and Sandile Streets in Dube, …

… founder but later military defeat and calculated attempts to break it up. Shaka was a son of Senzangakhona, ruler of an … but that the couple were not yet married according to traditional custom. A more credible account is that the … the Nguga homestead of Nandi's uncle. Shaka's name is said to stem from Senzangakhona's claim that Nandi was not …

… doctor from the University of Glasgow in 1893.He return to South Africa with his Scottish wife in1895, entered public life in 1904 when he became the first black person to be elected to the Cape Town City Council. Journalist George Manuel … Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis, Nimrod Mkele .From Protest to Challenge 4-Political Profiles (1882-1990) …

… Gauteng], was banished on 25 April 1955  at the age of 31 to ‘Glen Red [Glen Road]’ in the Vryburg district [Northern Cape, now North West Province]. According to the documentation related to his banishment, Monare was suspected of instigating arson …

… He was fifth of the eight children; his family belonged to the middle class. His family were descendants of African slaves who had been brought to the Caribbean to work on the sugar plantations. He lost his father Casimir …

… Education was introduced, and unsuccessfully attempted to complete his Matric (Grade 12) via correspondence through Wolsey Hall, Oxford, due to financial constraints. Cole therefore went to search for a job, but was hindered by his lack of …