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BiographyVedant Nanackchand
… Degree from that University and in 1979 he was awarded a British Council Scholarship to study art and design at the Middlesex Polytechnic, London, … 1980-81…
BiographyBheki Zacharia Mvulane
… Bheki Zacharia Mvulane died in detention on 29 March, 1985. A fellow-detainee of Mvulane said: "I saw a white policeman in Katlehong Police Station fling…
BiographyKiren Thathia
… He was born in Durban. In 1983 he obtained a BA(FA) from University of Durban Westville (UDW); in 1988 an MA(FA) cum laude and in 1989 a Higher Diploma in…
BiographyPhilemon Mathole
… Born in 1916 in Johannesburg Mathole was a miner and an organiser for the African Mineworkers' Union. … active in the 1946 mineworkers' strike. He later…
BiographyNtandazo Nokhamba
… and left behind his wife and 5 young children. According to his wife, Nosakhe Nokhamba, “He called on 16 August 2012 …
BiographyLionel Forman
… Born in 1926 in Rosettenville Forman was a barrister and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, … Forman headed the South African…
BiographyDumisani Abraham Mabaso
… Women’s Christian Association) in Dube in Soweto. In 1970 to 1974 he studied art further at the Mofolo Arts Centre and … taught at the YWCA for nearly 2…
BiographyAndries Johannes Botha
… He was born in Durban. He is a major SA sculptor who studied at the UN(P) obtaining a BA (FA). He has served on a number of important committees … Arts…
BiographyM. N. Bhola
… mid-1920s onward in the Western Cape , and the first woman to stand trial on the 'hostility' charge. An ally of the …
BiographyErnest “Ernie” Theodore Els
… but golf was his first love. In 1984 age 14, Els rose to prominence, when he won the Junior World Championship in …
BiographyPeter Engblom
… He is a descendant of the original Scandinavian Missionaries who evangelised Zululand a century and a half ago. Of Lapp descent he was born on a ……
BiographySam P. Sesedi
… P. Sesedi was born in 1895 in Kimberley and qualified as a teacher in 1916. He later obtained a B.A. degree by private study at the age of 50. After … of…
ArticleMass Democratic movements, 1976-1983
… Biko was detained in Port Elizabeth, tortured and in a state of semi-consciousness, taken by road to Pretoria for further interrogation. He later died in … …
Article1976-1983: Mass Democratic movements
Introduction
Resistance Photography and Mobilization of the Resistance, 1946-1976
… came into existence. The basis for what is commonly agreed to be a literary crisis following World War Two, can also be the … and car keys; ordering…
BiographyKeable Mote
… Administration Act of 1927, which made it an offense to promote "hostility" between the races. During the disintegration of the ICU in the late 1920s, he led…
BiographyBonginhlanhla Plummer Mbokazi
… He then started work in order to support his family. Plummer was never a full time artist. He studied art informally at the … He worked in oil, oil pastel,…
BiographyIsaiah MacDonald Maseko
… A chairman of the Orlando African National Congress (ANC) during the 1952 Defiance Campaign and elected to the ANC national executive committee in…
BiographyPaul Landau
… 2011. He presented the paper The ANC, MK, and - The Turn to Violence (1960-2) . Professor Landau is the author of the … The Africa Edition (available in…
BiographyCharlene Smith
… A mother, rape survivor, journalist/writer who became … with rape survivors and people with HIV. She initiated a website for rape survivors, those with HIV…
BiographyPitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane
… Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the African National Congress in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he helped establish…
BiographyJulius Tokoti Mangcotywa
… 3 young children and three grandchildren. According to his daughter, Vuyiswa Mangcotywa, “I did not think he … like any other labour dispute. My father’s…
BiographyPatrick Akhona Jijase
… and nephew, who all depended on him financially. According to his mother, Mavalithibuba Jijase, “I was heartbroken and …
Place18 Gangster Museum, Khayelitsha
… Living Museum in Cape Town! The creation of the Museum is to help the youths of South Africa better understand … gangsterism and the prison system. There by…
PlaceKatberg, Eastern Cape
… although its grassy summits are really regarded as a section of the Winterberg Mountains. The Katberg pass, … of the road is now really poor - rather like…
ArticleConstructing heritage and heritage resources
… our past, and where we come from – means different things to different people. Some people relate to the idea of heritage in a personal way, whilst others…
PlaceMatjiesfontein
… Douglas Logan , who recognised the area’s potential as a stop along the expanding railway line through the Karoo . … public buildings, transforming the…
PlaceRepublic of Congo
… as Middle Congo, Congo-Brazzaville, and Congo (but not to be confused with the Democratic Republic of the Congo, … also at one time known as the Republic of…
Statement at the meeting of the Special Committee against Apartheid in observance of the International Day of Solidarity with the Struggling People of South Africa (Soweto Day), 16 June 1989
… inside South Africa, I should like most sincerely to thank the Committee for affording us this opportunity to … owe the United Nations Special Committee…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbatha
… Holiday Camp, Natal. Mbatha left school in Standard II. As a young boy he carved utilitarian objects such as wooden spoons, knives and headrests.He was…