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… of Durban , KwaZulu-Natal , where she was encouraged to think critically, meant that gender equality was a factor … South African Student Organisation – SASO ) that she began to actively confront inequality. While she did not study … and that of her fellow women activists conscientised her to the double oppression that was faced by Black women, i.e. …

… completing his elementary education his family relocated to KwaMphepheta in Mbumbulu. One of the reasons for the … formal education. Before his family relocated he converted to Catholicism with the Church playing a pivotal role in … standard three, Lembede worked briefly in a kitchen to raise funds for him to buy books and pay school fees at …

… her inaugural exhibition in Berlin in 1919. On her return to South Africa, equipped with influences from German … but that was dismissed as "immoral" and became subject to police investigation. Although she is well known for her … she became the sole selector for the South African entry to the Imperial Institute Exhibition in London. In 1960 she …

… She was the daughter of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from Bavaria, Germany in 1894, and Chlothilde … contact with Agnes Winifred Hoernlé, who encouraged Ellen to do research among urban Africans. She was a distinguished … Jack Krige. In 1940 Ellen Hellmann became the first woman to obtain a D.Phil. degree at the University of …

… Early in her career with Miss Schreiner, Anna struggled to feel convinced by the Christian faith, but was soon … from being gravely sick, and attributed this convalescence to the power of a higher being. For the rest of her life, Sister Nannie, as she came to be known, assisted Miss Schreiner in her work running …

… Pukwana grew up studying the piano at his home and went on to play with the Broadway yanks and later the Four Yanks. In … Pukwana change his chosen musical instrument from piano to alto sax. Later in life, Pukwana met musician Chris Macgregor who invited him to join his group, the Blue Notes. This would prove to be the …

… Ruth Prowse is known for her significant contribution to South African Art. She spent her childhood on the slopes … immigrants. In 1902, at the age of 19, Prowse went abroad to study and attended various institutions such as the Slade … London and the La Palette in Paris. In 1908 she returned to Cape Town to teach art and a year later she was elected to …

… when he was 3 years old and his mother devoted herself to bringing up a rather large family of 10. Baden Powell and his brothers were encouraged by their mother to make their own fun. They learned about the outdoors, built … boats and sailed them and went on long journeys learning to look after themselves. Baden Powell attended Charterhouse …

… of the tax came when a magistrate called A.W. Leslie went to collect taxes from the Hlongwa and Cele clans in the Silverstream district. The Hlongwas refused to pay. They were taken to the Kranskop Court, where they … Zondi clan, was initially willing to pay the tax but held back when he discovered that his subjects were refusing to …

… South Africa on 15th October 1921. His family soon moved to Durban where he attended school and university. His … and the science he learnt at university that gave rise to his materialist life philosophy. He was attracted to Marxism at 19 years and he became a member of a liberal …

… as did his mother who sold home-brewed alcohol to supplement the family income. Mufamadi’s mother was … apartheid state from completing his schooling. He moved to Johannesburg and enrolled at an international … Communist Party (SACP) . His involvement in AZAPO led to a two-month detention without trial at John Vorster …

… MorutaThutho Primary School, Meadowlands, from grade one to grade seven. His Grandmother was the Principal and had a … two years; grade eight and nine. His grandparents decided to relocate to Garankuwa, North of Pretoria to live with his aunt. …

… Music (a recording company) talent scout. She then moved to Johannesburg, where she made a recording under the name … famous Early Mabuza’s Big Five. In 1968, Mhlongo travelled to Lourenco Marques (now Maputo) with Alfred Herberts’ … at the time were so impressed that they invited her to join their band.  She then left the African Follies and …

… of traditional arts and craft as a young girl, thanks to her grandmother, who was a traditional wall and floor … of obtaining formal education, circumstances forced Sebedi to seek work as a domestic worker in Johannesburg. In … who was astonished by her talent, and encouraged her to paint. Sebidi soon realized that she needed to receive …

… the 1930s and 1940s. As a young woman, Rathebe was drawn to the burgeoning and vibrant music scene in Sophiatown and … scout and was offered the lead female role in Jim Comes to Joburg , one of the earliest South African films made for … of Apartheid laws while on a photo-shoot, only served to swell her now widespread fan base. “Dolly” was now the …

… were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at St. Mary’s school in Orlando and went on to attend St.Peter’s (now St. Martin’s, Victoria) until 1955. … introduced separate education, Huddleston refused to co-operate. In 1957 Thebehali completed matric. He began …

… sources of inspiration for her songs that often came to her in dreams. She would immediately sing them to somebody else in the house, so that elusive memory was captured. Masuka moved to live with her aunt in South Africa in 1947, aged 12 and …

… Dept. at the University of Pretoria. He later left there to join the South African Bureau of Race Relations. The South African Bureau of Race Relations was formed to advance research of race relations, a research project that Carel Boshoff wanted to pursue in his academic studies. Carel Boshoff believed in …

… School in 1965. Ten years later, in 1975, Motloung went to pursue his secondary education at Esibonelwesihle … left for Swaziland with his friend Sam Kenneth Mnisi to join the banned  African National Congress  (ANC) … Lucky Mahlangu and Sipho Thobela before they were driven to Maputo by the current Deputy President of the ANC,  Jacob …

… was born in 1931. He attended the Mashashane School up to Standard 6. Matsemela started working at his uncle’s dairy … Ntsoane and Moses Makitla Molefe.  When he was asked to testify against them he refused to cooperate with the police. He was sentenced in 1964 to …

… in the east of Amsterdam. One of his responsibilities was to conduct a children's choir. During this time he married … They had two sons, Niels and Jan. Bouws contributed to the South Africa programme for the Dutch Broadcast Corporation and this exposed him to the country and its music. In 1960, Bouws and his wife …

… He attended the Nsengeni Mission School. In 1968 he moved to Emondlo Township and attended the Ikhethelihle Lower … attended the Thabani Higher Primary School but was forced to leave as he had contracted TB. After a spinal problem … which left him paralysed from the waist down he went to the Nqutu CJM Hospital where he was discovered by an …

… detained on 9 December 1964 and held for three weeks due to his political activities. He was detained again in 1966 and called to give evidence at the trial of the late Bram Fischer , … queued up daily at the court for the hearing, sometimes to be turned away as the seats for Blacks in the gallery were …

… M. Thaele was born in Basutoland in 1888 and was reputed to be the son of a Basuto chief and a Coloured mother. From … of dress marked him out as a showman. In 1913 he went to America, where he remained for about 10 years. He studied … later a bachelor's degree in theology in 1921. He returned to South Africa strongly affected by the Garveyist movement, …

… and independent, so eventually persuaded her father to allow her to train as a medical doctor. As there was no medical school open to Indian women in South Africa, she went to Scotland on 8 … 2009]|Gerhart G.M and Karis T. (eds) (1977)  From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in …

… Barend Jacobus Erasmus was born to Barend Jacobus Gerrit Wessel Erasmus and Susara Catharina … During the Great Depression of the 1930's he was forced to leave school and seek employment. In June 1936 Erasmus was … employed by the Johannesburg Municipal Transport Service to scrub trams and buses. He was elevated to the position of …

… and provocation. Dean is exploring ways in which to build a love revolution, from their more personal work, to creating relationships and gathering collaborators to make our public and intimate spaces safer through …

… Hospital, Northern Cape. In 1978, Toms was conscripted to serve in the South African Defence Force (SADF). Although vehemently opposed to the then South African Defence Force (SADF), leaving South … consultation with Archbishop Denis Hurley, he decided to do his national service, as a non-combatant doctor. He …

… Kallichurum was one of the first 12 undergraduates to enrol at the ‘non-White’ section of the University of … into lung diseases in the Black population, and went on to pursue a career in anatomical pathology In the 1970s, … a specialist pathologist. However, in 1978 she was invited to apply for the chair of anatomical pathology at the …

… Ndlovu was born in 1932 in Matatiele. His family moved to uMkhumbane settlement in Durban in 1941. After the … subsequent forced removals in the 1950s, his family moved to KwaMashu. It was the untenable conditions of poverty under … which he and his family lived under that compelled him to join politics. Ndlovu joined the African National Congress …