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… eight years of formal school and in his late teens went to work as a miner on the Reef. After several years, he was … a troublemaker and he took up freelance journalism, moving to Sophiatown in Johannesburg around 1940. He later became … Campaign . His wife Maggie Resha , a nurse, also went to prison as a volunteer for the Defiance Campaign. Resha was …

… was of Xhosa decent. The Letele family immigrated to South Africa shortly after Arthur's birth and he grew up … National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). In 1948 he decided to move to Kimberley, where he immediately joined the local branch of … Africa Biography . Pretoria: HSRC Publishers.|Protest to Challenge, Political Profiles Volume 4, p58.|Gail M. …

… activist, Zille was instrumental in voicing protest to government atrocities. As a political correspondent for … Steve Biko's death in 1977 , which she discovered was due to police brutality and not natural causes as the government … had claimed. The apartheid government’s reaction to the article was to threaten the Rand Daily Mail with …

… breadwinner of the family. His wife and seven children had to find ways to survive during his numerous periods of imprisonment. Mrs. Naidoo was forced to manage her husband’s substantial business as a cartage …   E.S.Reddy. (2012). From an email to SAHO, from Mr E S Reddy, dated 30 June 2012 …

… the Bishops Diocesan College in Rondebosch from 1963 to 45. He completed an MB ChB degree at the University of … Town for in 1951. While at UCT his political career began to take shape. He became active in the affairs of the United. … 23 he became the youngest MP. In 1958 he was re-elected to be an MP under the banner of the United Party. In 1959 he …

… and Joe Slovo secured his release. Sikhosana proceeded to Zambia and then to Angola where he received military training and appointed as a Commissar. He subsequently went to Cuba, where he received training in military intelligence … South African Communist Party. (n.d.) Tribute to Comrade Ntela Sikhosana Available at …

… with experienced photojournalists.  "Photography allows me to tell stories with pictures. I live to tell stories. That's what I have been doing as a … journalist and writer," says Kamaldien of his progression to photography. While he continues to write articles, …

… of his extraordinarily prolific life and career – we get to see the man behind the camera with new eyes, and it’s … remarkable. “In the end, the photograph is always going to be about you, the photographer,” says William Kentridge, … of the Goldblatt documentary, that rare opportunity to sit back and experience the history of South Africa as it passed …

… From the moment I assumed office, I came face-to-face with the "Poor White" problem, one of the major … the competition of the Africans. After the unsuccessful strike of the white miners on the Rand in 1907, many … generation the majority of the Afrikaners will be driven back to a state of poverty, compared with which the …

… in business studies and registered for a BCom, but had to leave Swaziland when his ANC activities were detected by the Swazi authorities and attempts were made to arrest him in 1975. He left Swaziland for the Soviet … and did an officer’s course. The ANC then ordered Sexwale to join a group already acting within South Africa. He …

… Party in 1963 because, he said, the ANC was "nowhere to be found. At least the Liberal Party (LP) offered a … as the organisation’s responsibilities were later issued to him. In 1975 he joined Tongaat Hulett (a sugar company) as a personnel officer and went to live in Hambanathi, more or less a dormitory town for …

… Lillian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria in 1911 to a family of six children, and obtained her primary … machinist in a clothing factory where she worked from 1945 to 1956. She joined the  Garment Workers Union (GWU)  under … in 1956 she was elected president. In 1955, she travelled to Europe as a delegate to a conference called by the Women's …

… and community struggles, which inspired Mini, at 17, to take part in bus fare and rent increase protests. He was … removals of Black people from Korsten (where he lived) to Kwazakhele. After completing elementary school, he worked … unorganised', because of his courage and tireless efforts to organise workers across the Eastern Cape during the …

… prefect and played first team soccer. In 1963 Dhlomo went to the University College of Zululand, completing his BA in … He also worked in adult education, teaching history to local teachers doing part-time study towards their … his BA Hons in History in 1970. In 1973 he was promoted to the post of principal at KwaShaka High School, Umlazi. …

… a businessman, and his wife Fathima. Bassa's father came to South Africa with his family in 1927. Bassa was schooled … Sastri College. Though his father encouraged him to train as a medical doctor, Bassa preferred to work as a research assistant in the Department of …

… was born in Inanda in 1931. She was the third child born to John Langalibalele Dube and Angeline (neè Khumalo) Dube … attended. The school started from first year (Grade 1) up to matric (Grade 12). In reminiscing about her school days, … interested in industrial subjects because he wanted people to learn to do everything by themselves and not expect …

… and other functions he would encourage his daughters to perform with him. All the children in the Nokwe household were taught how to sing by their mother and she introduced them to the music of  Miriam Makeba  and  Letta Mbulu . When Tu …

… family with a lineage of lightning doctors. He was unable to attend school as he carried medicine bags for his father who trained him how to protect people’s homesteads from lightning. He also … Madela in smithery, a knowledge of which is necessary to qualify as a lightning doctor. The Zulu Creator God, …

… his twin sister were born on 2 March 1940 in  Pretoria  to Barbara Zacharia Hagen and Petrus Johannes Slabbert. … becoming a Dutch Reformed Church Minister. He transferred to the University of Stellenbosch in his second year where he … developed an interest in politics. His studies led him to reject separate development and he stood for the Students' …

… December 1943, the first born of five children.  He came to South Africa when he was five years old with his mother … in geography in 1965. It was at university that he started to seriously challenge his  National Party  upbringing and … he joined the Progressive Party,  Colin Eglin  asked him to take the party's views into the Afrikaans areas.  Van Eck …

… Pietermaritzburg, Natal in 1922.  After schooling, he went to Wits University in Johannesburg, and qualified with a BSc … a medical Student at Wits, and after the war, decided to do medicine as well. He and Margaret worked at the Alexandra Health Centre & University Clinic from 1952 to 1955, and then both moved to work at the Durban Medical …

… oppression of men and women on the basis of colour has led to a combined fight against the system instead of a battle of … Native Transportation Amendment Act No. 52 of 1957 rolled back the fare increase. In 1959, Cato Manor, near Durban, … people were hurt. The following day, the women organised a strike. Police fired on crowds again and eight Africans were …

… School in  Pretoria  in 1958 and was awarded a bursary to study commerce for a Commerce degree at the University of …  (PAC) for the Western Cape, he dropped his studies to do full-time political work. When the  regional chairman … were temporarily paralysed with indecision about how to engage with the protest, and the event has subsequenty …

… between 1972 and 1979 the ANC issued statements related to major events or issues. These were known as Special … below.  January 8th, 2024 - The Year of United Action to Defend our Freedom and Advance a Better Life for All: … January 8th, 2003  - The Year of United Action to push back the frontiers of poverty  January 8th, 2002  - The Year …

… who were lecturing at Fort Hare. Gumede returned to Natal in 1936 where he was employed as a health assistant and sanitary inspector. In 1940, he began to work for his father and, until his arrest in 1956, worked … who died in 1986. During this period, he grew close to Albert Chief Luthuli who was elected to the ANC presidency …

… house arrest. In 1967, Pillay became the first Black woman to open her own law practice in Natal. She provided legal … she represented Phyllis Naidoo who was charged for failing to report to the police station as a banned person. In 1971, she …

… by Libyan forces on the Brega frontline. According to eyewitnesses, Hammerl’s injuries were such that he could … other frontline journalists were taken by Libyan forces to Brega, Libya, during the rebels’ attempt to oust Muammar … Africa was doing its best to find him and bring his body back home so that his family could give him a decent funeral. …

… 1913, Teddington, Middlesex, England. In 1956 she went out to visit her brother, Fr Tom Stanton CR, in South Africa and decided to stay behind and work. She worked at the Tumelong Anglican … of Pretoria. Stanton's own role was marginal - letters to the press, membership of the non-racial Liberal Party …

… at St Mary’s Hospital in London before moving to Cape Town . There she joined the Modern Youth Society … groups as well as a night school for Africans. In order to support her family, Bodenstein started a physiotherapy … African Women (FSAW) and the Western Cape’s representative to its 1961 conference. She married Professor Dr (hc) Denis …

… Gill Marcus was born in 10 August, 1949 to parents who were active members of the African National … School for Girls. Her parents,both accountants who belong to the banned Communist Party (CP), emigrated to Britain with their four children in 1969. Marcus went on …