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… War II, when many of his neighbours were violently opposed to South African participation in the war against Hitler. … a time of active service in the field he was  appointed to run the Afrikaans section of the Armed Forces Radio Station in Cairo. Returning to the country, in 1945, he saw that the enemy he had been …

… boy who displayed many interests in the arts, he was sent to London to study music and eventually became a music teacher. In … He was on the forefront of the cause for black people to determine their causes as artists and musicians as he also … two years of being non-stop against apartheid (with a trip to the National Gallery)”, Non-stop against Apartheid, (19 …

… in 1952. Maphotho left his home towards the end of 1952 to search for employment in Pretoria. He found a job at the … es Salaam on 28 February 1961.In 1962, the ANC sent him to the Beirut International School from where he returned to Dar es Salaam in 1963. In the same year, he was sent for …

… showed such promise that the missionaries arranged for him to board in Durban so that he could further his education. He began submitting his writings to various newspapers while still at school. Although … among his friends and acquaintances – saw an opportunity to go abroad, and he duly enlisted in the South African Army. …

… Allister Sparks was born to Harold Sparks and Bernice Stephen on 10 March 1933 in … Representative, the local town’s weekly newspaper. He left to pursue his tertiary education at Harvard University where … became the editor of The Sunday Express before returning to The Rand Daily Mail as the editor in 1977. The Rand Daily …

… where she obtained her MB ChB in 1935. In 1936, Kok went to work at the chief mission station of the Dutch Reformed … with leprosy patients for the first time, and which was to become the main focus of her professional life. According to other sources, Kok also worked at Madzimoyo, an NG Kerk …

… of the Transvaal Indian Congress . She was elected on to the executive committees of the Azanian Student’s … the unbanning of the African National C, she was seconded to the Pretoria-Witwatersrand-Vereeniging (PWV) region of the ANC to assist in setting up the office. She worked as campaigns …

… 27 June 1955, it was clear that the government intended to accuse the leading activists in the congresses of treason. … foolscap sheets of paper, copied 156 times (some held back for later) for all those presumably included in the … years imprisonment. Furthermore, “intimidating” others to strike or to protest against any law, became subject to a …

… judgement in March 1913, in which, Judge Searle refused to recognise Hindu and Muslim marriages, Indian women joined … time. When Valliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar was sentenced to prison, she was already a little unwell. Her condition soon began to deteriorate, but she refused the offer made by the …

… was born the 17 February, 1951 in Beaufort West to Henry and Gertrude Lindt. She is the third of seven … her way up as SACWU's regional secretary. She then went on to form part of the National Executive Committee of SACWU and … (NACTU) in the Western Cape . Politically, NACTU was to the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) what the Congress of …

… King William’s Town, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape ) to Wilmot Goso and Nobantu Ntebe. After completing her primary education at Tamara, she went to Forbes Grant Secondary School where she completed the … as a nurse at Victoria Hospital in 1964 and moved to Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ) soon after marrying Griffiths …

… parted when she was about six years old and she went to live with a maternal uncle, Ben Sedibe, in Barberton . Her … she was distributing ANC leaflets and carrying messages to political activists. Soon after her 17th birthday, it was decided the time had come for her to become a fully-fledged guerrilla. She joined uMkhonto we …

… the carving centre was closed unexpectedly. Kekana moved to Johannesburg , where he struggled to sell his work. After five years in the city, he accepted an invitation from Sister Pauline to join her at St. Faith’s mission in Rusape, Zimbabwe . … of the Province of Southern Africa, With Special Reference To The Diocese Of St. Mark The Evangelist . Ph.D. thesis, …

… Page is best-known for his eerie images which, according to one critic, have made him known as ‘a kind of Hitchcock … The artist often claimed that he limited his palette to black and white because of his dire financial … his mother when he was ten, and was passed from relative to relative, even spending some time in an orphanage in …

… his work, he was raided by the security police, subjected to banning orders restricting his movement and was placed in … effects of the bomb blast, he devoted himself full-time to preparations for a new democratic Constitution for South … he played an active role in the negotiations which led to South Africa becoming a constitutional democracy. After …

… police beat him brutally and he was imprisoned. This was to be the beginning of similar brutal treatment that he was to suffer at the hands of the police during most of his life. … 1958, he also joined the domestic workers union affiliated to the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) , a …

… this country's history, 20 000 women of all races marched to Pretoria's Union Buildings on 9 August 1956, to present a petition against the carrying of passes by women … then, the phrase'wathint' abafazi, wathint' imbokodo' (You Strike a Woman, You Strike a Rock) has come to represent the …

… member of the struggle against the apartheid government to which resulted in him being exiled from South Africa. He … cell in Swaziland . Ntuli was released into exile due to international pressure that was placed on the South … of both his home and host countries. [1] Ntuli left the UK to study at the Pratt Institute in New York, USA, where he …

… Following this, she worked as a teacher. She was married to Harold Strachan , who was later imprisoned for his … and flushed it down the toilet. "I had been prepared to eat it," she said later. "I knew that would be difficult, because I'd eaten a piece of paper once before to prevent its falling into the hands of the police. It had …

… and found work as a construction labourer after coming to Johannesburg in 1951. Gqabi joined the  African National … the University of South Africa. In 1961 he went into exile to join the newly formed military wing of the ANC,  Umkhonto … captured in Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) and sentenced to two years’ imprisonment for leaving the country illegally. …

… of two children of Laura and Yacov Fattal. Alex moved to Boston Massachusetts where his younger brother Josh was … extensively throughout South America, from Patagonia to the canal handover ceremony in Panama. Alex intensified … photography project founded by Wendy Ewald Alex began to apply and adapt the methodology to various situations. …

… Transvaal (now Gauteng Province), South Africa, to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania . Levy and … Unions (COSATU), SACTU, was involved not only in the day-to-day concerns with wages and better working conditions but … was secretary of the South African Peace Council from 1951 to 1961, as well as the left-wing Johannesburg discussion …

… trained as a teacher and for the priesthood, in addition to earning two diplomas in music. A stalwart of the African … held on 5 March 1955 in Johannesburg, Dlamini was elected to its National Executive Committee (NEC). SACTU emerged out … 20 000 workers. From the beginning, SACTU committed itself to playing a dual role of fighting both economic and …

… Healdtown district. His parents, though poor, were anxious to give him some education and sent him to the day school. He liked school and put his whole heart … in their studies. Young Jabavu was of the great assistance to the ministers, especially on Sundays, and it was not long …

… members of CATA, was summarily dismissed. He then moved to Johannesburg to complete studies in law. After the Sharpeville massacre and the state repression that followed, he fled to Botswana where he practised law.  However, because of …

… Party activists,were banned in 1964,he acted as a liaison to facilitate their political work.In 1966 his family emigrated to Britain where he earned degrees from the universities of … also the Britain Anti-Apartheid Movement,winning election to its National Committee in 1968. In 1969 Hain helped to …

… Moabelo, the ntona of Madietane village, who was related to the royal family, and after his death, she became the … learnt that the police were looking for her and, according to her daughter, who was born in banishment,‘went into hiding in the nearby mountains and later escaped to Pretoria.’ Kwena Matlala was banished because she‘strived …

… Masekela\'s parents moved from the farm where he was born to Dikgale where Masekela attended the Lutheran Mogabane … father became an evangelist and the family moved to Randjesfontein near Halfway House, Masekela was sent to the Lutheran Mission farm school in Pretoria where he …

… and interpreter of the Gorinhaikonas. In 1630 he was taken to Bantam by the English and returned to the Cape a year later. He had learned to speak Dutch and English, which made him very useful to his …

… friends affectionately knew him as “Quarter”, a name given to him by  Nelson Mandela  and  Walter Sisulu . It was a play on his surname and a reference to his slight physique since many beverages at the time were … and a part of the corps of activists that contributed to the major campaigns of that decade. He assisted in …