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… Zulu song, dance and dress. Kumalo received his first schooling at home from his mother, and then at school … 9 in 1893.  In 1894 his family moved to the Witwatersrand, first to Krugersdorp and then in 1895 to Johannesburg, where … in his compositions. At the outbreak of the South African War in 1899 he returned to Natal””mostly on foot, since the …

… 1942 – 1944 Taught art and ceramics at Durban Tech; war-artist for Natal Command and RN 1962 Nils Andersen took … in that country. Art Exhibitions 1982 Nils Andersen first at exhibition (two-man, with Joy Krause) at Durban Art … annually in Pretoria from 1943 – 1962 1941 South African War Art Exhibition 1966 Republic Fest Exhibition, Pretoria …

… Africa’s best known poets of this period, dedicated his first collection of poems Tell Freedom to his "close friend" … the NIC. He opposed South Africa’s participation in World War II and criticised Indian involvement in the war effort. In The Call , Amra asked: Why Support the Mayor’s …

… the South African Air Force at the outbreak of World War II and served in North Africa and Italy as an aerial … of photography in medicine. In the 1960s, he invented the first instantaneous X-ray, which allowed for the immediate … Film Festival medal for his film 'Thatch Reflections'-the first South African to receive a Cannes documentary award. Dr …

… in watercolour, the most English of painting mediums. He first came to SA as an opera singer, and settled in Fish … South West Africa/ Namibia and the main theatre of the War in Europe. Prior to his departure to war in 1917, he showed six works on that year's SASA …

… Soldiers from Uruguay become the first armed UN troops to set up camp in Congo in an effort to end the 2 1/2-year civil war. …

… Soldiers from Uruguay become the first armed UN troops to set up camp in Congo in an effort to end the 2 1/2-year civil war. …

… of the fortunes and misfortunes of the SANNC in the first decade of its existence. Existing accounts of what is … widely considered a dismal performance by the SANNC in its first decade often fail to reflect on the impact of the lack … the Land Act has not been recorded. The outbreak of World War I is yet another turning point that throws the spotlight …

… troops stationed in Pietersburg during the  South African War (Anglo-Boer War 2) . After the declaration of peace he went to Pretoria where he first worked as waiter in a boarding-house and then at the … district for a year, but then started working as a clerk, first at the Pietersburg mine recruiting office for three …

… he decided on finishing his schooling in Switzerland, first at Fribourg University, then Lausanne University, where … at Cangamba in Moxico Province. Savimbi personally led the first attack. UNITA was the only Angolan nationalist force … independence in 1975, the outbreak of the  Angolan Civil War  delayed the country's first post-independence elections …

… a driver for the Boer commandos during the South African War. During his time there he learned to speak High Dutch. … in 1928 and was involved in all the meetings. At the first of these meetings he severely criticized the Pretoria … fathered four sons and a daughter, who later became the first African matron in a Pretoria hospital. He passed away …

… been obscured since his death.  During the Second World War Koenig served in the South African Army Medical Corps. He started the first art therapy courses for wounded soldiers in Egypt and … campaign against the Germans in North Africa. After the war he continued running such therapy courses for …

… but five years old. He and his sister, Marinette, were at first cared for by a washerwoman and later adopted by an … his parents died. At the age of eight la Guma got his first job, working long hours at a Parow bakery. When his … Cape Town in the period following the  South African War  (1899-1902), la Guma was no stranger to the privations …

… National Congress (SANNC)  in 1912. During the SANNC's first annual conference in March 1913 he was elected to a … however, was a failure. Directly after the outbreak of the First World War Msane was again a member of a SANNC deputation - this …

… teacher before switching to journalism during Second World War. Williams then worked as a theatre director producing … After the formation of the COD, Williams served in the first executive committee later serving as its Vice chairman. … unit that included Norman Levy , Rusty Bernstein , Ruth First and Rica Hodgson. In 1959 Williams was tried for …

… of Libau, in Latvia on the Baltic Sea. He experienced the First World War and the October Revolution of 1917 as a child, and this … proposed anti-trade union legislation.  This was his first experience of prison life. Due to political …

… some time in the USA doing research on algae. During World War II  she was a member of the South African Women’s … South African Association of University Women, and was the first president of the Grahamstown branch. …

… in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during the Second World War , and her subsequent decision to become a social worker, … to some of the realities of South African life. After the war she took a job with the Garment Workers Union (GWU) and … life became a long saga of police persecution. She was the first person to be placed under house arrest in 1962, and she …

… 1998. For three years until 1996, she helped organise the first Johannesburg Biennale. In 1998, she founded Zakhe Arts … I always wondered what happens to soldiers at the end of a war. I have read and heard that the soldiers suffer postwar … in order to carry their regular audiences into the twenty-first century” Figure two: Removals series, Removals V, from …

… (Transvaal), in 1880. De Wet was twenty-seven when the First Anglo-Boer War broke out in 1880. He fought with the Heidelberg … Brits set off after him with a posse of motorcars. For the first time in his life, De Wet was taken prisoner. "It was … Christiaan De Wet. Three Years War [Online]. Available at: pinetreeweb.com [Accessed 14 …

… after replacing Colquhoun, and he was central in the 1893 First Matabele War. He was involved in events that led to the massacre of … 29 November 1917 and remained there until the end of the First World War. The body was then carried to Rhodesia … E. (1982) Jameson's Raid: The Prelude to the Boer War ., 2nd edition. Johannesburg: Jonathan Ball …

… to serve in the British army in the Second Anglo-Boer War . When the war ended he decided to stay on and settled in Johannesburg … Party, differing with its choice to participate in the First World War. Bunting helped form the anti-war …

… Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a … in South Africa or with the South African (Anglo-Boer) War 1899-1902  that was fought to achieve it. She opposed …  (1883) which dealt with the lives of three characters, first as children and then as adults who lived on a farm in …

… worked full-time for the League Against Fascism and War in Johannesburg, and then full-time for the CPSA … supporter of the SACP – in 1943, the couple had their first child, Lynn. At the time, Fred was a serviceman on … over, Sarah and Fred moved to Cape Town in 1945 with their first-born. Fred was secretary of the South African Communist …

… Town where he subsequently retired. During the 2nd World War Blaaiberg joined the South African Army Medical Corps and … unit in Abyssinia and Italy. In 1954 Blaaiberg had his first heart attack after which he relinquished his practice. … by Professor Chris Barnard and a team of 30. As with the first human heart transplant in the same hospital, racism …

… Dawood Seedat was a most vociferous critic of the war. Aside from articles in The Call and The Guardian , he … sentenced to short terms of imprisonment, making them the first martyrs of the Communist Party revival.’ From the late … Singh, Cassim Amra, Dawood Seedat to the organisation. The first Natal conference of the Non European United Front …

… in 1978 when she defied censorship laws and published the first photograph of Robert Mugabe to appear in Rhodesia on … in that year. Following this, she began research on her first book, The Struggle: A History of the African National … over the border into Mozambique and take command of the war against white rule. Yet the guerrilla-leader-in-waiting …

… and Italy. His wife Ann, he met and married after the war. He was keen on soccer, swimming and weightlifting and lived an active life until his first heart attack. In 1965 a third and very severe heart …

… South Africa in 1897. He pushed the Transvaal Republic to war, oversaw the war, and organised reconstruction after the … the Free State Abraham Fischer acted as interpreter. The first meeting lasted two hours, and the two sides convened … out three conditions for the Boers to agree to peace: first, the Republics would surrender their independence in …

… articles on boxing. During the same year, in August as the First World War began, he was sent to Rotterdam as war correspondent for … Sport, Drama) which was started after the end of the First World War (1914-18). He also began writing novels …