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… interest in rural development and rural social problems. To follow his interests he joined Zululand Churches and … in London. After serving the IFP in London, he returned to South Africa and became a committee member of the … an  African National Congress  government initiative to alleviate poverty in South Africa. In 1998 he succeeded …

… was about four years old, after his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first students to attend the Inanda Seminary and thereafter went to Ohlange Institute. Bertha was a teacher until she was …

… Justice, Oswald Pirow, announced a new bill, an amendment to the Riotous Assemblies Act, which would give him the power, without reference to the Courts, to banish any individual from any part of the country, to …

… School in 1968 after completing Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo Thorpe to study at Rorke's Drift. This he did for a year, beginning … di Belle Arti in Rome. He returned there in the years 1973 to 1975 and 1985 to 1986. Msimang makes his livelihood from …

… University. In 1977, at the age of 33, Cobbing came to South Africa and became an active photographer in the … As a member of Afrapix, Cobbing contributed photographs to the 1989 publication of the book Beyond the Barricades: … Resistance in South Africa in the 1980’s in which he added to the record of open defiance of apartheid and active …

… the Transvaal  African National Congress  (ANC) from 1944 to 1950 and later head of the faction known as the … Bloc. He was active as a young man in efforts to revive the ANC in the late 1930s, was chosen Transvaal … president, Ramohanoe succeeded in accommodating himself to the strong left-wing elements in the Transvaal; after …

… that played a key role in documenting the resistance to apartheid in the 1980s. At the time she was freelancing for Reuters and was a regular contributor to  Staffrider . Schwegmann had a one woman exhibition in … History Conference in 1984. Schwegmann contributed to the book South Africa:  The Cordoned Heart  [Badsha, O …

… of the Transvaal Passive Resistance Council. Moving to Durban about 1947, he was elected to the executive committee of both the  Natal Indian Congress … from all political activity, and he was obliged thereafter to offer what support he could to the congress movement from …

… as a young worker in the 1920s. In 1926 he was elected to the party's central committee, becoming one of its first … one of the most prominent early African trade unionists to take an active part in the  African National Congress … Workers' Union, of which he was secretary from 1928 to 1955, he led successive efforts to organise African …

… was  declared a prohibited individual there and returned to South Africa.  A founder member of the Black Peoples … detained in September 1974 and sentenced in December 1976 to 6 years imprisonment, on Robben Island,in a trial (known … Director of Publications. He was banned and restricted to Durban. On 13 September 2008, he was elected President of …

… Of Lithuanian Jewish extraction, Louis Washkansky came to South Africa aged 9, and became a grocer in Cape Town’s … material of his new heart, compromised his capacity to resist infection. After gaining consciousness and strength post-operatively, he was able to talk and on occasion, to walk. He then deteriorated …

… early the following year,then banned and restricted to Pietermarizburg almost immediately after being chosen SASO … following the banning of Jerry Modisane .  Isaacs fled to Swaziland in December 1974 after months of police … for a passport.A scholarship offer  enabled him to continue his studies at Victoria University in …

… spanning three decades. In the early 1970s, Jansen shot to fame as an original member of the Pacific Express band and … with Dollar Brand (Abdullah Ebrahim). He then went on to join the Spirits Rejoice band. Although Jansen was best … , was released in 2000. In 2005, Jansen was admitted to hospital with chronic bronchitis with his lung capacity …

… was arrested the following year while carrying out orders to leave South Africa,he was sentenced to ten years on Robben Island,where he participated in … Centre for Applied Social Sciences,and worked quitely to build ANC underground links.Detained for almost eight …

… the  Great Trek  in 1837. He was appointed secretary to the provisional Voortrekker administration which had been … arrival at the Vet River. On occasion he acted as Clerk to the Natal Volksraad, and on being appointed secretary to Comdt.-Gen. Andries Pretorius, he kept the Journal of the …

… Back in 1802, the establishment of a Missionary Village on a … qualities like compassion, charity and a willingness to pay a fair wage. The Khoikhoi took to the fiery Van der Kemp version of Christianity with a …

… of fevered eyes have been fixed on South Africa, host to the World Cup, which ends next weekend. For half a century … African facts. A resonant survey of his work from 1948 to 2009 at the Jewish Museum, records the everyday … his written annotations, almost every image comes with a back story that deepens and darkens it. In a sense his art is …

… where his father was headmaster. When his family moved to Soweto in 1963, Saoli enrolled at the Morris Isaacson … United Kingdom (UK). He was one of four artists selected to design for the Graphic Club of South Africa, and was asked to design the cover of the music album, Peace , by jazz …

… and Photographic Society of America. He was invited to join the London Salon, an elite group of photographers … unit at Witwatersrand Medical School and was able to combine his love of medicine and photography as part-time … and photographic equipment. In 1969, he donated these to the City of Johannesburg, which founded the Bensusan …

… education by correspondence, and later won a scholarship to study for her Master’s Degree in Social Work at Columbia … her experience of impoverishment, femininity, resistance to subjugation and being a domestic worker.  She traversed … of poetry. She has produced various plays and continues to lecture and deliver key addresses at universities and …

… tasks, and set up communications for units that were to be settled inside the country. Passtoors was involved in … severely tortured and poisoned during the interrogations, to the point where she became epileptic. In May 1986, she was convicted of treason and sentenced to ten years’ imprisonment. In 1989, she was released, …

… Elize Botha contributed numerous talks on literary matters to the Afrikaans programme series for the South African … through the years.  In 1987 she became the first woman to take up the vice-chair position at the South African … two years later. She was the first woman appointed to the board of Nasionale Pers (a media house) and the first …

… an imperfect anagram of “Israel.” As a child he was taken to New Zealand and ran away to sea at the age of thirteen.  Searelle became associated with the theatre in Australia in 1881 and went to London for the production of a two-act comic opera, The …

… freelancing for Bantu World , where he took photographs to illustrate his stories. In 1956, Khumalo found a permanent … was intrigued by the impact of pictures, and their ability to “freeze moments in time”. Khumalo had experienced this … as a child, and this childhood obsession encouraged him to pursue a career in photography. …

… jazz pianist and alto saxophonist from Port Elizabeth. Due to rising political oppression imposed by the Apartheid regime, Pukwana was forced to flee to Europe. While living in Europe, Pukwana preformed … the domestic clutter of Sophiatown, but scurry down the back alleys between tiny township houses and shacks, hurling …

… Made in the mid-Eighties, the Butcher Boys were a response to the dehumanizing effects of Apartheid. The effects of … from the state-sponsored terrorism of Apartheid through to colonial and post-colonial exploitation. However, … and installations include Bom Boys (1998), which alludes to the displaced children living on Long Street in Cape Town …

… at the Lovedale Training College after which he was sent to a Methodist mission school in Nancefield, near … of Reverend Mboweni, the first Tsonga Methodist Priest to be ordained. In 1901, John Langalibalele Dube founded the … this institute popularised the anthem. Additional verses to the anthem were added by the renowned IsiXhosa national …

… March 1939, the second of seven children. In 1957, he went to work at a shirtmaking factory until 1960. During this … his LLB degree. Through sheer hard work Langa rose to become a prosecutor and later a magistrate. In 1977, he … and National Reception Committees that were formed to apply pressure on the Apartheid government to release …

… Mace was born in Leicester, England, 1863. He emigrated to Australia when he was eighteen and made a fortune from mining. Rendered insolvent there, he came to Cape Town in 1901. He served on the British side in the … War by doing duty at the Cape Town Castle, and then turned to painting full-time. He was at the meeting at Kamp's Cafe …

… in the MK High Command until the integration of the forces to form the South African National Defence Force in 1994. … After the integration of the forces, he was appointed to General Siphiwe Nyanda’s office as MK Chief of Staff … of Stellenbosch. On 1 April 1999, he was transferred to Simon’s Town where he was appointed Chief of Fleet Staff …