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… Ngcobo was born near Melmoth, Zululand. He was educated to secondary school level at Inkamane. In 1953 he attended … Training Centre, Natal, studying there from 1953 to 1954.  He worked as a teacher at Glencoe and Loram … and Lesotho and in 1962 he was the first black artist to hold a solo exhibition at the Durban Art Gallery. …

… at the EP and Commercial Printing Company. In 1929 he went to England and attended the Bolt Court School of Process Engravings and returned to SA in 1930 and received further training in printing at … as The Wall and Tuturano Times . After the war he returned to The Natal Mercury where he worked as editorial cartoonist …

… was born on 16 July 1973 in Port Elizabeth and moved to Durban at the age of five. Born to a cricketing family, his father Peter and Uncle Graeme … part of the squad. In 2004 he became the 2nd South African to take 300 Test wickets and the 19th in the history of the …

… Orlando, Soweto. He was one of 32 students who were forced to flee Soweto in 1978 just before the matric exams. After … independent organisation called Phosdoc, while continuing to contribute to Afrapix library. Vuyi also worked for the New Nation …

… of the National Liberation League. In 1938 he was elected to the central executive committee of the CPSA, a position he … career. A member of the Cape Town City Council from 1943 to 1952, he was elected to Parliament by the Africans of the Cape western district in …

… in the Ndwedwe district, excelling at craftwork. He went to Amanzimtoti Training College to train as a teacher.  While there he received a bursary to train as an art teacher at the Ndaleni Teacher Training …

… in the Treason Trial, and the trial that was run parallel to this, namely the 1955-1956 Evaton bus boycotts. He was … his living as a butcher in Vereeniging. His inability to leave his area of restriction to buy meat seriously affected his business.  Bob died in …

… game in the world. She also played a key role on the road to the final of the African Women's Championship held in … Arsenal women’s squad, but saw the move curtailed due to financial issues. She played for soccer teams such as … and Croesus Ladies. In 2007, Modise signed a two-year deal to play for Denmark’s Fortuna HjÁ¸rring in the …

… was renowned for her work in a field now seen as peculiar to the colonial period. This was the "native study". The … time as a result of efforts by the likes of Leo Francois to create a school of figure painting as an antidote to the prevalence of landscape. An incentive for this …

… versatility, integrity and will-power which enabled him to undertake so many activities in spite of having poor … Reformed minister at Graaff-Reinet in 1818, he was called to the Groote Kerk in Cape Town in 1822. Here he was the … a second church building in Cape Town - a matter which led to grave discord in the congregation, with the result that a …

… Natal Communist Party headquarters moves from Johannesburg to Cape Town under Moses Kotane as national secretary May … from the ANC and Congress of Urban Advisory Boards to the minister of Native affairs September 4 , House of … National Anti-Pass August 12-15 , African mine workers’ strike August 14-15 , Meeting and adjournment of the NRC …

… elections. A number of the party’s members were alleged to have been involved in the decade’s leading scandals such … is released under the theme ‘United Action to Push Back the Frontiers of Poverty’. 17 January, Deputy President … August Over a million civil servants’ stage a nation-wide strike over a wage dispute with the government. 24 - 26 …

… No 48 commenced. The history of this Act could be traced back to April 1961 when the Transkei Regional Authority appointed a committee to investigate the possibility of granting self-government to … a chronology of key political events from independence to mid-1997, Westport: Greenwood.)| Muller, C.F.J. …

… Several Natives have requested me, Leaders and Chiefs, to write a full and concise statement on the subject of the … and secure that progress. This spirit is due no doubt to the great triumph of Christianity which teaches men … of them. Such national Conferences of the people are bound to give a wide publication of the Natives' own views on …

… so he and his mother and brother (Hilary, born 1894) went back to England for a change of climate in 1895. His father stayed …

… endowment of the chair of Fine Art in 1920.  In addition to his patronage of the oldest Fine Art Department in South … Dutch and Flemish art (bought from Sir Hugh Lane in 1912) to the Union of South Africa , which is housed in the Old … Archive based in the Old Medical Building, which seeks to strike a balance between conservation of historical materials …

…  He has worked for the UN World Food Programme from 1977 to 1984 in Zambia and in Kenya.  From 1984 to 1987 he was Country Director for the World University … in both Ethiopia and Canada. Post 1994, Msimang moved to Durban and worked as a business consultant. He was later …

… in Durban and matriculated in 1959.  She then went on to study for a Diploma in Commercial Art at the Durban … the first of her generation of South African ceramicists to draw from South Africa’s own rich indigenous cultural … while remaining strongly African, a vision true to the mix of cultures and traditions that make up South …

… Gerrit Viljoen was born in Cape Town on 11 September 1926 to Helena and Hendrik Geldenhuys Viljoen. At the time of his … editor of Huisgenoot Magazine. After his family relocated to Pretoria, Viljoen started his schooling at Pretoria Oos Laerskool from 1933 to 1939. He also attended the Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool in …

… Bafana in 1997 against Netherlands, when South Africa lost to the visiting side by two goals. After this game, the … whose fame became more talked about since that year to the present moment, mostly felt the effects.As a striker, … with the  South African Football Association  over club to country interest. In many occasions Bennie has been unable …

… Gerrit Viljoen was born in Cape Town on 11 September 1926 to Helena and Hendrik Geldenhuys Viljoen. At the time of his … editor of Huisgenoot Magazine. After his family relocated to Pretoria, Viljoen started his schooling at Pretoria Oos Laerskool from 1933 to 1939. He also attended the Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool in …

… 1999. In 1995 Mantahse became the first trade unionist to be appointed to the Board of Directors of a Johannesburg Stock Exchange … Federation. On 30 October 2011 Mantashe was admitted to Botshelong Hospital for a post surgery check up but later … 07 December 2011]|News24, (2011). Gwede Mantashe admitted to hospital , from the News24, 31 October,[online] Available …

… Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, to English missionary parents. At university he joined the … this time he was approached by a friend who asked him to become a member of the “National Committee for … other members of the African Resistance Movement (ARM), to seven years’ imprisonment for protest sabotage activities …

… Committee of the African National Congress, reporting back on a meeting held in Lusaka, Zambia, in February 1990 … current government has not yet created a climate conducive to negotiations. Calls for the release of all political … of the South African Communist Party. Rejects the proposal to suspend the armed struggle. Rejects the proposal for the …

… English means: 'New land'. In 1791 the property was sold to the first of a series of private individuals, and although it reverted back to Government ownership in 1805, it was resold in 1826 and …

… an extension of that programme, the curators' desire to elevate the art of Thami Mnyele has been so crudely executed that it forces you to question the methods entailed in rewriting or reclaiming … such as this propels you, kicking and screaming, back to a time when religious institutions were charged with …

… Africa. The story of the Simonstown Agreement dates back to 1955 when it was signed by South Africa and Great … the Simonstown base and Naval Dockyard were handed over to South Africa on 1 April 1957. The SA Navy was to also …

… Ghana was called the Gold Coast. The Portuguese who came to Ghana in the 15th century found so much gold between the … themselves, they lived in so-called segmented societies, bound together by kinship ties and ruled by the heads of … themselves, they lived in so-called segmented societies, bound together by kinship ties and ruled by the heads of …

… Movement of 1959. The AAM was established in response to an appeal by  Chief Albert Luthuli , President of the  … that the AAM was needed as a permanent organisation to work towards the eradication of the apartheid system, which was a major threat to international peace and security. From his days as a …