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… migrated with his business to Port Elizabeth, the country's principal wool-shipping centre. There the family grew and, … where, lonely and adrift, she threw herself into the city's lively amateur theatre. Her first stage appearance was in a … revelled in it. That was by no means the end of Taubie's career. After many roles demonstrating her prowess as an …

… lighting that impressed him in the films. At the age of 20 he began a correspondence course in photography with the … to be evacuated and their property destroyed. Hallett's poignant documentation was donated to the District Six … was commissioned by the ANC to photograph the movement's coming to power. A series of photographs of Nelson Mandela …

… Indian Muslim family, which is part of the country's small but influential Gujarati Vhora Muslim community. His … publications. Ebrahim Badsha had a major influence on Omar's interests in the arts and his political activism. Omar … wake of the 1960 Sharpeville Massacre and the government's banning of liberation organisations. He was the deputy …

… Adams applied to study at the University of Cape Town’s Michaelis School of Fine Arts, but due to the university’s racial discriminatory policy he was turned down. Instead … masterpiece does to the bombing of the Basque town some 20 years before. “South Africa 1959” is not a literal …

… against the Apartheid state. Thus it was that Biko’s Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) came to prominence and … in fact they never boarded the plane and abandoned the mission. This episode revealed that Craig Williamson was … Death of Steve Biko Steve was stripped and manacled for 20 days before he was transferred to the Sanlam Building in …

… Three MK cadres, on their way to carry out a sabotage mission, take refuge in the Silverton branch of Volkskas Bank … , 1956 Treason Trialist and president of the ANC Women’s League dies. 20 March, Zinzi Mandela expresses the spirit … Mosololi and Thabo Motaung convicted of attacking police stations, are hanged. 28 June, Two bomb blasts, at the …

… trade led to the establishment of fortified trading stations and eventually permanent European settlements in the … explore the west coast of Africa. They established trading stations and began trading in gold and slaves in competition … da Gama sailed around the Cape of Good Hope using Dias's navigational charts. He stopped at several places along the …

… passes at home on the appointed date and gather at police stations around the country, making themselves available for … and that the PAC saw it as the first step in Black people's bid for total independence and freedom by 1963 (Cape Times, … Act, 90% of black South African schools were state-aided mission schools. The Act demanded that all such schools …

… faith. There is very little known information about Josiah’s mother and his early childhood. Josiah had a younger … started his elementary schooling at the Healdtown Wesleyan Mission station at Fort Beaufort, where he was exposed to the … that returning home would be to accept the failure of his mission. In January 1921, Gumede had the opportunity to meet …

… *Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education … nationalist leaders and a number of public meetings. His mission caused great uproar in India and consternation among … to alienate the European community. Gandhi failed in his mission to win Chamberlain’s sympathy and discovered in the …

… (now known as KwaZulu-Natal - KZN).  The seeds of Reddy’s activism were sown as a youngster around his passion for … patches - and passing the immaculate greens of Durban’s whites-only high schools stirred a sense of injustice in … period as the first Indian teacher at the prestigious, mission-funded school for African girls, Inanda Seminary, …

… Catholic Church which was built by the Missions. The town's history dates back to 1875, when a mission station was built and named, 'Pofadder'. Today, it … who made this part of the country their home back when a mission station was set up here in, 1875.  A few fresh water …

… cattle. In 1900, 7000 Blacks took part in General French's march to Machadodorp in the Transvaal. Over 5000 others, … from the start of the war. Entire townships and even mission stations were transferred into concentration camps. The men …

… the captaincy of the Adventure Galley - a ship with a mission to capture all French vessels as well as the pirates … where his vessel was reported to have been spotted on 20 January 1697. By this time, the Adventure Galley had not … by an Englishmen. It was this attack that led to Kidd's arrest in 1699. After a period in solitary confinement, he …

… Mandela after the death of his father. "Mqhekezweni was a mission station of the Methodist Church and far more up to … Mqhekezweni - Mandela's Ancestral Home, OR Tambo District, Eastern Cape …

… activities. Tiro had great influence in shaping Mashinini's political thinking and subsequent adherence to the ideology … Mashinini started reading about the history of Africa’s struggles, American slavery, the Human Rights Movements in … South African Students' Movement (SASM) in 1975. Mashinini’s energy, creativity and sportsmanship became evident through …

… Mphahlele then worked as a journalist in the camp’s newspaper, the Itumbi News Daily . In 1983, the group … in Mgagao in Iringa. Here he became the editor of the camp’s newspaper, the Mgagao People’s Daily. Mphahlele was sent to Botswana as the PAC’s …

… Introduction Since independence, English has been Namibia’s only official language. This was a controversial policy and … owned and operated by missionaries, namely the Rhenish Mission Society and the Finnish Mission Society, who … culture” by Nghidi Ndilula includes a poem in English by N.U. Ndilula (presumably the same author of the paper). [71] …

… of the Thembu and a member of the Madiba clan. Mandela’s original name was Rolihlahla, which literally means … , the Wesleyan College of Fort Beaufort, which was a Mission School of the Methodist Church. Healdtown was the … At Wits, he befriended fellow students I.C. Meer , J.N.Singh , Joe Slovo and Ruth First , all of whom were members …

… also being voted Track and Field News number one women's 800m runner of 2009. However, the public attention she … high levels of testosterone in female athletes, in women's sport. Historically, after World War II, the International … set a new national record for 800 meters of 1:55:33. On 20 August, she won the gold medal in the women's 800 meters …

… elected as Media Officer and acting Treasurer to the UDF’s Regional Executive Committee (REC) in the Western Cape … organise meetings fairly freely. However, the government’s declaration of a State of Emergency throughout the early … ↵ [xix] Mr Willie Hofmeyr, National Prosecuting Authority, 20 July 2014. …

… of the Booker Prize for Fiction. Her 1979 novel, Burger's Daughter, was written during the aftermath of the Soweto … other books she had written. Although many of Gordimer’s books were banned by the Apartheid regime in South Africa, … considered going into exile but in the 1960s and 1970’s she lectured at universities in the United States of …

… then Gold Coast, Nzema region. After attending a Catholic mission school in Half Assini, Nkrumah went on to train and … located in Accra. Nkrumah subsequently earned a teacher's certificate at the Prince of Wales College in 1930. During … precedent set in the Manchester Congress propelled Nkrumah’s international reputation and saw him develop further …

… little knowledge of other vital fields of knowledge. Essak’s training in the Progressive Forum and Unity Movement soon … at the various high schools where he taught. Essak’s activities came to the attention of the authorities and he … that Essak had escaped to Botswana.  The nature of the mission that Essop and Vishnu had undertaken then became …

… obvious tensions emerge between the indigenous and mission sex-gender systems. In these organisations struggles … outcasts from 'traditional society' or came to mission stations because they offered a physical refuge or source of … and Natal in the 1860s and 1890s (Mills, 1975: 25-7, 298 n.6; Christofersen, 1967: 93-4). As leading African Christian …

… books at home and thereafter gather peacefully at police stations nearest their homes, and demand that the police … that if thousands of people were arrested, the country’s jails would be filled and the economy would come to a …

… to change the non-White franchise provisions, but the mission did not succeed in its purpose. The draft South … British Government, it was signed by King Edward VII on 20 September 1909 and it came into force on 31 May 1910. The …

… War and that experience had a profound influence on Esau's life. Esau's father's interest in politics was sparked by … all levels. The launch of the United Democratic Front on 20 August 1983 in opposition to the tri-cameral system, … of one of the most celebrated of South African poets, N.P. van Wyk Louw , in his Lojale Verset (states): ‘Dis nie …

… obvious tensions emerge between the indigenous and mission sex-gender systems. In these organisations struggles … outcasts from 'traditional society' or came to mission stations because they offered a physical refuge or source of … and Natal in the 1860s and 1890s (Mills, 1975: 25-7, 298 n.6; Christofersen, 1967: 93-4). As leading African Christian …

… accept 10 shillings per month, the maximum salary being 20 shillings per month. Should the Indian desire to remain in … that of the merchant class.  In the same year, the Dealer's Licences Amendment Bill (No. 18 of 1897) also became law … Prime Minister of Natal stated that the object of their mission was to secure an increased recruitment of 15 000 …