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… Cape Province. Fourie began her working life at an early age in Cape Town, Cape Province, first as a telephonist … renamed the South African Communist Party (SACP) – until its suppression in 1950. Her experiences in the trade union …

… play an active role in the ANC's Defiance Campaign in the early 1950s, as the organisation in Natal had not been … a member as he felt that there was no difference between its policies and what he stood for, and he maintained that … government's constitutional proposals. He participated in its planning and formation and was nominated to a steering …

… to his fans as Bra Zakes, was born in Alexandra Township early in 1919. He started his schooling in Alexandra at a …

… workers made important gains under his leadership in the early 1940s. Naidoo represented a generation of young Indians …

… stopped by the Griquas under Waterboer in 1823. In the early 1830s Sekonyela became the Chief of Batlokwa people and …

… Pat Horn initially got exposed to politics in the early 1970s through her involvement with adult literacy …

… King Faku was the son of King Ngqungqushe one of the early rulers Mpondo kingdom with its organization as a state dating back to the early 1500s. However, literature states that King Faku's … Timothy J. Him who destroys all. Reassessing the early career of King of the Mpondo. South African Historical …

… towards the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). Attracted to its Ten Point Programme , Venkatrathnam then joined the NEUM … Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA).  By the early 1960s APDUSA was the only legal organisation (the … Prison.  He was one of 14 members of the NEUM and its affiliate APDUSA, who was charged on four counts under …

… at Harvard University, United States of America. From an early age, Curtis Nkondo was an avid reader; there was no … into a slow smouldering anger at the new constitution with its three-chambered racial parliament, and its exclusion of the African people. The Reverend Alan Boesak …

… of that year she returned to the Transkei just before its independence on 26 October. For refusing to take part in … visiting the newly independent Transkei and witnessing its resultant impoverishment. So people were starving. We saw … She contributed to the final stages of the Dunlop Play, an early union play that used workshop theatre techniques to …

… his medical studies in 1840 in London, England. From an early age, David was intrigued by geology, science and the … he published Narrative of an Expedition to the Zambesi and Its Tributaries. In this book, Livingstone also wrote about … hundreds of people. Although the expedition fell short of its objectives, it helped to fill in details about the great …

… launched in Kampala on 15 August, leaves the city on its way to Johannesburg to be in time for the Wor …

… twice he jumped years and he matriculated at 15. He was too young to go to university, so he did an extra year at … Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA) and a close friend of its chair, Peter Brown , who had also attended UCT as an … the Defence and Aid Fund and after the banning of two of its chairpersons. he occupied the chair. This was considered …

… became a strong organisation, but it survived into the early 1960s after Nyaose had been jailed for his part in the …

… was an anti-apartheid activist and was one of the few early members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) , the military wing …

… intake of artists who commenced classes in 1971. The early 1970s saw a greater emphasis on intaglio printmaking at …

… Kitson was drawn into underground activity and became an early member of Umkhonto we Sizwe  (MK). In October 1964 …

… soon became his first choice. His career began at the early age of 16 when he debuted for the national cricket …

… global After the end of formal apartheid and during the early phases of South Africa’s transition to democracy, Eddie … generations of students extended to the country and beyond its borders by Andries Bezuidenhout (Mail and Guardian), 6 …

… for these surpluses, had occurred periodically since the early eighteenth century. The inevitable result of these … with the wine industry facing the most serious crisis in its history, Kohler came forward with his life-saving … was his master plan of 1916 to save the wine industry from its woes. Although the co-operative idea was new and untested …

… Her brother, Narainsamy Pillay took the family in, but he too went to prison for political activities and they were …

… the creation of the Soweto Urban Bantu Council in the early 1960s. Mpanza died in 1970, but his organization, the …

… causes, including the Katanga secessionist movement of the early 1960s. In 1952 he returned to South Africa during the  …

… 1848, he and his wife and family reached Grahamstown early in 1849, and in February Merriman undertook the first …

… Early years The 225th and last Ethiopian Emperor, Haile … and this was their final stand. Afterwards, Ethiopia lost its national independence. The following year Selassie was …

… supportive of the emergence of Black Consciousness in the early 1970s, rejecting Nusas’s previous adherence to … what became Statistics South Africa for 15 years to build its capacity in dissemination and analysis of data and …

… the son of Jan Daniel and Louisa Steyn. Steyn spent his early youth in the Utrecht district, which at that time was … of the most appreciated and best-loved pulpit orators in its history. Everyone who knew him could testify to his …

… arts of what Black life and Black theatre was all about. Its aspirations, desires and wishes . . . everything that was … Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) , the ANC's military wing. In the early 1980s, Thami Mnyele also spent some time training in …

… Paley Becker and his wife, Anna Petronella Louw. Becker's early years were of great significance, for being born to … 1962 he became a partner in this large enterprise and was its chairperson at the time of his death in 1984 In addition …

… the imposition of passes on women in Cape Town, being too far advanced in pregnancy to travel to Pretoria . A key …