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… From his youth the boy showed the signs of greatness and it was clear that he had a future. The country frequently suffered from raids and pretty wars. It was in 1821 that the community of … awakening - slave traders had made another unwelcome visit and raided the village. While peace reigned only a few short …

… was a political activist, Christian minister, sportsman and champion of non-racial sport, trade unionist and educator is considered Durban’s most significant socialist and Indian trade unionist. He is considered one of the few … Town), pp. 263 ”“ 266.| Dr Peter Alegi, (2010), ‘ Soccer and Human Rights: Chief Luthuli, Alan Paton, Dennis Brutus …

… Bar for 25 years, prior to becoming a provincial and thereafter appellate judge, Judge Johann Christiaan … ran the country’s first democratic elections in 1994, and was instrumental in establishing the permanent electoral … chiefly engaged in judicial education (aspirant, induction and continuing for lower and superior courts) and the …

… Born and bred in Johannesburg, Ray Berman left South Africa in 1966 to go into voluntary exile in Swaziland and has since become a national household name in places such as Australia, Israel, South Africa and his home town, Mbabane in Swaziland. Ray studied graphic …

… Dr Saleem Badat holds Bachelors and Honours degrees in the Social Sciences from the … of KwaZulu-Natal, a Certificate in Higher Education and Science Policy from Boston University (United States), and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology from the …

… (b.1952) is a creative socialist thinker, an activist and one of the key intellectuals of the post 1980s generation in South Africa.  He is a professor and the head of the Sociology Department at UCT, a post he … the board of the National Institute for the Humanities and Social Sciences, an institution that was promulgated …

… Harry Brookes was born in England on February 4th,1897 and emigrated to South Africa with his family in 1901.In 1920 … which he finished in 1924.A distinguished white academic and prominent Christian layman, he joined the Liberal Party … of its leaders had been detained during the 1960 emergency and after the government had begun to use its banning powers …

… southern suburbs. He was the youngest in a family of five, and still an infant when Asa Martin, his mother died. Since … studies under Shaykh `Abdullah Taha Gamieldien (d.1946) and Shaykh Ismail Ganief (d.1958). These three shaykhs had an indelible impact upon the Imam’s ideas and activities. Shaykh Ismail Ganief was, however, the one …

… groups in the New Brighton area performing in schools and community halls. In 1965 while working at the Ford Motor … he met Athol Fugard . This was the beginning of a long and fruitful friendship. Much of the work they did at the time was experimental and improvisational but it did result in a number of …

… near Zebediela. A chief of the Lebelo clan of the Ndebele and the son of Lebelo Seroto and his wife NaMahlangu, a member of the Ndzundza tribe. Van … the son of the chief wife). This endangered Lebelo's life and he was advised to leave. Van Warmelo merely states that …

… as a young girl. She accompanied him to political meetings and became fully conversant with the political situation in … to South Africa from medical stuidies in Edinburgh and was also inspired by him to became a doctor. At the time … University of the Witwatersrand but she took a year off and went to Durban to be part of the Passive Resistance …

… In 1902, at the age of 19, Prowse went abroad to study and attended various institutions such as the Slade School and Royal Academy in London and the La Palette in Paris. In 1908 she returned to Cape …

… Oxford University. His father died when he was 3 years old and his mother devoted herself to bringing up a rather large family of 10. Baden Powell and his brothers were encouraged by their mother to make … own fun. They learned about the outdoors, built boats and sailed them and went on long journeys learning to look …

… 1932. He was educated at Jeppe High School in Johannesburg and studied drawing and painting privately with Roza van Gelderen, Douglas Portway and Herman Wald. At the age of 16, he started studying … Abrahams, L. “‘The Beast and the Burden’: “On Appreciation” [online] Available at: …

… Jonker experienced a childhood of material deprivation and emotional setbacks. In her early adulthood she had a … Jonker was a sensitive child with a keen self-awareness and gifted beyond her years. She started writing poetry at the age of six and her first published poems appeared in her high school …

… obtained a BA(FA) (1971) from the Glasgow School of Art and a MA(FA) from UN. She has lectured in 3D Design, Fashion, Fibre Art and Weaving, Drawing and Painting and Art Education at Technikon Natal, UDW and …

… art as a tool to get to know the world in which I live. And I use art as a tool to experience my own reality within … Manfred Zylla, was born in Augsburg, Germany in 1939, and arrived in South Africa in 1970. A series of woodcuts about the 1976 Soweto uprising, and the creation of large-scale drawings, prints and …

… Thayanayagie (Thailema), daughter of Veerammal Naidoo and Govindasamy Kristshnasamy Thambi Naidoo , was four years … the Tolstoy Farm where former political prisoners and families of prisoners could stay. Eventually, Thambi … on the farm. Veerammal worked as a cook at Tolstoy Farm and Thambi Naidoo was in charge of marketing and sanitation. …

… Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a skilled builder and carpenter, and Salome Mororo-Mokgatle. His grandfather was Mokgatle …

… Anna, was from Russia. Zelic Rubin worked as a tailor and, unusually for the time, employed Coloured and Africans along with Whites as apprentices in his workshop … founding members of South African Communist Party (SACP), and in 1931, at age 18, Carneson joined the Young Communist …

… Party. She arrived in South Africa on 6 November 1929, and began to organise Black workers unions. Five days later, on 11 November 1929, after meeting Cissie Gool and lifelong friend John Gomas , she joined the Communist … She was involved with all facets of the Party's work, and after being dismissed from a job for attending the …

… James M. Thaele was born in Basutoland in 1888 and was reputed to be the son of a Basuto chief and a Coloured mother. From 1906 until about 1910, he studied … where his early propensity for high-flown language and affected manners of dress marked him out as a showman. In …

… was a shop steward of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and was blacklisted for his part in the 1913 strike. Thomas and his wife, Agnes (nee Borland) were founder members in … active in trade unions, the anti-fascist movement, and the SALP from an early age. He was elected Labour Member …

… where he was part of a large family, with two brothers and four sisters. His father made a living as a middleman and the family endured poverty, hardship and illness. A talented cricketer and swimmer, such …

… Molefe worked as a potter at Rorke's Drift between 1969 and 1983. She learnt to make traditional pots at home, before she went to the ELC Art and Craft Centre, Rorke’s Drift. Like Elizabeth Mbatha (q.v.) … Durban Art Gallery in 1970 on the exhibition, Sculpture and Ceramics from the ELC Art and Craft Centre, Rorke’s Drift …

… Badsha, was a shop assistant, sign writer/designer, and a member of the Bantu, Indian, Coloured Arts Group … in Durban. His uncle Moosa Badsha was a shop assistant and photojournalist who worked for several black … had a major influence on Omar's interests in the arts and his political activism. Omar became politically active …

… The esteemed teacher and journalist, Samuel E.K. Mqhayi described Isaac Williams … little gap between the front teeth. He was of average size and as he walked his legs kicked out indicating robust … of Xhosa sovereignty, the destruction of Xhosa society and the theft of the land, Isaac grew up to become a …

… the Good, the ruler of the Bangwato people. Under his rule and with his approval, Bechuanaland had been put under … 19th century. Seretse’s name means ‘the clay that binds’, and referred to the reconciliation after a rift between his father and grandfather. In 1925 Seretse Khama succeeded his father …

… than her own for the cause of peace, freedom equality and justice. At the time of her involvement in the South … liberation struggle, she held dual nationality, Belgian and Dutch. Following a subsequent Dutch change in law, … resides in Belgium. Passtoors was living in Mozambique and teaching at the Eduardo Mondlane University when she was …