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… more than thirty short stories, two verse plays and a fair number of poems. “Add to these, two anthologies … collections, innumerable single essays, addresses, awards and a Nobel Prize nomination for literature and what emerges is to many the Dean of African Letters,” …

… born in 1946 in Pretoria .  He spent his youth in Botswana and the Limpopo Province. He matriculated at Afrikaans Hoër … not complete his studies. In 1965 he travelled to Europe and lived in Paris. He worked as a journalist on various … with his main interest being social documentary and theatre photography. Since 1981 he dedicated himself to …

… longest reigning Zulu king. He was a half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, who both preceded him as kings of the Zulu. He … to his contemporaries. Dingane (his half brother and predecessor) actually instructed his chief induna Ndlela … because Mpande was the only son to have had any children, and Ndlela considered the continuation of the blood line …

… Mufamadi is the eldest of the four children of Masindi and Reuben, who are now both pensioners. He grew up in Meadowlands (Gauteng) and in Tshisahulu (Venda). In Venda young Sidney first looked after his grandfather’s cattle and then attended school. His father worked in Johannesburg …

… worked as servants. Her mother died when she was aged two and her father, who was a cattle driver, died when she … adolescence. Sara married a Khoikhoi man who was a drummer and they had one child together who died shortly after birth. … named William Dunlop who was also a friend of Cezar and his brother Hendrik. Apparently, the terms of her …

… of  African National Congress  (ANC) veterans,  Walter  and  Albertina Sisulu . In 1971 Lindiwe completed her form 5 and enrolled for an Advanced Level course at the Waterford … to enroll for a degree in Swaziland, majoring in history and politics. Her studies were briefly interrupted when she …

… Samora Machel was born in 1933 and was raised in the village of Chilembene. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. Machel parents were forced to grow … could eat. In the 1950's his parents' farmland was taken and given to Portuguese settlers. In order to avoid …

… Orange Free State. His father, Johannes, was a printer, and had only one child with is wife, Josephine, nee van Zyl. He went to the local primary school and matriculated from Ladybrand School in 1948 as Dux scholar and prefect. Following his high school career Coetsee …

… Jonty (C.J) Driver was born in Cape Townin 1939 and grew up with his mother and younger brother in Kroonstad.  His father spent time … during the Second World War until he was captured in Toruk and imprisoned in Germany and Italy. During this period his …

… labourers in Natal. He started working at an early age, and as a young boy, Sewgolum took to imitating the golfers he … his unorthodox golf grip, Sewgolum honed his technique and was soon acknowledged as an exceptional player. Sewgolum began to dream of playing professionally and finally made a brilliant debut as a professional in 1959 …

… politics in 1952 after hearing a speech  by Cissie Gool  and her father, Dr  Abdulla Abdurahman , both political … became a self-employed fish. In 1950 he moved to Cape Town and worked as a labourer at a tobacco company in Observatory. … held various other jobs as a labourer. He became a fruit and vegetable hawker in 1976 after he was fired from his …

… a farming family. He received a Bachelor of Journalism and Media Studies degree from Rhodes University. In 1986 he joined Afrapix and worked as a stringer for Reuters in the Eastern Cape.  … Sotho initiation ceremony, entitled “The savage noble and the noble savages. Photography and an African …

… He was an author, illustrator, sculptor, heaven-herd and philosopher. He lived in the Ceza district where he … received training as an inyanga from both his grandfathers and his father.  From the 1950s he recorded Zulu cultural and religious myths in words and pictures. SchlÁ¶sser’s …

… was the third wife of Mzimeni Tambo, son of a farmer and an assistant salesperson at a local trading store. His father had four wives and ten children and, although illiterate, lived comfortably. Mzimeni Tambo …

… Movement (AAM).  Tennyson Makiwane , Vella Pillay and Abdul Minty , South Africans in exile, play a significant … vigorously campaigns for sporting, cultural, academic and economic boycott of South Africa. March 19, The … Peace Committee awards Nelson Mandela the Joliot Curie Gold Medal for Peace.  Houari Souyah, President of the …

… Durban attorney,the son of immigrant eastern European jews and a leader of the  Congress of Democrats (COD) .He became … to the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and ANC. He joined the Communist Party in 1938,while he was studying in Johanneburg and becoming an organizer for two years and for the Durban …

… by the drawings of his older brother, Chamberlain, and the carvings his grandfather made in wood and stone. He began attending classes at the Jubilee Art … such as Ephraim Ngatane , Ezrom Legae , Cecil Skotnes and Bill Hart encouraged his work. A year after first meeting …

… officer who was a critic of U. S. policy on South Africa and who became a leading historian of the South African … 18 at the age of 97. Professor Karis was the chief author and editor of a four-volume book series, From Protest to … was a co-author, with Gail Gerhart of Columbia University and others, of an updated second edition of the series that …

… attitude of the Acting Chieftainess”¦much difficulty was and is still experienced.’ Makwena Matlala’s consultative style of leadership and opposition to state initiatives did not endear her to … ‘various abuses”¦of her position as Acting Chieftainess, and particularly her refusal to co-operate with the (NAD) in …

… (now KwaZulu-Natal).  His father was born in Cato Manor and his mother was born in Fynnlands, Durban. His paternal and maternal grandparents came from South India. After they … father, Jack Dorasamy Govender, was a bakery van driver and his mother, Chellama Govender, a housewife. Govender has …

… of Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) in 1956, and then moved to Soweto . Manzini suffered from polio as a child and as a result spent close to four years in the hospital … banning of the South African Students Organization (SASO)  and the expulsion, banning and imprisonment of many of the …

… of Dimbiti Bisho Alexander, a primary-school teacher, and David James Alexander, a carpenter. It was in the rural … his father. Alexander was introduced to coloured militancy and progressivism at an early age. On the other hand, his … understood. His mother told him Jarsa was talking to God, and surely her piety was passed on to Alexander’s mother who, …

… a banker who received a commercial education in Brussels and studied law. He travelled to Europe and America before settling in South Africa in 1880. He met JH Hofmeyr and formed a friendship with him. He moved to Graaff-Reinet …

… at the Sidumbini Mission Station in the Colony of Natal and his secondary schooling at the Lovedale Institution in … called) of the Colony under the Natal Education Department and in 1905 became a Head Teacher at a school in the Colony … Education Department.  In 1909, he married KaMakhanya and they had seven children (two daughters and five sons), …

… was the Assistant Native Commissioner. He attended school and university in Pietermaritzburg, graduating from the then … as a result of involvement in student political activities and work with the Wages Commission. After travelling around Europe in 1975 and then to South West Africa (now Namibia) as a research …

… 1919 until 1961). He was the son of Chief Nyerere Burito and his 22nd wife, Christina. Julius studied in missionary schools in Tabora and later on went to Makerere University College, Uganda, to study education. He got his degree in 1946 and returned to Tabora to teach. In 1949, Nyerere was …

… Island prisoner, member of the African National Congress and South African Communist Party and South African National Defence Force Ntela Richard … where he joined the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Here he was arrested and … on 17 July 2015. |TRC. (n.d.). KwaZulu/Natal: Violence and the killing of IFP leaders from Stanford University …

… was one of the leading personalities of his tune in church and intellectual circles at the Cape. As a preacher he was famous for his impressive style and delivery; as a person he was serious, conscientious and strict. He was also renowned for his capacity for work, …

… To look after her family she opened a shop selling drapery and hardware. His mother was of the Alsatian origin, Frantz … Military career At the age of 17 he sneaked away from home and sailed to the Caribbean Islandof Dominica, for adventure. … who fought to free them from Nazi occupation. Psychiatrist and Soldier While serving in the army he managed to secure …

… 1921, in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) and moved to Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) when …   He was a soldier during World War II in North Africa and Italy and was wounded by shrapnel in an air raid. After the war, …