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… of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in the mid-1950s and later a prominent figure in Transkei politics, Tshunungwa was born in 1923 in the Transkei and was a member of the Tembu royal house. He studied at … early 1950s he joined the ANC Youth League in East London and was soon an executive committee member of the Cape ANC. …

… was born in Cape Town , where she grew up, attended school and went to university.  Her parents were immigrants from … similarities between Hitler's Nationalist Socialist Party and the National Party in South Africa, which came to power … Arts degree, studying sociology, psychology, anthropology and German. She then went on to do an honours degree in …

… five children of Abraham Saks, later changed to 'Sachs', and his wife, Hannah Rivkin. Sachs made up his own birthdate … known. Until the age of three Sachs was physically weak and had not yet learnt to speak, but at the age of four his condition improved and he became a lively child. He attended the local cheder, …

… His paternal grandfather, was versed in electricity, and gave classes in electrics at the sugar mill at Mount … father was a poorly paid waiter at the Durban Country Club and his mother was a housewife. His mother lived to a ripe age and was able to vote in South Africa’s first democratic …

… , Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were children of Indian … the family moved to Clairwood. Her father was a policeman and her mother supplemented the family income by selling vegetables, taking in washing and doing some dressmaking. [i] However, money was constantly …

… in the Herschel district in the Eastern Cape where Sotho and Nguni languages were spoken. He was educated at the Wesleyan Methodist Primary School and from 1886 to 1888 at Healdtown Institution, a Methodist … teacher. For the next five years Mbelle taught at Herschel and Colesberg. In the meantime he continued studying and in …

… December 1937 in Sutherland, Cape Province to Betty Oliver and Nicolaas Vlok. He grew up on a smallholding close to the Orange River, attending Neilerdrift Primary School and Keimoes High School, where he matriculated in 1956. … of Justice in the magistrate’s offices of Keimoes and Upington. Between 1959 and 1966 he served as an …

… Influenced by European writers such as Charles Dickens and D.H. Lawrence, Kgositsile began writing as a hobby. He … job at the newspaper, New Age, where he contributed poetry and news reporting. The New Age was a radical anti-Apartheid … Pennsylvania University, University of New Hampshire and Columbia University. He graduated with a Master of Fine …

… Background and Childhood Sindiso Mfenyana is descended from the Bhele … His paternal grandparents, Isabella (nee Ntshaba) and Samuel Mfenyana, received primary education at Indwe … school in the Eastern Cape. They had six children and Sindiso's father, Mtutzeli Naphtali Mfenyana, was born in …

… in KwaZulu-Natal. She began her singing career in choirs and concert groups while still at school. Mhlongo was … Her 1963 version of My Boy Lollipop became a national hit and her career started in earnest. Mhlongo performed in musicals and as a soloist with several jazz groups, including the …

… born in KwaZulu-Natal on  29 June 1952. She attended Magog and Fairview Schools. Madlala-Routledge matriculated at the … high school in Durban . She then studied at the Natal and Fort Hare Universities where she obtained a degree in Social Science, majoring in Philosophy and Sociology. In addition, she has diplomas in Adult …

… born in Edenvale, South Africa on 13 April 1923 to Ephraim and Martha Kunene. [ii] Notwithstanding the ravages of Apartheid, he completed a BA through at UNISA in 1949 and an M.A. at UCT in 1951. After his marriage to Selina … a stint in London, he sought political asylum for himself and his family in the United States where he remained in …

… Carl Niehaus was born on 25 December 1959 and grew up in Zeerust, North West Province. He completed his … to their compliance with the apartheid system. He joined and became a deacon in the African Dutch Reformed Church in Alexandra and in July 1980 Niehaus joined the African National Congress …

… in Limpopo province. Kekana’s father was a carpenter and lay preacher who died when Patja was young. Kekana made … Ernest Mancoba , had taught at the workshop previously, and became a role model for Kekana. A missionary nun, Sister … pieces for church commissions. His crucifixes, panels and other carvings decorated the pulpits of St Mary’s …

… was a pioneering businessman who traded in Burma and South Africa. Upon arrival in South Africa in 1930, he … one of his parents. He smuggled his way into the country and went to live with family members in the tiny mining town … As a result he returned to India where he married Ayesha, and then returned to South Africa without his young bride. …

… a member of the Royal family of the Barolong chieftaincy and was secretary and chief advisors to Chief Montshioa of the Barolong boo … Molema wrote an acclaimed history book title Bantu-Past and Present.Though the book was about Black South Africans in …

… of Arthur Stanley, who was born in London of Irish parents and Anna Else Bernhardt born in Hamburg Germany. He attended Epson Road Boys School in Greyville and after completing his primary school, aged age 17, he went to work for a firm of building suppliers and joined the Shop Workers Union. In 1933 he joined the …

… in KwaZulu- Natal , South Africa. She has been writing and performing on stage and screen for the past 21 years. Gcina Mhlophe has written … many children's books as well as adult audience poetry and short stories and plays. Her writings are published all …

… in the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in the 1940s and 1950s, who was instrumental in bringing about … the 1952 Defiance Campaign . He finished primary school and went to work as a shop assistant. In 1936 his older … gradually rose to prominence in Transvaal Indian politics and was involved in early meetings between the Transvaal …

… would be thinking about the camera angles, composition and dramatic lighting that impressed him in the films. At the … began a correspondence course in photography with the City and Guilds of London. He freelanced for the famous South … an unsettled existence for many years, living and working in a variety of capacities abroad in different …

… He attended the Evangelical Lutheran Church (ELC), Art and Craft Centre at Rorke’s Drift  and studied at the Johannesburg Art Foundation. Nhlengethwa … talking with older members of the community in shebeens and with his older brother, Rayda Becker Jabulane, a jazz …

… of Cape Town  where he majored in African Economic History and Psychology. Gideon began photographing in the 1980s, … response to peaceful protest, ‘marked him’ on some level and for much of his subsequent career his focus has been on … photojournalists. In the early 1990s he moved to the UK and embarked on his longitudinal project on the impact of HIV …

… 1952 in Okalili, northwest Namibia. She trained as a nurse and in 1974 joined SWAPO-in-exile in Zambia. She was sent to … to study on scholarship from the Lutheran World Federation and studied at the University of Stockholm and Växjö University. Hishongwa wrote Marrying Apartheid , a …

… a working-class environment - his father was a shoemaker - and attended primary schools in Evaton. He matriculated at St … probably the Anglican school situated in Rosettenville, and not the school of the same name at Crown Mines.) Nokwe … of Fort Hare) where he obtained a B.Sc. degree in 1949 and a teacher's diploma a year later. In 1951 he started …

… his education when he ran away from school in 1901 and joined the British troops stationed in Pietersburg during … where he first worked as waiter in a boarding-house and then at the Imperial Military Railway Dispensary … in Pretoria. In 1903 he continued with his education and in 1904 was assigned to open a school adjacent to his …

… of power he left the corporate world in the mid-1980s and joined Afrapix. During this time he began documenting the … for progressive publications including the Weekly Mail and New Nation. He also spent three years working for Reuters … In the 1980s, he documented the struggle against apartheid and since the 1990s he has covered various aspects of the …

… attended evening classes on politics from Monday to Friday and mass meetings that were held at Beatrice Street. As a … Congress (ANC). Inspired by the Mpondoland Revolt, Mpanza and 13 thirteen others began by burning sugar cane whilst … their actions would force the government to target the ANC and that people were not prepared for a protracted violent …

… Nakasa was the second of three children of Joseph Nakasa and his wife, Alvina Nakasa. As a child from a working-class … as a reporter for Ilanga newspaper, published in Zulu and English. He later moved to Johannesburg where he joined Post and later Drum magazine . He also freelanced for publications …

… Department of International Affairs, on the North American and European Desks. She also worked as the Administrative … Committee. This post demanded her to consolidate contacts and liaise with Women’s Groups in South Africa and the global Anti-Apartheid movement. Her responsibilities …

… what was then Natal Province. The first child of Lazarus and Josephine Nxumalo, he attended the Fascadale Mission … him a job. When World War II broke out, Nxumalo – then 22 and already an experienced journalist who counted many highly respected African intellectuals and writers among his friends and acquaintances – saw an …