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… East. At the beginning of his early career, Americans and Australian diplomats attended his exhibitions and purchased his work. His first solo exhibition featured 63 works of sculpture and pencil drawings, 14 of which sold in the first three … Association of Arts (1981), SA Arts Calendar vol. 6, no. 1 and 2, February/March.|SA Art Times (2011) ‘ Gallery Guide ’ …

… of June 1933 in Bantule, he was the third child of Joseph and Katherine Ribeiro (nee Mothibe). His father came from Beira, Mozambique and passed away in 1942. His mother, who came from Brits, … years of schooling at the Jane Furst School in Glen Cowie, and from standard six to standard nine attended school in …

… . She grew up on her grandfather's farm in Thaba Nchu and inherited the farm in 1930 but lost it soon afterwards … she was very young, Ellen grew up surrounded by cousins and aunts. She began school at the age of seven proceeded to St. Paul's Higher Primary and to St. Francis' College, where she was a boarder. Ellen’s …

… Cape. He attended St. Peter’s Secondary School from 1956, and went on to study law at the University of Cape Town (UCT) … means of achieving liberation. In 1960, Bam was arrested and detained after the Sharpeville and Langa Massacres, when a State of Emergency was declared …

… third child of Benjamin Wingate Barrow, a naval officer and his wife, Charlotte Constance Barrow. Her father commanded a destroyer in the First World War and was held as a prisoner of war when his ship was sunk.   … Anglican Church. Robb completed her schooling in England and then enrolled at Bedford College, London from where she …

… in Schweizer-Reneke , Transvaal. She studied in Weimar and Berlin and had her inaugural exhibition in Berlin in 1919. On her … her first exhibition but that was dismissed as "immoral" and became subject to police investigation. Although she is … African Art . Cape Town: South African History Online and UNISA Press …

… Tribal School. In 1954 he went to Kilnerton High School and in November 1958 he completed his Matric. Phokanoka’s political influence came from various places and experiences. At a young age he was intrigued by politics … where students marched to the Department of Education and the bravery of the students in challenging authority …

… Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major female poet to write in Xhosa , apart from … the Johannesburg newspaper Umteleli wa Bantu between 1920 and 1929. In a poem published on 2 December 1922, lamenting … Mgqwetto, the daughter of Zingelwa of the Cwerha clan, and associates her with the Hewu district near Queenstown. …

… KwaZulu-Natal). He was the eldest child of Joyce Margaret and Narainsamy Moodley, a teacher and later Director of the Durban Indian Child Welfare … Durban, where he did a B.A. degree, majoring in English and Speech and Drama. The banning of the African National …

… at Engcobo, Transkei, one of seven children of Regina and Amos Xundu.  He attended the local primary school and in Standard Six he went to live with a white missionary … the ANC Youth League while a pupil at St John’s College and held the post of branch secretary.  He came into contact …

… This article was written by Michelle Hayman and forms part of the SAHO Public History Internship The … His sacrifices were not in vain as his principles, beliefs and action touched many communities and helped to restore the dignity of destitute people’  … The Star, 2 December.|Sisulu, Elinor 2003, Walter and Albertina Sisulu: In Our Lifetime, London: Abacus . …

… J. Congress M. Mbata was born in Johannesburg in 1919 and studied at St. Peter's Secondary School, at Fort Hare, and at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1940 he joined the faculty of St. Peter's and subsequently became secretary of the Transvaal African …

… She was the third child born to John Langalibalele Dube and Angeline (neè Khumalo) Dube and their last surviving daughter. Her father, John, was … he wanted people to learn to do everything by themselves and not expect charity from white people.” In connection with …

… on 17 December 1950, to liberation struggle icons Walter and Albertina Sisulu . He was the third of five children. … Rivonia trial in 1963. He returned to South Africa in 1968 and a year later was detained for his involvement in … politics. In 1970, he matriculated as a private candidate and went on to pursue a career in journalism. In 1980, …

… music from his mother, a locally recognised singer and his uncle, an aspirant piano player. He first learned voice and guitar, before settling on the bass as his chosen … musician, his first official group was the Uptown Sextet and he later gained international experience touring with …

… working at his uncle’s dairy farm in Lady Selbourne, and later joined the staff of the Pretoria General Hospital. … Sharpeville Massacre , he was arrested with five others and fined. In 1961, he was among the early recruits of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), and was involved in acts of sabotage. Matsobane was detained …

… available in Palestine. Therefore, he studied painting and drawing at the Bezalel School of Art in Jerusalem and taught himself sculpting. In 1912 he visited his parents … in South Africa, but returned to Europe to study in Munich and then to work in Paris and London. In 1915 he settled in …

… before the residents there were forcibly removed. Ready D and his family would be moved to Lentegeur, Mitchell’s Plain … removals period. His father, however,  passed away a year and a half before their forced removal. He would hear hip hop … of his older sister. These friends worked on the boats and travelled around the world, bringing home music on vinyl. …

… to KwaZulu-Natal with her parents. Her father was a banker and her mother a nurse. Mazibuko grew up in Durban and matriculated at St Mary’s DSG in Kloof in 1997. She … a Bachelor of Music at the University of KwaZulu-Natal and then moved on to obtaining a BA (French, Classics, Media …

… He was the son of a famous sculptor Jan Frans de Vriendt and his wife, Catharina Maria Philomina Eulaers. De Vriendt … the stage. He trained at the Theatre School in Antwerp. He and his second wife, Paula Aich-Lebourd (an actress) whose … Sorel, gained much experience in Belgium, the Netherlands, and the Dutch East Indies (Indonesia). The couple developed …

… Oloff Bergh was of Swedish descent. He was born in 1643 and arrived at the Cape in 1676 when he was only 24 years … He became a trusted employee of Governor Van der Stel and in 1686, as a reward for his hard work in retrieving … suspicion of having taken valuable goods from a shipwreck and hiding them from the Company.  In May of that year Bergh …

… mining town of Germiston on 7 November 1917 to Samuel and Frieda Gavronsky, both immigrants from Eastern Europe who … was brought up in a family which was financially stable, and was educated at a convent and thereafter at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS). …

… her research into lung diseases in the Black population, and went on to pursue a career in anatomical pathology In the 1970s, disillusioned by academic medicine and a salary discrimination against Black academic staff, she … She lectured in the Department of Anatomical Pathology and was appointed as the first women Professor and Head of …

… in Durban in 1941. After the demolition of Cator Manor and subsequent forced removals in the 1950s, his family moved … It was the untenable conditions of poverty under which he and his family lived under that compelled him to join … . During this period, he joined the labour movement and in the late 1950s became an organizer in the South …

… Richard Steele was born to a Scottish father and a South African mother, in Pretoria, in 1956. His father … Second World War. Steele‘s parents were very conservative and did their best to instil Christian values in their … After five years here, he went back to the Witwatersrand and studied at a government English medium School in Kempton …

… In 1940, while a student at Lovedale, he concealed his age and enlisted in a non-European transport unit of the South … African Army. After the war, he returned to his studies and became an organiser for the African National Congress … but completed his training course at Wilberforce Institute and took up teaching in the Transvaal. Strongly influenced by …

… David Beresford Pratt was born on 1 October 1909 to Arthur and Georgina Pratt. The family immigrated from London in the … two years old. He developed epilepsy at a very young age and was regularly hospitalised throughout his adult life for … Commission , Rand Water Board , as well as some iron and steel companies and two investment companies. Pratt …

… was a hardened warrior who had fought against the British and, in turn, forbade her to become a Christian. Caught … When the pregnancy was discovered, a scandal broke loose and his mother was chased out of his grandfather’s house. One of her aunts took her in and the child was born in her own village. After a while, her …

… 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis Lawrence Rosenberg. Hendrika and Ellis were teachers, having trained at Emgwali and Lovedale respectively. The spelling ‘Emgwali’ no longer …

… as indentured labourers. His father was born in Inanda and from humble beginnings became a successful farmer. … of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu-Natal-UKZN) and was active in the National Union of South African … of NUSAS. In the aftermath of the Sharpeville Massacre and the banning of the liberation organisations, Ramgobin …