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… She obtained her Surgical Nursing Certificate in 1943 and a Midwifery Certificate in 1944. She went on to work as a … a strong awareness of the link between the social system and health problems in the country on the one hand, and apartheid on the other. She joined the African National …

… States. In 1830 Grout graduated from Amherst College and continued to study in theology at the Andover Theological … in January 1934. He married Hannah Davis in November 1834 and one month later they sailed from Boston to South Africa in the company of the other missionaries and their wives, arriving in Cape Town on 5 February 1835. On …

… in Johannesburg.he is the son of  Sidney Percival Bunting  and  Rebecca Bunting . He matriculated at age 15 at Jeppe high school and attended Witwatersrand University where he ran a campus newspaper, Wu’s views, and literary magazine, Umpa. He was elected president of Wits …

… to a middle-class Orthodox Jewish family. Her aunt and uncle were both actively involved in the South African Communist Party (SACP) and as a result, her parents did not allow her to get too … However, growing up in a traditional home where men and women had strictly defined roles, coupled with her …

… artist working mainly in the mediums of sculpture and installation. He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban town on the eastern side of … a BA (Visual Art) in 1996. Currently he lives in Cape Town and is represented by the Stevenson Gallery, South Africa …

… Showa Province, Ethiopia, in 1946 to parents of Amhara and Oromo descent, Mergia grew up absorbing traditional Amhara, Tigrinya and Oromo songbook melodies. At the age of 10, Mergia and his mother settled in Addis Ababa. At the age of 14 he …

… 1954 in Durban. He was the eighth child of Bakkium and Valatham Nadioo, a court interpreter. Naidoo matriculated … meetings. Here he listened to people like  Steve Biko  and Barney Pityana and their fearless challenge of White authority impressed …

… was active in the Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO) and later the South African National Students Congress … Kondlo joined the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) and was elected to its National Executive Council (NEC) in … broad range of structures of the mass democratic movement and workers’ movement, including the South African Democratic …

… (then Southern Rhodesia) where he worked as a reporter and photographer for the Rhodesian Herald. On returning to South Africa in 1979 with his wife and young son, Mclennan worked for a number of newspapers, … including the Eastern Province Herald as a reporter and photographer, and The Sunday Post in Johannesburg as the …

… in South Africa. Fourie was the son of Petrus Fourie and his Welsh wife, Violet Morris. He grew up in a poor environment and was only thirteen years old when his father died. The … with his fists In 1965 he took up boxing under trainer and manager, Alan Toweel, and after a number of amateur …

… Africa for many years, working in the mining industry and served in the South African Air Force during World War … which time he became active in student politics. Curtis and his sister Jeanette (Jenny) Curtis [Schoon] were very … active in National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and as a result both were banned because of their anti …

… Sedick Isaacs was born in 1939 and grew up in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town , Western Province (now … From an early age, Isaacs was fascinated with science and was engaged in performing science experiments at home. He … about explosives, radio transmitters, broadcasting and other similar subjects. A primary school teacher …

… to conduct negotiations with the Governments of India and South Africa.  1932 January 12 - February 4, The  Second … cheek addresses the dining room on the evils of racism and its eventual demise at the cost of its perpetrators.  … for Indian settlement and trade in what it called the 'Gold Area'. Dadoo, Ismail 'Maulvi' Cachalia , Roy Naidoo and …

… Union of Democratic University Staff Associations (UDUSA) and the National Education Crisis Committee (NECC) and served in many NGOs supporting mass and labour struggles. Nzimande joined the South African …

… continued with his education at Ebhongweni Primary School and Zikweni Primary School before proceeding to Kwazakhele High School. Galela married to Rita Siyoni and had two sons and a daughter, one of his sons passed on in 1996. He worked … Nelson Mandela Bay Municipality, Tribute to the PEBCO 3 and COSAS 2 ,  [online], Available at …

… Allister Sparks was born to Harold Sparks and Bernice Stephen on 10 March 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern … people. Sparks studied at Queen’s College in Queenstown and matriculated in 1950. The following year he began his … joined The Rand Daily Mail as its correspondent and columnist before becoming the assistant director in 1967. …

… Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). In 1967 he was arrested and convicted of furthering the aims of a banned organisation … National Congress (ANC). He served one year in prison and upon his release in 1968 he was banned for two years.   … assistant principal for the IIE. Along with Halton Cheadle and others, Nxasana helped form the Metal and Allied Workers’ …

… Scotland on 26th of June 1956. He attended school there and then later in Benoni, Gauteng province, South Africa. He … at Damelin College in Johannesburg in 1974. Between 1975 and 1981 he studied science at the University of Durban Westville and law at the University of Witwatersrand. Azhar was …

… the son of Chief Macinga of the abakwa Zondi chieftaincy, and his mother, principal wife of Macinga, was the daughter … renowned for his athletic skills, the use of assegais, and running. He was nicknamed Magadu meaning “one who took a … kaMancinza, kaJangeni, kaMangenge, kaNomashumi, kaNondaba, and kaTetane, KaGasa. Bhambatha became his father's …

… Jacob Nhlapo was born in 1903 to Isaac Hulumeni and Catherina Maseko. He received primary schooling at his … in 1928 he obtained a Junior Certificate (Grade 10), and the year after, his senior certificate (Grade 12). Moving … to be awarded a B.A. through private study at Unisa and the first black South African in the Orange Free State …

… the eldest daughter of Advocate Albert Christopher and Ghadija Gool, was born in 1924 in Greenwood Park, Durban … involved in politics during Gandhi’s stay in South Africa and took a particular interest in the politics of colonial … Ghadija Gool was imprisoned as a passive resister in 1946 and served the Durban Indian Child Welfare Society for many …

… up in the village of Nkonkqweni, in King William's Town and in East London. Both of Tshwete’s parents were workers, … Tshwete’s parents felt that education was very important, and his mother taught him to write in the evenings before he … was here that he joined the African Students' Association and began to show organisational abilities. He also helped …

… He is the eldest son of King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon and his second wife, Queen Thomo. He was educated at the Bekezulu College of Chiefs and then privately tutored. He lived at his father's official residence at Khethomthandayo and received formal instruction in traditional Zulu customs. …

… father, Abraham Joffe, a businessman, had come from Latvia and his mother, Dena (nee Idelson), from Palestine. After a … in Johannesburg, qualified as a solicitor in 1956 and six years later was called to the South African bar. In … a crucial role in the defence team when Nelson Mandela and his comrades were tried for sabotage in the Rivonia Trial …

… Town on 13 June 1923, the son of Florence, a housewife, and Nicholas September, a carpenter. He first attended the Broad Road Primary School and then Trafalgar High School in Cape Town where his … began when he came under the influence of Moses Kotane and James La Guma the two leading communist party leaders in …

… 30 July in 1920 near Piettermarizburg.He was a politician and teacher, Gwala known as Munt'omdala or The Lion of the … joined the  South African Communist Party  (SACP) in 1942 and the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) two … this time that he began organising workers in the chemical and building industries and established the Rubber and Cable …

… Steve Biko , she was involved in political activism and promotion of the BCM during the 1970s. Raised by an activist mother and educated at the girls-only Inanda Seminary School outside … it was only at university ( University of Fort Hare ) and through student politics (as a member of the South …

… He joined the South African Student Association (SASO) , and when the full-time organiser, Abaham Tiro , had to flee …  He was charged under the Terrorism Act , found guilty and sentenced to six years on Robben Island. While on Robben … dear, I am in prison for the sake of peace for our country and the world. I am in prison so that our generation may …

… arrangement on the Zulu people. He banished Cetshwayo and divided Zululand into thirteen separate territories, each … the Mandlakazi. These events deeply divided the country, and many view it as the origins of the Zulu civil war. … about Zibhebhu's endeavours to increase his wealth and status and pleaded for Cetshwayo's return to Zululand. …

… on 8 September 1901. He was the second child of Anje Strik and Wilhelmus Johannes Verwoerd. His father was a shopkeeper and a deeply religious man who decided to move to South … Church. After four years they returned to South Africa and settled in Brandfort, in the Orange Free State. Young …