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… of Pravin Gordhan may never be truly understood and appreciated by millions of South Africans. For those of … who have had the privilege to work very closely with him, and really got to know him, we will have learnt that he is a … at the Free State Central University of Technology in 2009 and received an Honorary Doctorate of Commerce from UNISA and …

… was born on October 14, 1925. He went to St Andrew School and later moved to Durban High School in 1939 where he … of diabetes.  He asked the family doctor why his sister and his grandmother had the disease while he and his mother did not. The reply was that there was no one …

… known attended the Hoer Volkskool, Potchefstroom, and was a good all-round pupil, becoming chairman of debating … member of the rugby team, an officer in the school cadets, and was top of his class. He completed his B.A. LL.B at the University of Pretoria and in February 1953, he joined the South African Department …

… at Elim, Limpopo province. Ntsanwisi received a BA (1962) and MA in African studies (1965) from the  University of … took him to Georgetown University in Washington DC and at Hartford Seminary, Connecticut, USA to study … then became the founding principal of Shiluvane Secondary and Bokgaga High schools, both in the Letaba district. After …

… on 19 August 1941. She attended St Mary’s School in Durban and matriculated in 1959.  She then went on to study for a … Maggie was self-taught. Working within a commercial and artistic environment, which at the time was strongly Eurocentric in its influences and aspirations, Mikula was one of the first of her …

… in 1955 in Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape) and raised here.  After school he enrolled at a university … between several jobs including working as a dockworker and in a factory. Matthews later became interested in photography and taught himself with the help of technical books and by …

… with the United Party (UP) formed by  J B M Hertzog and  J C Smuts . He became the Transvaal provincial leader of the National Party (NP) and devoted his formidable energies to restructuring the … 'Lion of the North'. He served as a Minister of Land and Irrigation in  D F Malan 's 1948 government, and on the …

… 1921, in Fishoek in Cape Town . She grew up in Mooi River and completed her high school education at Pietermaritzburg … worked as a secretary at Michael house School in Balgowan, and in London. In 1959 she was appointed regional secretary … beadwork project that led to her interest in African art and to her starting what became the African Arts Centre in …

… in 1957. His father was an accountant born in India and his mother was classified as Malay.As a teenager he visited India for a year with his father,and spent two years studying for matriculation exams in London.He and Mosie Moolla later became joint secretaries of the …

… the fight for equality in South Africa, he has fought long and hard against racism and prejudice, moving in and out of apartheid prisons, … 1912. His mother, Alice Manse Sisulu, worked as a domestic worker in white households and boarding houses around the …

… lived in Derby Street, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and worked at College Clothing in Albert Street. He was educated up to standard six (grade eight) and had joined the Natal Indian Youth Congress (NIYC) at the … him that ‘the political struggle was taking a sharp turn and after years of nonviolence the people were starting to …

… of the nurses on strike. The bond between Zondeni Mathe and  Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe  grew and on 6 June 1954 she married him. She received the … they had four children: Miliswa, Dinilesizwe, Dalindyebo and Dedanizizwe. Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was a founding …

… in 1948-49. where he became involved in politics and met P. K. Leballo. In 1949 he was recruited into the … in the Rivonia Trial. Mfaxa taught for a short time and worked as clerk but devoted much of his time to organizing for the ANC and the Cape Youth League, of which he became a provincial …

… on 25 December 1959. He was the youngest of five children, and grew up with his grandparents. He was forced to leave … began his musical career singing in traditional gatherings and weddings before learning to play musical instruments. His … from a reed. At the age of 21 he began playing the flute and because of his talent, he was admitted to study at Rhodes …

… Tengo Jabavu , a politician turned journalist who founded and also became the editor of the first Black-owned newspaper … renamed the University of Fort Hare).  John Tengo Jabavu and his son Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu, around 1903 Davidson … assistance Jabavu  then traveled  to the United State and spent three months at Tuskegee Insitute assessing the …

… she reported on the 1976 Soweto uprising  the dead bodies and the intense emotions it stirred. Charlene works voluntarily with rape survivors and people with HIV. She initiated a website for rape survivors, those with HIV and for legal and medical practitioners in those fields. Her …

… Ramnie Naidoo, the daughter of Ama and Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo , worked in the Transvaal Indian … while distributing Congress leaflets, she was knocked down and stepped on by a constable. She married Mohamed Ismail (“Issy”) Dinat who was detained on 9 December 1964 and held for three weeks due to his political activities. He …

… Muta Maathai Anchor was a prominent Kenyan environmental and political activist. Maathai is internationally renowned … in advocating democracy, environmental conservation and human rights. [i] She was born in Nyeri, part of the … [iii] Eventually pursuing her doctoral studies in Germany and the University of Nairobi, before earning a PhD from the …

… He did not learn to read until he was 10 years old and quit school after the fourth grade to find work to help … family.  His working life began at 12 as a shoe-shine boy and street vendor.  At the age of 14, he got his first formal … operator. Lula joined the labour movement at a young age and rose steadily in the ranks. In the late 1970s, when …

… family. Her father was employed as a printer’s assistant and her mother worked as a nurse aid. She attended local schools and was selected as head prefect in matric. She was a member of the South African Black Students Association and immediately embarked on a campaign to replace the …

… liberation struggles in two countries, namely, India and South Africa. In 1936, faced with economic hardship, his … an active role in the Indian Congress movement in Baroda, and served several terms of imprisonment in that country, … Durban. He joined the Natal Indian Youth Congress (NIYC) and later the NIC as a volunteer. Babenia worked as a …

… imposed by apartheid which forced black people and his personal experiences of racism served as a political … Just after completing his matriculation, between 1950 and 1955 Modise worked at a wholesale store and later for a medical doctor named Dr van Aswegen to raise …

… Transkei. He was the eldest of 12 children to Ellen and Betwell Mayekiso. He attended the Askeaton Primary School, the Matanzima Secondary School and later Mfundisweni High School in Pondoland East. In 1972 … where he lived with a relative. From 1973 Mayekiso was in and out of jobs, until Toyota Marketing in Sandton employed …

… city. After losing their home in a later bombing raid, she and her mother relocated to Durban, South Africa in February … on radar installations at the  Simon's Town Naval Base  and later on  Salisbury Island, Durban . [4]                 … . After finishing her diploma, she worked in London and met her first husband, Iain Paton Millar, a journalist. …

… of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood, and his wife Frances Elizabeth Wood (nee Hoole). Her grandfather. George Wood, was an 1820 settler and member of the Legislative Council. After matriculating at … before leaving for an extended tour of England and Europe in 1909. On her return she settled in Grahamstown …

… child. Consequently, she suffered physical abuse and neglect by her relatives. This resulted in her being … a local Aberdeen school. Craig provided for Dora’s welfare and educational needs throughout her schooling years. After … enrolled at the University of Aberdeen where she studied and received an MA in English Literature in 1922. Shortly …

… Youth League (ANCYL) branch in East London in 1948, and ‘in organizing East London for the stay-at-home of 26 June 1950 and the 1952 Defiance Campaign.’ Gwentshe was ‘powerful and charismatic’ and was ‘orphaned as result of the Bulhoek … under Apartheid by Professor S. Badat.| Gerhart G.M and Karis T. (ed)(1977)|Gail M. Gerhart, Teresa Barnes, …

… Moosa Esakjee was born in 1928. He worked as a clerk, and was an active member of the  Transvaal Indian Congress … the Joint Secretary of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and the Joint Secretary of the Transvaal Indian Congress.  … Regional Committee of the Congress of the People and Secretary of the Transvaal Action Committee in 1955. He …

… the youngest of eight children. His father was a Minister and teacher who had left Malawi in 1904 and his mother was the first African woman to teach in … in his mother’s footsteps, becoming boarding master and then headmaster at Lubwa Mission from 1943 to 1945. He …

… family, one of 12 children of a Christian, Coloured mother and a Muslim shopkeeper. He matriculated from Trafalgar High … Indian Congress (SAIC), which stood for justice, equality and non-racialism. In the community in which Howa grew up, … played a central role in maintaining a sense of sanity and dignity in the face of oppressive social conditions. His …