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… to South Africa in 1927 when she was three years old. She and her mother followed her father to South Africa, settling … Nelson Mandela , Chief Albert Luthuli , Walter Sisulu , and Oliver Tambo in the 1956 Treason Trial ), while working … of Karl Marx . They married on 4 December 1945. Barsel and her husband were among the fifteen accused in the Bram …

… on 6 November 1950. Haffejee grew up in Pietermaritzburg and completed his primary schooling at St. Paul’s School and Marion School. He finished his secondary schooling at … for inter-science at the Bhavan's College in Bombay and thereafter went Nagpur to study Dentistry. While in …

… Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique . She was born in the late 1870s and grew up in Worcester. One day in 1884, a Christian lady … mother if she could take her daughter into her service, and her mother agreed. Early in her career with Miss …

… in Natal in 1923. He attended secondary school in Richmond and in 1945 began part-time study toward a B.Com. Degree at … into business as an accountant, he later changed to law and served his articles in Durban with J.N. Singh. In 1945 he joined the ANC , and when the Youth League was established in Natal in 1948, …

… attended school at Saint Angsgurs Primary School in 1946 and matriculated in 1954 from the Saint Peters Secondary … Robben Island. After his release, Masondo left the country and enrolled in a Brigade Commanders Course in Moscow. He served as a MK Commissar from 1977-1985, and again from 1991-1994. According to Truth and …

… for two years at a teachers’ training college, qualified and, following her passion for writing, immediately went to … began writing for the Golden City Post in 1957 and worked for Drum magazine. In 1977 she joined The Voice, … Mayet’s writing reflected her concern for gender equality and a strong commitment to the struggle against racism and …

… (PE). Blackburn was brought up with liberal ideas, and became aware of the problems facing South African black communities such as poverty, violence and political injustice and the anger this caused through her involvement in the …

… As a young child, he already showed a talent in drawing and when he was a little older he took lessons from sculptor … in London. Here he taught drawing, painting, handwriting and commercial subjects. On 31 May 1827 I'Ons married Ann … to do portraits of Black chiefs like Maqoma, Sandile and Khama. His depictions of local inhabitants such as the …

… from the rural village of Harding in southern Natal, and a Coloured daughter of a Zulu-speaking mother and a Coloured father. Robert grew up in Wentworth, a suburb … apartheid social planners. The industrial area of Jacobs and an oil refinery flanks it. Robert enjoyed and had a …

… in Cape Town in 1897. One of South Africa's most popular and renowned female political leaders, her father was the … City Council in 1904. Gool attended Trafalgar High School and later earned Bachelor's and Master's degrees from the University of Cape Town, then …

… in the Transkei,He graduated from Adama College in 1956,and attended Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Work in … an older advisor valued for his commitment,shrewdness,and practical exprience.He opened an office in the same Durban building that house SASO,and Black Community Programmes (BCP) was born with Khoapa as …

… the Cape Colony. He was educated by travelling teachers and became an eloquent speaker and writer in his later life. By 1837 he still lived in Graaff Reinet and owned farms in the district. He became interested in the …

… 50% built houses. It was a working class environment, and entirely Afrikaans speaking.Vearey grew up in a section … a large family, with both sets of families.His grandfather and father did all the slaughtering of animals in the area, a … from a young age but was extremely active. He played rugby and participated in long-distance track running. He attended …

… her mentor. Leleti enchanted audiences in South Africa and on Broadway when she appeared in Sarafina , a production … Roodt's film version of Sarafina! , distributed worldwide, and became the biggest film production to be released in the … Image Award together with Angela Bassett, Whoopi Goldberg and Janet Jackson. Sarafina!  tells the story of a 1976 …

… time she participated in various community organisations and youth structures of the Transvaal Indian Congress . She … education diploma, Adams taught for five years in state and private schools. In 1982, she began her long involvement … the United Democratic Front (UDF) affiliates. Between 1984 and 1990, Adam worked as publicity secretary for the …

… in Trotskyite circles while studying at Sastri College and Natal University (now University of kwaZulu-Natal) in Durban and the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, … He joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in 1957 and went into exile in 1963, returning to South Africa after …

… who works with painting, printmaking, installation, video and performance. Through his paintings, installations and performances, Hartzenberg produces works that are as … Art Teaching from Hewat Training College in 1966 and a Higher Diploma Drama in Education from the University …

… MODUS OPERANDI Mary Sibande - a sculptor, photographer, and visual artist based in Johannesburg - is interested primarily in questions of the body and how to reclaim the black female body in post-colonial and post-apartheid South Africa. She often works through an …

… on the 5 June 1925. He studied a Bachelor of Arts degree and obtained the Transvaal Education Diploma in 1945. He started teaching History, Afrikaans and German in Randfontein. He also studied with the University of the Witwatersrand and completed a doctorate degree titled “ Die Invloed van die …

… on the 5 June 1925. He studied a Bachelor of Arts degree and obtained the Transvaal Education Diploma in 1945. He started teaching History, Afrikaans and German in Randfontein. He also studied with the University of the Witwatersrand and completed a doctorate degree titled “Die Invloed van die …

… His education started at St. Johns College and from there to Damelin College in Johannesburg and later the University of Natal. Clive started playing cricket for the Transvaal Nuffield XI in 1967 and eventually showed glimpses of a fine all–rounder, which …

… maintained a balance between his own practice as an artist and his passion for teaching. He became a schools inspector and taught at the Hewat Training College in Cape Town and later at the Dower Training College in Port Elizabeth.  …

… His family, silk weaving traders, came to the Cape in 1826 and settled in Grahamstown. When he was twelve his father was killed by an elephant in the Addo bush and he was obliged to seek work at Algoa Bay. He married … in 1834. In 1838, he sailed on an expedition to explore and trade at Port Natal, where a small European community of …

… Jillian Edelstein was born and grew up in South Africa. In 1975, after her final year of high school, she took a ‘gap' year and studied in the USA. She returned to South Africa the … from UCT with a Bachelor of Social Science degree and began working as a press photographer in Johannesburg for …

… specialising in portraiture, education, health and gender issues. Gisèle studied Graphic Fine Art at the … In 1983 she became staff photographer for STYLE magazine, and in 1986 she was appointed chief photographer for Leadership Magazine. In 1987 she went freelance and joined AFRAPIX - a photographic collective that …

… of the Lutheran Berlin Mission Society , near Barkly West, and it was there that Plaatje received his only formal … he found work as a postman, continued his private studies, and eventually distinguished himself on the civil service … of the Boer War he was sent to Mafeking as an interpreter, and during the siege of Mafeking in 1899 - 1900 he acted as …

… most of his life on the Cape Flats, in Wetton, Wynberg and, Belthorn. In 1980 his family moved to Mitchell’s Plain … a freelancer photographing mainly social events (weddings and parties etc) whilst working on some personal photographic projects. The production of black and white photographic images interested him. It was through …

… schooling, he went to Wits University in Johannesburg, and qualified with a BSc in Mining Engineering. He then … he married Margaret Cormack, a medical Student at Wits, and after the war, decided to do medicine as well. He and Margaret worked at the Alexandra Health Centre & …

… Western Cape. Ngotyana was born in the Transkei in 1922 and completed a few years of secondary schooling. He came to Cape Town as a labourer, worked as a garage attendant, and later helped organise a black railway and harbour workers' union of which he became secretary. …