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… the Waterberg. During this time he had met  J G Strijdom  and  H F Verwoerd  who frequently visited his father. In … H F Verwoerd’s daughter. In 1948 he was awarded a BA, and in 1951 a B Divinitatis by the University of Pretoria. … a missionary for the Dutch Reformed Church in Lebowa and Soweto. While working as a missionary he completed his MA …

… behind the growth of indigenous South African black drama and served as the artistic director of the non-racial Market … Theatre , South Africa's first multiracial cultural centre and a birthplace of the country’s indigenous theatre … segregation laws of apartheid without state subsidies and under constant threat of arrest for staging controversial …

… Province). He showed an interest in art as a child, and by the age of 17 he was working as an artist, … of his paintings to the South African Association of Arts and attracted the attention of the artist Helge Jensen who … of Arts’ North Transvaal Region exhibition in 1974, and again showed his work in a 1976 solo show at the Hotel …

… a shop steward based on his vocal criticism on wage issues and working conditions within the company. Shortly after his … was elected to the position of a senior shop steward and went on to hold various positions in the CWIU and FOSATU. He was later elected chairperson of the national …

… interpreter for 12 years. Matseke returned to Pretoria and soon came to play an important role in social, educational and political areas. He was elected to the Pretoria Location Advisory Board (PLAB) in 1928 and was involved in all the meetings. At the first of these …

… He has been working as an artist since the mid 1980s and is largely self-taught. A few years ago he received an … this he had been featured in group exhibitions nationally and internationally. He also participated in art residencies … Press, Howick, with master printer Malcolm Christian, and travelled to Europe and America to participate in …

… Limpopo. Phaahla studied for a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Natal. It was at … joined the United Democratic Front (UDF) in KwaZulu Natal and was elected as its Secretary. After completing his … University of Natal, he became a Senior Medical Officer and Superintendant at Mapulaneng Hospital between 1987 and …

… the game to rural boys. Ntini was given a pair of boots and packed off to Dale College in King William’s Town, one of … country's best regarded cricketing nurseries. Ntini was 14 and couldn’t speak English, but soon excelled and in 1994 and 1995 he represented Border Schools at the …

… influence on his work, as was a study trip to Paris and Antwerp in 1888. Between 1877 and 1888 he showed regularly with the Royal Birmingham Society of Artists, and still sent work to them after settling in SA. In 1915 he …

… Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information … abroad, Rhoodie hatched secret projects with the knowledge and huge financial support of top political leaders. One … officer of the South African embassy in The Hague in 1971 and he made a clandestine agreement with Dutch publisher …

… later becoming branch secretary for Durban-Westville, and in 1977 was an executive member of the South African … that it was during this period that he learnt about debate and constructive criticism. He soon perceived a need for the … the formation of the South African Indian Council (SAIC), and in 1983 was one of the founding members of the Transvaal …

… child’s education. She dedicated her life to promoting and encouraging talent among the less privileged. In 1932 she … for children. In 1945 she formed a children’s orchestra and in April 1946 the Young Citizen’s Orchestra gave its first concert. Her love of choral work and her ambition to include less privileged children …

… parentage. His father was a teacher. He spent 1949 and 1950 at Kroonstad High School, where he was drawn into … conference of the  African National Congress  (ANC), and throughout the rest of his political career he maintained … briefly in the Free State, then moved to Johannesburg and took up law studies. He joined the circle of Africanists …

… 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles . Prior to his arrival in SA … 1902, he studied in 1901 at the Cambridge School of Art, and in London under Walter Sickert (1860 - 1942). Frank first exhibited at the Royal Academy in 1912, and continued to do so annually until 1930. Sickert's deft …

… up in Sea Point where he attended Weitzman Primary School and then went to South African College High School (SACS). … a B.Bus.Sc./LLB from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and a MPhil from the School of Peace Studies Bradford … United Kingdom. He has published a number of books and articles on South Africa’s security forces and has served …

… Grace Dieu near Pietersburg (now Polokwane, Limpopo) and received early guidance in wood carving there from Sister … this time, he served as the chairperson of the Literary and Debating Societies there. In 1936, he was the caretaker … year, Mancoba was completed a BA degree through UNISA and began teaching English at Khaiso Secondary School in …

… He was born in 1913 in Tweedie, KZN. He was a painter and graphic artist of landscapes, portraits and still life. He worked in oil, watercolour, ink, wash, … O J P Oxley at Natal University College, gaining a BA(FA), and in 1934 a National Art Teachers’ Certificate at Natal …

… through correspondence. Apart from books on drawing and painting techniques which he acquired for private study, … Battiss (1906–1982). He started to paint seriously in 1952 and also taught art at his studio, 1216 Fortuin Street, Lady … Selborne. He painted portraits, still-lifes, landscapes and wild-life as well as Bushman rock-painting inspired …

… Elliot Tonjeni was born in 1895 in the Transkei and later went to Cape Town, where he joined the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) and was active in the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union and the  African National …

… Petros Molefe was born in Kroonstad and moved to Johannesburg and worked as a truck driver. He married Maria Molefe and they had no children. Amid the many explosions carried …

… polio in 1945.The son of British navy captain.In 1947 he and his South African-born wife moved to Rustenburg and later in Port Elizabeth. Although totally paralyzed and confined most of the time to an iron lung, he became an … Gerhart G.M and Karis T. (ed)(1977)|Gail M. Gerhart, Teresa Barnes, …

… Edward Webster was born on 29 March 1942 and educated at Selborne College. He obtained a BA Honours degree and University Education Diploma from Rhodes University, an MA in Politics, Philosophy and Economics from Oxford University, and a Bachelor of …

… Van der Gucht moved to South Africa in 1939 and took up a position at the Grahamstown Training College where she started a career in speech and drama education. In 1942 she was offered a position as … In 1946 she was promoted to head of the Speech and Drama Department at UCT, where she continued to inspire …

… going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and 1980s he was associated with the Space Theatre in Cape Town and the Johannesburg Market Theatre. He has become an award winning novelist and playwright and has written more than 20 plays and over 30 …

… He attended the Lamontville High School until 1982 and was taught art by George Msimang.  In 1994 and 1995 he attended woodcarving workshops held at the Technikon Natal and received a Certificates in Wood Carving. He taught art in …

… In 1961 Weijdema, together with Sietse Bosgra and others, formed the Angola Comite (AC) in the Netherlands … . The whole of southern Africa became a zone of concern, and with the AC’s aim being reached in Angola in 1975, the committee decided to change its name and focus. The Komitee Zuidelijk Afrika (KZA) was established …

… in mind, he would regularly watch the Transvaal side train and then tomorrow return to put himself through the same … the provincial team. He featured 100 times for Transvaal and captained the team on 89 occasions. In 1992 the South … from Nelson Mandela . This ended ten years of isolation and subsequently South African rugby team hosted New Zealand …

… of a Natal MK network that included the late Billy Nair and Eleanor's future husband, Ronnie Kasrils. She joined the … dynamite. Eleanor drove the getaway car, after Ronnie and his unit had attached the dynamite explosives, in the … 1961. Together with Phyllis Naidoo , Theo Kloppenberg and others Eleanor was involved in assisting banished persons …

… Joan Cunaeus of his wish to become a Christian and of the fact that he had become so devoted to the Dutch … could live with his fellow Khoisan again. This was a ploy and almost as soon as he landed, he emerged as the staunchest … of the Dutch; she will tell her people some stories and lies and will finally betray them all.' Whenever Eva …

… with artists such as Cyprian Shilakoe (qv.), Bill Ainslie and Fikile Magadlela, it was Moyaga’s mother who played the … him in his quest to express the link between daily life and the ancestral presence. In about 1971, when he took his … painting. This led to a conversation between Moyaga and the client, who asked Moyaga to show him some drawings. …