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… (ZCC)  in 1910. He attended school up to standard six and later a junior certificate (standard nine). Joseph … This position brought him closer to various church leaders and the inner working of the ZCC. After the death of his … leading to the split of the church in the ZCC of the Dove and ZCC of the Star as their respective symbols. ZCC (Dove) …

… De Villiers was an educator and author. She was an editor of the Dictionary of the Afrikaans language, the first and only female principal of the Huguenot University College in Wellington and a lecturer at the Pretoria Technical College and the …

… Amanzimtoti; in 1969 she took the Special course in Arts and Crafts at the Ndaleni Art School, Richmond, KZN; in 1985 and 1986 she studied a BA(FA) course at the UN (P) and at Fort Hare, Alice.  She has taught art at various …

… was based in Johannesburg. His close friend, fellow artist and colloborator, Steve Cohen says of Hodgkiss, “But inside … John let himself be thoroughly used by the art community, and he abused himself in providing service, running the … William Kentridge, photographing extensively in his studio and on several of his theatre productions, and contributing …

… aware. He joined  South African Students’ Organisation  and the local African National Congress Youth League branch. … After matriculating he became involved in his community and was elected in 1987 as the first General Secretary of the … the Security Police accused him of being a communist and a dangerous influence. Despite being on the run, he …

… art at the Fred Clarke Higher' Primary School in Soweto and completed Standard VI. In 1972 he met Eric Mbatha and began studying under him at the YWCA in Dube, Soweto. In … following year, Baloyi joined the National Arts Society and the SAAA 'and began working full-time as an artist. In …

… Naidoo was the sole breadwinner of the family. His wife and seven children had to find ways to survive during his … her husband’s substantial business as a cartage contractor and owner of a fodder store. As her family’s income dwindled, … Mrs. Naidoo had no option but to sell off their horses and carts one by one. Eventually, the family had nothing …

… as a Methodist minister. In 1956, Boraine was ordained and received his Bachelor of Arts from Rhodes University. … University of Natal (now the University of kwaZulu-Natal), and also as General-Secretary of the Department of Education and Youth Ministry in the Methodist Church of South Africa. …

… began in the 1960s. Nengwekhulu alongside Steve Biko and others broke away from National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and formed the South African Students Organization (SASO) in … had student affiliates at the University of South Africa and other institutions in the Transvaal.  He was elected as …

… business. Although extraordinarily bright academically, and particularly good at maths, Maponya was less interested … By the age of 13 he was doing a roaring trade, buying and selling sweets and useful knick-knacks, such as combs, to his fellow pupils. …

… in a constant state of numbness. Barely 13 years old and in short pants, he organised a strike against the low pay and he was chased from the farm at gunpoint, with a few … had an all-round religious upbringing, enjoyed music and could play a variety of musical instruments. During his …

… (now known as Namibia), the second child of Wilfried Franz and Molly Lubowski. He was the first boy in the fifth … went to study law first at the University of Stellenbosch, and later graduated from the University of Cape Town with a … his studies, he worked as an Articled Clerk in Windhoek and joined the law firm, Lorentz and Bone in 1978. He joined …

… where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree. He volunteered for the South African forces during World War II and was subsequently active in the Springbok Legion , a … terms of the Suppression of Communism Act, No 44 of 1950 , and thereby subjected to various restrictions. Slovo was a …

… SACLA Clinic Committee with residents of Crossroads and Rev John Freeth of the St John's Parish, Wynberg, Cape … confrontation erupted between the Crossroads community and Administration Board officials and police as a result of the erection of 'illegal …

… Party of South Africa  (LPSA). He later left the LPSA and worked alongside Steve Biko  and became a founding member of the Black Consciousness …  (BCM). He was appointed as secretary of the organization, and thus worked closely with several leading student …

… Jaydew Nasib Singh was born in South Africa about 1920 and graduated in the mid-1940s with a law degree from the … of the Witwatersrand, where he was a contemporary and friend of  Nelson Mandela ,  Ruth First , I. C. Meer, and other student radicals. He joined the  Communist Party …

… Maggie Smith was born in 1930. She was a journalist and became the first woman news editor in Africa of the … flowing kaftans, was not someone to be trifled with and led by example. A highly political person and an outspoken critic of apartheid and the apartheid …

… worked as a builder at the local Huletts Sugar Mill and his mother, Shanbagavalli, was a housewife. Kistnasamy … children in the afternoon; so there was a “morning school” and an “afternoon school”. Classes were also conducted … of protest, the false mentality of White supremacy, and other prevailing conditions led to his involvement in …

… was born in Swellendam in 1844. He became an advocate and from 1874 was the President of the Orange Free State … who worked on the  Cape Argus . He wrote topical and satirical poems in English, Dutch and early Afrikaans. His publications include:  Klaas Gezwint …

… Richard Rive was born on 1 March 1931 in Cape Town, and grew up in District Six, which was a Coloured, or “mixed … of a scholarship, Rive attended high school in Cape Town and studied at the University of Cape Town (UCT), where he graduated in 1949. Rive then trained as a teacher, and taught at Hewat Training College and at a high school in …

… was sent to Nazareth House, a Catholic home for orphans and children whose parents couldn't afford to keep them. One … outbreak of World War II he joined the entertainment corps and spent the war years singing and doing stand-up comedy for the troops in North Africa and …

… Joseph Bhekizizwe Shabalala was born on 28 August in 1941 and town of Ladysmith (eMnambithi district) in the … Black Mambazo. His parents, Jonathan Mluwane Shabalala and Nomandla Elina Shabalala.  He was well known for his … Black Mambazo in 1960. He recruited his brothers, Headman and Joseph, and his cousins Albert and Abednego Mazibuko. The …

… Eastern Cape).  He attended St John’s School in Umtata and then Lovedale before proceeding to Fort Hare in 1959. … in the Northern Cape but within few months had escaped and made his way to the British colony of … South Africa plainclothes police forcibly entered the hut and,after an intense struggle,bound and gagged Ganyile and …

… in India, in 1864. He made his way to Cape Town in 1885 and married a local Malay woman, Wagieda Ta’al. Yusuf started … out as a hawker but later branched into the spice trade and wholesaled dried snoek. At the age of nine Goolam Gool … of Aligarh in 1919. Gool then matriculated in London and entered Guy’s Medical Training Hospital, London in 1923. …

… in the Rustenburg district of the Transvaal in 1874 and attended the Native College in Grahamstown in the Cape. … Letanka became a court interpreter, working between 1902 and 1909 in the Supreme Court in Pretoria and at courts in Blaauwberg and Warmbaths. About 1910 he …

… A unique figure in the missionary history of central and southern Africa, Booth was one of the earliest proponents … of Nyasaland, but his unorthodox approach to mission work and his schemes for African self-help and advancement eventually created friction with colonial …

… Saldahna Bay in 1911. In 1914 his family went to Durban, and he studied engineering. Family pressures prevented an art … also joined the NSA, becoming a Council member in 1929 and its President in 1937, 1946, 1949 and 1955. Art Education 1924 – 1928 Studied Art at Natal Tech …

… Basetsana Makgalemele, former Miss Soweto and Miss Black South Africa, was crowned Miss SA in 1994. The … beauty queens in the country. Kumalo was born in Soweto and went to Thabiseng Primary School in Orlando West. When … she confirmed in her interviews with several magazines and publications. Kumalo became a household name during the …

… attended the Bree Street Indian School in Johannesburg and after completing standard five - at the age of 16 in … mass action to oppose discrimination against Indians and to forge co-operation with other militant political organisations amongst African, Coloured and White in the fight for equal rights. In 1931 he returned …

… journalism, working in Cardiff (Wales), Toronto (Canada), and London (England) before rejoining the Dispatch in 1960.  In 1962 he married Wendy Bruce and over the next ten years they had six children. In 1971 … son, Lindsay, aged 11 months,  contracted meningitis and died . In 1965 Woods became the editor of the East London …