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… year-old Kgosi’s regent and guardian. Seretse was sent to South Africa for his education, and in 1944 he graduated with … President Botswana had the fastest growing economy in the world. It was a period of much civil strife in Africa, but Botswana remained free from war and corruption. In his last years he played an important …

… 1938. He was elected secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA – now the South Afrian Communist Party – … Dawood Seedat was a most vociferous critic of the war. Aside from articles in The Call and The Guardian , he … Congress Report of 500 ‘most dangerous’ communists in the world in 1950. From July 1951 to February 1952, he illegally …

… High School. Jo then left home to drive trucks for the South African Army during World War II . After this she worked as a secretary at Michael …

… Several dutch publishers have featured prominently in the South African book industry. They include JJ van Schaik, … students and qualified professionals. Even in those pre-war years Balkema had his South African contacts - students … Without Guus Balkema's input the South African book world is inconceivable. He returned to the Netherlands in …

… in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the third of eight children. At the age … led CNETU and reached about 150,000 members by the end of World War II. Motsoaledi was elected chair of the CNETU in 1953. In …

… and a deeply religious man who decided to move to South Africa in 1903 because of his sympathy towards the Afrikaner nation after the South African War. The Verwoerd family settled in Wynberg, Cape Town for … held, which were seen as a threat to Afrikaners. During World War II the Johannesburg Star accused Verwoerd’s …

… activities while serving as the Deputy President of the South African Student Organisation (SASO). Dlamini-Zuma was … 1992 to 1998. At the Convention for a Democratic South Africa (CODESA), Dlamini-Zuma was part of the Gender Advisory … praise for her shuttle diplomacy to end the civil war in the Democratic Republic of Congo but raised] eyebrows …

… by her husband’s tragic death at the end of the Second World War. Monica and her husband Godfrey did fieldwork together in … the first woman to be appointed as a full professor at a South African university. During this period, she …

… Baker. He was a civil rights lawyer, and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The couple continued … activities after they were married. During the Second World War they battled the Ossewa Brandwag , an Afrikaner …

… at the University of the Witwatersrand. He served with the South African forces in World War II for four years and went on to attend Exeter College in …

… to social welfare work and to the interests of women in South Africa, particularly in Natal. In Pietermaritzburg, she … held in Natal. Immediately after the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899””1902), Davis established the Pietermaritzburg … the decoration of the Royal Red Cross. During the First World War (1914-18) she continued this work and for her …

… prevented Kerr from serving in the army during the First World War. Instead, in August 1915, he successfully applied for the post of first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of Fort …

… Malamed.  In 1925, a friend encouraged her to come to South Africa with the promise of employment. However, due to … Barenblatt was married to Morris Barenblatt, a communist, war veteran and a member of the Jewish Workers Club, which … workers. Morris was also banned in 1962. At the end of World War II , Yetta and Morris joined, and worked with, the …

… battalion of Cape Coloured men for service in the First World War. A strict selection process was decided upon. Only men … movement impossible and many porters, members of the South African Native Labour Contingent (SANLC), struggled to … |Venter, Al, (1974), Coloured: A Profile of Two Million South Africans . Cape Town, Human & Rouseau, Chapter …

… depression when he could not find employment. He lived in South Africa for many years, working in the mining industry and served in the South African Air Force during World War II. Jack Curtis eventually became a senior manager in the …

… he got a scholarship to the University of Fort Hare in South Africa. While there, he joined the African National … of 1961, Mugabe publicly discussed starting a guerrilla war. Mugabe imprisoned years from 1962 to 1974. In September … 22 December 1987 to date, Mugabe has become one of the world’s longest serving presidents as well as the world’s …

… he was twenty-three. They corresponded after his return to South Africa, and eventually in June 1907 they married in New … affectionate in tone, although at points during the First World War Schreiner became increasingly concerned about not … “Ruth Schechter: Friend to Olive Schreiner”. Searchlight South Africa Vol. 3, No. 1. Hirson, B. 2001. “The Cape Town …

… left school and became an iron moulding apprentice at the South African Railways and Harbours up to 1928.  In his late teenage years he developed an interest in local and world politics - particularly politics of the Soviet Union as … sympathetic to Marxism and the Soviet Union. During World War II he became chairperson of the Medical Aid to Russia …

… colonial city of Durban. Wentworth was a converted World War 2 military transit camp that was reserved for Coloured … first was A. J. Venter’s Coloured: A profile of 2 million South Africans, an unusually progressive book for its time …

… as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from 1966 to 1978, after having served as … with neighbouring countries, he took South Africa to war in Angola, ending the policy of détente and plunging the … what can be said of liberalism in other parts of the world, it is my conviction that liberalism, as manifested in …

… younger brother Kurt and his mother Alma left Germany for South Africa travelling on the SS Giulio Cesaro, which left … Europe, Schwarz flew in Baltimore aircraft. Throughout the war, his Squadron was stationed in Libya, Egypt, Italy, Malta … Axis powers. Returning to South Africa after the end of World War II, he studied law at the University of …

… Ray E. Phillips was born in 1889 and active in South Africa for four decades following World War I . He participated in the Joint Council movement and was … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - …

… Artillery and left England. At the outbreak of the First World War (1914-1918), he was in India with the 29th Division which … Star. After travelling to Australia in 1919, Long came to South Africa in February 1920. He applied to join the Mounted …

… expected of him and was happiest going off into his own world where he could be true to himself and draw the pictures … I was 15 years old.  A laatjie.  This was during the war-time, in 1944.  After the war he found himself unemployed … Museum of African American Art, Los Angeles (1984). Six South African awards for writing and art, including three …

… (currently in Czech Republic). At the end of World War II he had to flee his home and settled with his parents … school in 1954. He then immigrated with his parents to South Africa. After his study at the University of the …

… November 1935, in Berlin, Germany, Gerhardt joined the South African Navy after his father successfully persuaded … 1958. Coggin says she became aware of her husband’s Cold War spying activities eight years later in 1966 but chose not … for spying. P.W. Botha announced Gerhardt’s arrest to the world in a special press conference on 26 January 1983. …

… Violet Weinberg who were both members of the ANC and the   South African Communist Party (SACP) . Her father was an … father came to South Africa from Latvia, after the First World War and the Socialist October Revolution of 1917. In 1932, he …

… Surgeons with a thesis on lesser known poisonous South African plants. April 1926 marked his appointment as … Agriculture in the Department of Native Affairs. During World War II Curson served as a captain in the SA Defence Force for …

… KwaZulu-Natal. Following the outbreak of the Second World War , she joined the South African army as a truck driver, driving all over the … [online], Available at: https://www.theguardian.com/world/2016/apr/19/audrey-bobbie-cobden . (Accessed on 4 …

… Cape Town in 1983, Tillim joined Afrapix, a collective of South African photographers, in 1986, and since then has seen … portrait of a city”¦”¦ whilst remaining in the realm of war torn cities, Tillim captures an everyday essence in this …   Milan, Italy 10 Years Old 2007-2017: A  History of the World Told Through the Images of the Fondazione Cassa di …