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… for the Teachers League of South Africa (TLSA) there and in surrounding areas. He later gained a teaching post at … the rest of his stay in South Africa. He was a diligent and committed teacher who, like others in the TLSA refused to … for the Blacks. He taught the truth of oppression and urged all his students to play a positive role in the …

… Gunn enrolled for a degree in social work in 1977 and after completion proceeded to study for her Honors … into the African National Congress  (ANC) in 1980 and became an active member. In addition to her political … Housing Action Committee  (CAHAC), the Housing Committee and she became part of the Cape Youth Congress  (CYC). Her …

… His parents were members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu). In the 1980s, he was one … a member of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) and was actively involved in its formation. The Diepkloof … key member of the Executive of the ANCYL, Diepkloof Branch and was highly respected as a central figure in youth …

… KwaZulu Natal. He attended the Dumani Lower Primary School and later continued his studies through the Intec … College.He started painting at the age of seven and his mother continually encouraged the young boy saying it … generation of African artists along with Gerard Bhengu and the Ntuli brothers. Khehla works in watercolours, pastels …

… at the Durban Central Cemetery.  Eventually his parents and sisters became peddlers.  Later his parents farmed in … schooling. Together with his cousins he had to tend cattle and work on the farm. After the war, he went back to school - … students mainly from high schools throughout Natal, and by 1960/63 were on the verge of forming a national …

… return to Kilnerton in 1962. Inspired by Josiah Madzunya and Robert Sobukwe ’s propagation of Pan Africansit ideas, he … Makofane, Nelson Nkumane, Michael Muendane, Lucas Mahlangu and Douglas Simelane. Mlambo was listed as accused number one in their trial. He was charged with sabotage and plotting to overthrow the South African government. …

… , South Africa, the daughter of a British father and a Swiss mother.  When she was three years old, the family … Life Rhodesia . She later edited Illustrated Life Rhodesia and outraged authorities in 1978 when she defied censorship laws and published the first photograph of Robert Mugabe to appear …

… driving to Lusaka.  Fezekile claimed to have been abused and raped by ANC members starting at the age of five when she … own words, she considered a family friend, father figure and uncle. They had sex.  On 4 November 2005, she phoned Ronnie Kasrils . Kasrils and Zuma had stayed Fezekile’s family home in Swaziland while …

… Transvaal (now Limpopo). He was the first born to Maria and Manabane Rachidi and had three other siblings. His parents were both school … most of his early years staying with relatives in Limpopo and later attended several high schools, including Kilnerton. …

… trained as a nurse. She also studied under Nils Andersen and Walter Gilbert Wiles and studied on part-time basis art at the Johannesburg School of Art and Barnato Park School. Her earlier art work were signed as …

… by the Institute for Social Research at the university and undertook research in Tongaland (north-eastern Zululand). … University through the University of Lourenco Marques and worked in the rural areas of southern Mozambique for a year. He was a controversial speech-writer and senior advisor to Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi . He later …

… Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson  was born of coloured and Swazi parents in 1924 in the Hectorspruit district of the … from St. Peter's Secondary School in Johannesburg in 1945 and obtained a BAchelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in English and teacher's diploma from Fort Hare in 1948. A leader of the …

… Arnold attended school in Albertville, Newclare and Coronationville. In 1957 he studied under Cecil Skotnes at Poly Street Art Center and later was a pupil of Sydney Kumalo. From 1961 to 1968 he … Art at AMDA, Bosmont Recreation Centre. From 1980 to 1982 and from 1985 to the present, he has taught sculpture at …

… Higher Primary School, Leratong Higher Primary School and Morris Isaacson High School all in Soweto. While still at … Mautloa studied art at the Jubilee Art Centre in 1969 and 1970 and at Mofolo Park Arts Centre. When he left school in 1972 …

… Company of South Africa as an insurance underwriter and was subsequently recruited by the South African Council … of Kagiso. He co-founded Kagiso Trust Investments in 1994 and had served as its executive chairperson since 1996. He … group, was the vice-chairperson of Imperial Holdings and a former chairperson of Telkom. In 1990, he joined the …

… often in a humorous vein, recorded daily life in the Cape and appeared in his own as well as other local publications. The SA Illustrated News collapsed in 1885 and he left for Australia, only to return in 1895. Economic conditions had improved, and he visited Kimberley, the Witwatersrand and Rhodesia. A …

… in the Eastern Cape . She matriculated at Middledrift and obtained a Junior Secondary Teaching Diploma at Lovedale … Balindlela taught in 1973-74 at Gasela Secondary School, and from 1975–77 at Lovedale Teacher's College. She graduated in 1976 with a BA from Fort Hare University, and in 1979 from Columbia University Teachers College with a …

… Victor showed keen interest in art at the tender age of 6 and his talent developed as he grew until he could paint. … time artist. His work depicts landscapes of KwaZulu Natal and the rural environment, the township environment and changes in the environment made by settlement and …

… Born in Cape Town in 1958 and also known as Zapiro. Could not imagine a career in … in architecture, so tried switching to Graphic Design and promptly got conscripted. While in the army he refused to bear arms and became active in 1983 in the newly-formed United …

… Natal. Myeni's parents died when he was a young boy and he and his brothers moved to Matyana, a village near Empangeni … in Natal. Myeni started carving wooden spoons, knives and walking sticks and making clay models when he was in …

… He is a graphic artist who studied at Fort Hare University and obtained a BA(FA) (1982) from that university. In 1989 he … an Advanced Diploma in Adult Education from the UN and in 1996 participated in an Advanced Business Development … the Business Studies Unit, Technikon Natal. Between 1983 and 1986 he taught at Mzuvele High School. From 1989 to 1993 …

… Born at Mafeking in 1885, grandson of the great and distinguished Natural Ruler of the Barolong Tribe. He received his early education at his home and later he went to England for higher education. He studied law and was called to the Side Bar, and returned to South Africa …

… a naval officer serving in the British merchant marines and her mother, Mary Peck, was originally from Australia [iii] . Mary and Elliott married after Mary fell pregnant with Diana, and the marriage caused a scandal for both the families [iv] … Africa Vol. 37 (2010), pp. 389-398. |Mitchell, Diana M., and Robert Cary. 1977. “African Nationalist Leaders in …

… music. He got his first accordion at the age of 13 and won an adult music competition six months later. He … His music is variously classified as boeremusiek or jazz, and he made a name for himself as a hugely successful … vast periods of time on the road playing in small towns and villages as well as big cities. Carstens garnered a …

… a job selling newspapers. In 1952 he came to Johannesburg and got a job on the  Bantu World,  working his way up to … antipass campaign, he emerged as a spokesman for the rank and file PAC defendants standing trial apart from the campaign's leaders. He served part of his sentence and subsequently was appointed Witwatersrand regional …

… assistant at the University of Witwatersrand in 1935 and was capped in March last year. He held the BA degree of the University of South Africa and was a prize winner of the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures. He was a distinguished Zulu poet and wrote the …

… next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His father … conquered. In 1821 his father attacked a small Hlubi tribe and killed their headman and retaliation followed by the Amahlubi from Natal. The …

… Sushila Mashruwallah was born in India and grew up in Akola, a city in the state of Maharashtra … of a rich, land-owning family who gave much support and money to  Gandhi ’s resistance campaigns. Having fallen … age of 19, she married Gandhi’s son,  Manilal Gandh i , and together they had three children, Sita, Arun and Ela. …

… 18 February 1959.He is the eldest of four children of Alex and Jenny Boraine.His father was the President of the Methodist Church of South Africa and later a Member of Parliament for Pinelands. He attended Kearsney College, Natal from 1972 to 1974, and the Diocesan College (Bishops) from 1975 to 1976.In the …

… South Africa. Rakgoathe completed his junior certificate and in 1959 completed a two-year primary teachers training … In 1963 he taught at a primary school in Pretoria and in 1964 was a school board secretary at Dennilton near … He returned to teaching at a high school in Dennilton and remained there until 1967 when he enroll as a fine arts …