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… Cape Town . She received her primary education in Wynberg and matriculated at Livingstone High School in Claremont , … Town. She took part in student politics at Livingstone and was elected to its Student Representative Council. After … in South Africa prompted her to leave the country and she joined the  African National Congress (ANC)  in exile …

… between the Lucas Moripe Foundation, family members and the former player in May 2010. It was agreed that no … be attached to the renaming, as it was an honour for Mope, and an acknowledgement of his contribution to soccer in both the city and the country. The formal announcement of the renaming took …

… would marry in 1955. She settled in Vuwani for a few years and returned to Venda after her divorce. In the early 1970’s, … because I didn't understand it well. This was in 1965 and in 1974, I started the work ". In 1983, after meeting the … woodcarving. Her skill made her the first black woman, and the only Venda woman in South Africa, to become a famous …

… born on 24 September 1913, in Dublin, Ireland, to Basna and Solomon Malamed.  In 1925, a friend encouraged her to … to her circumstances, further education was not possible and Barenblatt was forced to seek employment at OK Bazaars. In 1929, she joined a trade union and soon became a skilled union negotiator, assisting council …

… But first I give a snapshot of his life, achievement and involvement in the struggle for South Africa’s national … – this by no means does justice to a life wholly and selflessly dedicated to the struggle for the national … our hopes even higher. In fact, all the issues of Azania Worker carried a statement in which we proclaimed that “we …

… which Rubusana was born witnessed the military defeat and economic destruction of the Xhosa kingdom. It was … to study Theology under the guidance of Dr Stewart and the Reverend Andrew Smith. In 1880 Rubusana left Lovedale … Nzanzana, his first wife; together they had five daughters and a son. He remained at Peelton until his ordination as a …

… in Durban in the 1950s. His organising began with the Dock and Harbour Workers Union in 1951. He later moved into … 1955 he assisted in established Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU). In the same year he …  (SACP) by  Stephen Dlamini , M.P. Naicker , Wilson Cele and Harry Gwala . The following year he joined the ANC. In …

… African authorities granted Transkei self-government, and Matanzima was elected as chief minister. Soon afterwards, … pressing the South African government for independence, and in 1976 Transkei was the first Black homeland to become … in name only – the Transkei remained reliant on finances and military aid from South Africa, and apart from Israel and …

… Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka was born in Johannesburg and received his early primary education there. His secondary … After a while in Thaba Nchu he returned to Johannesburg and managed one of James Moroka's businesses. He married Miriam Ncamziwe Mosaka in 1940 and fathered four children. In 1992 Mosaka was elected to the …

… (Transvaal) in 1920. Malele came to Johannesburg in 1943, and stayed in Alexandra township. He was one of the residents … security forces. He was later put under house arrest and banned from attending any gatherings or meetings.On 5 December 1956, Malele was charged with treason and detained at the Fort, and released on £50 bail on 21 …

… Art at the Community Arts Project in Cape Town in 1986, and also studied as a non-degree student at the Michaelis … Cape Town in 1987. He has exhibited both in South Africa and abroad, and his works can be found in many collections, most notably …

… After this she spent some time making Afrikaans records and teaching singing. In 1934 she went to Germany to study singing and acting and returned to South Africa in 1937. After her return she …

… BA (FA). He has served on a number of important committees and in 1983 was instrumental in establishing the Community … He has participated in a number of group exhibitions in SA and abroad and he has held solo exhibitions in this country and …

… early 1990s, helping to expose the atrocities of apartheid and to empower young black South Africans through media training. In 1983 he joined Afrapix and set about to help establish a branch of Afrapix as well … in Soweto . He collaborated with the Afrapix collective and Dynamic Images, which provided photographic and video …

… He was an  African National Congress  (ANC) activist, and one of the first-string accused in the  Treason Trial  of … as an organiser, founding a farm workers' association and becoming a local spokesman for the ANC. In 1947 he helped Michael Scott and  Ruth First  in their press exposure of the near slavery …

… Minister of the Cape Colony, anti-British imperialist, and a proponent for the integration of all ‘civilised men' … born in 30 October 1857. He was the tenth child of Gottlob and Rebekah Schreiner. He studied at the South African College, Cape Town and furthered his studies at Downing College, Cambridge. …

… (now Gauteng). More than 20 000 women from different races and diverse backgrounds, brought together by their resentment … voices were heard. Gazo led the march from Payneville and as they approached town, soldiers and police started shooting at the women. Fearing for their …

… of the nearly all-white African Resistance Movement (ARM) and the first and only white man to be hanged for a politically inspired … in the police swoops.Harris was an outstanding student and completed a first degree at the University of the …

… of the National Union of South African Students  (NUSAS) and President of its the social welfare arm,  NUSWEL. She was the daughter of Jack Curtis and the sister of Neville Curtis , also an anti-Apartheid activist and banned person. In 1973 Curtis assisted in setting up the …

… in London, where she had taught. She farmed at Klapmuts, and was described by some journalists as "an English lady who has long resided in the colony and has mingled farming with painting" (SANG Archival news … when she moved to Natal, she was an active SASA member and cut an unconventionial figure. Her painting was …

… Kent, England. Her naturalistic renderings of landscape and architectural subjects in watercolour were much admired and reflected her travels England and South Africa. She was a devoted member of SASA and a …

… was a member of the philanthropic  Union of Jewish Women , and her father worked as a market agent. In 1946 Gosschalk … - later renamed the South African Communist Party - SACP) and became politicised. Consequently, she was arrested for … to settle in London. In London she worked as a teacher and for the Democratic South Africa League. Unfortunately, …

… was born in Durban . She attended Durban Girls' College and received an MA in English from Natal University (now the … , South Africa, in July 1964, she shredded a document and flushed it down the toilet. "I had been prepared to eat … it hard to get down."  When the police finally broke in and heard the toilet flushing, they threw her across the room …

… one of four children. She had two older brothers, Peter and Graham, as well as a twin sister named Jennifer. She grew … completing high school, Neame obtained her BA in History and Social Anthropology in 1961 at Rhodes University, … continued communicating with each other through letters, and at one point, during the trial, Bram Fischer and his …

… consumption expenditure bill of almost R 38,000 million and a wage bill of close on R35,000 million is indeed, as a … After the discovery of diamonds in the 1860s and gold in the 1880s, southern Africa underwent a metamorphosis … waylaid the company carts taking wages to the more remote gold mines or, less ambitiously, deprived black migrant …

… ‘to standard five [grade seven] level’ at a local school and then attended Tiger Kloof Native Institution, a London … 1904 for a couple of years. Conflict between the Hurutshe and the apartheid state came into the open in the early 1950s … of Bantu Affairs. Kgosi Moiloa described the meeting and his reaction in the following way: ‘We were called to …

… sessions, the 54th session of the Human Rights Commission and the Oslo Diplomatic Conference on a Convention Banning … to 1998, Selebi served as the South African Ambassador and Permanent Representative to the United Nations. In 1998, … (African region) in 2002, as post he held until 2004 and was elected INTERPOL President from 2004 and served until …

… Transkei. He was the second of five children of Minah and Gqongo Makwetu. His parents were peasant farmers who were … in the Stutterheim district where he completed Standards 5 and 6.From 1943 -1945 he attended a local school in … was banned. In August 1961 he was arrested in Cape Town and escorted to Transkei where he was banished. A month later …

… he excelled at athletics—he won Natal provincial colours and later participated and completed the famous long-distance Comrades Marathon. His … in South Africa. He later returned to the university and enrolled as a Social Science student and became involved …

… 1920 in Rustenburg . She started her schooling in Welgeval and completed it at Mmabeskraal under the tutelage of … school education at Orlando High in Soweto . Between 1940 and 1943, Matlou completed a nursing course in Johannesburg , and started working at the Non-European General Hospital. In …