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… capital of Mozambique. His mother was a black Mozambiquan and his father was a Greek businessman from a multifaceted background, with African, European and Chinese heritage. Rangel began his photographic career in … children of the street, the overpopulated township areas and other harsh realities of poverty and racism. The …

… full time in the liberation struggle.   In the late 1960s and early 1970s Oshadi was the executive director of the Association for the Education and Cultural Advancement of South Africa. She was … of the Christian Institute of Southern Africa (CI) in 1968 and left her career as a nurse in 1973 to become a staff …

… Phaswane Mpe was born and brought up in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal (now … the time, the inner city flats were a place for immigrants and mixed raced couples trying to evade the police. Hillbrow … an Apartheid state to a democracy, with Nelson Mandela and other political leaders soon to be released from prison. …

… Dwane was born in the Eastern Cape in 1848 and was raised as a Wesleyan. Ordained as a minister in 1881, he proved to be a man of great ability and strong personality. In 1894-1895 he was sent to Britain … his church over how the money was to be used.In 1885 Dwane and his family moved to Middledrift,where Chief Kama of the …

… leading voice in the struggle against apartheid, injustice and oppression. His outspoken activism brought him into regular confrontation with the police and his home in Cecelia Court was under regular surveillance. … leading activist of the anti-Coloured Affairs Department  and the Non-European Unity Movement.  He became well known …

… Ngcuka. Phumzile Ngcuka became the Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs in Thabo Mbeki’s cabinet. Together, they … furthered his studies with the University of South Africa and completed an LLB degree (legal degree). He went on to … by first creating a very efficient prosecuting authority, and pursuing some popular and highly placed ANC figures for …

… Reverend J. J. T. Marquard of the Dutch Reformed Church and his mother, Margaret, was also at the forefront of … at Oxford University where he completed his B.A (Hons) and a Diploma in Education in 1923. During his studies he … students was Bram Fischer whom he recruited into NUSAS and assigned him the task of editing the organization’s …

… radical expressions against the segregationist policy, and his most renowned work, is “South African Colouring … constructed with photographs, news, drawings, text, and prints representative of apartheid. They are presented as … that sarcastically allude to the structural oppression and discrimination lived in South Africa under the Afrikaner …

… class parents.  Barayi attended Lwana Primary School and completed his junior certificate at Nuwell High School. … joined the ANC Youth League in 1952 as a teenager and became an efficient organiser and an able speaker.  He was arrested in the early 1950s for …

… he obtained a BA(FA). In 1964 he was a lecturer at UDW and in 1971 he became a senior lecturer in painting at the … O'Connor has participated in many group exhibitions in SA and abroad and held several solo exhibitions. He is represented in …

… Northern Province. He studied at Rhodes University and obtained a BA(FA) in 1974 and an MA(FA) in 1975. Roome then became a lecturer in painting and history of art at Rhodes University. Currently he teaches …

… in the Drakensberg mountains. The Shembe family was Zulu and originated from Zululand. Isaiah Shembe’s father was … elders that “uMvelinqangi” had created all things on earth and heaven. His desire for prayer led him to the Wesleyan … Shembe found himself dissatisfied with the Wesleyans and he decided to leave the church. He was baptized in July …

… Muntu Myeza was born on 3 December 1950 to Jacob and Julia Myeza in Natal where he also did his early … matric at Ohlange High in Inanda.  His hobbies were boxing and soccer. Myeza advanced especially in boxing such that by … the ameuter heavyweight boxing champion for the Transvaal and South Africa. Upon completion of his matric, Myeza …

… Ranta was born in 1922 and grew up in the  Pretoria  area. After leaving school, she worked as a ‘tea girl’ at the Pretoria mint, and later took employment as a typist for the African Iron and Steel Workers’ Union. By the early 1950s she was an …

… A. B. Xuma 's wife, Madie Hall-Xuma and a prestigious figure in middle-class social circles, she … was born Madie B. Hall in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and met Xuma, then a widower, on his visit to the United … a master's degree in education at Columbia University, and she subsequently studied social work at Atlanta …

… was born in the Pretoria district in 1878. He was a scout and dispatch rider during the  South African War , and was wounded and captured in an action north of Pretoria. After the war he …

… His art is uniquely grounded in his experience of life and contemporary events in KwaZulu-Natal. He reflects on this … that reflects a “popular language that is accessible and lucid”. At the same time his work is a good example of … artists have left the ‘struggle aesthetic’ behind them and embraced current issues, dealing with the realities of a …

… Caiphas Nxumalo graduated from Rorke's Drift in 1971 and during the 1970s was a free-lance artist in Pomeroy. He uses indigenous woods for his sculpture and also produces graphic work.  Exhibitions: 1968: DAM (Art and Craft from Rorke's Drift). 1970: DAM (Sculpture and …

… in Zululand, she was engaged as an interpreter for Peder and Ulla Gowenius, Swedish Missionaries who had been sent to … assisted them as an unqualified occupational therapist and in her leisure time they taught her spinning, weaving and design. The Gowenius couple established the Evangelical …

… of Fort Hare, where he acquired a teaching diploma and a degree in English, which he completed with a first … multi-racial community. Themba then worked as a reporter and an editor at Drum magazine , after winning a short-story … These included Lewis Nkosi, Nat Nakasa , Bloke Modisane and Es’kia Mphahlele . Themba also worked for The Golden City …

… in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2009 and was a leader of the strike. On 16 August 2012 Mambush was … including in his head, neck, legs, buttock, elbow, calf and thighs. He left behind his wife and five young children, as well as his sister and niece who …

… 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 …

… Gomas was born in Cape Town. He was a tailor by profession and a member of the Garment Workers' Union. He served as … Communist Party of South Africa  (CP) in the late 1920s and was elected to the CPSA political bureau in 1933. He was … the western Cape provincial secretary of the  Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union  (ICU) until December 1926 when …

… William Luscombe Searelle was born Isaac Israel and later adopted a professional name formed from Luscombe (in South Australia) and an imperfect anagram of “Israel.” As a child he was taken to New Zealand and ran away to sea at the age of thirteen.  Searelle became …

… Born in 1915 Hurbans was a businessman and sugar farmer. He took the lead in establishing four Indian schools in the Tongaat district and was chairman of the Natal Vigilance Committee which … against the Group Areas Act. He was Vice-President and executive member of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) from …

… 1952. He is the second of the three children of Erdmuth and Samuel Ramaphosa, a retired policeman. He grew up in the … Native Township (Soweto), attending a local primary school and Sekano-Ntoane High School, Soweto. In 1971 he … a BProc degree. He became involved in students politics and joined the South African Students Organization (SASO) in …

… completing her degree, Payne spent a few years working and travelling throughout Europe and England. Exploring new cultures to Payne and in 2002 she traveled to Tokyo for the spring experience …

… while his mother a housewife. He was nicknamed “Montsho” and had five siblings, two sisters and three brothers. Ramatlhodi completed his secondary … Ramatlhodi was made to squat for the entire period and not allowed to sit either on the chair or floor. In 1976 …

… June 1921. In 1938 Motala matriculated at Sastri College and studied medicine in Bombay, India, from 1939. It was at … politics. After qualifying as a medical doctor in 1947 and doing his internship, he returned to South Africa to set … Together with S. B. Mungal, S. B. Maharaj, Omar Essack and others, he forged close relations with the local African …

… the whereabouts of detainees, obtain legal assistance and arrange for essential provisions to be delivered to them. Babla joined the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) and became  a well-known figure in its circles. During the …