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… of London where he gained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and later obtained his PHD from Lancaster University. In 1977, at the age of 33, Cobbing came to South Africa and became an active photographer in the Eastern Cape during … 1980s. He joined the photographic collective, Afrapix, in and produced an extensive negative archive. As a member of …

… as a teacher from the Wilberforce Training College, and later pursued further studies at St Francis Xavier … diploma in Social Development. He also studied for a BSc and MSc in International Affairs with the Pacific Western … in 1975. He has a deep interest in rural development and rural social problems. To follow his interests he joined …

… became invovled in politics at the young age of 13 and by the time he was 15 years old, he was a spokesperson of … took up medicine he had already served a prison sentence and had endured a year of exile in Lesotho before he was  declared a prohibited individual there and returned to South Africa.  A founder member of the Black …

… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was born to Sheila Schulz and Ramon Leon. His father was an Advocate and later a judge. He enrolled for his primary education at Clifton Preparatory School in Durban and later moved to Kearsney College. Leon went on to register …

… one of the five children of Christina Toli (born Buhali) and Samuel Nhlanhla. Both parents were originally from the … where he matriculated in 1956. Nhlanhla joined the ANC and its youth wing the ANC Youth League in 1957 and was elected onto the ANCYL's Transvaal executive a year …

… took part in student demonstrations against the Greyshirts and the bulldozing of Sophiatown . After her undergraduate … activism, the Training College attempted to expel her and three others, however, due to her outstanding loan the … from war to find the same social barriers in place. Altman and her husband moved to London where they lived for three …

… boy he carved utilitarian objects such as wooden spoons and meat platters. One of his special interests is carving violins and sculptures of angels. He has participated in group exhibitions and is represented in public and private galleries in South …

… Gabashane is a graphic artist and ceramic sculptor. He attended the ELC Art and Craft Centre, Rorke’s Drift during the 1960s.  He was an … Soweto. He has exhibited on group exhibitions in SA and is represented in public and private collections in SA. …

… shot in the head by the police. He left behind his wife and 5 children. He was also financially supporting his two brothers, his sister and his nephew. On hearing the news of his death, Mr Sokanyile’s mother collapsed and died on her way to hospital. According to his sister, …

… Daniel Koza was born 1912 near Pietersburg and in the mid-1930s came Johannesburg where his path somehow crossed  Gordon's.Drawn into trade union work and the philosophical framework of Gordon's Trotskyism,Koza … became deputy secretary of the African Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union (ACDWU) in 1936,later …

… He was born in 1913 and became a teacher and later a farmer near  Durban . As secretary of the … mid-1940s he was instrumental in bringing  Yusuf Dadoo  and  G M Naicker  to positions of leadership in the  South …

… was born in Rustenburg in 1981. He attended the Mokutuli and Seipone primary schools in Sebokeng and Orange Farm respectively. Later he attended the Thamsanqa … Yashica with the profits he made from photographing school and social events with his cousin's camera. In 1999 he …

… that the family is not dependent on sales for survival and that they were following a local trend. Albert Chauke is the best known and the oldest member of the family. Totemic, pig-like … theme. The sculptures are a totemic combination of animal and human elements – a nude human with the head of a pig. Two …

… His directors were two famous men, Eduard Verkade and Louis Bouwmeester. De Groot travelled with repertory … of Cor Ruys in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and acted in films produced in Hollywood and in Berlin (Ufa).  In 1924, he travelled to South Africa. …

… War Blaaiberg joined the South African Army Medical Corps and as a captain, led a dental unit in Abyssinia and Italy. In 1954 Blaaiberg had his first heart attack after … his heart transplant operation Blaaiberg’s heart failed, and three weeks before the same operation it was clear that …

… A self-taught pianist, saxophonist, guitarist, composer and arranger, he was born to a musician father who did not … Senior, would come to appreciate his son’s love for music and allow him to play the piano. Unfortunately, the piano was … system in South Africa, Mseleku left the country in 1977 and settled in Botswana for a while.  He later moved to …

… Book Club organised monthly meetings amongst intellectuals and trade union leaders in Cape Town many if not all were … formally joined the CPSA. She then worked as a distributor and fundraiser for the Guardian newspaper. Jean Alkin married Himan (Himie) Bernadt , a lawyer, in1940 and had three children: Marion, Ian and Morris. Nine years …

… to nothing. His death in 1938 marked the end of one era and the start of a new with the founding of the New Group. Francois was educated at Leipzig University and studied painting in Rome and London. He first came to SA in 1891 on the advice of …

… Pieter Beyleveld was born in 1916 in the Orange Free State and educated at farm schools. He joined the army at the … Legion (an organisation of World War II ex-servicemen) and rose up the leadership rank serving as Vice Chairman. In … embrace socialism ,he got it from Lionel Rusty Bernstein and Brian Percy Bunting . When the Congress of Democrats was …

… off attacks from many enemies, including Shaka’s Zulus and Mzilikazi’s Ndebele . In 1833 he encouraged missionaries … Evangelical Missionary Society to come to his kingdom, and so brought the Basotho in contact with Christianity. … who settled in what is today known as the Free State, and then reached several territorial agreements with the …

… She first studied at the Slade School of Art, London, and at the Art School in Newcastle-on-Tyne, where she experimented with sculpture and craftwork. She discovered her true medium when she went … in making her prints, one block being cut for each colour and the printing done using hand pressure. She also made …

… Youth League (ANCYL) in East London in the late 1940s and secretary of the Cape Youth League during the  1952 … 1952 he continued his political activities circumspectly and became involved in publishing the clan­destine bulletin … of the  Pan Africanist Congress  (PAC) in April 1959 and headed the PAC's organization in East London, a …

… state saw in the campaign for the Congress of the People and the Freedom Charter an act of treason. Consequently, on the early morning of 5 December 1956, and some days later, one hundred and fifty-six leaders of the … the People and the Freedom Charter. The degree of active worker participation and involvement in the campaign varied …

… he formed his first music group.  Zakes Nkosi and Elijah Nkwanyane formed the cornerstone of the mbaqanga … a blend of various styles, of which American jazz, marabi and kwela are the most important. Founded in the 1950s, … of Jazz in the late 1950s. He was a music writer for EMI, and he later worked at Gallo – not as a musician, but packing …

… Born in Natal in 1931, he studied at Adams College and Ohlange Institute, where he matriculated in 1950. After … Council he pressed for a break between black students and the white-led National Union of South African Students. He completed a BA degree in 1956 and later began law studies. From 1954 until 1957, when his …

… he testified before two parliamentary select committees and was a leading participant at many conferences, including …  (AAC). He served on the  Africans' Claims  committee and was senior chaplain of the  African National Congress … the Natal Native Congress before the formation of the ANC, and he later served as Dube's deputy in Natal, acting as …

… H. A. Naidoo was born in Durban in 1915 and was recruited into the Communist Party in the mid-1930s … by Edward Roux. He became an active trade unionist, and Natal sugar workers made important gains under his … had up to that time plagued Indian political organisations and prevented them from making common cause with Africans. In …

… at the Durban Institute of Technology under Langa Magwa and Thando Mama. Barely out of high school, Xaba in one of … the thin line that exists between traditional healing and inflicting injury. He takes a sensitive, private subject and subjects it to analysis. In this painting, which is set …

… her days as a university student. In 1975 she raised funds and started a literacy project involving factory workers in … order was lifted, she went back into union politics and she started working with the Paper, Wood and Allied Workers Union. She was with the union until 1984 …