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… or art training. As a teenager he made clay models and in 1957 he began drawing with coloured pencils and later experimented with ballpoint and felt-tip pens. In I960 Zungu began selling the envelopes …

… From 1968 to 1970 he was a pupil at Rorke's Drift and studied under Azaria Mbatha . In 1970 he settled at a … He had a close working relationship with Dan Rakgoathe and produced wooden sculpture and etchings. Shilakoe died in a motorcar accident in …

… members. The Society organised lectures, youth festivals and discussion groups as well as a night school for Africans. … was a member of Federation of South African Women (FSAW) and the Western Cape’s representative to its 1961 conference. … Denis Goldberg on 9 April 1954. In 1963, she was arrested and held in solitary confinement for 38 days under the 90-Day …

… London University-affiliated Premier School of Journalism and Authorship. At the same time, he worked as a messenger in Soweto and wrote poems based on experiences in the township. He … was published by poet Lionel Abrahams’ Renoster press and won the Olive Schreiner Prize in 1974. The book’s success …

… of thirteen Zulu attended school in Kranskop for six years and completed Standard VII at Kranskop High School. From 1970 … before returning to Rorke's Drift again between 1976 and 1977. He created a monumental woodcarving entitled 'The … South Africa: Contemporary Graphics' exhibition in 1976 and in an exhibition that toured Germany in 1978 and 1979. In …

… the Doornfontein School of the American Board of Missions and then went on to the Inanda Seminary, a private girls’ … because of the low salaries that teachers were paid and entered the clothing industry. Mvubelo’s father had belonged to the Industrial and Commercial Workers’ Union (ICU), which was organised by …

… at a furniture store. In 1969, Tlali had written and completed a novel titled Muriel at Metropolitan, a … into several languages, including Japanese, Polish, German and Dutch. Both novels were unbanned in 1986. In 1984 she wrote a collection of short stories, interviews and non-fiction titled Mihloti (meaning tears). In 1989, …

… in the Natal African National Congress (ANC)in the 1950s,and a defendant for the entire. He attended Marianhill … 1948. In the company of  Arthur Letele , Lionel Majombozi, and William Nkomo, who were then also medical students, Conco … depths of rural poverty in Natal.He joined the ANC in 1950 and was active in the 1952 Defiance Campaign. In 1954, he was …

… on the paper on which the two white races, the British and the Boers, had signed the 1910 Act of Union. In other … 'We do not want passes, even if they are trimmed with gold!' Many women were arrested all over the country. In … adopted Congress colours ? green blouses, black skirts, gold chiffons. This uni­form was later adopted by the …

… at Adams College, he acted on the advice of Masondo and applied to study at Ndaleni Educational Training School … Training College, Oswatini from 1969 to 1971. Between 1973 and 1974, he was funded by a bursary awarded by the SA … he taught at Kwathambo Combined School, near Amanzimtoti and then moved to Mzuvele High School in KwaMashu where he …

… in the higher echelons of South Africa's civil service, and Yutar settled for a job tracing defaulting telephone … Rivonia Trial began his career as a lawyer in Johannesburg and later became a junior law clerk in Pretoria’s Palace of … In 1940, he was appointed a junior State Prosecutor and eventually became the Deputy Attorney General for the …

… was completed at Michaelhouse in Balgowan, KwaZulu Natal and he received his professional training at the Royal … from 1911 to 1914. During this time he won 14 medals and qualified as a member of the Royal College of Veterinary … plants. April 1926 marked his appointment as Professor and Head of the Department of Anatomy. From November 1930 …

… Army of Namibia (Plan) SWAPO fighters who were captured and imprisoned on Robben Island. After his release in 1985, … became the founding General Secretary of the Namibia Food and Allied Workers Union. His union career was followed by an … that culminated in his appointment as Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and Rehabilitation in March …

… the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) before 1950 and was known in Cape Town as an active organiser and public speaker. He was placed under ban in 1954 and again in 1961, and around 1963 he left South Africa to …

… morning of a match to help prepare the wicket, watering and rolling it so it would bake hard on the surface and had to nail the playing mat down to the pitch, placing rocks and boulders on the edge to stop animals as well as people …

… Mzamane was born near Matatiele in the Transkei in 1909 and obtained B.A. and M.A. degrees from Fort Hare. He taught at St. Peter's Secondary School in Johannesburg and at schools in the Cape, then became a lecturer in Bantu …

… He is a sculptor and painter who studied at Edendale Technical College in 1972, ELC 1975-1977 and at the Slade School of Art, London, from 1983 to 1985.  … art education at Ulundi, KZN. He is represented in public and private collections in SA and abroad. …

… Marais was one of the most innovative Afrikaans writers and a pioneer of the usage of free verse in Afrikaans. He was an editor of the newspaper, Land en Volk and became controversial in Transvaal politics. He withdrew … to a lonely life on a Waterberg farm, north of Pretoria and created some of his best poetry. It was also around this …

… involvement in the Teachers League of South Africa  (TLSA) and other political activities. His firing prompted Helen to return to teaching after a four year break, and in 1957 she began teaching at Harold Cressy High School. … of the Educational Journal , which sought to analyse and expose the work of the apartheid government’s new …

… Louis Luyt was born on 18 June 1932, and grew up in modest circumstances in the Karoo. In the … he took over the Presidency of the Transvaal Rugby Union and shortly afterward was elected President of the South … that he came under attack for his administration style and efforts to transform the sport into a professional one. …

… joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959 and became involved in its anti apartheid activities. He left the country in 1964 and joined ANC ranks of those who were already exile. … went to Russia where he received military training and also pursued his studies for a PhD in Economics.  While …

… moved to Johannesburg in the mid1940s,living in Alexander and later in Soweto.He became  a trade unionist and an African National Congress (ANC) member, and was issued a five-year banning order in 1960. When the …

… George Edward Peake was a founding member and national Chairperson of the  South African Coloured … in the Cape in 1922. He finished 10 years of schooling and became apprenticed as a bricklayer. After serving in the … of the Building Workers' Union. SACPO was founded in 1953, and Peake served as the organisation's Chairperson through …

… son of a mine compound foreman who later became a teacher and saddler, Ngcobo studied at Adams College, Fort Hare, the University of Natal, and Yale University, where he obtained an M.A. degree in … on his academic career. He taught economics at Fort Hare and after 1959 at the University College of Rhodesia and the …

… went on to study further at Wits, where she got her LLB and later Harvard, where she obtained her Masters.   From … South African Human Rights Commission from 1995 to 2002 and member of the African Commission for Human and People’s rights. She was also Independent Non Executive …

… in 1941. At age twenty he studied art under Cecil Skotnes and Ephraim Ngatane at the Polly Street Art Centre . He worked in charcoal, inks, watercolours and oils, becoming most recognised for his paintings. The … art critics have categorized his work as ‘township art’ and noted the influences of Ephraim Ngatane. Koboka developed …

… National Congress (ANC) , Makhohliso had a powerful voice, and was appointed the official leader when they sung Nkosi … 1956, Makhohliso was arrested on charges of treason and flown in a military aircraft to Pretoria. From Pretoria … was released on 50 pounds bail on 21 December 1956, and freed in January 1958, at the end of the preparatory …

… by police. He left behind two young children, his mother and three siblings. He financially supported his entire … family. According to his mother: "He supported the family and bought food and other household necessities. He also bought cattle. He …

… in the Cape African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s and 1950s, Skomolo was also a member of the ANC national executive committee from 1949 to 1955 and acted as ANC chaplain at numerous conferences. While he … he lent his support to the Defiance Campaign of 1952, and helped to organise volunteers in his hometown of Aliwal …

… of Durban Westville (UDW); in 1988 an MA(FA) cum laude and in 1989 a Higher Diploma in Education from UDW. He was a … Witwatersrand. He has held a number of solo exhibitions and has participated in group exhibitions in SA and abroad. His work is represented in the DAG collection and …