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… by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his wife, five adult children, 3 young children and three grandchildren. According to his daughter, Vuyiswa … other labour dispute. My father’s death remains a painful and sad moment in our family. We are all devastated and …

… 2. He was shot twice by the police – once in the chest and once in the upper arm. He left behind his wife, his son and his grandmother. He was the sole breadwinner for his … son, David Sagalala, "I want to see where my father died and how he died. I want those responsible for his death to be …

… in the Free State. He had worked for Lonmin for a year and was one of the leaders of the strike. On 16 August 2012 … 1 after being shot three times by the police, in the neck and in both thighs. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and five children. According to his …

… Ida was born in 1903 and worked as a dressmaker. She was the first president of the  African National Congress Women’s League  and a leader of many mass women’s demonstrations from Western … Committee (ANC) Executive Committee during the 1950s, and in 1954 was also elected as National president of the  …

… Born in 1918, he was a businessman in Evaton and played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 … chairman of the Transvaal Indian Congress in Evaton, and was an accused in the 1956  Treason Trial  until charges … leading an illegal procession. He later left South Africa and moved to India. He returned from India in 1976 and passed …

… Congress  (ANC) during the 1952  Defiance Campaign  and elected to the ANC national executive committee in … of the  Swaziland  National Union of South Africa and deputy-president of the Swaziland Progressive Party, in … which capacity he commuted regularly between Johannesburg and Swaziland. A former member of the  Communist Party of …

… Born in 1915 and restricted to Johannesburg by the apartheid government. A … figure in the South African Indian Congress in the 1940s and 1950s; he was instrumental in bringing about … He was arrested several times for civil disobediance and convicted with 19 other leaders in the Defiance Campaign …

… he joined  African National Congress  (ANC) Youth League and became actively involved in students politics. In his second year of study he left Fort Hare and returned to Transvaal. He worked as health inspector at KwaDukathole in Germiston and was later transferred to the Alexandra health and …

… the Anglican Church, but nothing from the Government.Percy and his colleague, a Mr. Ganga, started a programme of house … it to come to school. Percy would go down to the river and carry them across, one or two at a time - and at the end of the day, he’d carry them back again to …

… Pretoria in 1911. Wright was the daughter of Dorothy Kay and studied under Francis Pickford-Marriott at the Port … Thereafter she trained in London at the Regent Polytechnic and the Heatherley School of Art. She lived in Johannesburg and also Malawi, but returned to Port Elizabeth after she was …

… for 13 years.In 1945 he was selected president of the CATA and began to use his popularity among his collegues to build … responsible for building unity across political and colour lines. He participated in the inaugural conference … teacher’s organisation which was affiliated to the AAC and the Unity Movement. Honono served as the president of …

… of Students’ Affairs at the University of Zululand in 1977 and  he earn a bachelor's degree an the honors degree in … led to clashes with Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi and persecution by Inkatha members.In 1978 he left South Africa ,went into self-imposed exile and worked for the Lutheran World Federation in Geneva until  …

… South African novelist, playwright, literary critic and academic who challenged the apartheid government. He is … has been used by authors such as L.P. Boon a Dutch author and Lawrence Durrell, an Anglo-Irish author. From 1963 – 1965 … to write in English as well. His reflections on justice and human rights issues led to the banning of some his works. …

… Politician and British Colonial Officer, Bathurst was born in … whom he had 6 children. He embarked on a political career and was Member of Parliament for Cirencester from 1783 until … from 1783 to 1789, Lord of the Treasury from 1789 to 1791 and a Commissioner on the Board of Control for India from …

… South African Christian leader, writer and founder of Africa Enterprise, renowned for his initiatives at ecumenism, and reconciliation on personal, church and political levels. …

… in Swaziland. He began working for Lonmin in 1989 and was with the company for 23 years. Mr Gadlela was killed … shot twice in the back. He left behind his mother, wife and 11 children, including 5 who are still in school. … family. He supported his 11 children, his elderly mother and me. He was paying his mother’s medical bills and paying …

… at scene 1 after being shot twice, once in his chest and once in his right arm. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and two young sons. He also financially supported his …

… Alex Moumbaris was born in Egypt to French parents and later became a naturalised Australian. He worked as a trade unionist and came to South Africa in 1973. His wife was detained … ‘terrorists’, distributing ANC pamphlets in Durban in 1968 and reconnoitering the Transkei to find places for seaborne …

… in 1948 in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) and raised here. He worked as an office machine technician … to work as a freelance photographer, working mainly in and around the Karoo area in South Africa. He contributed to … by text from the 1986 Second Carnegie Inquiry into Poverty and Development which details the poverty and poor living …

… in 1897 at Libode in western Pondoland, attended Healdtown and the' South African Native College (later Fort Hare), and was installed as paramount chief of western Pondoland in … chief, introducing improvements in agriculture, education, and legal administration. He was a leading figure in the …

… in Kimberley. He obtained his Senior Teacher's Diploma and drawing Teacher's Diploma by studying privately between 1913 and 1924, while teaching at the Tiger Kloof Institution in … 1938, Tyamzashe’s wife with whom he had six children died and he later married Agnes Masango.  He was invited to …

… was born in 1955 in Alexandra. he was a black upholsterer and poet. He was executed by apartheid government on 18 … National Congress claimed responsibility for the murder and repudiated the claim that Moloise was involved. The US and the Soviet Union warned the apartheid government against …

… Faku received his education at the Cowan High School and Lovedale College in Alice. He completed his matric in … of the Eastern Cape  African National Congress  (ANC) and also held an ANC/South African Communist Party (SACP) … visit to South Africa. Faku received several awards and honourary memberships, including the Eastern Cape …

… edited until 1940. In about 1925 he joined the  Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union  of  Clements Kadalie  and soon became one of its vice-presidents. He was a … treasurer of the Cape Native Voters' Convention, a founder and official of the Location Advisory Boards Congress, and …

… her post before it reached her. She met Ramothibi Joseph and they were married in 1955. In that marriage were thirteen … her sons went into political exile, one of which came back and was tried by the courts for having the intentions of … to ensure the safety of the young one in particular, and to try to make arrangement for him to continue with his …

… She was a daughter of John Cobela Ntuli and his wife, and was born at Mapumulo Mission Station (between Stanger and Kranskop), Natal , probably between 1885 and 1895. …

… in 1899. Its foreground contains images of the aged artist and Constance Penstone (qv.) active in front of their easels. … ago, to become first master of the School of Art, and who was connected with that institution for some fourteen … he expressed himself as delighted with the number and excellence of the works on the walls. They show the great …

… whose interests led him to join SASA as both artist and administrator. Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1870. He was … firm for five years, he qualified as an ARIBA in 1894 and an FRIBA in 1912. He came to Cape Town in 1896, soon … himself with local cultural groups, joining the Owl Club and the SADC. In 1902 he joined the reconstituted SASA, and …

… He came to SA with much experience of art societies, and this was to serve him well. Primarily a water colourist, he was elected to the Liverpool Academy and the Liverpool Watercolour Society. He was also the first … school; Aside from teaching, he examined for the SADC, and met Gwelo Goodman (qv.), for whom he became an important …

… worked as a theatre director producing plays using black and white actors and by the 1950’s, he had become a well known figure … Williams was active member of the Springbok Legion and the War Veterans Action Committee (WVAC) which was formed …