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… Louw was a politician and a diplomat.  During the 1930s, he was South Africa’s first ambassador to the United States and the League of Nations. Eric Louw was born in 1890. When … 1955, became Minister of Foreign Affairs two years later, and represented South Africa at the United Nations. He …

… he started playing for the Northern Transvaal cricket team and in the 1992/93 cricket season he started his career for … his Test début as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. In 1989 and 1995 he was selected South African Cricket Annual … is popularly known among cricket fans, retired in 1998, and has since worked as a cricket commentator. …

… M. N. Bhola was born and educated in the Cape Province . She was an organizer of … (ANC) from the mid-1920s onward in the Western Cape , and the first woman to stand trial on the 'hostility' charge. … the races. She attended the 1931 Non-European Conference, and was active in the All African Convention (AAC) during the …

… a member of the International Socialist League in the Cape and, according to Roux, for some years the only African Communist in South Africa. An able and dedicated organiser, he served, at its establishment in … unions established, as well as being the chief organiser and later the general secretary of their co-ordinating body, …

… Born in Cape Town, Lurie studied (Philosophy, Economics) and taught (Philosophy) at UCT before going to the London School of Economics where he did research and co-edited Millennium, Journal of International studies.  … doing documentary projects on a part time basis in 1990, and full time in 1995 following the publication of his book …

… was killed at scene 1, after being shot in the head and forearm by the police. He left behind his mother, father, brother, two sisters and nephew, who all depended on him financially. According to his mother, Mavalithibuba Jijase, “I was heartbroken and felt severe pain on hearing that he died. I am still not …

… Mvuyisi was killed at scene 2 after being shot in the back and palm by the police. He was clearly trying to flee. He left behind his two young children and their mother, as well as his elderly parents and three siblings, all of whom he supported financially. …

… national executive committee of the ANC in December 1952 and also rose steadily in the Natal provincial leadership, becoming provincial treasurer in 1953 and secretary in 1956. In December 1956 he was among those charged with treason and was a defendant until late 1958.  …

… Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy Today" conference organised by South African … The History Workshop, University of Johannesburg and the Rosa Luxemburg Foundation in 2011. He presented the paper  The ANC, MK, and  - The Turn to Violence (1960-2) . Professor Landau is …

… with faeces. Instead of succumbing to public pressure and media scrutiny, the movement became further radicalised and escalated their calls for decolonisation of the … of the current history being made by student and worker protests and organisations. 27 May Workers and …

… in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2008 and lived with his wife at the Nkaneng informal settlement. … killed at scene 2 after the police shot him in his chest and left thigh. He left behind his wife and two children whom he supported financially. According to …

… lying down. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and three young children. According to his wife, Matumelo … about the days that he was meant to come home on leave and how they were looking forward to spending time with him. …

… carved utilitarian objects such as wooden spoons, knives and headrests.He was inspired to make non-functional objects … sculpture. He presently lives in the Umnini area of Natal and works in jacaranda, guava tree and other locally available woods which he 'brands' with a …

… in 1916. There was no local art society in Port Elizabeth, and she became a founder ofEPSAC in 1918. She also joined SASA in early 1919, and sent five paintings to the SASA Annual Exhibition. One of … dresser entitled Tiger, Tiger. It garnered much praise and was also exhibited with EPSAC in Port Elizabeth and later …

… bullet. He was the only employed person in the family and left behind his wife and six children, as well as his mother and three sisters. According to his cousin, Lanford …

… 5 years. On 16 August 2012 John was shot twice in the neck and head. The bullets were fired from an R4 or R5 rifle and immediately incapacitated him. John’s grandfather, … 2012. He left behind his grandfather, his young siblings and a young daughter, Tsenolo (who was 2 years old at the …

… 1913, in which, Judge Searle refused to recognise Hindu and Muslim marriages, Indian women joined the Campaign for … had been signed between General Jan Christiaan Smuts and Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi . She arrived home on 20 February, and on 22 February died. …

… the 1960 anti-pass campaign (see  Sharpeville Massacre ) and sentenced to 3 years in prison, which was immediately … in the Free State. In June 1972 he was released, banned and confined to Witsieshoek for a period of 5 years where he … is survived by four wives, nine children, 11 grandchildren and four great-grandchildren. …

… entered the Revenue Department at Somerset House, London, and was chosen as private secretary to  Sir Alfred Milner , … Secretary in the Milner administration in the Transvaal, and in 1906 acted as Lieutenant-Governor of that colony. When … self-government in 1907 Duncan returned to England and was admitted to the bar at the Inner Temple, but came …

… is the ownership of land, mines, factories, machinery and all other means of production by private individuals and financial groups who are thus able to exploit the … industrial life of South Africa the native predominates as worker, and the numerical increase of native workers is …

… of the new danger threatening the non-European people, and so that you will PROTEST AND FIGHT against it in your trade unions, in your Civic … then at reducing the relatively high standard of the White worker. This process affects all of us. It was "completed" …

… Council Judge Ronnie Pillay; Hon Vice-Chancellor and CEO Prof Derrick Swartz; Hon Premier of the Eastern Cape, Noxolo Kiviet and all provincial EXCO members present; ANC Provincial … trade union movement. He reminded cadres that being a worker on its own, does not make one a revolutionary. His …

… Christopher Ljeoma, an agent for the United Africa Company and Martha Nwapa, a drama teacher. Growing up, Nwapa attended missionary schools in Oguta, Port Harcourt, and Lagos. In her early education, Nwapa read and fell in … this issue of trade and import - began to participate in worker strikes, as well as fight back against large private …

… doing odd sign-writing jobs, He painted 'native studies' and landscapes and was apparently able to support himself from the sale of … scrutiny rather than people with deeper identities and personalities. Between 1948 and 1951 he appears to have …

… was imprisoned I would organise help as much as I could, and all the time I knew it was the right thing to do, just as using every possible angle of the law to fight cases and win acquittals was the right thing to do. This was giving … he said, been brought up in abject poverty by his domestic worker mother, abandoned by his father. He had sold apples …

… 6 times by the police, including in his head, back, elbow and foot. He left behind his wife and three young children, as well as his mother, sister and two nephews whom he supported financially. According to …

… Kate Dinkwetsi Molale was born in 1928 and died in 1980 after a car accident. In 1954 she was … (ANC) . She was actively involved in various campaigns and in the organisation of campaigns. Molale was involved in the drawing up of the 1955  Freedom Charter , and in its adoption. She also participated in the Alexandra …

… he studied sculpture for two years under Andries Botha and Jeremy Wafer. In 1983 he co-founded the Community Arts … taught until 1987. He has received two sculpture awards, and has carried out various sculpture commissions, mainly … in KZN; he has participated in major group exhibitions and has held a number of solo exhibitions, including one at …

… He trained at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London and the Academic Julian in Paris. During his periods in … featured here were shown on SASA exhibitions in the 1940s and were subsequently acquired by the SANG. They demonstrate his command of fine techniques in oil and tempera. A London Tea Shop, painted in England in about …

… Members of the Hani family, Premier Noxolo Kiviet and members of the provincial executive, Ministers and Deputy Ministers, Executive Mayor of Chris Hani District … poverty meant that his father was always away as a migrant worker first in the mines and later in the building industry …