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… Dr Hans Merensky was born on 16 March 1871 in Botshabelo. His father was the famous missionary and writer, Alexander … of Berlin, Germany, and passed with honours. He completed his practical training in coal mines in the Saar region and in Silesia and began work for the Department of Mines in East Prussia. In 1904 Dr …

… Sibusiso Duma is a young artist who is presently making his mark within the Durban art scene. His talent was noticed and nourished by the late Trevor … is noticeable. This does more credit than harm, and his work is able to stand on its own as work with an original …

… parents felt that education was very important, and his mother taught him to write in the evenings before he even … six he received a bursary, which allowed him to complete his schooling. It was while still at school that Tshwete … the East London Youth Club, which recruited people to work in the underground structures of the ANC, and he became …

… oppressed rather than live in the glare of white opulence. His passing is the departure of an icon. Goldberg belongs to … of Pretoria Local Prison in 1985 after serving 22 years of his life sentence. As accused number 3 in the Rivonia trial, … to London, where prime minister Margaret Thatcher asked apartheid president PW Botha to release him. They released …

… J.P. Vyas in Pretoria, to study book-keeping. Soon after his arrival, Gandhiji, then leading a Satyagraha, went to … grocer. He was active in the religious and social welfare work in the small Indian community in Pretoria. He joined the … revered President-General of the ANC, he continued to defy apartheid - especially the "Group Areas Act", described as a …

… Stanton CR, in South Africa and decided to stay behind and work. She worked at the Tumelong Anglican mission in Lady … 1960 and in England she became a great asset to the anti-apartheid campaign and Canon John Collins's Defence and Aid work. Stanton then went on to Makerere University, in Uganda …

… on top of her teaching duties and even did volunteer work with local youth groups. Ellen returned to school at the … the training program at Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Work. Armed with a degree in social work, and a higher … of the local councils who were cooperating with the apartheid regime. Ellen and nine men were selected to the …

… to topple the apartheid regime. Letter from Bishop Desmond Tutu to Prime Minister John Vorster, 8 May 1976 (abridged) I … land and would not easily join those who wish to destroy his country. Indeed, he will be willing to die to defend his … community) of all sections of the community, to try and work out an orderly evolution of South Africa into a …

… But our Ahmed says that he does not want to marry because [his prospective] mother-in-law is making fun of him. I was … girl is a little young, but then Ahmed is not very old. His age is 15 and the girl's is 9 or 10. Now it will be … others. Make Ahmed understand not to talk anymore about [his] mother-in-law making fun and that he does not want to …

… One of the many issues confronting post – apartheid South Africa is that the cultural expression of its … After Apartheid – Culture in the New South Africa Vol. 2 …

… a banned organisation but he was acquitted. Shortly after his release, the police re-detained him under the same law in … was detained in solitary confinement on the Island and had his ‘privilege’ of studies withdrawn. He smuggled a letter … for the ANC.      As the pace for the dismantling of Apartheid gathered pace and the ANC was unbanned, Dlomo …

… Dingane orders his forces to wipe out remaining parties of Voortrekkers after the murder of Piet Retief and his companions. The two Voortrekker parties at Bloukrans and … Dingane orders his forces to wipe out remaining parties of Voortrekkers after the murder of Piet Retief and his companions …

… in SA and four international solo exhibitions abroad.His work has been published in both SA as well as international … assignments and has published five books on photography. His work is represented in private and public collections in …

… decorated to workers sending letters home. In 1966 he made his way to Pinetown, Natal, where he worked in a dairy. Later … and then as a cook. In 1970 a friend of Zungu's showed his work to his employer Mary Clarke, who brought it to the …

… withdrew from active politics in order to concentrate on his legal practice, but he did participate in the Durban … African National Congress (ANC) activities and had come to work at the Durban Commissioner’s Court, the administrative … active in organizing opposition to the new laws enforcing apartheid and in establishing labour unions in …

… Village in Sekhukhuneland, in the Middelburg District. His father, Jacob Marwale Phokanoka worked as a teacher while his mother was a housewife who earned money through … to fight against injustice.  When he went to do garden work in town, he read the New Age and Contact which opened …

… James A. Michener (90), American author of epic historical fiction i.a. The Covenant, …

… Engelhard, chairman of Rand Mines and director of Anglo American, is born in New York. …

… mining and industrial magnate who founded the Anglo American Corporation and politician …

… The New York American reports Belgian King Leopold II bribed the US Senate …

… American ex-president Theodore Roosevelt kills three lions …

… Angry crowds protest outside American embassies throughout the world as backlash continues …

… the October Revolution of 1917 as a child, and this led to his socialist political development. During World War I, he was separated from his family.  He became a waif and a stray, wandering with a … the next twenty years he exhibited and published his work. Even during the period of his house arrest he continued …

… and psychoanalyst and the author of Black Hamlet, to his informant, John Chavafambira, at the end of 1933. The … director of the Rhodes-Livingstone Institute, Hellman's work was finally published as Rooiyard: A Sociological Survey … on the outskirts of Johannesburg. Her opposition to the apartheid regime led her into active politics and she was a …

… be found. Qunu is the Village where Nelson Mandela spent his childhood and it is close to Mthatha, where the Nelson … Mandela herded cattle and sheep and where you can find his Retirement Home and the Nelson Mandela Youth and Heritage … Cape produced a number of other heroes from the anti-Apartheid era - Walter Sisulu , Thabo Mbeki , Steve Biko , …

… Africans. For those of us who have had the privilege to work very closely with him, and really got to know him, we … of the SACP’s Central Committee. In 1974 he completed his pharmacy internship at King Edward VIII Hospital in … was granted indemnity. He was detained three times by the apartheid government and spent four years in the underground …

… for the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC). In 1936, she began to work with leprosy patients in Zambia, which was to form the … a diploma in public health care, she went to Nigeria to work with a leper colony of 16 000 people. During her time … 4 November 1985, Susanna Kok passed away. Her pioneering work has led to the effective diagnosis and treatment of …

… Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895.  His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from … aim to study law due to financial constraints. He began work for a law firm where he gained considerable experience … his trial in 1944. He spent much of the 1950s protesting Apartheid legislation such as the Group Areas Act although he …

… Asian Regional Conference for Action against Apartheid, Manila, organised by the Special Committee against Apartheid in coopera …

… A Monument to Apartheid in Fietas - David Goldblatt …