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… On his thirteenth birthday he received a new box camera as a gift.  This camera saw him through the next two decades … techniques of photography. From 1933 to 1935 he worked as a labourer at the Burnside Collieries in Dundee. He worked … to 1950.  He came to Durban in 1951 where he began work as a freelance photographer until 1971.  In 1971, he began to …

… family of six. His father Reuben Tshomoko Sethulane worked as a teacher in Nebo District in Sekhukhune and a lay … but was actively involved in the affairs of the church as the leader of Women’s Manyano. Mogoba attended primary … services and was involved in sporting activities such as soccer, tennis and cricket. During this period, …

… abstraction. Some art critics have categorized his work as ‘township art’ and noted the influences of Ephraim … in 1964 Koboka participated in several group exhibitions as well as solo shows. The 1981 ‘Black Art Today Exhibition’, held in …

… (AZAPO). Wauchope shot to prominence in his role as publicity secretary during AZAPO’s cultural boycott … He spearheaded opposition to tours by artists such as the O’Jays, Ray Charles, Champion Jack Dupree and others. As a result of his activism, the entire Wauchope family …

… . Mazibuko spent time doing research into Zille’s tenure as Mayor of Cape Town and DA Leader, as well as into the DA's policies and programmes of action. She found …

… 1950, at the age of nineteen, Boraine started his career as a Methodist minister. In 1956, Boraine was ordained and … from Rhodes University. Later that year Boraine served as a Chaplain at the University of Natal (now the University of kwaZulu-Natal), and also as General-Secretary of the Department of Education and Youth …

… that he was a member of the Bakgatlo tribe. He was drafted as a driver for the Boer commandos during the South African … to speak High Dutch. Following the war he was employed as a coalminer in Middelburg, Transvaal, where he also … for appointing the location superintendent, A.C. Lowe, as chairman of the PLAB. He argued that as a result of the …

… Branch African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) as a Pioneer’s Officer, elected an ANCYL Executive Committee (Soweto Zone) as the Secretary for Sports, Arts and Culture, served as Provincial Executive Committee Member (ANCYL), and was the …

… Roger Madden, a South African photographer who had worked as an assistant to Ansel Adams, vouched for him as an immigrant and taught him the technical basics of photography while employing him as an assistant. Berry worked for Madden for a year, becoming …

… He obtained a BA in English and Political Science, as well as a B Juris degree and later completed an L.LB. all at UNISA.. Moseneke started his professional career as an attorney’s clerk at Klagbruns Inc in Pretoria, in 1976. …

… on the history of the women in Sibande’s family who worked as maids throughout the apartheid and post-apartheid eras. … labour, post-coloniality, and communities on the margin as a whole. She moves in between history and contemporary … critique, she transcends above them, reclaiming her space as a subject in both historical and contemporary narratives. …

… life. Ibrahim is known for his influence in jazz music as a pianist and composer, where some of his own earliest … for the local African Methodist Episcopalian church as well as his mother who led the choir. Here, traditional African …

… As a child he grew up in a working-class environment - his … Indians and whites crystallised in the election of Leballo as chairperson of the Orlando branch of the CYL in Nokwe's … and at the annual congress of the CYL Leballo's election as chairperson was not upheld. Nokwe was, however, elected as …

… Desai was born on 10 April 1932 in Durban. He grew up as an Indian but was "reclassified" Coloured in 1957. His … an accountant born in India and his mother was classified as Malay.As a teenager he visited India for a year with his father,and …

… activities. He then moved to Pretoria where he found work as the head of quality control at a laboratory in a … and became involved in a local branch of SASO known as the Pretoria Students Organisation (PRESO). He was then elected as chairperson of the branch in 1972. That same year, he also …

… seven. Champion left the school that year and was employed as a Native constable in Johannesburg. He retired from service after acting as a plain-clothes constable in Dundee, Natal, in 1915. From 1917 to 1925 was engaged as clerk on the Crown Mines. He also had a brief stint at …

… Although he participated in various sporting activities as a youngster he finally focused his interests in rugby where he established himself as a flanker. After completing his secondary education at … Pienaar enrolled for Law degree at the university. As a student, Pienaar interests in rugby grew. He harboured …

… generation settler, with his forbearers having arrived as part of the famous 1820 contingent. Despite his white parents, his first language was isiXhosa as he was principally raised amongst Xhosa people. Sparks … Fellowship. Sparks subsequently joined The Rand Daily Mail as its correspondent and columnist before becoming the …

… born on the 6 September 1852. At the age of 21 he worked as a clerk at Lydenburg in the office of the field coronet. … he married Alida Claudina de Villiers. Burger was elected as field cornet in 1881, and became part of the campaign … king who was later imprisoned. Burger was appointed as a commandant in 1885. The following year in 1886 he became …

… her father, Professor D.D.T. Jabavu , of Fort Hare, as well as relatives in the Eastern Cape and Johannesburg . The Ochre … in her literary career and have been hailed by critics as being brilliant and fascinating, the works indicate that …

… Secondary School from 1989 to 1993. Mabuza served as a member of Executive Council (MEC) for Education from … scandal.” [1] During this period, Mabuza was also serving as a regional Chairperson of the African National Congress … the Mpumalanga Provincial legislature in 2007. He served as a Deputy Chairperson of the ANC Mpumalanga Province in …

… of Fine Art, Cape Town (UCT). Williamson was trained as a printmaker, but works predominantly in installation, … senses of community or aspects of contemporary history as told from the perspectives of individuals. Her work extends from her previous occupation as a journalist, and is as such context-driven: 'I think that …

… led to her expulsion from the University of Fort-Hare. As a result of her political activism, Mtintso was detained … banned on numerous occasions because of her activities as a political organiser and a journalist of the Daily … she became an ANC Member of Parliament. Later, she served as the first chairperson of the Commission of Gender Equality …

… was first involved in the political struggle in the 1970s as a high school student. He completed his high school … and from his experiences in the youth movement and as a worker, he joined the progressive trade union movement. … Union of Mineworkers (NUM). Mohapi was later appointed as the COSATU Witwatersrand Regional Education Secretary. …

… in 12th of November 1869,in the Eastern Cape, he trained as a carpenter in Grahamstown and later established a successful business as a builder and contractor in Bloemfontein.In 1892 he moved … eventually he became a wealthy builder and contractor as well as a key figure in Orange River Colony Native …

… home music on vinyl. Ready D cites Rapper’s Delight as the first hip-hop song he heard, when he was 11. He says … disco era. For Ready D, this was a mind-blowing experience as the artists, the Sugarhill Gang, were rapping about … to music that he was familiar with through his father.  As he was the youngest in group, he used to be the one who …

… sources cite Charlotte Maxeke’s (née Mannya) birth place as Fort Beaufort the Eastern Cape , however, there are other … sources that claim she was born in the Polokwane area, as her birth name Charlotte Makgomo Mannya is Sotho or Pedi … (ANC) sources also cite Pietersburg (now Polokwane) as her birthplace in public lectures and presentations in her …

… Krotoa (known as Eva to the Dutch and English settlers) was the niece of … , a Khoi leader and interpreter to the Dutch (he was known as Harry/Herry first by the English and then by the Dutch). A … first few days of Dutch settlement in the Cape. She worked as a servant to the Commander’s wife, Maria van Riebeek (nee …

… Ernest Cole was born on 21 March 1940 as Ernest Levi Tsoloane Kole, in Eersterust, Pretoria. He … at that time. In terms of these laws Cole was defined as an “unskilled labourer” who could only work as a messenger, tea-maker or floor sweeper. His break came …

… the Goodman Gallery in Hyde Park, and was later appointed as coordinator of the Alexandra Art Centre, where she … for the African Institute for Contemporary Art, and served as Director from 1996 to 1998. For three years until 1996, … in Alexandra, Johannesburg. In May 2000 she was appointed as project coordinator of Metro Mall in Johannesburg, and was …