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… in 1974 and specialises in the comparative study of colonialism since 1452, and the question of civil war and … and the University of Cape Town (1996–99).  He was listed as one of the top 20 public intellectuals by Foreign … CODESRIA from 1998 to 2002. He has written extensively on colonialism and post-colonialism; on civil wars, political …

… Kottler was born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth – some give it as 1892, others as 1896. As a child, his parents moved to South Africa, but …

… He was a farmer and wagon maker, and in the 1880s he acted as secretary to  Dinuzulu , the Zulu paramount chief. In … for increased political representation for Africans as well as for economic and social changes, such as the introduction …

… Trade Unions (COSATU). In 1978, Plaut worked for a year as an Industrial Relations adviser to Mobil Oil before joining the British Labour Party as an adviser on Africa and the Middle East. He liaised with the Anti-Apartheid Movement as part of his role as Secretary of the Labour Party’s Africa …

… of her mother:   She would organise the queues in Athlone as the lorries came and saw that each one got her share … institution in Cape Town where Coloured women could train as nurses. Here she specialised as a midwife. According to Blanche, “I couldn’t go for a …

… living on the farm in Eston in Natal. He was baptised as an Anglican. His father, Mbazwana Martin was a farm … Adams College near Durban. At the Adams College he trained as a teacher from 1933 till 1935. One of his teachers at the … for the Groutville Mission Reserve to take up his position as Chief. After qualifying as a teacher he started teaching …

… Presbyterian and his mother Eliza, an Anglican. He trained as a teacher at St.Mathews College and as a priest in the Anglican Church.Calata served as a minister at St. James Mission at Cradock. During that …

… involved in tailoring, lived in working class areas such as Wills Rd and Beatrice Street. He attended the Albert … and later Umbilo Road Secondary and Bechet High School. As a teacher, he later taught at the latter two schools and … and he had to endure home searches frequently. He trained as a teacher at Bechet College of Education and obtained a …

… the play Atalanta) with such notable actors and actresses as Lena Ashwell, F.R. Benson and Herbert Beerbohm Tree On returning to South Africa in 1912 she was appointed as teacher of elocution at the South African College of Music … principal of the college in 1912, he appointed Freund as head of the Department of Speech Training. She organised …

… He trained as a teacher at Healdtown Institution, a Methodist boarding … court in Aliwal North. In the 1890s he was ordained as a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church … the Ethiopian Church in South Africa and by 1910 served as the secretary of that church. Later he held the post of …

… and she grew up surrounded by prominent Indian people such as M.K. Gandhi , Monty Naicker , Strinivasa Sastri and M.L … so eventually persuaded her father to allow her to train as a medical doctor. As there was no medical school open to Indian women in South …

… his tune in church and intellectual circles at the Cape. As a preacher he was famous for his impressive style and delivery; as a person he was serious, conscientious and strict. He was … him a strict Calvinist background. Having been inducted as Dutch Reformed minister at Graaff-Reinet in 1818, he was …

… with his fellow Khoisan again. This was a ploy and almost as soon as he landed, he emerged as the staunchest Khoikhoi critic of Van Riebeeck's policies. …

… Phila Portia Ndwandwe (also known as Zandile or Zandi) became part of the Natal Machinery of … Branch to abduct Ndwandwe and turn her into an informant as well. The police monitored their meeting and captured her … the Elandskop farm in KwaZulu-Natal , which had been used as security branch safe-house. The members unanimously …

… at the centre in 1965 when he took over Kumalo’s post as assistant to Skotnes. Legae received a scholarship from … Soweto, Johannesburg, with his family and worked full time as an artist. Legae is best known for his powerful visual … and racism in the post-apartheid years. He excelled as painter and sculptor of figures, heads and animals working …

… went on to become a principal baritone through roles such as Count Almaviva in The Marriage of Figaro, Escamillo in … professional opera singers. He rapidly established himself as a leading baritone of Italian repertoire and achieved … and Count Almaviva; Donizetti’s Enrico and Dr Malatesta; as well as the Barber of Seville, Jokanaan in Salome and …

… the organisers at  [email protected] As decolonisation swept across the African continent, in the … the history of the resistance against apartheid and colonialism. While major strides have been made in the … in historical memory. Moreover, despite its significance as a central strategy of the liberation movements from the …

… decolonization of the African continent gathered momentum as Africans increasingly agitated for more political rights … African countries struggling against colonial rule and as a result Ghana occupied a central role in the struggle … countries sought to cooperate in the struggle against colonialism. To further encourage and forge a common goal of …

… for Science in 1984. At this time, Kriel was described as being a “voracious reader [...] and an engaging … CAYCO).” [3] Kriel was described by his family and friends as a natural born leader and very politically aware. As a result of these leadership skills, Kriel soon became an …

… second LLM degree in 1990 She started her work-experience as a nursing assistant and later as a retail sales-person before her appointment as a clerk in the Department of Justice of the erstwhile …

… decided to resign from his position in 1981 to volunteer as a community organiser for the Cape Areas Housing Committee (CAHAC). He was also appointed as a field worker for the Education Resources Information … supplier to community organisations, in March 1982.As a young boy Manuel was exposed to the negative aspects of …

… and natural disasters like the flooding in Mozambique, as well as other major news worthy stories in Africa. Ngwenya also … pictures have appeared in front pages of newspapers such as London Times, The Observer as well as magazines such Time …

… prime minister and his chief opposition, Joseph Mobutu . As a result, Lumumba was subsequently deposed and killed by … Alliance of Democratic Forces for the Liberation of Congo. As the numbers grew, he led the Tutsis against the Hutu … overrun the country and the remains of Mobutu’s army. As a result, Mobutu fled to exile on 16 May 1997 and Kabila …

… Comm and LLB degrees at the University of the Free State. As a student, he became active in politics. Meyer practiced as an attorney in Pretoria and Johannesburg until 1980, a … elections in 1994, after which Meyer continued in his post as Minister of Constitutional Affairs in the Cabinet of the …

… around the students' demands. What had initially commenced as a small protest against, among other things, drunken … and had its origins in the Atlantic Slave Trade and Colonialism, and therefore racist ideology and class … confines of Coloured education. It was most probably this factor that gave the leadership of the Committee of 81 the …

… images which, according to one critic, have made him known as ‘a kind of Hitchcock among painters’. Page always used a … even spending some time in an orphanage in Dundee. As an adult Page moved from one job to another, and spent … a correspondence course, but then a grant awarded to him as an ex-serviceman allowed him to enrol part-time at the …

… in photojournalism did not develop any further then, as he left the country within months to avoid doing extended … extremis. After returning to South Africa, he got a job as a guide with a hiking and safari company where he taught … He then began stringing for Johannesburg Newspapers as a photographer and sub-editing part-time at the  Financial …

… was a founding member of the United Women’s Organisation as well as the Democratic Teachers Union, which later became known as the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). …

… World YMCA International Training Institute and Programme, as well as its affiliate, the Development for Human Rights. She worked as the general secretary for the South African Council of …

… His family were poor working people from what was regarded as a grey area community of people who came to be classified during the Apartheid years, as ‘coloured’ and ‘white’ but defiantly contradicted the … terms many people in this area would have been seen as Quadroons, or in street language as “having a touch of the …