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… Solomon Kalushi (Khala)  Mahlangu was executed by the Apartheid regime for being part of an abortive attempt by … literature into the country. Mahlangu had joined the ANC in September 1976, and left the country to be trained as an … South Africa, determined to assist in the struggle against Apartheid. On the 13 June 1977, Mahlangu and others were …

… Oberholzer was born in Pretoria. He attended school at Clapham High School, Pretoria. In 1970 he obtained a Diploma in Graphic Design, University of Stellenbosch, a German …

… The son of a farm worker, Kopi Ben Baartman was born in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) town of Molteno on … the African Mineworkers Union (AMU) and participated in the great 1946 AMU strike . He was fired and headed for … there were ‘home boys’ from Molteno. He became involved in the Vigilant Association and in 1947, he joined the …

… Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka was born on 3rd November 1955 in Claremont, Durban in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ). She matriculated from Ohlange High School in Inanda and enrolled with the National University of …

… his father represented a Glasgow-based family engaged in tea blending. Kerr attended the Mearns Street Primary School in Greenock and then, in pursuance of a career in education, became a pupil-teacher …

… Pitso John Mosimane was born on 26 July 1964 in Kagiso Township in the Krugersdorp area, west of Johannesburg . He is a … player and currently the coach of Mamelodi Sundowns in the Premier Soccer League (PSL). Mosimane is the husband … Sundowns coach Mosimane’s rise and rise to best coach in Africa, (Online),Available at …

… Lucas Radebe was born on 12 April 1969 in Diepkloof, Soweto. When he was 15 years old, his parents … sent him away to Bophuthatswana to avoid the violence in the township. Soccer was one of his favourite pastimes, … soon spotted by Kaizer Chief scouts, who signed him up. In 1991 he was shot in the back while doing shopping in …

… John David Rheinallt Jones was born in 1884 in Carnarvonshire, Wales, the son of a minister, and immigrated to South Africa in 1905, imbued with his family's ideals of liberal reform … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - …

… Ohm Collins Chabane was born on 15 April 1960 in Xikundu Village, in Limpopo (then Northern Transvaal). He attended Shingwedzi … Organisation (Azaso) . He registered for a Bachelor in Science at Turfloop University, but a year later, in May …

… James Edward April was born on 20th of March in 1940, in Bokmakeri Athlone, Cape Town, Western Province (now … to attend political rallies at the Grand Parade, Cape Town in the 1940s.He was a soldier of Umkhonto we Sizwe(MK),a … 1, 1950 ”“ 1970. (Houghton), pp47 ”“ 59| IDAF Prisoners of Apartheid: a biographical list of political prisoners and …

… Archdeacon William Crawley. After spending his early years in an English country parsonage, Feetham was educated at … and New College, Oxford, England where he graduated in 1897. In April 1899 he enrolled at the Inner Temple, London to …

… "Apartheid - the Indictment" One of the biggest failures of … century has been the failure of the ruling white minority in South Africa to discard policies which have nothing but … an attitude of mind which is basic to the policy of apartheid, namely, that South Africa is populated by people …

… Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh was born in Durban , Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 12 June 1917. She … of their daughters to the Durban Indian Girls’ School in Dartnell Crescent, which was the first Indian High school … of the first group of five Indian girls to matriculate in South Africa in 1935. Singh then went to the University of …

… with all of my adult life. Your conference takes place in the context of a rapidly changing world. During this … of expression in South Africa. During the darkest days of apartheid and repression, the International Federation of … the mainstream and the alternatives peaked during the 1985 to 89 States of Emergency when the then State President, …

… National organiser of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in the mid-1950s and later a prominent figure in Transkei politics, Tshunungwa was born in 1923 in the Transkei and was a member of the Tembu royal …

… The announcement by President  F. W. de Klerk in parliament on 10 February 1990, that Nelson Mandela would … the next day, took many people by surprise.  The Apartheid government attempted to negotiate the release of … to a civil war. This state, among others, forced the Apartheid government to the bargaining table, as the only …

… Nyembe was born on the 31st of December 1931 near Dundee in northern KwaZulu-Natal . Her mother, Leeya Basolise Nyembe … later. She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, participating as a volunteer in the Defiance Campaign in Durban and was imprisoned briefly …

… Eli Weinberg was born in 1908 in the port of Libau, in Latvia on the Baltic Sea. He experienced the First World …

… Arthur Elias Letele was born on 2nd October 1915 in Maseru, Lesotho. His father, Elias Letele, was a school … South Africa shortly after Arthur's birth and he grew up in Ladybrand in the Free State Province.Letele completed his secondary …

… Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn was born in Utrecht, Natal, 9 September, 1886. He was a Minister of … Jan Daniel and Louisa Steyn. Steyn spent his early youth in the Utrecht district, which at that time was still part of … He went to school first on the farm and afterwards in the town. When the  Second Anglo Boer War  (1899-1902) …

… which IDAF has made to the cause of freedom and democracy in southern Africa. The work of the Fund reaches back over … volunteers who were charged for defying the unjust laws of apartheid. This work mushroomed with the establishment of the … sought to convict us of treason for daring to oppose apartheid. It was from these origins that a great …

… Bester Howard (Erik) Laubscher was born on 3 February 1927 in Tulbagh, in the Cape. His father was a Glasgow trained physician with strong interests in psychiatry. His mother was the daughter of an Edinburgh …

… Frances “MaBaard” Baard was born 1st of October in 1909 in Kimberley, Northern Cape . She was the fifth of seven … a result of her experiences of oppression and exploitation in South Africa. As a budding activist she drew her influence … at: www.sahistory.org.za [Accessed 24 July 2009]|Who’s Who in South Africa: France Baard [online] Available at: …

… Josephine ‘Josie’ Palmer (Mpama) was born in 1903 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province ), to … for the Potchefstroom resident magistrate. She grew up in Sophiatown, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) but …

… Joseph Johannes Marks was born on 22 April 1936 in Mossel Bay, where his father, a fisherman, was also born.  He grew up in Pacaltsdorp near George in the Western Province. Marks attended the local school … Gastrow, S. (1985). Who's Who in South African Politics . Braamfontein, Johannesburg: Ravan …

… As a child he grew up in a working-class environment - his father was a shoemaker - and attended primary schools in Evaton. He matriculated at St Peter's Secondary School in Johannesburg. (This was probably the Anglican school …

… Hester Elizabeth Cornelius was born on 5 April 1907 in Lichtenburg Western Transvaal to an Afrikaner family. Her … with both her father and grandfather fighting in the Anglo Boer War . In addition her mother was held in a concentration camp …

… wing of the African National Congress (ANC). It was formed in co-operation with the South African Communist Party (SACP) to fight against the apartheid government by means of guerilla attacks. MK was … MK was classified as a terrorist organization by the apartheid government, and was subsequently banned. MK …

… Mandla Langa was born in Stanger, or KwaDukuza , a town in the Natal Province, now known as KwaZulu-Natal Province . He is the son of a preacher, and he grew up in the KwaMashu township outside Durban . He is one of nine … ‘ Mandla Langa (1950”“): The Order of Ikhamanga in Silver ’ (2007). Available on www.thepresidency.gov.za . …

… eggs and cool drink cans while leaving the Supreme Court in Cape Town. She blamed the attack on the apartheid government, which, she said, was working hard to … her husband. Because the Qunta family were well known anti-apartheid activists, she believed that the murder trial was a …