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… These powers were very similar to those contained in the South African Internal Security Act, which was used to crush resistance against the Apartheid government Click here for a broader chronology of apartheid legislation. Click here to read a Human Rights …

… to Cape Town to meet a pianist everyone was talking about in South Africa: Abdullah Ibrahim , then known as Dollar … one session together before the country's brutally racist apartheid government forced them into exile. One recording … nationalists in power were in the process of installing apartheid, one of the cruelest human experiments in modern …

… and headmen. Holomisa joined the Transkei Defence Force in 1976 and was commissioned in 1978. He was one of the first blacks to undertake the … African staff and management course at the Army College in Pretoria . He became Commander of the Transkei Defence …  [Accessed on 10 July 2012]|Gastrow, S. (1995)  Who's Who in South African Politics , Number 5. …

… president of the Transkei when it assumed independence in 1976. As the daughter of a paramount chief, Sigcau was … from childhood and this was reinforced at Lovedale College in Alice where she attended school in the early 1950s. While a student at the University of Fort …

… Mweli Skota was born in Kimberley in the 1880s and attended school there. He worked at various … ANC newspaper,  Abantu-Batho,  and served as its editor in the late 1920s. He failed at two other attempts to launch …

… of South Africa (CPSA) from 1931 to 1933. He was born in Yorkshire, England, and immigrated to South Africa, in 1921. He joined the CPSA in Cape Town in 1925 and was one of the party's activists … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - …

… Naledi Pandor was born on 7th of December, in 1953  Durban . She received most of her education in exile and matriculated at Gaborone Secondary School in Botswana. She obtained a BA in History and English at the …

… Francois Roux was born in 1927 at Fort Victoria, Masvingo, Southern Rhodesia (now … the Boys High School, Stellenbosch from 1940 to 1946. In 1946, he studied at the Camberwell School of Art, London and travelled in Europe completing his studies in painting at the Royal …

… Matsobane Morris Matsemela was born in 1931. He attended the Mashashane School up to Standard 6. Matsemela started working at his uncle’s dairy farm in Lady Selbourne, and later joined the staff of the Pretoria … Hospital. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1957 in Lady Selbourne after having been a member of the …

… Mosia   Makhaya was born on 6 December 1943 in Johannesburg, South Africa.  Makhaya obtained a BA Honours degree specialising in Russian, French and Portuguese and also completed Diplomatic Training courses in different European countries such as the UK, Norway, …

… was forced to move to the black township of Guguletu in 1960. Jason's interest in photography developed after borrowing a friend's camera as … a teenager.  He started work as a freelance photographer in 1975 to supplement his income as a bible salesman. Jason's …

… Daniel Sefudi (Dan) Rakgoathe was born on 25 February 1937 in Randfontein, Transvaal. From Standard VI, Rakgoathe was … by Mr Maseko, one f the first black handicrafts teachers in South Africa. Rakgoathe completed his junior certificate and in 1959 completed a two-year primary teachers training …

… Billy Paddock, of Irish extraction, grew up in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in the 1950s. He attended Glenwood High School in Durban where he excelled at athletics—he won Natal …

… Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her … attended local schools and was selected as head prefect in matric. She was a member of the South African Black … University of the Western Cape (UWC). She was still active in politics, especially the Black Consciousness group, the …

… Mavuso (Walter) Msimang was stationed and trained primarily in central Tanzania, at Kongwa, an ANC military base in the 1960s. He became a leading member of the MK high command and in 1967 he was MK’s Chief of Communications’ during the …

… Hersheela Narsee was born in Durban on the 23 of March 1956. Narsee grew up in a family of eight children. She attended the Gandhi Desai High School from 1967 to 1973. In 1974, she enrolled as a student with the University of …

… Geraldine Fraser was born in 1960 in Lansdowne, Cape Town . She received her primary education in Wynberg and matriculated at Livingstone High School in …

… the son of a semi-literate but wealthy cattle farmer in the Ixopo district of Natal in 1919, Conco rose to become Luthuli's second-in-command in the Natal African National Congress (ANC)in the …

… Dawie de Villiers was born on 10 July 1940 in Burgersdorp, one of three children of Elsa and Coenie de … to Bellville. He matriculated from Bellville High School in 1959. In 1960 he began studies at the University of Stellenbosch …

… Brian Bunting was born on the 9th of April in 1920, at  the buntings Regent St home in Johannesburg.he is the son of  Sidney Percival Bunting … the Sunday Times – while completing his honours thesis. In 1942 he joined the army and served in North Africa and …

… Sir Julius Gottlieb Ferdinand Jeppe was born in Rostock, Mecklenburg- Schwerin, Germany in July 1859. Jeppe and his family immigrated to South Africa in 1870, and settled in Pretoria. Jeppe began his career as a …

… was a noted soprano, and his father played the organ in the Anglican Church. Matshikiza was the youngest of seven … Todd's earliest experience as a professional musician was in one of Meekly's bands. Matshikiza received his primary education in Queenstown and Kimberley, and then went on to St Peter's …

… Adam Glasser was born on the 20th September, 1955 in Cambridge, England, then later moved to Johannesburg, … small time gigs and cruise chips. Adam returned to England in the 70’s to study and graduated with a BA (Hons) in European Literature, and afterwards decided to move to …

… Lembede was born into a peasant family living on the farm in Eston in Natal. He was baptised as an Anglican. His father, … him at home until he completed his elementary education. In 1927 after completing his elementary education his family … Lodge, T. Black Politics in South Africa since 1945 , p 21|Gail M. Gerhart, Teresa …

… Winnie  Motlalepule Kgware was born in Thaba Nchu in the Free State on the 27th of October in 1917.  A teacher by profession, and resident at the … G , ( 2000), No one to blame? I n pursuit of justice in South Africa , (University of the Western Cape ) p.54 …

… Anderson Khumani “Dan” Ganyile’s was born in 1935 in Bizana District, Transkei (now Eastern Cape).  He attended St John’s School in Umtata and then Lovedale before proceeding to Fort Hare in …

… Nkosinathi Christopher Mbuyabo was born at eCintas in East London on the 23 December 1967. Nko as he was … At Nkwenkwezi Secondary School, Nko was at the forefront in the struggle to get the Students Representative Council established and recognised in the school. In and outside school he fought gallantly …

… Hestrie Cloete (née Storbeck) was born in 1978 in Germiston, Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She grew up in the small town of Coligny , Western Transvaal (now North … Hall of Fame. (2012). Hestrie Cloete  from South African Sports and Arts Hall of Fame , online, Available at …

… Joseph Albert Mashite Mokoena was born in 25 November 1919 in Johannesburg, he was educated at St. Peter's Secondary School, where he matriculated in 1938, setting academic records. In 1941 he graduated from …

… N ö el Robb (nee Barrow) was born on 25 December 1913, in Plymouth, England. She was the third child of Benjamin … Constance Barrow. Her father commanded a destroyer in the First World War and was held as a prisoner of war when … at Kalk Bay Anglican Church. Robb completed her schooling in England and then enrolled at Bedford College, London from …