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… Sonja Schlesin was born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife … to South Africa, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in June 1892.  In 1903,  M.K Gandhi , who had decided to settle in South …

… Richard Victor Selope Thema was born in Ga-Mamabolo, Pietersburg district, in 1886. Both his parents were Pedi speaking but not … He interrupted his education when he ran away from school in 1901 and joined the British troops stationed in …

… Michael Hathorn was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal in 1922.  After schooling, he went to Wits University in Johannesburg, and qualified with a BSc in Mining …

… Born in 1911 in Cape Town, he earned an LL.B degree from the University of Cape Town in 1932. He was a lawyer, a leader in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), and a Native …

… Frances Herman Gow was born in 1887 in Cape Town, the son of a Coloured mother and an Afro-American father.  He was educated in America and became a Bishop of the African Methodist …

… of Advocate Albert Christopher and Ghadija Gool, was born in 1924 in Greenwood Park, Durban , where she also grew up. Advocate … South African Indian Congress (SAIC), had been involved in politics during Gandhi’s stay in South Africa and took a …

… Sathasivian “Saths” Cooper was born on 11 December 1950 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He was … Cooper. Cooper matriculated from Sastri College, Durban in 1967. The following year, he enrolled for a B. A. degree … people along ethnicity. Politics gained the upper hand in Cooper's life as he soon found himself liasing with other …

… Jainub Jane Gool – Tabata was born in Cape Town on 19 March 1902 to Yusuf and Wageda Gool, the … children. Her father, an immigrant from India, settled in South Africa after spending some time in Mauritius. He was a successful merchant, who had strong …

… Nesta Mathom Nala, born in 1940, lived and worked in the Thukela valley at Oyaya, near Ndondondweni, in the Mamba area of Inkhanyezi. At the age of twelve, Nesta …

… Clarence Mlami Makwetu was born on 6th December 1928 in Hoyita, in the Cofimvaba district, Transkei. He was the second of … Four at the local school he moved to Keilands Mission in the Stutterheim district where he completed Standards 5 … Gastrow. S. (1992). Who’s Who in South African Politics: Volume 4 , Johannesburg: Ravan …

… Rebecca Malope was born in 1968 in Lekazi near Nelspruit in Mpumalanga . Beyond the fact that she did not progress …

… H. A. Naidoo was born in Durban in 1915 and was recruited into the Communist Party in the mid-1930s by Edward Roux. He became an active trade … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - …

… Bertram Dumbleton was born in 1896 in George, Cape Province. He trained at the Regent Street Polytechnic in London and the Academic Julian in Paris. During his …

… Joshua Oupa Gqozo was born in Kroonstad on 10 March 1952. He is the son of Anna and … sent away by his parents to stay with his relative living in Witgatboom in Northern Transvaal. When he arrived there he enrolled for …

… Bettie Du Toit was born on 15 July in 1910, on a farm in the former Transvaal Province. She was orphaned at three … had passed away when she was 18 months old. This resulted in her growing up at a boarding school under the guardianship …

… was one of South Africa’s most gifted and beloved fighters in the 1970s and 80s. He was born on 09 November 1947 at … he made his professional debut at the AG Magubane Stadium in Steadville on 27 July 1968. [ii] Photograph courtesy of … [iii] This was a sterling win against Phuthuma Khuboni in the third round. Although after this win, he went on to …

… Meshach Pelem was born in Mxumbu near King William's Town in 1859 and studied at Healdtown, where he qualified as a primary school teacher. After teaching in the Cape for several years, he went to the  Griqualand …

… Pixley Seme was born on 1 October 1881 in Natal, the son of Isaka Sarah (nee Mseleku) Seme. Little … missionary, Reverend S. C. Pixley, took an interest in him and arranged for him to go the Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts in the USA. Seme did his BA degree at …

… by thousands of soccer lovers was born on 28 June 1969 in Klerksdorp, Western Transvaal (North-West Province). At … Sono and was recruited to his team, Jomo Midas Cosmos. In 1992 Masinga represented South Africa in the first international game against Cameroon in Durban. …

… Athlone was once known as West London, but renamed in honour of a member of the British Royal family. It was … enveloped vast tracts of land in short order. During the apartheid era, large housing projects were built here, mostly … and raised in the Cape Town area—were designated under apartheid as residents of Bantustans, many were obliged to …

… Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in Cape Town … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964 , Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - …

… Elliot Mfaxa was born August 26, 1926 at KwaGusha Farm in Somerset West. He was orphaned at age 12,Mfaxa moved to … earned a teaching certificate at Clarkebury Institution in 1948-49. where he became involved in politics and met P. K. Leballo. In 1949 he was recruited …

… Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu’s activism in the struggle began in the 1960s. Nengwekhulu alongside Steve Biko and others … and formed the South African Students Organization (SASO) in July 1968. At its launch of Nengwekhulu was elected as the … T, (2002), Sweden and national liberation in Southern Africa: Solidarity and Assistance , Volume 2, …

… Richard  Gert Sibande was a leader among farm workers in the eastern Transvaal. He was an  African National …  (ANC) activist, and one of the first-string accused in the  Treason Trial  of 1956 to 1961. Gert Sibande was born in the Ermelo district in 1907, the son of a tenant farmer. …

… Sylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa was born in the township of Langa in Cape Town. Mdunyelwa started her singing career in the 1970s when she joined Victor Ntoni’s sextet. She …

… Jeremy Patrick Cronin was born on 12 September 1949 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He grew up in Cape Town, the son of a naval officer who died when Cronin … was ten. He was raised as a Catholic. Cronin graduated in 1966 from St Joseph's College, then served nine months in …

… Azhar Cachalia was born in Edinburgh Scotland on 26th of June 1956. He attended school there and then later in Benoni, Gauteng province, South Africa. He matriculated at Damelin College in Johannesburg in 1974. Between 1975 and 1981 he studied …

… Mxenge , an African National Congress (ANC) veteran and apartheid activist, was assassinated and his body was severely mutilated in an act of barbaric brutality on 19 November 1981. His … David Tshikalanga. All were policemen and agents of the apartheid government‘s death squads. In 1996, 15 years later …

… ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng, was born on 10 September 1913, in the Orange Free State (now Free State) near the town of … schooling at the St. Mary's Anglican School, Daggakraal, in the district of Amersfoort and then went to St Chatswold Training College. In 1933, he moved to Johannesburg and continued his studies …

… education. Moreover, there was growing shortage of schools in rural and township areas for Black education. The … of a strategy that would undermine the struggle against apartheid by creating disunity. This strategy was created by … State, and Educational Reform, in Kallaway, P. (ed) Apartheid and Education: The Education of Black South …