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… Boer republics formed after the Boers left the Cape Colony in the Great Trek. He was considered a model leader by the Afrikaners. Early life Brand was born in Cape Town on 6 December 1823. He was the son of … University of Cape Town. He continued his tertiary studies in the Netherlands, also at Leiden University, where he …

… Nimrod Boyce Tantsi was born in  Johannesburg  in 1895, the grandson of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of times during …

… Walker Stanley Gawe was born in 1899 on 30 November in the Herschel district of the Cape, where both his parents were teachers. He attended St. Matthew's College in Keiskammahoek where he obtained a post-primary teacher's … Available at: whoswhosa.co.za [Accessed 19 March 2009]| “Apartheid Icon Regina Gawe turns 100” (2005) [online] …

… his career as a house painter after completing his studies in Transvaal. He was inspired by the artworks in the houses he painted and took up painting designs and pictures on scarves in a small shop. He was discovered there by John Mohl , who …

… Thomas Mtobi Mapikela born  in 12th of November 1869,in the Eastern Cape, he trained as a carpenter in Grahamstown and later established a successful business as … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 …

… Yusuf Cachalia was born in Johannesburg on 15 January 1915. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in the 1940s and 1950s, who was instrumental in bringing …

… In 1899 Emily Hobhouse was appointed secretary of the South … a humanitarian and pacifist who came to visit South Africa in December 1900, during the  Anglo Boer War . Hobhouse arranged a mass meeting in London in June 1900 where women protested against the …

… Pieter Beyleveld was born in 1916 in the Orange Free State and educated at farm schools. He … were violently opposed to South African participation in the war against Hitler. After a time of active service in … on 3 November 2011|SADET (2004). The Road to Democracy in South Africa Volume 1 (1960 ”“ 1970). Cape Town, Zebra …

… Tiyani Lybon Mabasa was born in Johannesburg on 17 June 1952. The second of eight children, his single mother brought up Mabasa in Soweto.During his high school years in Soweto, Mabasa became aware of the political situation in … Gastrow S., Who’s Who in South African Politics , Ravan Press, Johannesburg pp …

… the youngest of six children, was born on 25 December 1959 in Huhudi township near Vryburg in the North West . Her father, Frans Modise, a railworker, … National Congress (ANC) activist. The students uprising in 1976 in her area coincided with the threat that the …

… The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South Africa. Early life and education Mohandas Karamchand … Gandhi was born to a Hindu family on 2 October 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. He was the last child of … belonged to the merchant caste. His early schooling was in nearby Rajkot, where his father served as the adviser or …

… Born at Buntingville, Umtata, in the Transkei, he completed B.S. and M.S. degrees, then … at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he graduated in 1952. In 1950 he participated in the organisation of the June 26 …

… Born in 1918, he was a businessman in Evaton and played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. He had earlier …

… Alex Fattal was born in Austin, Texas. He is the first of two children of Laura … where his younger brother Josh was born. He grew up in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania where he graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1997.  Alex enrolled in Duke University in 1998 where he …

… Powell was born in Kenya. She studied Fine Art of the Durban College of Art … College, London and for a one year’s post Diploma in two dimensional and applied design at the Central School … and Crafts, London (now the Central School, St. Martin’s). In 1989 she was awarded a Higher Diploma in Textile Design, …

… Harry (Mphephethwa) Themba Gwala was born on 30 July in 1920 near Piettermarizburg.He was a politician and … known as Munt'omdala or The Lion of the Midlands, grew up in the Pietermaritzburg area. After completing his teacher's diploma at Adams Colege, Amanzimtoti in 1941, he taught at Slangspruit, in the Pietermaritzburg …

… trained as a teacher at St.Mathews College and as a priest in the Anglican Church.Calata served as a minister at St. … at Cradock. During that time he took an active part both in Xhosa cultural affairs and in national church affairs, serving as president of the …

… Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the …

… J. Congress M. Mbata was born in Johannesburg in 1919 and studied at St. Peter's Secondary School, at Fort Hare, and at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1940 he joined the faculty of St. Peter's and subsequently …

… Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe was born in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father, John Knox Bokwe , in Ugie, East Griqualand, and then studied at Lovedale high …

… Born in 1922, Jerry Dibanhlele Khumalo was a clothing designer and cutter. He served prison sentences as a volunteer in the 1952 Defiance Campaign in Germiston and Wolmaransstad. He was active in the African …

… Alfred Temba Qabula was born on 12 December 1942 in Flagstaff, Bhalasi in Pondoland to Solomon and Nonkhululeko Qabula. Qabula’s father worked as a machine-handler in the mines in Johannesburg. His father died in 1949 after … 2002. “ Obituaries: Qabula RIP (1942-2002) ” in 3rd Ear Music News Forum [online]. Available online  …

… Wolf Kibel was born in Grodzisk, near Warsaw, Poland on 16 December 1903. As a … boy Kibel was preoccupied with carving. His father’s death in 1911 brought sudden insecurity to Kibel as a child. He studied briefly in Poland under the guidance of Appelbaum, a painter visiting …

… Peter Nkutsoeu Raboroko was born in 1917 in the Orange Free State where his father was employed as a farm laborer.  He grew up in the slums of Sophiatown in  Johannesburg . He made his way …

… Cynthia Shange was born in Lamontville, Durban, in Kwazulu Natal. She started modeling in 1970 and went on to win several titles. In 1972 she won …

… Max Yergan was born about 1893 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the grandson of a slave, he … and Springfield College. From about 1920 to 1936 he lived in South Africa as a representative of the Young Men's Christian Association, based at Alice in the Cape. A Communist by conviction at this time, he …

… Fatima Seedat was born in the Strand, Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High school up to what was standard 8 in those days. Together with her twin sister, Rahima Moosa … a teenager on noticing the impact the segregation laws had in South Africa. She joined the  Communist Party  in Cape …

… Njabulo Simakahle Ndebele was born on 4 July 1948 in Johannesburg to Nimrod Njabulo Ndebele and Makhosazana … completed his matric at St Christopher’s High School in Luyengo, Swaziland in 1966. In 1971 Ndebele married Mpho Kathleen Malebo. They … Ndebele, N. 2012. “ Ndjabulo S Ndebele CV ” in Njabulo S Ndebele [online]. Available at …

… Sefako Mapogo Makgatho was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of Chief Kgorutlhe Josiah Makgatho of … Conspiracies, Pedi plots: African Nationalist politics in the Transvaal in the ‘dead’ decade of the 1930s</em>, …

… ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam was born on 27 July 1935 in Sea View, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He had 12 siblings. He grew up in very dire circumstances with no running water or … indentured workers, came from India. His parents, born in South Africa, were flower sellers at the Durban Central …