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… the Mbundu people. In 1575 the Portuguese had set up their first outpost in what would eventually be the colony of … the Portuguese and the Ndongo were engaged in a full blown war. From the 1580s Portugal was in constant war with the … and Mbandi had over the years had a strained relationship. First, they were not technically siblings as they had …

… Woodstock and District Six. After the outbreak of World War II, Kodesh joined the Union Defence Force and was … apartheid government. For instance, he worked with Ruth First to expose the appalling condition of black workers in … in the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). Together with First, they also wrote an exposé of the Afrikaner secret …

… apartheid regime in those days and one of Breytenbach’s first assignments was photographing future Defence Minister … access to Groote Schuur Hospital  to document the world’s first heart transplant by  Dr Christiaan Barnard  and … South Africa. Notable assignments included the Yom Kippur War in Israel in 1973, Vietnam in 1975, Angola from 1976 to …

… a Jewish father and a German mother. When the Second World War broke out, her father was on a visit to South Africa, … she spent six months in prison, becoming one of the first White women activists to be jailed for opposing … In Dar es Salaam, she launched the ANC women’s section’s first bulletin, Voice of Women, and in Delhi, she was Oxfam’s …

… with Dalasile the chief of the AmaQwati. During the Ninth War of Dispossession, Stanford was appointed to oversee the … Stanford then took office. During the Second South African War,  Stanford was placed in command of the East Griqualand … inclusion in the 1913 Native Lands Commission. During the First World War Stanford helped in the recruiting process in …

… who was a member of the Cape elite, and from 1854 the first Speaker of the Cape Parliament.  Brand Snr studied at … and the notes were eventually withdrawn. The Basotho war Brand prioritised solving the ‘ Basotho problem’ , and … of Moroka’s second wife, and Samuel Moroka, a son of his first wife. Brand, acting as arbitrator, decided in favour of …

… the Union Defense Force in 1940. In the Second World War, he served in Kenya until 1941, then in Egypt until 1944. … to England and was discharged after the end of the war in 1945. From 1947-1950, Hodgins studied part-time and … the Goldsmith's College of` Art, University of London. He first studied teaching, and then art. In 1951, he obtained an …

… of the Independent Media Commission for South Africa's first democratic elections in 1994. After this, she went to … How the Dutch Dealt With the Traumas of the Second World War: Some Lessons for South Africa, in 1995; History of the …

… At the age of 17, Motsoaledi came to Johannesburg. His first brush with the law in Johannesburg was his arrest for … and reached about 150,000 members by the end of World War II. Motsoaledi was elected chair of the CNETU in 1953. In … Campaign of 1952 , in which Motsoaledi was active. He was first banned in 1952. In 1955 the South African Congress of …

… an old man who had served in East Africa during the First World War,was related by blood, to the royal family,  was the … vans, to be taken away’. He responded that ‘when you go to war you don’t take your wife with you.’ It worked – he, …

… Francis Burton, a magistrate and civil commissioner. He first studied literature and philosophy at the University of … before the start of the South African or Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and became the legal aide to Sir Richard … as a Bondsman (Cape Times obituary). After the war, in his first year as a member of parliament, he questioned the …

… Scott’s anxiety over his life in Northam led to his first crisis of faith, or what he later termed, “The … arrived in India. While working for the Anglican Church, first in Bombay and later in Calcutta, Scott was keenly aware … Returning to England in 1939, during the outbreak of World War II, Scott decided to join the R.A.F. not as a chaplain, …

… Field Artillery and left England. At the outbreak of the First World War (1914-1918), he was in India with the 29th Division which … serve before the Appeal Court in Bloemfontein. During the first trial the defence disproved or discredited much of the …

… Dos Santos became Minister of Foreign Affairs in 1975 and First Deputy Prime Minister in December 1978, nine months before the death of  Agostinho Neto , the first president of a free Angola. Good looking, soft spoken, … only a black Angolan could govern the country. Oil and war But those who helped Dos Santos rise to the presidency …

… students and qualified professionals. Even in those pre-war years Balkema had his South African contacts - students … decided to venture into publishing as well and in 1946 his first book appeared: Vyjtig Gedigte van C. Louis Leipoldt, … works like Jan Rabie's seminal 21, Ina Rousseau's first work, Die Verlate Tuin, and Uys Rrige's Ballade van die …

… the famous 1820 contingent. Despite his white parents, his first language was isiXhosa as he was principally raised … and the Pen’ Image source Sparks labelled himself as the “war correspondent” for The Washington Post, The Observer and … ‘Tomorrow is Another Country’ (1996), ‘Miracle and First Drafts’ (2009), and The Sword and the Pen (2016). …

… under the Terrorism Act . In 1972, he published his first collection,  Yakhal’inkomo , which went on to win the … part two of Behold Mama, Flowers (AD Donker, 1978). The first part of this collection is the epic title poem. Michael … Serote would effect transformation through language. His war against apartheid has been a way of words, in the most …

… Early Life: Alexander Kerr was the first of six children born to William and Elizabeth Findlay … graduating with an MA degree in 1907. He earned first-class certificates in Moral Philosophy and in Logic and … Kerr from serving in the army during the First World War. Instead, in August 1915, he successfully applied for the …

… the smithy. It was while working at the smithy that he was first exposed to books when a young white woman working in … move in with his sister Maggie and her husband Charles. He first worked doing odd jobs such as carrying bags for white … a regular basis to build up contacts. That September World War Two broke out.  Abrahams heard that there was a ship …

… such as Botswana , Mozambique and Namibia . Their first big hit was Jabulani , which was written by bass … career. In 1988 Powers performed at a charity event for war orphans in Zimbabwe , where she shared the stage with … also got to perform at the event. It was South Africa’s first time hosting the event. Powers has released 15 albums …

… to Johannesburg, from where he covered the Angolan civil war as freelancer for Reuters. He later joined Media 24 … His Namibian photographic collection documenting Swapo’s War of Liberation and the South African occupation is widely … Pac, Milan, Museum Africa, Johannesburg, Namibia at the first African Photography Encounters In Bamako, Framing …

… at Jeppe Boys High in Johannesburg. By this time the World War II had been broken out. O'Malley thus joined the  South … where he flew photo-reconnaissance Mosquitoes. After the war, O'Malley joined the Argus Company's  Daily News  in … Star . O'Malley was keen conservationist and one of the first editors to appreciate the importance of, and give …

… interest in her Scottish roots. At the outbreak of World War II she volunteered as an escort on a ship taking evacuee … her husband were devoted supporters of Michael Scott, who first brought to the world’s conscience, through his … to South Africa in London in 1950. Her dedication in her first book was to all ‘displaced people’ in the world, of …

… an area on the way to Pietermartizburg. The Second World War interrupted his schooling. Together with his cousins he … at the M.L. Sultan Technical College, in Durban (the very first technical institution for Indian students in the country) the year Indian Education was first introduced in South Africa. Bantu Education was already …

… and interpreter to the Dutch (he was known as Harry/Herry first by the English and then by the Dutch). A young Krotoa, … 11 years old, was taken in by Jan van Riebeeck during the first few days of Dutch settlement in the Cape. She worked as … in working out terms for ending the First Dutch-Khoi-khoi War . In the 1650s Eva was the only figure possessing an …

… He volunteered for the South African forces during World War II and was subsequently active in the Springbok Legion , … as a defence lawyer in political trials. He married Ruth First , daughter of SACP treasurer Julius First, in 1949. The following year, the couple was among the …

… Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on the eve of the First World War, and his mother, Ray, had arrived as an infant. Both of … Africa becoming a constitutional democracy. After the first democratic election in 1994, he was appointed by then …

… The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of … and newspapers. He also visited the Yugoslav republics as first Croatia achieved its bloody independence and then as … concentrate on writing a non-fiction book about the hostel war and the road to democracy. He is now once again …

… and November 1911. In Cape Town Fincken was one of the first staff members of the South African College of Music. … From the proceeds of these concerts she established the first overseas scholarships for students at the college. … hostels were, however, bombed during the  Second World War (1939-1945) . She returned to South Africa in 1943 and …

… Taubie was born the second of seven children. What might first appear to be an affectionate nickname, "Taubie" was … after she had moved on to professionalism. These were the first achievements of her long career foreshadowing the … was as restless as a prowling tigress. By the Second World War she had met and firmly married her "Kushie". The war took …