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… Leopold ‘Leo’ Marquard was born on 15 June 1897 in Winburg in the Orange Free State. His father was Reverend J. J. T. … out, Leo joined his brother who had enlisted for service in Europe. He served in the Royal Air Force until his …

… Simon Peter Matseke was born in Pretoria in 1878, but little is known about his early life except that … Dutch. Following the war he was employed as a coalminer in Middelburg, Transvaal, where he also learned a number of …

… Manana was born in Escourt, KwaZulu-Natal. He has been working as an artist … received an award from the Tito Zungu Trust Fund, created in the name of the late artist Tito Zungu which provides … at the Durban Institute of Technology for a diploma in Fine Arts, which he completed in 2003. Before this he had …

… Early Life John Gordon Sprig was born in Ipswich, England in 1830, the son of a pastor. He schooled at Ipswich and at other private schools before taking up his first job in a shipbuilder’s office. He became a reporter before moving … ‘Gordon Sprigg’ in Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gordon_Sprigg …

… He then started work in order to support his family. Plummer was never a full time … art informally at the Community Arts Workshop, Durban, in 1987; in 1990 he attended classes in art run by the Technikon …

… Frederick Timpson I'Ons was born in Islington, Middlesex, England on 15 November 1802. His father was John I'Ons, the master of a riding-school in Islington. Frederick was one of eight children. As a young child, he already showed a talent in drawing and when he was a little older he took lessons …

… the Transvaal, at the time of construction. It was changed in 2024 to the: 'Winnie Mandela Drive' and the new signage was installed early in that year. 'S.A. Townships' (the company that developed … of the municipal stand upon which the Bryanston Sports Club is now situated with the Library, and the …

… events. Kings Park Stadium is the eighth-largest Stadium in South Africa by capacity (52,000). The Stadium has also … away from the Kings Park Stadium. The Stadium was built in 1958 with an original capacity of 12,000. It was … for similar reasons. It was renovated two times, once in the 1980s and once before the 1995 Rugby World Cup. The …

… Bird watchers who have booked an hotel or accommodation in Langebaan will want to explore this area as the beautiful … value not only for the country or the countries in which they are located, but for humanity as a whole. … A, closest to the town of Langebaan, facilitates all water sports, including power boating, fishing and kite surfing. …

… Robert Shell was born in Cape Town, South Africa on 13 February 1949, the only … grew up near Stellenbosch, then Tamboerskloof and later in Kommetjie, attended the South African College High School … and Honours degrees at the University of Cape Town in 1973 and 1974 respectively, his Honours degree focusing on …

… Errol Shanley was born in Durban in April 1911, the son of Arthur Stanley, who was born in London of Irish parents and Anna Else Bernhardt born in …

… Amos Langdown was born on 7 May 1930, in Plettenberg Bay. He was involved for many years in art education. He trained as a teacher at the Zonnebloem College in Cape Town, first teaching at a primary school in … is partly indebted to the artist’s obituary which appeared in the  South African Art Times , April, 2006.  …

… O'Connor was born in Bloemfontein. From 1960 to 1964 he studied at WITS where he obtained a BA(FA). In 1964 he was a lecturer at UDW and in 1971 he became a senior lecturer in painting at the Natal …

… Francis Nwia Kofi Nkrumah on 21 September 1909, was raised in a rural village, Nkoful, in the then Gold Coast, Nzema region. After attending a Catholic mission school in Half Assini, Nkrumah went on to train and work as a … Vol. 17. Intl Pub, 1969. Nkrumah, Kwame. Class struggle in Africa. International Publishers, 1970. CLARKE, JOHN …

… Transcendence, African Origin of Mathematics, A Woman in the Bush, The Triangle Tool of Analysis, African Origin of … Rituals, and African Mathematical Systems. He graduated in 1997 in General Arts & Science (Honours) at Algonquin College of …

… Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba was born in the 1850s at Ngqakayi in the Eastern Cape. His father, Ntibane Mzimba, was educated in Lovedale and became a deacon in the Presbyterian Church. …

… Rahima Moosa was born in the Strand , Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High School in Cape Town . As a teenager, Rahima and her identical twin … of the unjust segregationist laws that ruled South Africa. In 1943 Rahima became the shop steward for the Cape Town Food …

… Gerard Bhengu was born on 6 September 1910 in Outstation of Mariannhill Mission Station, Centecow, … Roman Catholic Mission School of Esibomvwini at Centecow, in the Creighton region of Natal. From 1926 - 31 Bhengu … for Dr Max Kohler as documentation of rural tribal life in Centecow. Kohler used some of these drawings to illustrate …

… Yetta Barenblatt was born on 24 September 1913, in Dublin, Ireland, to Basna and Solomon Malamed.  In 1925, a friend encouraged her to come to South Africa with … Barenblatt was forced to seek employment at OK Bazaars. In 1929, she joined a trade union and soon became a skilled …

… Bafana Cyril Dlamini whose nom de guerrre in exile was Edwin Ndlovu was born in 1936 to the family of a prominent political and trade … African Communist Party (SACP). Dlamini’s father died in exile in Lusaka, Zambia. In 1961 at the age of 25, Dlamini …

… born into a family of musicians. Her father, Alfred, was in a jazz swing band and her mother, Patty, was a soprano … his daughters to perform with him. All the children in the Nokwe household were taught how to sing by their … Miriam Makeba  and  Letta Mbulu . When Tu failed matric in the late 1970s, she was encouraged to take up music as a …

… Dorothy Joan Wright was born in Pretoria in 1911. Wright was the daughter of Dorothy Kay and studied … Art School from 1929 to 1932. Thereafter she trained in London at the Regent Polytechnic and the Heatherley School …

… Impey Honono (Tshutsha) was born on 21 October 1908, in the district of Qumbu, in the then Transkei (Eastern Cape). He graduated with a BA degree from the University of Fort Hare in 1937.He was headmaster of Nqabara Secondary School in … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - …

… Bokwe James Mafuna was born in January 14,1937 in Mafikeng.He dropped out of school at 15,was a manual … a union organizer among metalworkers,but abandoned this in 1968 protest against the discriminatory policies of the … City Press (2002)  What an ex-exile has to face in SA  from City Press online. Available at  …

… Harriet Bolton was born in 1927 in Makwassie in Southern Transvaal, the eldest of four children – a … the Voice of the Voiceless: Critical Voices of Activists in Post-Apartheid South Africa from Digital Collections@SIT …

… the support of the opposition. Conscription was instituted in South Africa in the form of 9 months of service for all … the government's stance against liberation movements, anti-apartheid activists and the 'communist threat'.  In 1972, … Activities of the ECC were curtailed by the South African Apartheid government from 1988 - 89, but restrictions were …

… He was born in 1960 at KwaMashu, Durban. He passed his matric in 1978 at Isibonelo High School in KwaMashu. He is a graphic artist who studied at Fort Hare …

… Frank Wiles was born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of … and the brother or W. G. Wiles . Prior to his arrival in SA in 1902, he studied in 1901 at the Cambridge School of Art, …

… He was born in 1913 in Tweedie, KZN. He was a painter and graphic artist of landscapes, portraits and still life. He worked in oil, watercolour, ink, wash, pencil, charcoal. He carved …

… Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool was born in Cape Town in 1897. One of South Africa's most popular and renowned … Peoples Organisation (APO) which he had helped to form in 1902. Abdurahman was also the first black South African to … (2004) Every Step of the Way: The Journey to Freedom in South Africa. HSRC Press: Cape Town, pp. 210-211.| “The …