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… Sara ‘Saartjie’ Baartman was born in 1789* at the Gamtoos river in what is now known as the Eastern Cape . She belonged to … display. She was taken to London where she was displayed in a building in Piccadilly, a street that was full of …

… Pheto, son of activist and poet Molefe Pheto , was born in Soweto 1966. At The age of 12, his parents were exiled and … his brother Gibo Pheto were raised. Having been brought up in a musical family, Pule quickly took an interest in playing the drums. Throughout his upbringing him and his …

… Lulu Dube was born in Inanda in 1931. She was the third child born to John Langalibalele … surviving daughter. Her father, John, was instrumental in establishing the Ohlange school , which all of his …

… Percival Mdala grew up near King Williamstown in the Eastern Cape. He came to the Garden Route in 1956, where he found work as a gardener for Bishop … Caradoc, a tiny school of about 25 pupils that was housed in the church hall at Salt River in Knysna.St Paul’s received …

… the Swazi people as we know the group today. He was born in Swaziland in 1795 and succeeded his father, Ndvungunye, as king of the Dlamini clan in 1815. He was determined to expand his authority, but was …

… A young Krotoa, of about 10 or 11 years old, was taken in by Jan van Riebeeck during the first few days of Dutch settlement in the Cape. She worked as a servant to the Commander’s wife, … van Riebeek (nee de la Quellerie), and is first mentioned in van Riebeeck’s diary in January 1654 as ‘a girl who had …

… Press release issued by Defence Headquarters in Pretoria regarding South Africa's involvement in Angola. Included is a statement issued by the Chairman of the Apartheid Committee on 24 February 1977 in response to the …

… Faith Dikeledi Pansy Tlakula grew up in the township of Everton in the Vaal area. She obtained her undergraduate degree in law at the Turfloop University (now University of the …

… 700,000 voters, i.e. about half the votes cast in favour of the 'new constitution' (1,300,000). These whites … the 'new constitution' will remove the necessary amount of apartheid so as to allow for more flexibility in production … manipulation of money and manpower. Certain features of apartheid have become a spoke in the wheel of developing …

… and was invited to hold a solo exhibition at the DAG in 1974. He is a film maker who lives in Cape Town. He is represented in the DAG collection and in private collections in SA. …

… Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe was born 5 September 1890 in Kimberley. He obtained his Senior Teacher's Diploma and … and 1924, while teaching at the Tiger Kloof Institution in Vryburg. In 1938, Tyamzashe’s wife with whom he had six children died …

… Davies was born on Robben Island in 1909, where her father was a doctor. In 1935 she started work at the Cape Archives Depot and in 1944 she transferred to the Transvaal Archives Depot. In …

… Dr. Silas Modiri Molema (Silas Modiri) was born in 1891 in Mafikeng, South Africa. His father was a member of the … advisors to Chief Montshioa of the Barolong boo Ratshidi in Mafikeng. Dr Molema was educated at Lovedale Institution , …

… Stanley Bongani Nkosi was born on 25 November 1945 in Newcastle, Natal. When Nkosi was three years old his family moved to Dukhatole tear Germiston in the Transvaal. He attended school in Gerpiston, Swaziland and Newcastle and attained his Junior …

… Lebo Mathosa was born in Daveyton in the East Rand. She began singing at the age of seven in the local church choir. The Mathosa family moved to …

… came to SA when his mariner father settled at Saldahna Bay in 1911. In 1914 his family went to Durban, and he studied … College.He also joined the NSA, becoming a Council member in 1929 and its President in 1937, 1946, 1949 and 1955. Art …

… struggle - well done I would like to express my concern in light of some of the most questions that our children … years old) appreciate the South African experience of Apartheid. Thank you. Chris Bailey Humanities Department Tom … it is. i am a senior stundent in Australia, studying apartheid and your website has been an invaluable resource, …

… Vincent “Toivo” Tshabalala was born in Bethal in Mpumalanga on 15 August 1964 where he also grew up. … politically influenced at a young age by the Bethal Trial in 1977 where a number of Pan Africanist Congress  (PAC) …

… Nyiko Floyd Shivambu was born on 1 January 1983 in Malamulele, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo ). He studied at Mphambo High School in Malamulele. In 2001, he went to study at the University of Witwatersrand, …

… John Hodgkiss was born on 25 September 1966 in Johannesburg. He studied fine art Rhodes University. Here … photographer Obie Oberholzer. John Hodgkiss was based in Johannesburg. His close friend, fellow artist and … used by the art community, and he abused himself in providing service, running the machine at the wrong pace, …

… who have played so significant and honourable a role in South Africa’s legal sphere. The loss of his incisive mind … took power and would proceed to usher in the system of Apartheid. At Wits, where he took a B Comm and then an LLB, … Mandela and nine other leaders of the ANC, versus the Apartheid state.  Speaking to EyeWitness News after word of …

… National Petition Campaign for release of all detainees in South Africa and Namibia. Organised by the Anti-Apartheid Movement in London. …

… of map of Africa. Southern African countries outlined in yellow with photographs of African people overlaid in them. Mozambique Komitee. AAB (Anti-Apartheid Bewegung)in Osterreich (Austria). …

… and African National Congress (ANC) member, who worked in Durban, was from the Makhanya Tribal Area, Umlazi … District, on the south coast of Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal]. In early November 1959, Mnyandu was notified that he should see the Native Commissioner (NC) in Umbumbulu, on the south coast of Natalon 7 November. He …

…   Azaria Mbatha was born in 1941. Azaria was educated at a mission school for eight years. In 1961 he left Ceza Secondary School and began working as a clerk in Vryheid. In 1962 Mbatha met Peder Gowenius and 'asked if …

… Abdulhay Jassat became involved in politics as a member of the   Transvaal Indian Congress …  (TIC), which was an affiliate of the Congress Alliance in the 1950s. In 1958 Jassat was arrested with twenty-eight other members …

… Chief Bhambatha (sometimes spelled Bhambada) was born in Mpanza near the town of Greytown, Natal Colony. He was the … as a popular chief and earned the respect of the elders in his traditional council. However, he was occasionally in trouble with the law. He was fined for 500 pounds for …

… Edgar Arthur Deane was born in 1908. He became national secretary of the Coloured … of the South African Coloured People's Organisation in the 1950s. In 1962 he attended an international labor conference in …

… Daniel Koza was born 1912 near Pietersburg and in the mid-1930s came Johannesburg where his path somehow … African Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union (ACDWU) in 1936,later assuming the union's top position and growing its membership to about 10,000 in the early 1940s.Koza mastered the bureaucratic procedures …

… schooling at KwaZide High School; he had to leave school in Standard 9 due to lack of finances. He is largely … as an artist. He worked for a construction company in Empangeni building houses. He moved to Durban in 1982 where he met a number of Durban artists.  In 1993/4 …