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… of kwaZulu-Natal ). She went on to study graphic art in Amsterdam. Cussons has stated that she considers herself a … a poet. She spent most of her younger years abroad, living in countries like Israel, England and Amsterdam. Cussons wrote in Afrikaans instead of English, advice is said to have …

… Ernest Methuen Mancoba was born in Turffontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng) on 29 … (now Polokwane, Limpopo) and received early guidance in wood carving there from Sister Pauline CR. On completion … he remained at the College teaching Zulu until 1929. In 1933, Mancoba enrolled as a student at the University of …

… Emma Thandi Mashinini was born in Rosettenville, Johannesburg in 1929. In the early 1930s, she and her family were forcibly removed … Education Trust (SADET). 2006. The Road to Democracy in South Africa. Vol. 2 [1970-1980] Pretoria: UNISA Press|The Order of Luthuli in Bronze: Emma Thandi Mashinini [online] Available at: …

… Hélène Passtoors, a Belgian national was born in the Netherlands (from a Belgian-Dutch family) on 9 August 1942. She immersed herself in the struggles of people other than her own for the cause … equality and justice. At the time of her involvement in the South African liberation struggle, she held dual …

… Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden was born in 1913. A linotype operator, he came to South Africa in 1936 from England after serving a five year apprenticeship in London. In South Africa, he worked for the Cape Timesand …

… Robberts (Blackie) Swart was born on 5 December 1894 in Morgenzon, Winburg district. He was the son of Hermanus … his mother and the other children on their farm were held in the concentration camp at Winburg for the duration of the … had an exceptionally sharp intellect. He matriculated in Winburg at the young age of thirteen. At the age of …

… relatively humble beginnings as a missionaryÁ¢'s daughter in Lovedale, Monica Hunter Wilson went on to read History and … Cambridge at the age of 26. She married Godfrey Wilson in 1935.  They had two daughters and two sons. Her Pondoland … a classic. Shortly after marrying, she spent three years in the field in western Tanzania just north of Lake Malawi, …

… Barend de Wet was born in Boksburg in 1956, and towards his untimely death had long become an … figure of the artist, the possibilities of the playfulness in the creative act and the ostensible freedoms of an …

… Nelson Diale was born on 1st January 1936 at Ga-Masemola in Limpopo where he spent most of his childhood years. He attended school in Sekobetlane Maphutha. In 1952, he left Ga-Masemola for Pretoria in search of …

… Moses Kottler was born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his … his parents moved to South Africa, but let him study in Jerusalem, Palestine (now Israel). Although he showed an early interest in sculpting, there was no relevant training available in …

… Dezso Koenig was born in Budapest, Hungary, 1902. He emigrated to South Africa from Hungary in 1931. After his training at the Hungarian Academy in Budapest he won a scholarship which allowed him to study …

… Harriette Emily Colenso was She was born in Norfolk, England, in 1847, the oldest child of Bishop John William Colenso of Natal. Until her father's death in 1883, she acted as his assistant, helping in the …

… 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 …

… the  South African Coloured People's Organisation  (SACPO) in the 1960s. He was born in the Cape in 1922. He finished 10 years of schooling and became …

… 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 …

… 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 - …

… Manu Herbstein was born in 1936 in Muizenburg in the Western Cape. He graduated from the University of Cape …

… James Philips was born in Sophiatown into a working class family on 11 December … Phillips was forced to work as a waiter and garden boy in order to pay for his education at Lovedale College. He later worked in the garment industry. Phillips became involved in politics …

… 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 …

… Archibald (also known as ‘Archie’) Mafeje was born in Ngcobo in South Africa on 30 March 1936. Both of his parents were involved in education; his father was a headmaster of a primary school …

… Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo was born in Soweto, Johannesburg. He attended school at Saint Angsgurs Primary School in 1946 and matriculated in 1954 from the Saint Peters Secondary School at …

… Nkosinathi Benson Fihla was born on 13th June of 1932 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Fihla grew up in PE from 1945, after his parents found work there as … He completed tenth grade at Newell High School, then in 1952 he earned a teaching diploma at Lovedale. While there …

… 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 …

… Ndeutala Hishongwa was born in 1952 in Okalili, northwest Namibia. She trained as a nurse and in 1974 joined SWAPO-in-exile in Zambia. She was sent to …

… Enoch Mankayi Sontonga was born in Uitenhage, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) around 1873 … after which he was sent to a Methodist mission school in Nancefield, near Johannesburg in 1896. He taught here for nearly eight years.   Sontonga …

… 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 …