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… South African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils was born in the … and Forestry under President Thabo Mbeki. He served his second term in Mbeki's cabinet as minister of … South African anti-apartheid activist Ronnie Kasrils is born in the Johannesburg …

… working for Lonmin in 2005. He was the first person in his family to work at the mines. On 16 August 2012 Bongani was killed at … behind 3 times – in the arm, lower leg and the back of his head. He left behind his wife and a young child. He was …

… PM, John Lennon was shot 4 times in the back as he entered his luxury apartment building on Manhattan's Upper West Side. … car to St Luke's Roosevelt Hospital Center, where he died. His wife, Yoko Ono, who witnessed the attack, was with him. … summer of 1980, both Lennon and Ono felt ready to resume work and began composing. His new album, Double Fantasy, …

… and prolific writer, who was extremely active in the anti-apartheid and communist movements. Four years later, he would … essential support to Lionel, whose failing health led to his untimely death in 1959 at just 32 – five days after the … compositor’s examination by the end of 1969. This required work on the factory floor, which she could not do as a banned …

… ruler who came to power using military force. As a result, his half brother, and legitimate heir, Mampuru was forced to … young men under the authority of 'appointed' headmen to work in white farms and diamonds mines. The money they earned … disregard of the British Foreign Enlistment Act, 1870; the American Neutrality or Foreign Enlistment Act, 1818 and …

… that Zambia extended to the ANC in the struggle against apartheid. It examines Zambia's support for the ANC within … Zambia, the ANC and the struggle against apartheid 1964-1990 …

… of heightened political tension in South Africa as the Apartheid government cracked down heavily on political … policies. When ARM launched its sabotage campaigns, her work involved driving members of the organisation to rural … also worked at the same institution, and later moved to work at the London Education Authority's centre for urban …

… Max, a 180 kg gorilla, is shot in his neck and shoulder by a robber who got into his cage. …

… corporate communications group manager Mike Mtakati, his wife Nonhlanhla and his four children are killed in a …

… quickly established himself as a gifted wooden sculpture. His methods were learnt from the Vha-Venda wood sculptures. … sports personalities, and dancing figures. Some of his work has the reputation of being humorous and ironical. …

… Germany, Gerhardt joined the South African Navy after his father successfully persuaded naval chief Hugo Biermann to take the troubled teenager under his wing to try to instil discipline in him, he graduated … father’s right-wing political beliefs drove him to fight apartheid in serving the USSR. According to Gerhardt, he …

… and multiple honorary doctorates bestowed on him, his role as Ntate-moholo (grandfather) to young artists was … of what Koloane called the “immense human tragedy” of apartheid. This series, revealed Koloane, was “also a journey … as in his own writing:  We were expected to do township work, black work, rather than work done by any artist. The …

… (C.J) Driver was born in Cape Townin 1939 and grew up with his mother and younger brother in Kroonstad.  His father spent time fighting in North Africa during the …  (LP) that carried out sabotage campaigns against the Apartheid government’s infrastructure. His association with …

… Province (now Western Cape ) on 11 July 1953. He completed his medical degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in … with Archbishop Denis Hurley, he decided to do his national service, as a non-combatant doctor. He spent six … to be deployed in Black townships. In February 1985, the Apartheid Government decided to forcibly remove the …

… present during the Boipatong massacre as false. During his testimony before the Truth and Reconciliation … group of residents started throwing stones at them he and his team decided to vacate the area. Peens left the police force after the 1994 elections to work as a private investigator. …

… Chief Lutuli's evidence at the treason trial dealing with his understanding of a non-violent liberation struggle …

… Port Elizabeth, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). His interest in politics was sparked from a young age when he … how Black people were being treated at the hands of the apartheid regime. He joined the African National Congress … would be the beginning of a life deeply entrenched in ANC work, which would result in numerous detentions. In 1963, he …

… near the Methodist mission school at Healdtown district. His parents, though poor, were anxious to give him some … and sent him to the day school. He liked school and put his whole heart into his lessons. It was not long before he … He apprenticed himself to a newspaper office, and did his work after school hours. He began to write articles, for some …

… the Rubicon speech four days earlier, Archbishop Desmond Tutu snubs P. W. Botha’s invitation on 19 August 1985 to att …

… Archbishop Desmond Tutu and religious leaders from South Africa’s Hindu and …

… A Crime Against Humanity: analysing the repression of the apartheid state, Johannesburg: Human Rights Committee, p. 249. … Theophilus Dlodlo, Tutu Nkwanyane and Mildred Msomi, ANC members, are shot dead …

… Archbishop Desmond Tutu meets the ANC in Zambia and fails to convince the …

… printmaking, installation, video and performance. Through his paintings, installations and performances, Hartzenberg … of Cape Town in 1989, educating has been a huge part of his professional life. He taught art at Alexander Sinton High … to Mario Pissarra he describes Hartzenberg’s earlier work, the Domestic Baggage series, the demonstration of his …

… and a brother, who were both financially dependent on him. His wife was 9 month pregnant at the time of his death. Upon hearing of his death she was hospitalised. … other. The situation at home forced him to go and look for work at the mines. I don’t know how we will survive without …

… Myeni's parents died when he was a young boy and he and his brothers moved to Matyana, a village near Empangeni in … sticks and making clay models when he was in Standard VI, his last year of schooling. His interest in insects, which is … lives in the Empangeni area and is a full-time artist. His work has been shown by the African Art Centre, Things …

… with photography since an early age he decided to make it his career and decided to study photography. He completed his studies at Port Elizabeth Technikon at the end of 1995. … the effect of the civil war on the refugees in Angola. His work is mainly concerned with the human condition, depicting …

… Long before the inception of apartheid "Coloured" people in South Africa occupied this … Black South Africans. This position was intensified during apartheid by the creation of a separate identity, reinforced by the various apartheid laws that strived to keep racial groups apart. Some …

… on 12 May, 1932 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Abraham Joffe, a businessman, had come from Latvia and his mother, Dena (nee Idelson), from Palestine. After a … British aid agency from 1995 to 2001. Leading British anti-apartheid campaigner Peter Hain said: Joffe was an iconic …

… and was promoted to governor in 1691, was succeeded by his eldest son, Willem Adriaan van der Stel. Upon his retirement, Simon was one of the largest landowners at the Cape. He settled on his estate Constantia and continued to develop it up to his … Simon van der Stel is succeeded by his eldest son …

… meted out to Stuurman by Vermaak led him to abandon his role as a farm labourer. For instance, on one occasion, … and left in the sun for hours after a disagreement with his “baas”. When Vermak died several servants, including … left the farms, which in many instances were forced to work on, and went to live with the Xhosa.  Together, the Khoi …