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… Zwelakhe Sisulu was born in Soweto on 17 December 1950, to liberation struggle icons … to live with family while his father was an accused in the Rivonia trial in 1963. He returned to South Africa in 1968 and a year later …

… is a professional photojournalist who has been involved in the local newspaper and magazine industry since 1995. His … agency "South Photographs". He matriculated in 1988 and obtained a National Diploma in Photography from the Technikon of Pretoria. He did his …

… Heidi Saayman was born on 3 February 1970, Umtata in Transkie. She matriculated in 1988 from Queenstown Girls High School. After leaving … studied at Port Elizabeth Technikon for a national diploma in photography. During her studies Heidi took part in two …

… Annie Silinga was born in 1910 at Nqqamakwe in the Butterworth district of the Transkei where she completed only a few years of primary school. In 1937 she moved to Cape Town , where her husband was …

… Plaatjies Paul Joseph was on 1st of June in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined the Transvaal … After few years he became a leather-worker by day in a furniture factory owned by the father of Ruth First ,and …

… Dorothy Alexander was born on 7 August 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape , the third of six children [1] . One of … were not usually permitted to hold permanent positions in government employment.) Alexander was brought up in a … “Representation and reality: Portraits of Women’s Lives in the Western Cape 1948-1976”. HSRC Press: Cape Town. …

… Joe Slovo was born in Lithuania in 1926. He moved to South Africa with his parents at the age of nine. His father was a van driver in Johannesburg . Slovo worked as a dispatch clerk for a … Who's Who in South African Politics IV : Pg 291 …

… Nimrod Boyce Tantsi was born in  Johannesburg  in 1895, the grandson of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of times during …

… Hugh Lewin was born in 1939 in Lydenburg, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South … at the Natal Witness , Drum and Golden City Post . In July 1964 he was held under the country’s 90-day detention …

… his career as a house painter after completing his studies in Transvaal. He was inspired by the artworks in the houses he painted and took up painting designs and pictures on scarves in a small shop. He was discovered there by John Mohl , who …

… Thomas Mtobi Mapikela born  in 12th of November 1869,in the Eastern Cape, he trained as a carpenter in Grahamstown and later established a successful business as … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 …

… Yusuf Cachalia was born in Johannesburg on 15 January 1915. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in the 1940s and 1950s, who was instrumental in bringing …

… Jillian Edelstein was born and grew up in South Africa. In 1975, after her final year of high school, she took a ‘gap' year and studied in the USA. She returned to South Africa the following year …

… In 1899 Emily Hobhouse was appointed secretary of the South … a humanitarian and pacifist who came to visit South Africa in December 1900, during the  Anglo Boer War . Hobhouse arranged a mass meeting in London in June 1900 where women protested against the …

… Paul Mashatile was born on 21 October 1961 in Geraldsville, Pretoria (Tshwane). Mashatile was an active participant in the liberation struggle from his student days as a member … .  He co-founded the Alexandra Youth Congress (AYCO) in 1983 and was elected as its first President. At the age of …

… Pieter Beyleveld was born in 1916 in the Orange Free State and educated at farm schools. He … were violently opposed to South African participation in the war against Hitler. After a time of active service in … on 3 November 2011|SADET (2004). The Road to Democracy in South Africa Volume 1 (1960 ”“ 1970). Cape Town, Zebra …

… Julius Nyerere was born on the 13th of April 1922 in Butiama village, next to Lake Victoria, in Tanganyika (name given to the British colony in Tanzania’s territory from 1919 until 1961). He was the son …

… Born at Buntingville, Umtata, in the Transkei, he completed B.S. and M.S. degrees, then … at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he graduated in 1952. In 1950 he participated in the organisation of the June 26 …

… Born in 1918, he was a businessman in Evaton and played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. He had earlier …

… the youngest of six children, was born on 25 December 1959 in Huhudi township near Vryburg in the North West . Her father, Frans Modise, a railworker, … National Congress (ANC) activist. The students uprising in 1976 in her area coincided with the threat that the …

… my aspirations." Robert Hodgins was born on 27 June 1920 in Dulwich, London. In 1938, he immigrated to South Africa, and joined the Union Defense Force in 1940. In the Second World War, he served in Kenya until … A. (2001). Robert Hodgins: An extract from essay in Artlook [online]. Available at: davidkrut.com [Accessed 02 …

… Joe Nzingo Gqabi was born in 1929 in Aliwal North, Cape Province. He completed the tenth grade … as a construction labourer after coming to Johannesburg in 1951. Gqabi joined the  African National Congress (ANC) …

… Alex Fattal was born in Austin, Texas. He is the first of two children of Laura … where his younger brother Josh was born. He grew up in Elkins Park, Pennsylvania where he graduated from Cheltenham High School in 1997.  Alex enrolled in Duke University in 1998 where he …

… Leon Levy was born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province), South … the Wall Street Crash of October 1929, he was educated in Johannesburg. He began work at the age of 16 and became an … Canning and Allied Workers (NULCDW). Levy was a key figure in the trade union movement in South Africa and later in …

… Powell was born in Kenya. She studied Fine Art of the Durban College of Art … College, London and for a one year’s post Diploma in two dimensional and applied design at the Central School … and Crafts, London (now the Central School, St. Martin’s). In 1989 she was awarded a Higher Diploma in Textile Design, …

… was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission Station in the County of Victoria, Colony of Natal (now … his primary education at the Sidumbini Mission Station in the Colony of Natal and his secondary schooling at the Lovedale Institution in the Cape Colony.  In 1903, he qualified as a teacher in …

… Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba was born on 5 November 1930 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa where … his family. The 1956 Treason Trial sparked his interest in politics, which led him to join the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC). In 1959, he joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) …

… Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the …

… J. Congress M. Mbata was born in Johannesburg in 1919 and studied at St. Peter's Secondary School, at Fort Hare, and at the University of the Witwatersrand. In 1940 he joined the faculty of St. Peter's and subsequently …

… Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe was born in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father, John Knox Bokwe , in Ugie, East Griqualand, and then studied at Lovedale high …