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… James “Jobe” John Hadebe was born on 29 October 1923 in Frankfort in the Orange Free State. The son of a clerk and descendant … and active member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Transvaal. During the ANC boycott of Bantu Education …

… secondary school education at St Peters Secondary School in Rosettenville 1947.  He then went on to Fort Hare College in the Eastern Cape, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1950 and a teacher’s diploma 1951.He later briefly studied …

… As a young person, Arenstein joined the left wing Book Club in Durban where, among other authors, Marx and Lenin were … Africa , where meetings were held at the Gandhi Library in Durban.  It was here that she met, among others; HA Naidoo … SV Reddy, some of whom were charged with her as co-accused in the 1956 Treason Trials . Arenstein worked as a journalist …

… photographer, Leonie's (nee Swanepoel) work is represented in galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Johannesburg. Leoni has co- … documentary shoot for the Mennonite Central Committee in Mozambique (2001), and co-produced two inserts for CNN …

… Andrew Michael Boraine was born in Pietermaritzburg on 18 February 1959.He is the eldest of … 1974, and the Diocesan College (Bishops) from 1975 to 1976.In the 1980s he became the underground member of the African National Congress (ANC) and in 1978 he was elected the Students' Representative Council …

… Sedibe (known as Jackie Sedibe) was born at White River in Mpumalanga . Sedibe’s mother was a domestic worker and her father (whose surname was Mdluli) worked in Johannesburg . Her parents parted when she was about six … and she went to live with a maternal uncle, Ben Sedibe, in Barberton . Her uncle was an African National Congress …

… Justice Sfiso (called Sfiso) Mkame was born on 3 May 1963 in Durban. As a child Mkame drew on sand walls. In Standard 1 he did handicrafts and drawing at school … there was no art teacher. He left Mtwalume High School in 1979 and received formal art training at the Open School, …

… Elmon Malele was born in Mapulaneng in the Limpopo Province (Transvaal) in 1920. Malele came to Johannesburg in 1943, and stayed in …

… Mazisi Raymond Kunene was born in Durban on May 12, 1930, at McCord's Hospital. His mother … and later Kwa-ahluzingcondo High.  After matriculating in Marianhill, he obtained a teaching certificate at … He began writing at an early age and was published in newspapers and magazines from the age of 11.In 1956 he won …

… his primary school education at Mathonsi Primary School in Mandeni around 1983. He then proceeded to do his high school education at Vryheid State High School in 1988. During this period Gigaba became involved in various student and youth organisations such as Congress …

… Stalwart of the Cape  African National Congress  in the 1950s. He was born in 1925 in Port Elizabeth, and inherited the political inclinations …

… botany at the University of Cambridge, which she completed in 1888 when she received a certificate. It was only in 1931, once women were allowed degrees from that university, that she received her Master of Arts. In 1888 she returned to South Africa and began work at the …

… The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga … The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's Black population and can be divided into four distinct … beliefs: The Xhosa are the second largest cultural group in South Africa, after the Zulu-speaking nation. The Xhosa …

… Sindiwe Magona was born on 23 August 1943, in the village of Gungululu in rural Eastern Cape (formerly Transkei). The first born of … later won a scholarship to study for her Master’s Degree in Social Work at Columbia University in the United States of …

… known as ‘Thoko’, was born on 6 May 1933 and raised in a village situated about 110km from Polokwane, Northern … (now known as Limpopo), at a place named Vlakplaas in Ga-Marishane. He was the first of three sons born to … tasks of a herd boy; looking after his family’s donkeys in Dihlabeng. He then advanced to looking after goats and …

… Isaac Lesiba Maphotho (Bra Ike) was born in Ga-Makgato (Blouberg Municipality) on 26 February 1931.  … his Standard 6 (Grade Eight) at Uitkyk Secondary School in 1952. Maphotho left his home towards the end of 1952 to search for employment in Pretoria. He found a job at the City Council, working in …

… Bhekisisa Nxasana was born on 26 September 1936 at Ixopo in southern Natal. His father, a teacher who later worked as a mine clerk, was killed in the Zulu-Indian riots of 1946. Nxasana attended the local … school until grade 11 when he left to look for work in Durban. Nxasana worked in the textiles industry for 12 …

… Jacob Matlala was born in 1962 in Meadowlands, Johannesburg. At the age of 10 he started … about boxing that he decided to turn professional in 1979. At a height of 1.47 meters, or 4-foot-10, Matlala …

… Johannes Jacobus Degenaar was born on 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study … University of Stellenbosch, where he completed his M.A. in 1948 and a D.Phil in 1950. He later went on to study at the universities of …

… Born in 1913 in Idutywa in the Transkei, Mayekiso was a textile worker and later … unionist and a leader of the  African National Congress  in the Cape. He joined the ANC in 1942 and was a leader of …

… 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 …

… Ismail " Tatamkhulu Afrika"  Joubert   was born in As Sallum in Egypt as Mohamed Faud Nasif to an Arab father and a … on 7 December 1920. His parents relocated to South Africa in 1923 where they died from Asian flu leaving him orphaned … Town?), pp.115-117|Robin Malan, (2010), Burning a Hole in the page, A Readers guide to 70 South African Authors, …

… that it would been possible to overcome many obstacles in the path of realising this goal. 2. Our country is on the … and the ANC would have to address in order to resolve the SA conflict through negotiations. I stated: Two political … which is the quintessential hallmark of democracy, with black domination. 5. In the second place, you have …

… Juda Ngwenya began his career with The Star newspaper in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). Before he was even two years in the employ of the newspaper, he was approached by the … news wire services, Reuters to join the organisation. In a career spanning over two and half decades, Ngwenya has …

… Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis) was born in 1949 in Cape Town . In 1972, Curtis served as the Vice-President of the National … [23 July 2012]| SAPA, (1998),  WILLIAMSON ACCUSED IN TRC OF KILLING SCHOONS OUT OF REVENGE  from the Department …

… Bopalamo tracks the history of the  Rustenburg  area in a remarkable fashion. From humble beginnings, she climbed … to become a teacher and eventually an education official in the new democratic South Africa. Along the way she served time in prison, following allegations of political activity and …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… 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 …

… Jeannette Ndhlovu was born on 2nd October 1953 in Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng Province ). Ndhlovu obtained her primary and secondary education in South Africa and completed half of her tertiary education … following the 1976 Students’ Uprising, which culminated in the shooting of their brother, Hastings. Before her …