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… David Hlongwane was born on 1 January 1963 in the Zwelethemba township of Worcester. He studied at … Hlongwane worked as a labourer at Rainbow Chicken Farms in Worcester temporarily, quitting due to the racism and … seeking to avoid the oppressive bureaucracy he saw in these systems. The art schools where he sought admission …

… Rahima Moosa was born in the Strand , Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High School in Cape Town . As a teenager, Rahima and her identical twin … of the unjust segregationist laws that ruled South Africa. In 1943 Rahima became the shop steward for the Cape Town Food …

… Boshielo was born to a poor family in 1920 in Phokoane village, in the Sekhukhuneland district in Northern Transvaal, now …

… Yetta Barenblatt was born on 24 September 1913, in Dublin, Ireland, to Basna and Solomon Malamed.  In 1925, a friend encouraged her to come to South Africa with … Barenblatt was forced to seek employment at OK Bazaars. In 1929, she joined a trade union and soon became a skilled …

… Bafana Cyril Dlamini whose nom de guerrre in exile was Edwin Ndlovu was born in 1936 to the family of a prominent political and trade … African Communist Party (SACP). Dlamini’s father died in exile in Lusaka, Zambia. In 1961 at the age of 25, Dlamini …

… Impey Honono (Tshutsha) was born on 21 October 1908, in the district of Qumbu, in the then Transkei (Eastern Cape). He graduated with a BA degree from the University of Fort Hare in 1937.He was headmaster of Nqabara Secondary School in … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - …

… He was born in 1960 at KwaMashu, Durban. He passed his matric in 1978 at Isibonelo High School in KwaMashu. He is a graphic artist who studied at Fort Hare …

… 1937. Sigxashe joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959 and became involved in its anti apartheid activities. He left the country in 1964 and joined ANC ranks of those who were already exile. …

… Peter Michael McKenzie was born on 10 February 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest … attended Melbourne Road Primary and Parkhill High Schools in Durban, matriculating at Harold Cressy High School in Cape Town in 1973. It was here that he met Moeneefa …

… moderate Moslem businessman and the dominant figure in the  Natal Indian Congress  (NIC) from the mid-1930s to … took over the leadership. He had only elementary schooling in South Africa but studied for a short time in India. He became politically active in the mid-1920s and …

… Robert Harold Lundie "Jock" Strachan was born in 1925 in Pretoria. He obtained a BA (FA) from the University of … and at the Staatliche Akademie der Bildenden Kunste in Stuttgart, Germany. As an artist, Strachan worked closely …

… Born on 9 June 1969, in Masvingo, Zimbabwe, Kim Ludbrook grew up in Kwa-Zulu Natal. After completing his national service he moved to England in 1990 and studied photojournalism from 1993-1994 at the …

… teachers, this community-based arts organisation was built in the spirit of the country’s first democratic president, … Matsemela Manaka at Soweto Neighbourhood Museum, recruited Black artists such as Gordon Gabashane , Mmapula Mmakgoba … Xaba also recruited graduates from the Federated Union of Black Artists (FUBA) such as Lucky Jiyani, Osiah Masekwameng …

… Brereton Neame (also known as Sylvia Neame-Jahn) was born in 1937, one of four children. She had two older brothers, … as well as a twin sister named Jennifer. She grew up in a sheltered home, but her interest in politics first revealed itself when she was fifteen years …

… Joyce Piliso-Seroke was born in Crown Mines, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) on 11 … 1933. She completed her matric at Kilnerton High School in Pretoria . She holds a BA degree and a diploma in Communication. Upon completion she went to the University …

… August 1955 at Tauyatswala small village near Polokwane, in Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). Ramatlhodi's … completed his secondary education at Tembisa High in Tembisa Township,  Johannesburg . Upon completion of his … the University of the North (renamed University of Limpopo in 2003). The decision was made after he witnessed a …

… Kader Abdul Asmal was born on 8th of October in 1934, in the small rural town of Stanger, KwaZulu Natal (then Natal). Young Asmal was raised in a vibrant, lower middle-class family. His mother was a …

… Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge was born in KwaZulu-Natal on  29 June 1952. She attended Magog and … matriculated at the Inanda Seminary, a girls’ high school in Durban . She then studied at the Natal and Fort Hare Universities where she obtained a degree in Social Science, majoring in Philosophy and Sociology. In …

… outside Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1948, he went to the University of Cape Town where he obtained a BA in 1951 and an LLB in 1953. At university he involved himself in student …

… families under these conditions, also became involved in the passive resistance or Satyagraha Campaign. With … Naidoo. Conditions did not improve for Indians after union in (1910) and in 1913 a judgment was handed down in the … Amendment Act (Transvaal), 37/1919  was passed. The SA Indian Congress was formed and protest became a national …

…  Ilse Naude was born in 1913 and grew up on the Moravian mission in Genadendal near Caledon . After completing secondary … Illse proceeded to study for her Masters Degree in Maths and Education which she successfully completed. In …

… Fitzgerald was born in Ireland in 1882, and came to South Africa as a typist for the British Army. She worked in the Castle in Cape Town , and then moved to Johannesburg …

… from E.S. Reddy collection of articles. Nana Sita was born in Matwadi, a village in Gujarat, India, in 1898, in a family which was active in the Indian freedom …

… Nokuthula Orela Simelane was born in 1960 in Mzinoni Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga . She was the first of two daughters (Nokuthula … M. (2011)  'Exploring the Legacy of Nokuthula Simelane in Bethal, Mpumalanga: A Khulumani Youth Dialogue from the …

… known as Ronnie Govender) was born on 16 May 1934 in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).  His father was born in Cato Manor and his mother was born in Fynnlands, Durban. His paternal and maternal grandparents …

… Mavivi Manzini was born in Alexandra Township , outside of Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) in 1956, and then moved to Soweto . Manzini suffered from … polio as a child and as a result spent close to four years in the hospital until the age of 6. Manzini’s parents, who …

… 1886 Maggie Laubser was born on Bloublommetjieskloof farm in the district of Malmesbury in the Cape Colony. In 1903, at the impressionable age of 17 she visited Cape …

… In 1982, Raditsela became deeply engaged in politics after becoming a member of the Chemical Workers' …  During this period he was working for a Dunlop factory in Benoni on the eastern Witwatersrand. In 1983, he was …

… On her completion of Matric in 1972, Nombuso did casual work such as typing documents for … permanent work. Her exposure to union documents resulted in her familiarity with the Labour Law and the conditions that were facing workers in their various workplaces. After her stint with the Garment …

… June Rose Nala was born in Durban, Natal. She graduated from the Workers College at Ruskin College, Oxford. Before becoming active in the Natal trade union movement, Nala worked at the Frame … textile plant. She described her first day on the job in The Road to Democracy in South Africa : We were taken into …