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… Moebien Wadee was born in Sophiatown in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family moved to Kliptown. He studied …

… Dr Emmanuel Bonginkosi "Blade" Nzimande was born in Kwa-Dambuza, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 14 April 1958. In the 1980s, he was a member of progressive education … the National Education Crisis Committee (NECC) and served in many NGOs supporting mass and labour struggles. Nzimande …

… Frederick John Harris was born in 4th of July in 1937. He was a teacher, a member of the executive committee of the Liberal Party  In 1962 in the Transvaal, as well as a chairman of the South … Lewin, H. (1974) Bandiet: Seven Years in a South African Prison, p.37|Karis, T.G. & Gerhart, G.M. …

… Pamele dos Santos (nee Beira) was born in Johannesburg on 19 June 1942 to Banny and Golda Beira. She … clubs which brought her into contact with people involved in the political struggle. In 1961, dos Santos participated, together with other equally …  Sellström, T (2002). Sweden and National Liberation in Southern Africa . Google Books [online] available at: …

… as a bookkeeper, Seedat entered the political struggle in 1938. He was elected secretary of the Communist Party of … (CPSA – now the South Afrian Communist Party – SACP) in Durban in 1943. In 1945 Dawood married Fatima Seedat , a …

… Groot Constantia. It is believed that Anna was born in bondage somewhere around 1656 in Batavia, meaning she was very young when she arrived at … of whom there is a portrait, was considered a true beauty in Cape society. On 10 September 1678, Anna married Oloff …

… Cassim Amra was born in 1919 in Durban Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal).  He attended Sastri … George Singh and other activists who played a crucial role in charting a more confrontational course for the Natal …

… Jean Clarice Middleton was born in Durban . She attended Durban Girls' College and received an MA in English from Natal University (now the University of … imprisoned for his description of prison life recounted in the now defunct Rand Daily Mail . Jean Middleton was held …

… Lambert was born on the 5th of March 1934 at Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape Province . She joined the African National Congress (ANC) at the age of 19 in 1953. She subsequently became one of the volunteers who … , Babla Saloojee , Ahmed Kathrada and several others in mobilising people. After the banning of the ANC, Lambert …

… Primary School and the Witwatersrand Technical College in Johannesburg, Murray was apprenticed to the engineering … and Company Limited where he attained journeyman status. In 1938 he joined the South African Boilermakers', Iron and … known as the Boilermakers' Society. He served the union in many capacities and was elected to its executive committee …

… was born around 1773, probably near the Gamtoos River in the Eastern Cape. From the 17th century onwards, the Khoi … to a wagon wheel, whipped with sjamboks, salted and left in the sun for hours after a disagreement with his “baas”. … several servants, including Stuurman, deserted his farm. In 1799, the Khoi, on the eastern frontier of the Cape …

…   Born in Patatsrivier, Carnarvon District, Cape, 1865 and died in Cape Town in 1950. D.C. Boonzaier was a SASA member, but there is no …

… Marlise Joubert was born in Elim (near Levubu), Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province ). She grew up in Warmbaths (Bela Bela) and has degrees in Librarianship and a BA Honours in Philosophy from the …

… Butshingi was born in Engcobo, Transkei on 28 February 1906, the second child of … between Engcobo and Idutywa. He moved to the Transvaal in 1925 to become an insurance company agent and later became the director of an investment trust. In the 1940s, he became involved in the Transvaal worker’s …

… Bulelani Ngcuka was born on 2 May 1954 in Middledrift, Eastern Cape. His early schooling was in the former Bantustan of Transkei. He later married … Ngcuka became the Minister of Mineral and Energy Affairs in Thabo Mbeki’s cabinet. Together, they have a 15-year-old …

… Louis) De Vriendt was born on 2 September 1886**1874 in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium. He was the son of a famous … Philomina Eulaers. De Vriendt first achieved recognition in Europe as a sculptor before he took to the stage. He trained at the Theatre School in Antwerp. He and his second wife, Paula Aich-Lebourd (an …

… Leader of the first major secessionist church in South Africa, Tile was born in Tembuland in the Transkei and received some formal education at Boloto. …

… James "Sofasonke" Mpanza was born in 1889. Mpanza was founder and leader from the mid-1940s of … Africans. He was an eccentric who often rode horseback in Orlando and who built his following into a cultlike … of seats on the Orlando advisory board. Jailed for murder in 1914, he spent 13 years in prison, during which time he …

… instruments, thus, influencing his musical taste later in life. Kippie's first musical instrument was the clarinet … which he played with his first band known as the Band in Blue. Kippie and the Band in Blue played for sheebens and slum audiences. Although, …

… Stanley B.  Lollan was born in Johannesburg in 1925, he became one of the few significant coloured activists in the Transvaal in the 1950s. A clerk by occupation, he was …

… Pass laws in South Africa were met with fierce resistance during the … embarked on a feverish drive to prepare their members and Black communities for the proposed nationwide campaigns. This … of the 21st March that came to represent the struggle of Black people against the unjust system of apartheid. Why …

… involvement Julius Sello Malema was born on 3 March 1981, in Seshego, Limpopo, and raised by a single mother who worked as a domestic worker in Seshego Township. He went to Mohlakaneng High School in Limpopo. Malema began his political career at a young age. …

… (Mpande) kraal of Mlambongwenya, near Eshowe. He was born in 1826, a very troubled period in the history of the Zulu kingdom. At time of his birth,  … Mpande , was Shaka Zulu’s half brother. Shaka Zulu was in conflict with Shoshangane, a leader of a breakaway faction …

… Gerald Patrick ‘Paddy’ Kearney was born in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 28 August … at Catholic schools and for some years was a brother in the Marist order and the son of a civil servant .As a … apartheid from Archbishop Denis Hurley that were read in his church. Another influence was when his eldest brother, …

… Lindiwe Sisulu was born on the 10th of May 1954, in Johannesburg . She is the daughter of  African National … Congress  (ANC) veterans,  Walter  and  Albertina Sisulu . In 1971 Lindiwe completed her form 5 and enrolled for an Advanced Level course at the Waterford school in Swaziland . She studied Latin in preparation to the study …

… Marcus Motaung grew up in Diepkloof in the 1960s and 1970s. His family moved to the Township … the case with Sophiatown, whose destruction was completed in 1960. After completing primary school education, Motaung … Democracy Education Trust (2006) ‘ The Road to Democracy in South Africa, vol. 2 , [1970-1980]’, Pretoria: UNISA …

… Eddie Daniels was born on 25 October 1928 in District 6, Cape Town where also grew up and attended … the slopes of Table Mountain. Daniels had a number of jobs in the 1940s, including work as a delivery boy in Cape Milliners, a messenger boy in Old Mutual and at …

… Athol Fugard, born Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard in the remote village of Middleburg on 11 June 1932, grew up in Port Elizabeth. His father was Afrikaner and his mother … but did not finish his studies, dropping out to travel in Africa and the world. He found work on a ship, and …

… In the midst of the State of Emergency , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was formed in March 1987 at a secret meeting in Cape Town. Ephraim Nkwe was a member of its first … [Accessed on 20 May 2013]| Deseret News, (1989), Black Activists Free from Deseret News, [online], Available …

… welfare work among blacks. She focused on visiting women in prison and hospital, and paid special attention to young … these girls both morally and spiritually. Schreiner died in 1912, and Tempo moved to Ireland until 1914 when she … her work with the young girls, and set up a house for them in Napier Street. During World War One many young men came …