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… Philip Ate Kgosana was born in 1936 in Makapanstad in the northern Transvaal (current day Limpopo), the son of a … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 ”“ …

… who both preceded him as kings of the Zulu. He was born in Babanango, Zululand. Mpande was viewed as a weak man in comparison to his contemporaries. Dingane (his half … to death by Dingane for his inaction. After Mpande learned in 1838 that Dingane did not trust his loyalty and planned to …

… for the Southern African Indian Community by C. H. Calpin In the middle thirties a case came before the Courts in which a European man avowed that he would marry a Native … in the statement, "there shall be no equality between black and white in church or state" and the Victorian …

… Born in 1955 and based most of his life in Cape Town, Emile Maurice was an artist, curator, author … and Nation builder. He received an Advanced Diploma in Fine Art, Michaelis School of Art, University of Cape Town …

… Selby Bangani Ngcobo was born in 1909 in Pietermaritzburg, the son of a mine compound foreman who … and Yale University, where he obtained an M.A. degree in 1940. In 1957-1958 he was a British Commonwealth Fellow at …

… Charles Kwelemthini Sakwe was born about 1886 in Idutywa in the Transkei and educated at Clarkebury Institution. After … for election to the Transkeian Legislative Assembly in 1963. A schoolmaster turned fanner and businessman, Sakwe …

… He was born and died at Ndwedwe, Natal. He attended school in the Ndwedwe district, excelling at craftwork. He went to … Ndaleni Teacher Training College. He took up the bursary in 1977.After qualifying from Ndaleni he taught at Ntuzuma … at the UFH where he gained his BA(FA) (Hons) degree in 1988. He was a founding member of the Zasha Art Group in …

… Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal was born in 1923 in Piet Retief.  He was accused in the Treason Trial, and the trial that was run parallel to …

… Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe was born on 27 of July 1927 in Hlobane, Natal (now  Kwazulu-Natal ), South Africa. Mrs … (then Miss Mathe) was a trainee nurse at Victoria Hospital in Lovedale, Eastern Cape . The nurses at the hospital had been involved in a labour dispute with hospital management at the time. She …

… Richard Ernest Van der Ross was born in 1921, he studied at the University of Cape Town where he … principal of a teacher training school. He became inactive in SACPO soon after its founding. In 1961 he was one of the leaders of the Coloured …

… moved to Cape Town where he attended an English school. In 1874 the family moved to Pretoria, where his father had … then Meneer Dely se skool op Kerkplein. It was closed down in 1877 when England annexed Pretoria. After one year's work at his father's newspaper he went on to school in Stellenbosch and Wellington. He first worked as a surveyor …

… Born in Cape Town in 1920. In the late 1930s while still at school he became an active … at the University of Cape Town and became an architect. In 1946 he was charged with sedition, arising from the 1946 …

… Allina Ndebele (nee Khumalo) was born on 10 December 1939 in Ekuhlengeni mission, on the Swart Mfolozi near Vryheid, Natal. Ndebele attended school in the Swart Mfolozi area where she obtained her Junior Certificate. In 1962 while she was still on the waiting list for nursing …

… Robert Graeme Pollock was born on 27 February 1944 in Durban. His father was a first-class cricketer and editor … school he was selected to play for the Eastern Province. In 1961, he visited London with his parents and while there, … for the 1963–64 tour of Australia. His performance in the first two tests of the series was poor. This cast …

… Patient (Billy) Mandindi was born on 24 February 1967 in Guguletu, Cape Town. He completed a full-time diploma course in Fine Art at the Community Arts Project in Cape Town in 1986, and also studied as a non-degree …

… working class Document 1 - Keir Hardie, "Stoned in South Africa", 1907 Document 2 - Letter from the Cape … Glass to John Gomas, 7 June 1927 Document 15 - E. R. Roux, Black and White Trade Unionism in South Africa, 28 July 1928 … Five - Building political alliances: Workers' unity and Black united fronts Document 76 - Communist Party of South …

… Benedict 'Bennie' Saul McCarthy was born in Cape Town in November 12, 1977. His soccer career began with the Cape … He made his first national appearance for Bafana Bafana in 1997 against Netherlands, when South Africa lost to the …

… 1867 Diamonds discovered in Orange Free State and Kimberley. 1867 Diamond mining begins in Griqualand West. 1872 Introduction of pass laws to control … The union was subsequently banned. The need for more cheap black labour after the Second World War led the South African …

… 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern … the Mongo-Nkutshu family of central Congo [1] . He grew up in a mud-brick house. The Congo was a colony of Belgium and, … class; the highest-level indigenous Congolese could attain in the Belgian colony [3] .  His first employment was at the …

… kaCetshwayo succeeded Cetshwayo as king of the Zulu nation in 1884. At the time, Zululand was experiencing a process of … civil war. Cetshwayo's brothers, who acted as councillors in the king's absence, complained about Zibhebhu's endeavours … Civil war continued after Cetshwayo returned from exile in 1879 with Cetshwayo's supporters raiding the homesteads of …

… "Without question Maqoma was the most renowned Xhosa chief in South Africa's 19th-century frontier wars. Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand Son of Ngqika, King of the … kraals, he slipped back into the so-called Neutral Zone in 1822 to found a new chiefdom on the banks of the Kat …

… Edward Clark Churchill Mace was born in Leicester, England, 1863. He emigrated to Australia when … mining. Rendered insolvent there, he came to Cape Town in 1901. He served on the British side in the Anglo-Boer War by doing duty at the Cape Town Castle, …

… Duke Ketye was born was born on 6 June 1943 in Orlando east, Soweto. Ketye attended Ematsheni Primary School in Orlando East, Soweto. He completed Standard VII in King William\'s Town and matric at St Francis College in …

… Sophia Theresa Williams-de Bruyn was born in 1938, in Villageboard, a mixed area that had different … nationalities living side by side. She was raised in the home of her grandparents with her older brother and … The women's struggle in South Africa …

… aspect after the British annexation of the Cape Colony in 1806. After the annexation the Eastern frontier of the … of additional territory between the White Kei and Black Kei Rivers, later to become the Division of Queenstown. … in 1976 by Hector Ncokazi, who was influenced by the Black Consciousness Movement. Matanzima's rule and the apartheid …

… Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the  African National Congress’  military wing,  Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)  in 1977, Mbongwa commanded a number of units in KwaZulu-Natal. These units included the so-called ‘doctors …

… B. Xuma 's wife, Madie Hall-Xuma and a prestigious figure in middle-class social circles, she headed the African … (ANCWL) from 1943 until 1948. She was born Madie B. Hall in Winston-Salem, North Carolina, and met Xuma, then a widower, on his visit to the United States in 1937-1938. She was at that time completing a master's …

… Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the  African National Congress’  military wing,  Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)  in 1977, Mbongwa commanded a number of units in KwaZulu-Natal. These units included the so-called ‘doctors …

… Letty began her first work in the art field in 1925 when she began work at the Onderstepoort Veterinary laboratory. Here she had to record in detail the post mortem appearance of various animal …

… View died at the age of 98 on Wednesday 27 July 2016. In 2009 I interviewed her at her home in Ocean View, when she shared some intimate memories of her life in Simon’s Town ………………… I was born in Alfred Lane Simon’s …