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… Arts degree and obtained the Transvaal Education Diploma in 1945. He started teaching History, Afrikaans and German in Randfontein. He also studied with the University of the … die Afrikaanse Volkskarakter” (The Influence of the Bible in the forming of the Afrikaans National Character). After …

… Thulisile  Nomkhosi  Madonsela was born in 1962 in Soweto . Her parents, Nomasonto and Bafana were both … a bachelor of Law from the University of Swaziland in 1987 and three years later, an LLB at Wits University. She …

… century postcard of Zulu Warriors. Note the Europeans in the background. Source: Frescura Collection The pre-1994 … Witwatersrand. Zulu workers organized some of the first Black labour unions in the country. For example, the Zulu … Towards the end of the 19th century growing numbers of Black people moved into Durban and did not have the time or …

… first Student Representative Council of the University. In 1925 she was the second woman to graduate in medicine at the University, being preceded by Susan Blake … of the alphabet. She was the first female ophthalmologist in South Africa. Blake became concerned about blindness and …

… Jopie Fourie was born in the Pretoria district in 1878. He was a scout and dispatch rider during the  South African War , and was wounded and captured in an action north of Pretoria. After the war he became a …

…   Godfrey I.M. Mzamane was born near Matatiele in the Transkei in 1909 and obtained B.A. and M.A. degrees from Fort Hare. He taught at St. Peter's Secondary School in Johannesburg and at schools in the Cape, then became a …

… Cornelia “Connie” September was born 26 June 1959 in the Western Cape and grew up on the West Coast where her … her for holidays. September began her political activism in the trade union and labour movement. She worked as factory worker in Salt River with little interest in politics or trade …

… Alfred "Alf" Khumalo was born in Johannesburg and matriculated at the WiIberforce Institute in Evaton. Khumalo began his working career as a journalist in 1951, freelancing for Bantu World , where he took … 20 March 2009]|Majavu, M (2004) “Alf Khumalo: 5 decades in photos” [online] Available at: southafrica.info [Accessed …

… Simon Moroke Lekgetho was born in Schoemansville near Hartebeespoort Dam in 1929. He was self-taught, despite lessons in drawing taught at the occupational school in Middelburg, …

… Charles Du Val was born in Manchester, England in 1810 of Irish parents. Du Val and his business manager and long-time associate, Arthur Fry, arrived in Cape Town at the end of 1879. They toured South Africa …

… The very night that the bans were lifted she visited me in the hospital. Since Brain's imprisonment, tragedy had … him, went around the world. He was the first of over 600 black people to die within the next few weeks. Most of them … of the South African Students' Organisation, a black consciousness organisation. They were on trial for conspiring …

… Born on the 3rd of August 1964 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Marthinus Hattingh studied Wood … and by his third year, worked with the Sunday Times .  In 1997 he joined the department of photography at the Vaal Triangle Technikon as a lecturer in photography. He has since completed his degree in Multi …

… In 1948, the National Party (NP), representing Afrikaners, … of people according to whether they were White, Coloured, Black, Indian or Asian. People would then be treated … Only a small percentage of South Africa was left for black people (who comprised the vast majority) to form their …

… Johannes Jane Tane Kekana was born in 1840 in Moletlane, near Zebediela. A chief of the Lebelo clan of … tradition. Shortly after the arrival of the Voortrekkers in the Transvaal, Lebelo broke away from the Ndebele in the …

… Isaac Zakes Nkosi, known to his fans as Bra Zakes, was born in Alexandra Township early in 1919. He started his schooling in Alexandra at a Catholic primary school, where he also …

… the Swazi people as we know the group today. He was born in Swaziland in 1795 and succeeded his father, Ndvungunye, as king of the Dlamini clan in 1815. He was determined to expand his authority, but was …

… Cebisile Yawa (24) was from Cala in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2007. On 16 August 2012 Cebisile was killed at scene 1 after being shot twice by the police in his back and his buttock. He was the sole breadwinner in …

… as Fanozi and called Chicken Man) Mkize was born in 1950. When Mkize was retrenched from Clover Dairies he earned a living dealing in live chickens. He now supports his family by creating … Old Supreme Court, Pietermaritzburg and at flea markets in Pietermaritzburg and Durban, often dressed in a chicken …

… Bhekisani Manyoni was born on 6 September 1945 in Greytown, Natal. After Manyoni completed three years of study at Rorke\'s Drift in 1963 he was employed at Rorke\'s Drift for a further two … He then taught art at a school for the physically disabled in Newcastle, Natal. In 1973 he taught printmaking at SATCO …

… In 1967 the minister of justice announced that a detainee had died in detention in 1966,but did not mention the detainee's name.In 1970,in …

… Steve Dyer was born in Pietermaritzburg in 1960. He taught himself to play the guitar at the age of … at the University of Natal where he obtained a degree in classical music in 1981 (1st class). Dyer left South …

… Diane Case was born in Woodstock , Cape Town in 1955, the daughter of an Indian father and mixed race … of slave ancestry. The family later moved to Wittebome in Wynberg where Diane attended Battswood primary school and …

… Grootboom, controversial and liberal playwright was born in Meadowlands, Soweto in 1975, were he was raised by his grandparents. He was a … primary school, he was enrolled at Mokgoma High School in Meadowlands and attended for two years; grade eight and …

… received his basic military training as APLA activist in Conakry, Guinea in 1977. He completed his Instructor Course at Kwame Nkrumah Military Base. In 1978, he was deployed to the APLA headquarters in …

… Benjamin S. Rajuili was born in the Sotho-speaking Matatiele district of the Transkei in 1915, the son of a schoolmaster. He attended Lovedale and … a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dube township,  Johannesburg . From 1959 to 1962 he was …

… In 1971 Conny Braam, together with some others, broke away … Nederland (AABN). The AABN played an important role in the international struggle against apartheid and Braam was … offered support to the  African National Congress (ANC)  in exile and informed the Dutch public. In 1986 Braam was …

… Brigalia Bam was born in the former Transkei , in the Eastern Cape . She was formally educated in South Africa and abroad specializing in teaching, social …

… Born in 1927 Busa was a trade unionist. He played an important part in organising textile workers in Worcester, and was an African National Congress (ANC) …

… Letta Mbulu was born in Soweto and, during her teens, she toured South Africa and … at the end of the tour but was soon forced into exile in the United States. While in the states she was invited to tour with Cannonball Adderly …

… List of political prisoners  and banned persons in South Africa .p.68 Lele Motaung was tried with eleven … Supreme Court, Pretoria, from 10 May 1977 to 7 April 1978. In fact there were two trials within this period, as a … Motaung was charged with 1. Undergoing military training in the Soviet Union;2. Being in possession of arms and …