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… Africa in 1861. He settled at the Cape in 1862 and began work as a surveyor. He married Agnes Vintcent in 1874. From … English and Afrikaner, calling him ‘The Mole’ for his work behind the scenes – Hofmeyr was loath to take up public … imperialism. In Schreiner’s Cabinet Merriman continued to work with the Afrikaner Bond in the run-up to the second …

… she became fascinated and involved in the trade union work of her uncle Rev. Marawu. She attended school first in …  During this time Malange was also introduced to cultural work, and took up writing plays with other children during … family. There she immediately became involved in cultural work, hoping to meet people that shared her hopes and beliefs …

… Trust  enabling her to continue research into the life and work of Selby Mvusi  (1929-67). This publication, entitled To … comes to her own art. She is widely known for her feminist work of the 1960s and 1970s and for her politically inspired … mixed media on paper and has produced important sculptural work making use of found objects. Some of her wood- , lino …

… job in the Eastern Cape until he settled for a menial work as gardener and kitchen boy in a White household in East … Eastern Cape. At the Witwatersrand Mda first continued to work as gardener and kitchen boy and then at a steel foundry … new page in the history of their development, if they can work with such oneness of spirit in laying their plan …

… like the feminist writers who preceded her, Emecheta's work focused on the politics of race, gender and sex based … Commonwealth Writers. She returned to Nigeria in 1980 to work as a visiting Professor of English at the University of …

… political activities cost him his job. His expulsion from work meant that he also lost his residential permit to live … year, Nzo went into exile through the ANC instructions to work for the movement outside South Africa. Nzo took up posts …

… convictions and the Old Testament also influenced his work. Paton studied at the University of Natal after which he … desire to contribute socially inspired him and his wife to work at the Toc H Tuberculosis settlement in KwaZulu Natal. …

… policies. When ARM launched its sabotage campaigns, her work involved driving members of the organisation to rural … also worked at the same institution, and later moved to work at the London Education Authority's centre for urban …

… Daniels had a number of jobs in the 1940s, including work as a delivery boy in Cape Milliners, a messenger boy in … Diamond Mines a subsidiary of Anglo-American. He went to work after primary school and joined the Liberal Party in …

… the ANC’s intelligence division. With his intelligence work and responsibility for rescue operations he assisted in … the Party School in the Soviet Union. Mtshali then went to work as the South Africa trade union representative at the …

… interest in myths and rituals infuses much of Mudzunga’s work, along with challenges to the politics of power … was involved in a controversy over payment for his work. He accused his lawyer and manager Alan Jacobs of …

… Prize (spot news) and several others. He had begun to work regularly for the  AP, Newsweek, Time , the New York … He is now once again concentrating on documentary work in both stills and film, with several documentaries run …

… of labour contracts and migrant labour, making the work a sophisticated narrative. With his earlier print … imagery. It is possible to view these developments in his work as being in tune with international trends at the time, …

… the Allan Paton award for best South African non-fiction work and the Booksellers Award in 1999. An award from the … 2000 was awarded to her, recognizing the impact of her work in promoting peace through the arts. Krog has delivered …

… students at the college. Closely linked to her educational work was the Melodic Society which she founded in 1911 and of … Corporation  (SABC) paid tribute to her pioneering work as an artist of the microphone from 1924 when …

… Hare University Council. She was involved in community work for 34 years of her life. In 1982, she collapsed and …

… Uys writes, directs, performs and produces his own work. A creative writer, he has written in many genres. One …

… number of group shows in Natal between 1988 and 1997. Her work is represented in public and private collections in SA. …

… moving to different parishes as they carried out their work. They started in Wellington in the Western Cape and …

… in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1989. He has also exhibited his work at the African Art Centre, Durban. At present he is a …

… of the professors at the UN(D) arranged exhibitions of his work, the most successful of which was held at the Raven …

… the top six newspaper cartoonists of the 20th century. His work was first published in 1927 in The Natal Advertiser …

… 1826-28 as an acting Governor. His main task was to re - work the civil and judicial establishment of the Cape Colony. …

… South Africa and abroad specializing in teaching, social work, communications and management. She is a qualified …

… from indigenous culture. The notion that Dhlomo’s early work was calling on Africans to ‘assimilate’ with Europeans, … which has been the assertion of many critiques of Dhlomo’s work, is at best, overstated. Dhlomo himself writes that … street battles persisted for two days, the South African police and Navy suppressed the riots by opening fire on …

… activities brought him to the attention of the security police and he was detained several times in the mid 1980s. …

… in 1977 by Jimmy Kruger, then Minister of Justice and Police, he became the first publicity secretary of the newly …

… of jail detailing his assault at the hands of the Security Police. She went to lawyers and applied for a court interdict …

… by the white children in the area. He also has memories of police brutality in the townships, where he witnessed pass …

… counterinsurgencies and for setting up the secret police agency, and for the deaths they caused, but he …