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… Sitelega Meric Gadlela (50) was from Dvokolwako in Swaziland. He began working for Lonmin in 1989 and was with the company for 23 years. Mr Gadlela was killed at scene 2 after being shot twice in the back. He left behind his mother, wife and 11 children, …

…   Mzwakhe Mbatha was born in 1935 near Umnini Holiday Camp, Natal. Mbatha left school in Standard II. As a young boy he carved utilitarian objects … objects by a piece of wood which he discovered in the veld that reminded him of a bending female figure. …

… country. We salute the millions of voters who turned out in the March 1st Local Government Elections once again to … and individuals, particularly those belonging to the Black Consciousness Movement, as the apartheid regime tried in vain …

… He then moved to Johannesburg to complete studies in law. After the Sharpeville massacre and the state … the South African Government from practising as a lawyer in South Africa.  Madikizela was then forced to live in the Transkei (Eastern Cape) where he practised law in …

… British  Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) , which was born in 1960 after the Sharpeville Massacre  and succeeded the Boycott Movement of 1959. The AAM was established in response to an appeal by  Chief Albert Luthuli , President … other leaders for a boycott of all South African goods in support of a call for total sanctions against the …

… Johnson was born Xolani Nkosi to an HIV positive mother in a township on the east rand. When his mother became too … Johnson was thrust into the media when a primary school in Johannesburg refused to admit him as a pupil because of … mother founded a refuge for HIV mothers and children in Johannesburg, aptly named Nkosi’s Haven. Nkosi gave talks …

… Tony Leon was born on 15 December 1956 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was born to Sheila … for his primary education at Clifton Preparatory School in Durban and later moved to Kearsney College. Leon went on … still at Wits he was appointed to lectureship position in a Law Department in 1986. Leon also occupied quit number …

… and flautist, with a career spanning three decades. In the early 1970s, Jansen shot to fame as an original member … and recorded the seminal Manenberg album with Ebrahim. In 1988, he collaborated on the anti-apartheid recording … Jansen was a performed at various gatherings and events in the 1980s. Jensen’s last album, The Cape Doctor , was …

… Makhoba (qv.) through his Philange Art Project based in Umlazi, a township south of Durban where Makhoba had built … held a number of exhibitions at the African Art Centre in Durban. Although Duma has built on his own style and … treatment of surface, subject, space and colour is unique in that other issues are not stated directly but are alluded …

… The Second Anglo-Boer War resulted in heavy loss of life for both the Boers and the British. The Boers had lost the war and peace negotiations begun in March 1902. On 11 April 1902 preliminary meetings among … Self-government would be promoted. Voting rights for black people would only be discussed once the two new …

… Thembelakhe Mati (50) was from Ntabankhulu in the Eastern Cape. On 13 August 2012 Mr Mati was killed after he was shot in the leg. Initially the state pathologist claimed that he … from a ricocheted bullet. He was the only employed person in the family and left behind his wife and six children, as …

… Thabiso Mosebetsane (49) was from Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. He started working at Lonmin in 2008 and lived in Nkaneng informal settlement. He left behind a wife and 3 …

… Pocock started her studies in botany at the University of London and obtained a BSc in 1908. In 1913 she returned to South Africa, and four years later …

… The Chaukes live in Blinkwater, near Msengi in the Limpopo Province, but very little is known about this … the only subject repeatedly carved by him. The earliest in this series (of which four are known) is owned by the …

… From 1947 to 1949 he worked in the Department of Native Affairs and in 1951 commenced studying for the Higher Primary Teacher's … course, he entered the teaching profession, specialising in Afrikaans, and taught at various secondary schools in …

… often spending vast periods of time on the road playing in small towns and villages as well as big cities. Carstens … Carstens was considered one of the top ten accordionists in the world. Carstens was married six times and enjoyed … having sold the rights to his music, he died penniless in a small room in Netcare N1 old age home in Cape Town in …

… Dr Benedict Wallet Vilakazi was born on 6 January 1906 in Groutville, Natal . Vilakazi was appointed bantu languages assistant at the University of Witwatersrand in 1935 and was capped in March last year. He held the BA degree of the University …

… Petros Molefe was born in Kroonstad and moved to Johannesburg and worked as a truck … on the night of the 16 December 1961 was a unit from Dube, in Soweto, who attempted to blow up the Municipal Bantu Control Office in Dube, Soweto. Petros Molefe and Benjamin Ramutsi were …

… Thomas Maclear was born on 17 March 1794 in Newton Steward, Ireland. He trained to be a medical … of the Royal Society of astronomers. Maclear arrived in South Africa on 5 January 1834 to assume his duties as … was a close friend and both had a keen interest in the exploration of Africa. With Maclear’s astronomy …

… Kgadime (Phukubjane) Matsepe was born on 22 March 1932 in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district. He was the son of Malua … education at Phokoane United Christian School at Nebo. In 1945, however, his schooling was interrupted to enable him … at another mission school, Botshabelo High School in Middelburg, Transvaal. Here he was baptised and received …

… A. Pendla was the president of the Cape African Congress in the early 1940s until suspended by  A. B. Xuma  in September 1942. Born in the Cape, he attended St. Matthews Institution. He worked …

… Democratic Front  (UDF). He was convicted of sabotage in 1962 and served eight years on Robben Island. He died in detention on 11 April 1986, a day after he was detained in Lebowa. He was buried  in Apel, Sekhukhuniland. The …

… a result of that party I had at the end of August, right in the middle of the riots. The order was delivered last … the wind. They looked like angels. The Methodists were in black skirts, red blouses, white collars and caps. The … seems to have no appeal. 'The gradual growth of "black consciousness" in Cape Town since about 1970 especially among …

… the uprising she was one of the hundreds detained. While in detention she was beaten and tortured in an attempt to gain information, but she kept silent. After … her father arranged that she could still attend classes. In 1979 she was again arrested, this time for helping …

… and close to the Soutpansberg Range. Malebogo became chief in 1880. He saw the Transvaal Boers as intruders who were … way of life and refused to have his territory demarcated in 1888; nor would he have his huts recorded for tax purposes in 1891. Ignoring instructions to leave his mountain …

… Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph was born in Pretoria in 1948, and was educated at Pretoria High School for Girls. … (including Goldie Zaidel, Philip Levy and Adolph Hallis in South Africa and John Lill in London) she won many prizes …

… was born on 19 September 1953, one of nine children, in Newclare, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) to Julie … her professional career as a Management Accountant. In 1979 Albertina Sisulu recruited Duarte to establish … core of public servants. She was detained without trial in 1988, released and placed under restriction orders until …

… Ngobese was born in 1960 in KwaMashu but he later moved to Cator Manor Township outside Durban in KwaZulu Natal. He attended the Dumani Lower Primary School …

… sensation that a cosmic drama is being played out there-black against white, integration versus separatism, democracy … Africa. It is also a careful examination of capitalism in the light of Christian ethics, and it is a proposal for a … They must seek ways to abet the organization and political consciousness of the African labor force. Rather than reading …

… James D. Ngojo was born in the Cape and worked as a court interpreter in Paarl. He was arrested in connection with the "bucket strike" of 1918 but the case …