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… E. J. Mqoboli was born around 1860 in the Cape and educated at Healdtown, Mqoboli trained first … as a speaker and writer, he played a prominent part in the founding of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1912 and became its first senior chaplain. He was active …

… Joseph Kettledas joined the Pan African Congress ( PAC ) in 1961. He was arrested on 8 April 1963 for sabotage and sentenced to ten years in prison. He served his sentence on Robben Island and was released on 7 November 1973. Kettledas was rearrested in 1975 and served an additional two year sentence until he …

… Hamilton Kraai was born and educated at Peddie in the Cape, he went to work as a warehouse foreman in Johannesburg, where he joined the  African National Congress  (ANC). In 1918 he was arrested on charges of incitement in … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - …

… Milner Langa Kabane was born in the Transkei. Kabane studied at Healdtown.  He was one of … the University of Fort Hare, earning a bachelor's degree in 1925. He was a president of the Orange Free State … All African Convention  (AAC) executive committee. He died in Bloemfontein in 1945. …

… periods of time, working under contract on the mines. In both town and rural areas the traditional pattern of the … to protect the increasing number of ‘poor whites' from black competition in the labour market, government officials … abuse related to the enforcement process by both white and black constables. In an angry response to these prescriptive …

… slight physique since many beverages at the time were sold in a “¼ pint”. During the 1950s, Quarter was a member of the … to the major campaigns of that decade. He assisted in fundraising for the Congress movement during that time. … , who was a detainee at Marshall Square Police Station in 1964, he supplied a pair of shoes to a police officer as …

… The four major ethnic divisions among Black South Africans are the Nguni, Sotho, Shangaan-Tsonga … The Nguni represent nearly two thirds of South Africa's Black population and can be divided into four distinct … the name of the ancestor who founded the Zulu royal line in about 1670. Today it is estimated that there are more than …

… Anton van Wouw was born in Driedergen, Netherlands on 20 November 1862. He is … monumental statue of Church Square. During his time spent in the wilderness he developed a great admiration for the … hopes of these people and this commitment was reflected in his work. A great deal of his work, although …

… evidence to discern who she actually was and why she in particular made the prophecies she did, let alone whether … familiar with Christianity. He returned to Xhosaland in 1853. [1]   Nongqawuse’s parents died in the battles of the Waterkloof . [2] As a result she is …

… and policies. However, there are still glaring gaps in critical areas of the township's history that need to be … white areas had to be resettled in areas set aside for black occupation. Consequently, the destruction of Sophiatown … forced removals. It is often argued that the majority of Black, African landlords was wholly dependent on rentals …

… activist. After she was exiled from South Africa in 1960, she used her success to shine a light on the ugly … present Republic of South Africa… until all its people – black and white – shall equally enjoy the educational and … M. interview with Barnett, L., (2007). I Got Thunder: Black Women Songwriters on Their Craft, Thunder’s Mouth …

… and leader of various northern Nguni groups who lived in the Zululand area before  Shaka  brought them under his … life. Tradition has long insisted that while journeying in a south-westerly direction, he encountered an armed … Cowan, a Scottish explorer, who travelled from Cape Town in a north-easterly direction in about 1806. Godongwana …

… Mgcineni Noki (40), known as Mambush, was from Twalikhulu in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2009 and was a leader of the strike. On 16 August 2012 … scene 1 after being shot 14 times by the police, including in his head, neck, legs, buttock, elbow, calf and thighs. He …

… the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman As we have seen in Chapter 3, detention without trial, besides serving to … around 1968, peaking around 1976. The ideology of black consciousness had become a dominant intellectual influence. …

… Strikes in the Schools Presumably, not all students of the earlier … recorded stoppages of lessons, (always called strikes in the South African newspapers), and the first riots in … recounted... read on The NUSAS Issue Throughout the 1960's black students campaigned for the right to affiliate to the …

… Elizabeth Mbatha was born in 1950 near Rorke's Drift. Mbatha did not attend school. In 1974 she married Eric Mbatha , a potter at Rorke's Drift. In the early 1980s she went to Rorke's Drift to look for work …

… Rev. Mzwandile Ebenezer Maqina was born in 2nd of October 1937,New Brighton .He grew up in Port Elizabeth ,the son of two teachers,attended … the Anglican ministry.he started an independent church in Port Elizabeth,the Spiritualist Church of Africa.In 1971 …

… Samuel Chibane was born in Pretoria and became involved with the PAC as a student at Wilberforce Institute in Evaton, near  Sharpeville . In 1963 he was arrested for arson, but the evidence was …

… Jeremiah W Dunjwa was born in Cape Town. An organiser of the 1919 passive resistance campaign against passes in the Transvaal, secretary of the Transvaal  African National Congress  (ANC) and, in the early 1920s, a secretary-general of the African …

… De Mist was born on 20 April 1749 in Voorburg near The Hague in the Netherlands. He went to school at Kampen, after which he studied law in Leyden from 1766 to 1768. After graduation he became the …

… Laurie was born in Zimbabwe, where her father was a missionary doctor. … Vanderbijlpark and Kimberley. Anneke has lived in the Vaal Triangle since she was 15 and have recently completed her B-tech in photography at the Vaal Triangle Technikon. She is …

… Born in 1930, Damos was a trade unionist. During the government's … Committee of the Freedom Charter ( Eastern Cape ) in 1955. In 1954 she was secretary of Freedom Charter Consultative …

… students on 25 July 1976 and held at Modderbee prison in Johannesburg.Police said that he had been caught handling … police on 23 February 1977 said that Mr Tshwane was caught in Soweto on 26 July 1976 while handling a stolen … was held and verdict of 'justifiable homicide'given. In answer to a question put to him before parliament on 29 …

… to 24 August 1958. During the 1920s Strijdom practised law in Nylstroom, now known as Modimolle, in the Limpopo Province. He was a secretary of the National Party's district committee. In 1929 Strijdom was elected to Parliament as the member for …

… by the minister of police Mr Tshazibane had been held in connection with an explosion at the Carlton Centre in Johannesburg and jailed at John Vorster Square . Police evidence said that while he was in detention, he accompanied police to his home Soweto, which …

… June 1977, was to be commemorated at St Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg by a twenty-four hours' vigil, organised … organisations and people of all races, particularly young black people. There were to be addresses, poetry and play … in the Christian church. The bans also covered every black consciousness organisation. The minister declared that the …

… Willem de Klerk announced the results of a referendum in which only white people were allowed to participate. The … CP capitalised on fears among conservative Whites that a black-led government would be disastrous for them. Recent CP … wing that whites would lose everything under an ANC- or black-led government, Mandela assured whites that an ANC-led …

… and imprisoned on Robben Island. After his release in 1985, he became the founding General Secretary of the … career was followed by an even more illustrious career in politics that culminated in his appointment as Minister of Regional and Local …

… John “Shoes” Moshoeu was born on 18 December 1965 in Diepkloof, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Shoes … wizard’ as he was popularly known for his skills in the field of play, began his soccer career at Giant … like Fanie Madida, Geelbooi Masango and Jury Bantwana. In 1991 he helped Blackpool reach the JPS Cup Final where his …

… Francis William Reitz was born in Swellendam in 1844. He became an advocate and from 1874 was the … Appeal Court. He became President of the Orange Free State in 1889.  He was a journalist who worked on the  Cape Argus . … Prehistory to the year 2000, unpublished papers with SA History Online. …