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… Doe Molefe was born in 1950 in Dukathole, Germiston. Molefe began making highly original … for an exhibition of post-boxes held at the Market Gallery in 1986. His work has also been exhibited at the Goodman …

…  and elected to the ANC national executive committee in December 1952. He was expelled from the ANC in 1954 for allegedly organising a dissident left-wing … and deputy-president of the Swaziland Progressive Party, in which capacity he commuted regularly between Johannesburg …

… was the 1913 Land Act, an urgent issue that affected all black people. The SANNC sent petitions and deputations, but … by the Secretary of State for Colonies, Lewis Harcourt, in June 1914. It however, became clear that the British were … again the British said they were not prepared to interfere in the internal affairs of South Africa. The SANNC did manage …

… former Methodist Minister was  restricted to Johannesburg. In 1973 he joined the staff of the Christian Institute and … Beyers Naude and others.  Reverend Mayson was detained in December 1976 for a short period.After training and … emigrated to South Africa as a Methodist minister in 1953 and became a South African citizen.For 20 years he …

… from ‘Dube Street 1935, Wattville Natives Town, Benoni’ in the Transvaal [now Gauteng], was banished on 25 April 1955  at the age of 31 to ‘Glen Red [Glen Road]’ in the Vryburg district [Northern Cape, now North West … He had started the Wattville Helping Hand Association in 1954 and served as its president.  At its meetings, Monare …

… Born in Lancashire in 1934 Ian Berry moved to South Africa in 1952. Roger Madden, a South African photographer who had … travelling around Africa. He contacted Camera Press in London, who displayed interest in him, sold the studio and …

… Born in 1936, Theophilus Kgosikobo Musi was a clerk. He taught for a while in a primary school but then had to find employment in Johannesburg to support seven orphaned brothers and …

… Makhosandile Mkhonjwa (28) was from Bizana in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2008. … 16 August 2012 he was killed at scene 2 after being shot in the forearm by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind a wife and two young children. …

… many anti-apartheid organisations. It was launched in 1983, in Mitchells Plain. Steps towards forming the UDF … with members from each region, which also included more black and white activists. An important two-day planning … government suppression, growing curiosity among the urban black and growing political awareness, study groups began to …

… Businessman. Joined the Industrial and Commercial Union in 1925. In 1943 became a member of the African National Congress . … Leader of the Korsten ratepayers and played an active part in defending the people's property rights. …

… Mark Fish, or “Feeeeeesh!” as we know him, was born in Cape Town on 14 March 1974. He started his soccer career in South Africa, but has departed our shores to pursue his career in England. …

… Fezile David Saphendu (24) was from Mqanduli in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2009, when he replaced his brother who had found another … August 2012 Fezile was killed at scene 2 after being shot in his underarm by the police. He left behind his mother, …

… 16 August 2012 Mr Ntsoele was killed at scene 2, shot once in the back by the police. He left behind his wife and 4 … financially supporting his elderly mother and his mother-in-law. According to his wife, Matsepang Ntsoele,"I cannot … it to befall anyone. There is a hole that has been left in my life. Even if this was God's will I cannot find a way …

… Mafolisi Mabiya (28) was from Dutywa in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2007. On 16 August 2012 Mafolisi was killed at scene 2 after being shot in the back of his head by the police. He left behind his …

… was the right thing to do. This was giving me confidence in the work I took on. So when the exceptional case of … of the disparity and discrimination he and fellow black people were suffering. Mahomed said he was a living … against Afrikaans as their tuition language, Solomon’s consciousness had been sharpened. He joined the liberation …

… to the larger cities inland. Demands for segregation early in the 20th century resulted in the Natives (Urban Areas) Act … the conclusion of the South African War, laws to regulate Black settlement proceeded apace, especially after Union in … of control over the population of South Africa, especially Black people. The ad hoc segregation laws were systematised …

… from the early 1930s, he was known as a Trotskyist in his political leanings. In the 1940s he was associated with the  All African … and the short-lived African Democratic Party. He died in 1964. …

… Makgatho is born at Ga Mphahlele, Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province). 1870 The death of the … 35 (1) of the Act, which provides that henceforth no Black man can become a Member of Parliament, no Black man can vote for others to represent him in the …

… Mzukisi Sompeta (37) was from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2006. … 2012 Mzukisi was killed at scene 1 after being shot twice in the shoulder by the police. Mzukisi was the breadwinner in his family and supported his mother, father, sister, two …

… Bongani Mdze (28) was from Jabavu, Mataliele in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2005. He was the first person in his family to work at the mines. On 16 August 2012 Bongani …

… Thembinkosi Gwelani (27) was from Makhwaleni, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. On 16 August he was not employed at … Gwelani, who was part of the strike. Thembinkosi was shot in the back of the head by police at scene 1. He left behind … the police started shooting at them, Thembinkosi was shot in the head and Musa tried to lift him, but he couldn't and …

… renown when on 3 December 1967, she became the donor in the world’s first successful human heart transplant, … hospital. Earlier that day she was very seriously injured in a car accident in Observatory, Cape Town. Denise’s mother, who was also …

… Ahmed Mohamed Cachalia  joined the Satyagraha struggle in the Transvaal. He was an extremely wealthy man and was … made a concerted run on him to punish him for his role in the Indian resistance. Many people in the Indian Community admired and respected Cachalia's …

… Mthimkhulu was born on the 23 March 1960. He grew up in Njoli Street, Zwide Township in Port Elizabeth. His political activism began with him joining the South African Student Movement (SASM) in 1977. …

… violins and sculptures of angels. He has participated in group exhibitions and is represented in public and private galleries in South Africa. …

…  (NEUM). Holder of a B.A. degree, he taught for some years in the Cape before qualifying as a lawyer in 1954. In the mid-1950s he served as national secretary of the  All …

… Jackson Lehupa (48) was from Mount Fletcher in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2007. … Mr Lehupa was killed at scene 1, after being shot 11 times in his back, shoulder, buttock, groin, thighs, calves and feet. He was the breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and six children. He …

… Khanare Elais Monesa (36) was from Maseru in Lesotho. He started working in the mines in 1999. After working at two previous mines, he started …

… Michiel Hendrik Nesser was born on 28 July 1874 in Lusaskop, Philipstown. He received informal teaching from … by these authors he began writing verse, and some appeared in “Ons Klyntji”. S.J. du Toit invited Nesser to join the editorial team of “Ons Klyntji” and “Die Patriot” in 1899. Unfortunately political differences with Du Toit led …

… John Hlatywayo was born in 1928, Chipinge, Rhodesia. Hlatywayo originally trained as … Hlatywayo travelled to Rhodesia and was given a studio in the Rhodes National Gallery in Salisbury, now the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare. …