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… Daniel William Alexander was born in 1880 in  Port Elizabeth , the son of a West Indian father and an … African Orthodox Church, which had its headquarters in America. He was an officer of the Pretoria branch of the …

… to a study, titled Sleeping giant is stirring: Farmworkers in South Africa , the farmworker population in the Western Cape make up the highest number of workers in … and Transvaal Agricultural Union of South Africa (TAU-SA). During the negotiations, Mildred Oliphant announced the …

… Caiphas Nxumalo graduated from Rorke's Drift in 1971 and during the 1970s was a free-lance artist in Pomeroy. He uses indigenous woods for his sculpture and … (group). 1987: TAG (Rorke's Drift Fine Art School in Retrospect). UZ: (African Perspectives Symbolism and …

… any meeting, etc.  the Bill was eventually passed in May 1930. As a result, huge demonstrations against the Act … Day, 1929, (16 December – now Day of Reconciliation) in Johannesburg, Cape Town and in other centres. On 16 December 1929, White civilians …

… Kwena Matlala, born in 1920, was the first daughter of Chief Sekgwari Matlala and … for her and, according to her daughter, who was born in banishment,‘went into hiding in the nearby mountains and later escaped to Pretoria.’ Kwena …

… As a girl she had developed an interest in the arts, and in the 1950s married an up-and-coming actor, David de Keyser, … of 1960. Jack had become politicised by his experiences in the air force in the Second World War , and by his …

… Art in the state of siege The Sharpeville Massacre was one of the … Apartheid policies and the growing division between black and white South Africans. The Liberation Struggle in … great divide between well-meaning White academics and the Black and progressive artistic community.  The rewriting of …

… Anele Mdizeni (29) was from Elliotdale in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2005. On 16 August 2012 he was killed at scene 2 after being shot in the hip by the police. Anele left behind his pregnant wife …

… 5, 1 November 1948 Document 15 - "Ruth First , "Progress in Unity Talks: African Organisations Agree Principle", The … 21 - E.L. Maurice, "The RÁ´le of the Non-European Teacher in the Liberatory Movement", Discussion, 1, 5, June 1952 … 22 - Report of the first National Conference of Women held in the Trades Hall, Johannesburg, South Africa, 17 April 1954 …

… In the following years, the African National Congress (ANC) … the government and called for changes, participated in the 1919 anti-pass campaign, and resisted the Hertzog … the rise to prominence of the SACP, particularly in some Black townships as the ANC experienced a marked decline. …

… later adopted a professional name formed from Luscombe (in South Australia) and an imperfect anagram of “Israel.” As … of thirteen.  Searelle became associated with the theatre in Australia in 1881 and went to London for the production of a two-act … Town.v. 9, p. 558. | homepages.ihug.co.nz, 'Down Under in the 19th Century'. …

… is the foster mother of Nkosi Johnson , who died of AIDS in 2001 at the age of 12. Nkosi first came into the limelight in 1997 Gail Johnson, challenged a school in Melville, Johannesburg , for refusing to enrol him because …

… Douglas Warden appointed to set up a British residency in the area. 26 March, Warden's troops, known as the Cape … OFS province, the only province that enforced passes for Black women at this time. Hundreds of women are arrested. … for which he was arrested and detained. 1918 The pass for Black women in the OFS requirement is withdrawn, after …

… Ntandazo Nokhamba (36) was from Lebode in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2006. … 2012 he was killed at scene two after being shot once in the back by the police. He was the breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and 5 young children. …

… Babalo Mtshazi (26) was from Lebode in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2006. On 16 August 2012 Babalo was killed at scene 1. He was in the head by police. He left behind two young children, his …

… Conan Doyle Modiakgotla was born at Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State, he was a building contractor by … and Commercial Workers' Union  (ICU) for Griqualand West. In 1929 he was elected vice-president of the short­lived … A. B. Xuma's  bid for re-election as ANC president-general in December 1949. …

… was fondly addressed, was born on 8 August 1936. She lived in the region of Dunn, in Ward fourteen. She was a very energetic woman. When … her part to help bring about a better life for all people. In 1990, Margareth joined the African National Congress (ANC) …

… its long history of struggle, the ANC has always been in the vanguard of the struggle against racism, today known … direct response to the nefarious act, which alienated the black majority from power sharing. According to ANC … order to fight against the common enemy, which had turned black people into aliens in their own country, by forming the …

… youth, and some of the challenges faced by young people in the country’s oldest town. Mads has used photography - … has inspired a deep and abiding passion for, and interest in, Mitchell’s Plain, its people, its neighbourhoods and the … ordinary’ of Cape Town has seen him become involved in a number of projects. This includes work with Cold Turkey, …

… to have been invited to present this commemorative lecture in recognition of a truly extraordinary human being, the late … and corporate power. The rise of Palestinian national consciousness in response to British rule and Zionist settler … Africa was essentially about the exploitation of cheap black labour for super profits. Modernisation saw the …

… Despite limitations of method and purpose, the inquest had in some respects assumed the nature of a trial. The … on the 6th indicate this was not so.) Biko wrote that Black Consciousness brings group pride and the determination of the …

… Lucas Sithole was born and grew up in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was one of ten sons of a Zulu lay priest in the Zion Christian Church, Richard Ndlala Sithole, and a … name and called himself Ted or Teddy, a name reflected in the signature of one of his very early works. Later he was …

… an NGO South African History Online (SAHO) was established in 2000, as a not-for-profit Section 21 organisation 30 … SAHO and Unisa Press. The principal focus is on "work by black South African artists" between the 1920s and 2004. The … 2007 17 April - The Amersfoort Legacy, A History of SA Education SAHO Commemorated 350 years of formal education …

… the Group Areas Act was implemented, dividing the people in urban area into tribal groups so that they lived in separate townships. Mama Beshenga threw her weight behind opposing these inhuman laws urging women to join in the demonstrations to Parliament and refused to be bundled …

… Patrick Akhona Jijase (26) was from Ntabankulu in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in July 2012, one month before the massacre. On 16 August … 2012 Patrick was killed at scene 1, after being shot in the head and forearm by the police. He left behind his …

… Raphael Liau (47) was from Likolobeng Ha Monyane, Maseru in Lesotho. He started working for Lonmin in 2003. On 16 August 2012 Janeveke was killed at scene 2 after being shot once in the chest by the police. He left behind his wife and four …

… Van Wyk Sagalala (60) was from Bophirima Setlagole in the Retlong Municipal District of the North West. On 16 … killed at scene 2. He was shot twice by the police – once in the chest and once in the upper arm. He left behind his wife, his son and his …

… Semi Jokanisi (29) was from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. On 13 August 2012 Semi was killed after being shot twice by the police, once in the abdomen and once in the armpit. He supported his five young children, as well …

… A member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union in its heyday and also of the  Communist Party of South … the ANC and the CPSA. He was a rival of James Thaele in the western Cape and eventually led his supporters into a short-lived Independent ANC in 1930, after being ousted by Thaele from the position of …

… an extraordinary act of bravery that placed their lives in great danger, or who lost their own lives including in trying to save the life of another person, or by saving … shield 1. The SS Mendi - represents the courage of many black South African soldiers and their fellow white officers …