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… (NEUM). After completing his education, Isaacs worked as teacher at Trafalgar High School in Cape Town. It was … hands the prison authorities and warders on the Island, as well as the time he spent in the punishment cells for what the …

… hotels, events and restaurants while developing his skills as a jazz pianist and forming a trio and a quartet. The 80’s … Wonder album he had listened to. He became self-taught as he played both instruments simultaneously trying to … with Martha Reeves and the Vandellas, Jimmy Witherspoon, as well as winning the Peter Whittingham Award in 1996. …

… and globally. His involvement in the arts industry began as an usher at the Brook Theatre in 1955, where he worked for … join Leonard Schach Productions. He worked for two years as a technical director of the Civic Theatre in Johannesburg … PACT to start a theatre production company, known simply as The Company, with Barney Simon and a group of actors. The …

… when the business college she attended sent her to work as a bookkeeper at the South African Typographical Union (SATU). After a year she quit her job as typographical union in 1945, to work for the Garment … and all the clothing workers into one national union.”  As the general secretary of the unions she had new offices …

… Elizabeth and Cape Town in the 1940s and served a time as shop-steward for the Leather Workers Union. He later worked as an organiser for the National Union of Distributive … helped to organise the Franchise Action Council and served as its secretary. Reginald September went abroad in the early …

… in Rosettenville, Johannesburg, which was also known as the Black Eton of South Africa. Oliver Tambo taught … He was mentored by Henry Nxumalo who later became known as Mr Drum. His writings were heavily spiced with American … for all that. His editor Anthony Sampson described him as the “complete Hollywood journalist”. He was always with a …

… Institute in Basotholand (Lesotho) where he qualified as a teacher in 1901. He soon gave up teaching and became a … Theological school near Queenstown. He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1914. Mahabane's first … quickly became politically active. In 1919 he was elected as president of the Cape provincial branch of the  South …

… the UDF’s activities in Natal. Then from 1984, she worked as a youth director for the Young Women’s Christian … change with productivity. Around 1997 Mlambo-Ngcuka served as member of the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress (ANC) as well as being the provincial vice-chairperson of the ANC …

… means matriculating in 1960. Langa then found employment as a messenger of court and interpreter for the Department of … of Justice, and in June of that year was admitted as an Advocate of the Supreme Court in Natal. During this … civic bodies. He worked closely with other lawyers such as Griffiths Mxenge , Navi Pillay  and Phyllis Naidoo  who …

… was a politician and teacher, Gwala known as Munt'omdala or The Lion of the Midlands, grew up in the … the Rubber and Cable Workers” Union in Howick. However, as many of the workers were migrant labourers, it was … released in 1972, but was restricted to Pietermaritzburg. As a result he could not pursue his teaching or trade union …

… (UDF) , where he was elected national publicity secretary. As a member of the UDF, Lekota faced police harassment and … and charged with high treason in what became known as the Delmas Trial.  The trial leaders were not allowed … 1991 and its National Working Committee (NWC). He served as Chief of Intelligence in 1991 and was elected Secretary of …

… It is at Turfloop where he met with Cyril Ramaphosa . As a student, he became politically aware, being influenced … KwaZulu-Natal). In 1979, Chikane completed his training as a pastor at the Apostolic Faith Mission. He was … After the end of apartheid, he was re-instated, as a pastor. Chikane was detained and released on various …

… from the University of Cape Town in 1950, he worked as a surveyor and a lecturer at a London Polytechnic … became its secretary for the Cape western region, acting as a full-time organiser for the Congress of the People. He … served with a banning order in 1955, he remained active as a trade union organiser and was elected unopposed to …

… her sister began work in a clothing factory. Hester worked as a table hand while her sister worked as machinist. During this period, white workers were in the … three times during the strike. Despite the strike ending as a failure in March, their support infused new momentum to …

… from Nyasaland (now Malawi), the ICU started out as a trade union for the Black and Coloured dockworkers of … general organisation, including in its membership skilled as well as unskilled workers from industry and the … black trade unions followed in its wake. A contributory factor was the introduction of a Wage Board, to which …

… piece at the age of 17. His music is variously classified as boeremusiek or jazz, and he made a name for himself as a hugely successful travelling musician, often spending … of time on the road playing in small towns and villages as well as big cities. Carstens garnered a reputation for …

… In 1935 Imvo was bought by the Bantu Press but continued as its editor,based in King William's Town,until 1940.In 1926 … the vice-president of Clements KIand CWU,which he regard as the only genuine mass African organization as well as the only one that stood ,at least in theory ,for …

… school he taught at a rural school. He then joined a bank as a clerk, resigned after two years and established his own … to be a lawyer, and preparing for what was then known as the Attorney’s Admission examination. He joined a law firm in Maseru as an articled clerk but the call of the arts was too strong. …

… Town, South Africa.  However, he was more commonly known as Cecil Barnard; Barnard was his father's first name. Gelata … purposes of this biography he will be referred to simply as ‘Geleta’. During his teenage years Geleta was drawn into a … when he was sixteen years old.  Dollar Brand (now known as Abdullah Ibrahim), played a significant role in Galeta’s …

… of peace he went to Pretoria where he first worked as waiter in a boarding-house and then at the Imperial … obtained his Junior Certificate in 1907 and then qualified as a teacher. From the end of 1910 he taught in the … Pietersburg district for a year, but then started working as a clerk, first at the Pietersburg mine recruiting office …

… articles on boxing for the weekly paper. After working as sports editor for some time, he left The Owl and joined The Cape Argus in 1904 as a sports writer. Black’s series of articles in that … Coloureds appeared from 1904 to 1905. Through his work as reporter, Black became fully aware of the different levels …

… famous Lovedale College from 1860 and in 1875 was ordained as the first South African-trained black Presbyterian Church … go to Livingstone Mission in Malawi but was not accepted as a volunteer. He dedicated himself to serving the Lovedale … Mzimba was chosen to deliver a  sermons and was recognised as a modest and capable minister and a successful evangelist. …

… Desai High School from 1967 to 1973. In 1974, she enrolled as a student with the University of Durban Westville. During … From 1980, Hersheela worked for the University of Natal as a laboratory assistant, while studying for a higher diploma in education. During her years as a university student, she became involved in student …

… that no conditions should be attached to the renaming, as it was an honour for Mope, and an acknowledgement of his … In 1973 he was awarded the League’s most coveted award as Player of the Year. That same year  he played for the … past his prime, but did not remain with the team for  long as he was suffering from a persistent knee injury. Moripe …

… charges of terrorism. He was imprisoned at the same time as  Tokyo Sexwale ,  Kgalema Mothlanthe ,  Mosiua Lekota … and intelligence committees. In 1997, he was appointed as a MEC for Limpopo, in Premier Ngoako Ramatlhodi’s cabinet. … he was then moved to public works, where he is credited as having established the province’s Road’s Agency. Chabane …

… 1926 - 31 Bhengu produced 150 drawings for Dr Max Kohler as documentation of rural tribal life in Centecow. Kohler … From 1940 to 1949 he painted scenes of everyday black life as well as portraits of black people which were sold in Payne …

… South Africa ", Linn Hjort explains the reasons for this as follows: In South Africa, women make up a small part of … Men generally have more financial stability than women as they make up the majority of formal workers. When women … of home-remedies for HIV infected people. An important factor contributing to the Health Ministry's change in …

… Dingaan’s army in 1840. Mpande had announced Cetshwayo as his heir shortly before becoming king, this was at an … some of the Zulu Kingdom’s land. Mpande was often viewed as a weak man in comparison to his contemporaries as a result and Cetshwayo began gaining influence over the …

… In the next season he also made his Test début as a right-arm fast-medium bowler. In 1989 and 1995 he was … Cricket Annual Cricketer of the Year. ‘Vinnige Fanie’, as De Villiers is popularly known among cricket fans, retired in 1998, and has since worked as a cricket commentator. …

… has since become a national household name in places such as Australia, Israel, South Africa and his home town, Mbabane … to start a new life. This proved quite challenging as an artist and with a means to sustain himself.  He found work as an architectural draughtsman, which is where he discovered …