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… Leon Levy was born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province), South Africa, … brother, Norman Levy, were the youngest of four children. Born just two months after the Wall Street Crash of October …

… Sonja Schlesin was born in Moscow on 6 June 1888 to Isidor Schlesin and his wife … Court of the Transvaal. He opened an office in central Johannesburg, and therefore required the services of a … 4 May, Schlesin, the Secretary of TIWA, cabled the Minister of the Interior expressing the women’s intention of …

… Politician and British Colonial Officer, Bathurst was born in Gloucestershire, England on 22 May 1762. He was the … influenced by his friendship with William Pitt, Prime Minister of Great Britain from 1783 to 1801, Bathurst became … 1830 he was Lord President of the Council under the Prime Minister then, the Duke of Wellington. He had been made a …

… Born in 1926 Mavuso worked at different times as a messenger … 1955 to 1956 and was active in the Alexandra branch in Johannesburg. Banned a number of times under the Suppression …

… Born in 1909 Modiba was a cabinetmaker. While a youngster in … cattle farmer and received eight cuts. Modiba came to Johannesburg in 1926 and worked as a domestic servant and …

… 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 …

… Stanley B.  Lollan was born in Johannesburg in 1925, he became one of the few significant …

… of the African National Congress (ANC), recruits. He was born in Umgeni Road in 1944, Durban, Natal (now … to vote in South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994. She passed away in the same year.  Being ground down in … Ebrahim (Ebie), former Robben Island prisoner and Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs,  recalled that Moodley was ‘a …

… Wendy Schwegmann was born in 1954 in Zululand, where she spent her youth. She has … of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. She lived in Johannesburg and worked as the South African photographic … woman exhibition in 1980 at the Market Photo Gallery in Johannesburg. Her photographs were included in the Staffrider …

… Josias Madzunya was born in the Sibasa area of the northern Transvaal in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe, Madzunya came to Johannesburg in 1931, eventually establishing himself as a … for incitement; on his release he was endorsed out of Johannesburg. …

… Born in 1962 in Johannesburg, Kirchhoff spend his early years in Norway and Massachusetts before returning to Johannesburg to complete his schooling.  He studied Land …

… Maggie Smith was born in 1930. She was a journalist and became the first woman news editor in Africa of the Sunday Times in Johannesburg in the 60s when the press was truly male … will be returned to the family plot at Westpark Cemetery Johannesburg, Gauteng . …

… Malawi in in 1964, with him as its president. Banda was born in Kasungu and went to study in the US and the UK. He … quickly became a political icon. He was appointed Prime Minister of Nyasaland in 1963. A year later he proclaimed the … presidency in 1993 when a referendum ended his reign. In 1994 Bakili Muluzu succeeded Banda as president of Malawi …

… who holds both arms in the air.Rayda Becker Albert Chauke Born c. 1953, Limpopo Province. (Sons Johannes and Thyesa, … Ten Years of Collecting, University of the Witwatersrand, Johannesburg 1989: Images of Wood, Johannesburg Art Gallery. Collection University of the …

… Radhakrishna Lutchmana "Roy" Padayachie was born on 1 May 1950. He attended Tagore High School in … medium and micro enterprises until he was appointed Deputy Minister of Communications in April 2004.  Between 2004 and 2009, Padayachie served as Deputy Minister of Communications of South Africa. As Minister of …

… Born in 1932, Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) spent her early … After matriculating in 1949 at Kingsmead College in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng), she enrolled … working as a manager for Suzman’s Houghton constituency in Johannesburg where she was exposed to the injustices of …

… and African Food and Canning Workers Union, was buried in Johannesburg. It was estimated that 15 000 people attended … Neil Aggett is buried in Johannesburg …

… August 1962. Winnie Mandela who was Mandela’s wife, was at Johannesburg Magistrates Court. This was a poignant day for … Winnie Mandela at Johannesburg Magistrate’s court …

… Sipho Neo Bridgeman Bikitsha, known as “Doc” Bikitsha, was born on 19 November 1930 at the Bridgman Memorial Hospital in Mayfair, Johannesburg. After passing Matric, Mr Bikitsha went to study …

… Walter Gilbert Wiles was born in Cambridge, England in 1875. Wiles was one of the five … with NSA) SANG, 1 Feb. 1945: 42nd Annual Exh. ofContemp. SA Art, cng. By SASA, MMG, 6-20 Apr. 1947: SASA …

… Anna Zieminski was born in Cape Town , South Africa in February 1957. She … School of Art in Cape Town. In 1985, Zieminski moved to Johannesburg to pursue a career as a freelance photographer. … including the 'Women's Hostel' in Alexandra Township , Johannesburg and the 'Inner City' of Johannesburg. After …

… Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi was born into a Hindu Modh family in Porbandar, India. In 1893 he … M K Gandhi, pioneer of the SA Passive Resistance movement and leader who led India to Independence, is born …

… was a daughter of John Cobela Ntuli and his wife, and was born at Mapumulo Mission Station (between Stanger and … and joined the staff of the Crown Mines Native Hospital in Johannesburg , working under Matron T. Silverman. She … After her husband's death in 1924 Mangena returned to Johannesburg and was employed by the city council as a nurse …

… Zubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet was born December 27,in 1937 in Fietas, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ). Mayet began writing … Drum magazine. In 1977 she joined The Voice, in Lenasia, Johannesburg, where she was appointed Deputy Chief Sub-Editor …

… Company,was detained on 9th December 1976 at Rand Airport,Johannesburg.He was held under section 6(1) of the Terrorism … hanged himself. According to a statement released 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 …

… Gomolemo Mokae was born in Ga-Mokopane. He was the last of the eight children born of a Methodist minister, Reverend Modisagarekwe Michael and Lotlamoreng …

… foreign states pledged to lift their sanctions against SA. The European Community lifted its sanctions against South … when the Security Council adopted Resolution 919 on 25 May 1994, which terminated the mandatory arms embargo and all … European Community lifts sanctions against SA …

… Theophilus Doctorson  Khumalo also known as “16 Valve” was born in Soweto, Johannesburg on 26 June 1967. His father Eliakim “Pro” …

… Jomo Sono as he is affectionately known was born in Orlando East in Soweto, Johannesburg on 17 July 1955. At the age of 8, his father … www.safrica.info/ess_info/sa_glance/sports/sono.htm | …

… Letter from the Workers' Party of South Africa, Johannesburg, to Cape Town comrades. …