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… for these feelings through writing. Not surprisingly, as a student Diane excelled at creative writing and language. [i] In 1981 as a young mother, Diane penned her first the novel Albatross … award in that year and was to be the start of a journey as a full-time writer capturing childhood in the dismal …

… president, after having been appointed a month previously as acting president by the Transvaal executive committee … the office in question. Shortly after Moretsele's election as ANC president of the Transvaal he became officially as well as personally involved in various quarrels. The first …

… on a rural homestead outside of Potgietersrus, now known as Mokopane, in Limpopo province. Kekana’s father was a … young. Kekana made his first carvings when he was working as a herd boy. His pieces included walking sticks for the … Diocesan Training College near Pietersburg, now known as Polokwane. The mission’s carpentry workshop taught carving …

… and political milieu of Sophiatown in the 1930s and 1940s. As a young woman, Rathebe was drawn to the burgeoning and … black audience. Although she was essentially untrained as an actor, her sparkling performance as a nightclub singer revealed a raw, natural talent. Dolly, …

… musical ability from a young age, and began to play piano as a child. Inspired by the movie Young Man with a Horn, … – South Africa’s first youth orchestra. In his early days as a teenager on the South African music scene, Masekela played with artists such as Dollar Brand ( Abdullah Ibrahim ), Jonas Gwangwa and …

… credit than harm, and his work is able to stand on its own as work with an original eye. His treatment of surface, … The strong social commentary with a touch of humour as seen in the painting The ghost shows the ‘homecoming’ of a deceased man, depicted as a skeleton with a suitcase symbolising a journey taken; he …

… workers came from all over the country to find employment as the country moved away from agriculture towards … at first open to white, African, and Coloured workers but as segregation ideology spread, unskilled labour displayed signs of the system as well. Because of the demands of the gold standard and the …

… sister. It was during these years in the labour camp that as he says “you learn to appreciate the little things, you … of wood sculpture. He worked for a number of years as a farm hand before being given his big break by one Joseph … on his way to become a lithographer. Komnick recounts how as a farm worker his job including filling in bomb craters, …

… bus company for the lowering of the fare to the original.As community leader of Alexandra Baloyi also served on the … of Alexandra. On his letterhead Baloyi identified himself as the managing director of the Alexandra Land Industrial and … problems arising out of the Atlantic Charter in so far as it related to Africa. The charter had originally been …

… As a young child, Ndondo’s maternal grandmother raised … number denoting Cala. Automatically, Lungisile waved as the vehicle passed. He thought no more of it, apart from … number: XS 1889. His own kombi bore the number XS 1885. As Lungisile Ntsebeza’s car wound down the pass towards …

… well, you are more than welcome to pay a visit and stay as long as you please. But why on earth would you want to? In the … is such a thing, this palace of pleasure would be seen as little more than an option on the annual getaway agenda: a …

… at the Inanda station, where his father James Dube served as a Congregational Minister. Missionaries played an … was both positive and negative, and Dube stands out as a typical example of both influences. While mission … Dube claimed to have saved some money while working as a miner, although it is believed that his mother gave …

… purposes. When he was officially appointed in 1955 as Imam of Al-Jamia Mosque in Stegman Road (Claremont) many … activities. Along with his close circle of friends such as Abu Bakr Fakier, Ismail Saban, Sait Galant, Sedick Galant, … its editor and used the opportunity to make the paper as representative as possible. It covered cultural, …

… the music faculty of the University of Cape Town, in 1934, as the first dance department in the world to be linked to a … were implemented at the UCT Ballet School in 1941 as a diploma course, but her ultimate goal of offering a … dancers, producers, teachers and choreographers, such as John Cranko, Petrus Bosman, Pamela Chrimes, Alfred …

… and mass meetings that were held at Beatrice Street. As a result, he joined the African National Congress (ANC). … the July Handicap, Durban’s popular horse racing event so as to precipitate an armed confrontation with the state. When … 1960. Mpanza and his wife allowed their house to be used as place for keeping exploves wich were used by MK in the …

… years of formal school and in his late teens went to work as a miner on the Reef. After several years, he was dismissed as a troublemaker and he took up freelance journalism, moving … . His wife Maggie Resha , a nurse, also went to prison as a volunteer for the Defiance Campaign. Resha was co-opted …

… in an industrial area, Germiston, Transvaal, now known as Gauteng Province. Due to harsh living conditions, his … Mokholo Moloi, in 1958, and had five children with her. As a student of Skotnes, Sihlali departed from the … Sihlali shared this approach with other artists such as Ephraim Ngatane , Isaac Hlatshwayo and Louis Maqhubela . …

… intended to mark a complete annihilation of the Township as was the case with Sophiatown, whose destruction was … education at Madibane High School in Diepkloof in 1972. As a student he was actively involved in the  Students … of student anger against the imposition of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction at schools and Bantu Education on …

… for the defence in political trials in South Africa such as the Treason Trial (1958 – 1961) and the newspaper Prisons … of the Legal Resources Centre (LRC) established in 1978 as a result largely of the creative initiative of his wife, … to the bench under the Apartheid government. He served as a judge of the Appeal Court in Botswana. In his 50s, …

… Hare. He became the secretary of the Laundry Workers Union as well as a member of the ANC in Soweto. At the age of 34 he was … of ANC members who taught at the university such as Professor ZK Mathews and Professor Ngcobo amongst others. …

… They called, for the boycott of the graduation ceremony as it used to be segregated in those days. The highlight of … elaborate programme, with international celebrities such as Edmund Hilary and the Royal Ballet from England to perform … 1985 the New Unity Movement emerged with Richard Dudley as persident and Hassim as co-treasurer and later …

… in July 1968. At its launch of Nengwekhulu was elected as the permanent organizer. After his election, he was in … and other institutions in the Transvaal.  He was elected as president of the Student Representative Council (SRC) at the University of the North (known as Turfloop). When students at University of Fort Hare went …

… now stands. This was a window of a room once referred to as "the finest studio in South Africa" (The Cape Argus, … The catalogue of the 1898 SASA Exhibition lists Goodman as a member and also three works that were sent to the Cape … 30.7.1898). In 1902 Goodman showed at the Drill Hall as a member of the SADC, and thereafter his last recorded …

… Eulaers. De Vriendt first achieved recognition in Europe as a sculptor before he took to the stage. He trained at the … Botrel, adapted by G. Lampe). This was Benoy’s last tour as he died in Antwerp in 1940. De Vriendt reached the climax … to Josephina Wellens. * Beyers et al gives his name as Franciscus Jacobus Ludovicus. Potgieter et al gives his …

… Kevin Patrick Dowling was born in Pretoria and was ordained as a priest of the Congregation of the Most Holy Redeemer on … freedom of speech, but his interrogators took this stance as support for forces bent on destabilising the homeland. In … halt the move, which he argued would destabilise the area as she commanded significant support. In April 1992 he was …

… University of Cape Town. While in Cape Town , he worked as a freelance graphic artist and photographer during the … northern Cape Town). They were violently forcibly removed as a result of the legislation by the white government.” … Resistance Festival” held in Gaborone, Botswana in 1982 as well as to the 1983book and exhibition by  Dieter Koeve …

… receiving his schooling in Port Elizabeth, Barry worked as a computer operator. In 1976, he moved to Cape Town, Western Province, to work as a sailor a for merchant shipping company, Safmarine. In 1978, Barry enrolled as a student at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts at the …

… organiser, he served, at its establishment in 1925, as the supervisor of the party night school in … African workers' Organisations, personally acting as the secretary of most of the fledgling unions established, as well as being the chief organiser and later the general …

… Transvaal. Kgope met Norman Catherine while he was working as an electrician on the latter's new studio. Kgope was … stayed with Catherine periodically until 1987. As Kgope showed an interest in art, Catherine gave him some … and demonstrated basic techniques. Kgope continues to work as an electrician.  Exhibitions:  1987: Waterkloof House …

… came from Fort Beaufort and rose to greater heights as leaders in the ANC and in the politics that shaped South … to the white St Andrew’s College. Josiah wanted to qualify as a teacher, and gaining admission to the institution was … easy: candidates had to be baptised, literate (in English as well as their native language), and older than 13 years of …