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… teacher. In 1970, as a young man he was active member of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BMCA) for which he was detained in 1975. He was the director of a Black Theatre group in soweto and he is widely known for … Accessed: 18 January 2017. | Stummer, P.O, Balme,C. Fusion of Cultures? Rodopi, 1996. URL: …

… 9 June 1910 in Mowbray, Cape Town. He was the only child of Robert and Ada Lea Budd. His father, originally from … in Cape Town as a fitter at the Salt River Workshops of the South African Railways and also at Table Bay Harbour. … his apprenticeship Budd joined the Cape Town branch of the Amalgamated Engineering Union (AEU) on 25 May 1933. …

… Vuyisile Mini was born in 1920 in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth. Mini's father was a Port Elizabeth … He was also active in campaigns against forced removals of Black people from Korsten (where he lived) to Kwazakhele. … organiser. His union comrades knew Mini as the 'organiser of the unorganised', because of his courage and tireless …

… , had arrived in South Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on the eve of the First World War, and his mother, Ray, had arrived as an infant. Both of his parents were involved in the Communist Party and trade …

… Soweto . His parents were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at St. Mary’s … (now St. Martin’s, Victoria) until 1955. The head of this school was  Father Trevor Huddleston , who influenced … education. In 1960 he enrolled at the University of Lesotho for a Bachelor of Science degree but had to …

… standard seven, Matthews began to work and held a variety of jobs, including newspaper boy, office messenger, clerk and telephonist. However, for Matthews, the lure of words and the art of expression were fundamental to his being, and his first …

… in 21 January 1931 in Moria. His father is the founder of the  Zion Christian Church (ZCC)  in 1910. He attended … him closer to various church leaders and the inner working of the ZCC. After the death of his father, Joseph Lekganyane claimed leadership of the …

… was born in Norfolk, England, in 1847, the oldest child of Bishop John William Colenso of Natal. Until her father's death in 1883, she acted as his assistant, helping in the publication of his Digest of Zulu Affairs and in his efforts to protect …

… (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He studied at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) [now University of KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN]. Following the student boycotts in … the 1970s, and upon learning that his name was on a list of 41 students to be expelled, Peter left university and …

… He grew up in Pinelands, Cape Town, but moved at the age of nine to live with his aunt, outside Hobhouse, Eastern Free … learner. The tension between the supporters of  D.F. Malan and those of Barry Hertzog in the mid-1930s was mirrored in his aunt’s … at   www.news24.com . Accessed on 3 December 2013| Premier of the Western Cape. (2004). List of Honourees receiving …

… 1926 to Helena and Hendrik Geldenhuys Viljoen. At the time of his birth his father was the editor of Huisgenoot Magazine. After his family relocated to … and matriculated in 1943. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria, where he completed a master’s degree in Classics …

… 1926 to Helena and Hendrik Geldenhuys Viljoen. At the time of his birth his father was the editor of Huisgenoot Magazine. After his family relocated to … and matriculated in 1943. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria, where he completed a master’s degree in Classics …

… Nokutela Dube was the first wife of Reverend John Langalibalele Dube , the first President General of the South African Native National Congress  (SANNC- later … they tirelessly raised funds in the United States of America (USA) between 1896 and 1899 to build the Ohlange …

… on 12 November 1938. He grew up in the village of Nkonkqweni, in King William's Town and in East London. Both of Tshwete’s parents were workers, which meant that the family was quite poor. He had to help with the tending of the fields while growing up. Tshwete’s parents felt that …

… Johannes Henricus Brand was the president of the Orange Free State , one of two Boer republics formed after the Boers left the Cape … was born in Cape Town on 6 December 1823. He was the son of Christoffel J Brand, a journalist and a parliamentarian … Entry on John Henry Brand, in Dictionary of African Biography, volume 6,  available here |Giliomee, …

… art as a medium to shed light on the political struggles of the time. His work will go on to leave a deep and … Africans as a whole.  Paul was born in the mother city of Cape Town , in the Western Cape, in 1954. At first Paul went to study architecture at the University of Cape Town . He was well into his fourth year and close to …

… in Ga-Phaahla, Limpopo. Phaahla studied for a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Natal. It was at university that Phaahla became a member … Man Poised To Make Things Happen  from the Department of Arts and Culture , Available at www.dac.gov.za [Accessed 4 …

… education at Sekano Ntoane, Soweto, in 1976. He was part of a religious youth movement and from his experiences in the … he began organising unemployed workers under the banner of the Congress of South African Congress of Trade Unions (COSATU). In the … 2011|COSATU (2006), Dan Mohapi , from the Congress of South African Trade Unions, [online] Available at …

… Genealogical Tree Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha, the son of Dukuza, was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission Station in the County of Victoria, Colony of Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Ndabezitha completed his … Meli, F. (1988), A History of the ANC - South Africa Belongs To All Of Us| Comrade M.D. …

… Richard Msimang was the son of Joel Msimang, founder of the Independent Methodist Church of South Africa. He was among the first pupils of the Ohlange …

… Eli Weinberg was born in 1908 in the port of Libau, in Latvia on the Baltic Sea. He experienced the First World War and the October Revolution of 1917 as a child, and this led to his socialist political … He became a waif and a stray, wandering with a mascot of Cossack soldiers who took him around. Later, he became …

… representative to the Soviet Union's World Federation of Democratic Youth in Budapest, Hungary, from 1983 to 1987. In 1987, he was elected as leader of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) while … year, he was appointed to the National Executive Committee of the ANC. In 1991, he was responsible for the repatriation …

… Magdaline Resha was born on the 5th of May 1923 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape . She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia Mamodise Tsiu, who had nine children in total. She was given the name of Matebello (Hope) but christened Magdaline after her …

… Magdaline Resha was born on the 5th of May 1923 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape. She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia Mamodise Tsiu, who had nine children in total. She was given the name of Matebello (Hope) but christened Magdaline after her …

… the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, the year of the Campaign for the Defiance of Unjust Laws , inspired by the heroism of the volunteers who defied arrest. As a result of political … Dladla L., Heroes of our Revolution Joseph Mdluli (1925-1976) [online], …

… 1952. She earned her BFA in painting from the University of Pretoria in 1974. Since 1971 she has actively served on the boards of several Foundations, Committees and Associations. Several of her artworks are housed in Local and International Museums …

… Born in Marlborough (England) on the 4th of April 1809, died in Grahamstown on the 16th of August 1882. Educated at Marlborough, at Winchester … with W. E. Gladstone), Merriman was appointed curate of Street (Somersetshire) in 1840. In 3847 he offered his …

… had been gaoled for supporting the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914; but unlike other members of his family, Kotze senior had not been a devout member of the Dutch Reformed Church.He attended the University of … Recipient - Grand Counsellor in Silver Grand Counsellor of The Order of the Baobab in Silver ” from The Presidency. …

… by Josiah Madzunya and Robert Sobukwe ’s propagation of Pan Africansit ideas, he joined the  Pan Africanist … Daveyton Township near Benoni. Two years after the banning of the PAC, Mlambo went to the PAC’s underground headquarters … in Maseru late in 1962. Together with other members of the party, he received instructions to prepare for the …

… were a White Afrikaner bus driver from the rural village of Harding in southern Natal, and a Coloured daughter of a Zulu-speaking mother and a Coloured father. Robert grew up in Wentworth, a suburb 11km from the city centre of the coastal, colonial city of Durban. Wentworth was a …