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… Errol Shanley was born in Durban in April 1911, the son of Arthur Stanley, who was born in London of Irish parents and Anna Else Bernhardt born in Hamburg … primary school, aged age 17, he went to work for a firm of building suppliers and joined the Shop Workers Union. In …

… Cindi was born in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg on 18th of August in 1950. Cindi began his primary education at … failing to show the security police a “dompass” on the eve of his examinations.  In 1972 he became part of the Black People’s Convention (BPC) during its …

… Ncumisa Chwayita Kondlo grew up in the rural village of Peddie in the Eastern Cape . Kondlo was politically active … (SANSCO) where she served in the regional structures of these organisations. She later moved to Rhodes University, … Council (NEC) in 1989.   She was active in a broad range of structures of the mass democratic movement and workers’ …

… Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She is the youngest in a family of 12, with six sisters and five brothers. Mokonyane … in the struggle against Apartheid at the young age of 15. She joined the Young Christian Students (YCS). She was a founder member of the Congress of South African Students  (COSAS), an …

… Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained his BSc degree in … for Durban-Westville, and in 1977 was an executive member of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) when it was … than Black Consciousness allowed. He saw the benefits of working with people from all races. He played an important …

… work was included in a calendar. This resulted in a period of experiment with staining, painting and embossing imported modelling hide. The result was a series of paintings executed on leather, one of which is Man smoking a Xhosa-style pipe (1960). The use of …

… born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah Sherman. As a … he was educated at the Jews College and the University of London. He was minister of the Shepherd's Bush synagogue in London (1928-32) and the …

… School in 1939 where he matriculating in 1942. At the age of 15 even before he finished his schooling, he decided to study medicine after his sister, Val, who was 21, died of diabetes.  He asked the family doctor why his sister and … completing his matric, Tobias enrolled at the University of the Witwatersrand's Medical School in 1944, later …

… ), where Nash later matriculated.  At the young age of 16 she enrolled at Rhodes University for a teaching degree … in 1975, also obtained a PhD in Theology at the University of Cape Town. In 1960, Nash joined the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). She was a member of various …

… 1960s and early 1970s Oshadi was the executive director of the Association for the Education and Cultural Advancement of South Africa. She was concurrently elected as president of the Transvaal region of the world-affiliated Young Women’s …

… School. Following this, she enrolled at the University of South Africa (UNISA) majoring in Education, English and … Strategic Leadership Course at (WITS) Graduate School of Public and Management School. She studied for a … a MBA in Transformational Leadership with the University of Rhodes. In her youth, she was a member of the Soweto …

… later immigrated to South Africa, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in June 1892.  In 1903,  M.K Gandhi , who had … campaigns, enrolled as an attorney in the Supreme Court of the Transvaal. He opened an office in central Johannesburg, and therefore required the services of a clerical assistant.  His architect friend,  Herman …

… at St Andrews in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. He was the son of Henry Francis Burton, a magistrate and civil commissioner. … first studied literature and philosophy at the University of the Cape of Good Hope, graduating in 1886. He then went on to do an … 1. Willan, Brian (2018). Sol Plaatje – A Life of Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje 1876–1932. Jacana. 2. Plaatje, …

… Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a … whatever form, whether against Boers or Black people, both of whom were ‘underdogs’ in the early part of the 20th century. Olive was the ninth of twelve children …

… Her figures are characterised by their mixture of human and non-human elements and a disquieting presence. … exemplified in her early work Butcher Boys, which consists of three figures with horns and exposed bone, whiteless eyes … casually, pitting their monstrousness against a sense of banality. Made in the mid-Eighties, the Butcher Boys were …

… were both school teachers in the area. He spent most of his early years staying with relatives in Limpopo and … In 1966 Rachidi began a B.Com at the University of Fort Hare. University life offered Rachidi a newfound freedom to speak his mind without fear of parental reprimand. He was suspended in 1967 and …

… is known about his early life except that he was a member of the Bakgatlo tribe. He was drafted as a driver for the … in Middelburg, Transvaal, where he also learned a number of African dialects. He was a court interpreter for 12 years. … in 1928 and was involved in all the meetings. At the first of these meetings he severely criticized the Pretoria City …

… and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. Her father was a companion of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi . He was also the chairperson of the Transvaal British Indian Association, forerunner of … Profile of Amina Cachalia [Online]. Available at: …

… career. Instead, Dingane enters the record when on the 22 of September 1828 he, with the assistance of his half-brother Mhlangana and servant Mbopha, assassinated his brother and the then Chief of the Zulu – Shaka Zulu . Shaka, the son of Chief …

… Willem Burger was born on the 6 September 1852. At the age of 21 he worked as a clerk at Lydenburg in the office of the field coronet. During this period he married Alida … was elected as field cornet in 1881, and became part of the campaign against Nyabela, the Ndebele king who was …

… Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo was born on the 29th of June 1914 in Lesotho . She grew up on her grandfather's … by cousins and aunts. She began school at the age of seven proceeded to St. Paul's Higher Primary and to St. … College in Fort Hare, graduating in 1936 at 22 years of age. On graduating from Lovedale, Ellen had reached the …

… from 1956, and went on to study law at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1960. Bam was a member of the Yu Chi Chan Club (Chinese for guerrilla warfare) which was a study group that met to discuss means of achieving liberation. In 1960, Bam was arrested and …

… when Mashinini was 14, and she was forced to drop out of school and go to work. At age 17, she married, and went on to give birth to six children, three of whom died in infancy. When her youngest child was two years of age, Mashinini took on a full-time job working in …

… born on 19 June 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a clerk at Modder B mine, … actively involved in students politics. In his second year of study he left Fort Hare and returned to Transvaal. He … As health inspector, Nzo developed much understanding of the lives of millions of South Africans in the 1950s. Nzo …

… Jeffry Dumo Baqwa was born on 24th of July 1949 in Pinetown, Natal. He was the second child and … university Baqwa became involved in politics becoming one of the founding members of the Black Consciousness Movement  (BCM). Baqwa then …

… according to one critic, have made him known as ‘a kind of Hitchcock among painters’. Page always used a limited … that he limited his palette to black and white because of his dire financial circumstances. Page’s early life was … serving in the Signal Corps. It was only after the end of the war in 1945 that he decided to become an artist. He …

… Fort Beaufort in the eastern Cape. He read for a Bachelor of Arts degree with the University of Fort Hare. While still studying, Mosaka became involved … in Thaba Nchu he returned to Johannesburg and managed one of James Moroka's businesses. He married Miriam Ncamziwe …

… was born in Thaba Nchu in the Free State on the 27th of October in 1917.  A teacher by profession, and resident at the University of the North (Turfloop). In 1942 she married a fellow … teacher, William Kgware, who later joined the faulty of the University of the North at Turfloop. Kgware was …

… Philosophy (cum laude) and English at the University of the Orange Freestate and then she went on to obtain a Masters degree in Afrikaans at the University of Pretoria. She also completed a Teachers diploma (cum laude) at the University of South Africa. Antjie has published nine volumes of poetry, …

… Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan, the son of an Anglican minister, was born on 30 October 1906 at the Mbokothwana Mission Station in the Tsolo District of Pondoland in Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He completed his … in 1932 and a BA degree in 1934. That marked a new start of an exceptional academic, political and literary career. …