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… Plaatjies Paul Joseph was on 1st of June in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined … by day in a furniture factory owned by the father of Ruth First ,and an unpaid staff member at Fighting Talk … off-hours. He helped organize the May Day work stoppage of 1950 in Johannesburg,which was surprisingly successful.An …

… New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1954. He was the son of Nontsikelelo and Mongameli Madaka who, both passed away in … in Transkei. He also attended the Mount Frere School of Commerce. While attending there he had an accident that … Student Movement (SASM). In 1978 his family became aware of his interest in politics through his role in  facilitating …

… Born at Mafeking in 1885, grandson of the great and distinguished Natural Ruler of the Barolong Tribe. He received his early education at his … Side Bar, and returned to South Africa a Barrister-at-law of the Lincoln Inn. He was admitted as a solicitor of the …

… chose to live in Cato Manor. They bought a small piece of ground to develop a market garden. His paternal … (high school), Durban. He spent a year at the University of Cape Town (UCT) and then went to the Springfield Training … way through university. At UCT he was elected treasurer of the Students Democratic Association that was formed to …

… He acquired the name, Comrade Mzala, as he was fond of addressing everyone as “mzala, mzala”.) In 1972, at the age of 15, he was detained without trial for his role in a school … student and worker strikes. Mzala attended the University of Natal (Ngoye), where he studied law and he was active in …

… a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John Molteno. With … encouraged debate in their family and, possibly because of this, she developed highly unconventional views early in … vegetarian with a passionate belief in the empowerment of the marginalised and disadvantaged peoples of southern …

… Eastern Cape] on 9 March 1920. He completed eight years of formal school and in his late teens went to work as a … in Johannesburg around 1940. He later became sports editor of the New Age  and wrote for  The World . He joined the … in 1939. By the late 1940s, he had become an active member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He was …

… Province). His parents, Dirk and Francina, were members of the Dutch Reformed Church. His mother died young and Uys … his way through the George Bernard Shaw canon by the age of 16. Shaw was an influence in his becoming a vegetarian and … defunct Rand Daily Mail in 1941, then as associate editor of the magazine Libertas. He returned briefly to the Mail …

… the Township around the early to mid-1960s. They were part of families forcibly removed from Alexandra Township, North of Johannesburg. This phase of forced removals of African families from Alexandra … Association,(1992), Medicine betrayed: the participation of doctors in human rights abuses, (London), p.139.|Argus …

… School. In 1941, he obtained a BA degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. He served with the South African forces … honours in jurisprudence. He was made an Honorary Fellow of the College. In 1949, Kentridge was admitted to the … appointed Senior Counsel in 1965 and appointed chairperson of the Johannesburg Bar Council from 1972 to 1973. Five years …

… Transvaal (now Gauteng) where he was a member of the Progressive Forum. In 1951, two of Dundee’s sons, Karrim Essack and Dr Limbada returned from … at Wits as politically trained and dedicated members of the Non European Unity Movement (NEUM), later known as the …

… called for strength in resistance, citing the example of Patrice Lumumba of the Congo who, he told a meeting of the Queensburgh Indian … a Republic on 31 May. Mandela was made head of a National Action Council (NAC) to coordinate the stay away. 27 April, …

… 1930s while still at school he became an active member of the Communist Party, speaking at public meetings and … newspaper, The Guardian. He studied at the University of Cape Town and became an architect. In 1946 he was charged … 1946 miner's strike. In 1948 he became an active opponent of the policies of the National Party. After the passing of …

… Gordon Sprig was born in Ipswich, England in 1830, the son of a pastor. He schooled at Ipswich and at other private … reporter before moving to the Cape Colony in 1858 because of health reasons. He acquired a farm near East London, in … in local politics, concerned especially with questions of frontier security, as his farm was situated at the …

… Paramount Chief of the Mthethwa and leader of various northern Nguni groups who lived in the Zululand … or Ngodongwa) life. But as far as we know, towards the end of the eighteenth century Godongwana (Dingiswayo's name …

… Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a mission … Soweto . During the 1950s, Sejake was a leading member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), and the African National Congress …

… Prep and Boys' High School,[1][2] matriculating at the age of 17.[3] After leaving school, he avoided conscription into … African Defence Force (SADF), and worked at a variety of jobs for two years, with no particular interest in … for twenty-one years never questioned it".[5] At the end of 1970, Jenkin enrolled at the University of Cape Town (UCT) …

… Anne's DSG at Hilton. Stainbank was an artist way ahead of her time.  Though credited with introducing a modern school of sculpture to South Africa during her early career, she was often criticized for her use of avant-garde images.  As a woman artist, she experienced …

… Congress (NIC) against the then conservative leadership of the organisation. After matriculating in 1937, he joined … from Amra’s home on Milton Road, Durban. He wrote many of the articles for the paper. Peter Abraham , one of South Africa’s best known poets of this period, dedicated …

… in Vrededorp did not last long as the government’s policy of forced removals soon compelled them to resettle in … Soweto. Smith was eighteen years old. She became a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and worked closely … .  As an ANC volunteer, Smith attended the 1955 Congress of the People in Kliptown and joined the ANC Women’s March , …

… Zuleika (Zulei) Sarojini Christopher, the eldest daughter of Advocate Albert Christopher and Ghadija Gool, was born in … she also grew up. Advocate Albert Christopher, a member of the moderate grouping of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), had been …

… Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. Following … Pescod High School in 1975, he worked for the Department of Manpower until 1981. In 1982, Benny moved to Johannesburg …

… was born on 23 December 1883 in Port Elizabeth, the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican minister, he later became leader of the separatist African Orthodox Church(AOC) that was … for an insurance company.Alexander joined was an officer of the Pretoria branch of the African People's Organization …

… Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele (1919 - 2008): By Minister of culture & society, Dr Z. Pallo Jordan Es'kia [Ezekiel] Mphahlele, doyen of African letters, passed away in Lebowakgomo, Limpopo, on … Grimes, W. (2008). Es’kia Mphahlele, Chronicler of Apartheid, Dies at 88 . The New York Times [Online] 31 …

… is a documentary photographer who captures the traces of violence, displacement and struggle in a landscape. The images evoke memory and history and the untold stories of the aftermath of conflict. Her work engages with the remnants and vestiges …

… Artists, mainly concerned with the social conditions of their segregated settlements, emerged through the Polly … between 1952 and 1954, under Cecil Skotnes. His experience of the shantytowns and townships of the Witwatersrand formed the focus of his work. …

… in the Free State Province where her father was Dean of the Theological School at the Wilberforce Institute of the African Methodist Church (A.M.E.) In Evaton, Gow was immersed in an ethos of music and culture, and sang at church and at community …

… Document 23 26 June 1992 Introduction 1.  The Declaration of intent which we adopted at Codesa 1  committed us to the established of a 'democratic South Africa'. On the basis of this … ago, in particular: The immediate implementation of the programme to phase out the hostels and convert them into …

… was born on the 24 December 1910 in Lithuania. At the age of nineteen, in 1931, Heymann arrived in South Africa. In 1935, he became an executive member of the Native Trade Assistance Union and in 1936, he joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). He was also a member of the Jewish …

… as “Die Ou Ram” (The Old Ram). He was the first son of the legendary San leader, Regopstaan Kruiper. Kruiper was the traditional leader and healer of the Khomani San, hunter-gatherers living in the Kalahari Desert. He became leader of the //Sa! Makai in 1987. Kruiper was well known for his …