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… Sindiwe Magona was born on 23 August 1943, in the village of Gungululu in rural Eastern Cape (formerly Transkei). The first born of eight children, Magona earned her secondary and … in Social Work at Columbia University in the United States of America. Magona is one of many internationally prominent …

… in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba had … younger and one older than her. Her father was a friend of Karamchand Gandhi, Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s father. In … old at the time. In Porbandar, the betrothal and marriage of children was an accepted and common practice. Two main …

… African War (Anglo-Boer War 2) . After the declaration of peace he went to Pretoria where he first worked as waiter … in 1907 and then qualified as a teacher. From the end of 1910 he taught in the Pietersburg district for a year, but … three years, and from 1915 in Johannesburgin the office of the attorney  Richard W. Msimang . Msimang was chairperson …

… her early education. Born into the privileged world of servants and country clubs, Benson’s early ambitions were … where she would eventually end up. The younger daughter of Cyril Benson, an Irish administrator of the Pretoria General Hospital (now the Steve Biko Academic …

… grandparents not his parents. He grew up in the mixed area of Johannesburg called Sophiatown before the apartheid … people classified “Coloured” by the government. At the age of eight, his grandmother sent him to study at the St Theresa … Durban. His grandparents were not pleased with the quality of education provided for coloured by the government. Mattera …

… Azhar Cachalia was born in Edinburgh Scotland on 26th of June 1956. He attended school there and then later in … Between 1975 and 1981 he studied science at the University of Durban Westville and law at the University of Witwatersrand. Azhar was influenced in his political …

… Keitseng was born in Kanye, Botswana in 1919, the son of a peasant,the oldest of six children. At the age of 23, he came to South Africa as a mineworker and became one … (1977)  From Protest to Challenge. A Documentary. History of African Politics in South Africa, Vol. 4, Political …

… in the Eastern Cape into a literary family. From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in England, and continued to live there for many years. She went on to become one of the first African female writers and journalists. In 1955 … stay. She visited her father, Professor D.D.T. Jabavu , of Fort Hare, as well as relatives in the Eastern Cape and …

… HAD ITS BEGINNING as a propaganda force from the plinth of Van Riebeeck Statue, Adderley Street, Cape Town, when it stood at the bottom of Dock Road in the latter months of 1903. I had arrived from … Wednesday business meetings, at which we also drew up a programme of our objects and methods, which I read before a …

… born on 22 May 1880 in Friedberg, Germany. He was the son of Edward Oppenheimer, a cigar merchant. Oppenheimer began … His efforts impressed his employer and in 1902, at the age of 22, he was sent to South Africa to represent the company … in 1934, Oppenheimer married Caroline Harvey, daughter of a knighted Briton. Oppenheimer was active in civil life …

… Ebrahim Asvat was born 1920 in Johannesburg , daughter of EI Asvat, came under the tutelage of her father as a young girl. She accompanied him to … At the time she was studying medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand but she took a year off and went to …

… Johannesburg), was a long-time force behind the growth of indigenous South African black drama and served as the artistic director of the non-racial Market Theatre in Johannesburg from its … first multiracial cultural centre and a birthplace of the country’s indigenous theatre movement. Working under …

… Cape Colony in 20 October in 1885. He was the eldest son of John Tengo Jabavu , a politician turned journalist who founded and also became the editor of the first Black-owned newspaper in 1884, Imvo Zabantsundu … (Black opinion). His father was also a founding member of the South African Native College (later renamed the …

… 'Nchu distric in the Orange Free State. An early treasurer of the  African National Congress  (ANC) and for some years … State. Educated at Healdtown Institution, he was a chief of the Barolong, a subgroup of the Tswana, and owned a large farm in the Thaba 'Nchu …

… Province, but very little is known about this family of carvers. They have neither been prolific nor widely … not been promoted by any single art dealer. Their lack of production would suggest that the family is not dependent … Albert Chauke is the best known and the oldest member of the family. Totemic, pig-like figures such as The pig lady …

… was born in Port Elizabeth on 12 May 1957, the eldest of the six children of Edward Nzima Macozoma and Nobanzi Beauty Macozoma. He grew … home, with his father often relating the political history of Port Elizabeth during the turbulent 1950s and 1960s. His …

… (now Western Cape). He was the second eldest in a family of four children. His father, a businessperson in the fishing … was six years old. His mother then took over the running of his father’s business, which ultimately went bankrupt. His … teacher initially made Isaacs and his classmates aware of oppression. This continued up to high school. At the age …

… in Johannesburg . She was educated in England from the age of 13, and studied geography at St Hugh's College in Oxford. … school years and as a consequence developed a deep love of and interest in her Scottish roots. At the outbreak of World War II she volunteered as an escort on a ship taking …

… Brothers College, Joffe studied law at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, qualified as a … in the Rivonia Trial, where several leading members of the African National Congress (ANC) liberation movement … were facing charges. Joffe was also the defence attorney of two Robben Islanders, namely, Ahmed Kathrada and Laloo …

… sixteen years old. She worked with the Communist Party of South Africa (now known as the South African Communist … the Springbok Legion , a progressive organisation made up of former soldiers who had recently returned from fighting … (MYS) , which was a progressive youth movement made up of mostly university students. It was through MYS that …

… Province (now Eastern Cape) around 1873 as a member of the Xhosa-speaking Mpinga clan of the Tembu tribe. He trained as a teacher at the Lovedale … photographer. He married Diana Mgqibisa, the daughter of a minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, who …

… was born in Durban, 1959. He experienced the trauma of losing his brothers one after the other to genetic … in his family, Makhanya enrolled at the University of Fort Hare in 1979 and graduated in 1985 with both an … collections. He went on to teach art at Ntuzuma College of Education from 1986 to 1999.  Makhanya found inspiration …

… and teacher, Gwala known as Munt'omdala or The Lion of the Midlands, grew up in the Pietermaritzburg area. After … and Cable Workers” Union in Howick. However, as many of the workers were migrant labourers, it was difficult to maintain permanent structures. In 1950 he was one of the organisers of the national stay-away of workers. He …

… was born in Kroonstad on 10 March 1952. He is the son of Anna and Fikile Joel Gqozo. His father was a skilled … and Bodibeng Senior High School. In 1972 he dropped out of school and went to work as a warder at Kroonstad prison. … Defence Force . He worked as a soldier and chief clerk of the SADF’s 21 Battalion based in Lenasia next to …

… 1948, into a working-class family. He was the eldest of seven children. Most of Lekota’s schooling was completed in Kroonstad. He … soccer field.  In 1971, Lekota enrolled at the University of the North, where he became politically active. He joined … Twala, Chitja. (2011). The Congress of The People (COPE) leadership under siege: The beginning of …

… Leading member of the South African Congress of Democrats (CoD). He was born in Latvia in 1927 and came … South Africa in 1934. After graduating from the University of Cape Town in 1950, he worked as a surveyor and a lecturer …

… studied on part-time basis art at the Johannesburg School of Art and Barnato Park School. Her earlier art work were … work was on Xhosa people in theTranskei. She spent a lot of time on river beds, villages and trading stores while … Mullins, by her marriage to Brian Wiles, became a member of the well-known Wiles family who have been artists for …

… born in 10 August, 1949 to parents who were active members of the African National Congress (ANC). She grew up in … children in 1969. Marcus went on to study for a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits), but then decided to study Industrial …

… A controversial White champion of African rights, Patrick Duncan played a conspicuous role … for over a decade, attracting notice from the beginning of his political career because of his famous father, a former governor-general of South … From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 . …

… 1960s, following the sharpeville massacre and the state of emergency , there were more than 100 sabotage attacks … innocent until proved guilty. Henceforth, in a case of sabotage, the prosecution needed to show only that the … was a need to tell the people that the ANC was still in action and that Walter Sisulu, the General Secretary of the …