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… (now Gauteng). Before he was even two years in the employ of the newspaper, he was approached by the renowned news wire … over two and half decades, Ngwenya has covered some of South Africa’s hotspots and also travelled extensively … newspapers. His pictures have appeared in front pages of newspapers such as London Times, The Observer as well as …

… in the Belgian Congo. In 1960 Kabila became a leader of a youth wing of an alliance with the country’s first post-independence … formed the People’s Revolutionary Party that was comprised of Lumumba’s old supporters who wanted to revolt. In his …

… against racism and apartheid. She was a founding member of the Union of Black Journalists (UBJ), serving as its assistant secretary-treasurer, and also a member of the Writer’s Association of South Africa. On 30 November … 15 April 2019. • Hlongwane, A. (2013). An unsung heroine of South African journalism was honoured last night from …

… Frances “MaBaard” Baard was born 1st of October in 1909 in Kimberley, Northern Cape . She was the fifth of seven children of a Bechuuanaland-born mine worker. She worked as a domestic …

… in politics in 1940 when he was elected chairperson of the Garment Workers Union, number 2 branch of the Transvaal, a position he held until1953 . That same year Phillips also joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) . He became actively involved in the …

… was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown . She was one of the six children of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood, and his wife Frances … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography , v.1, Pretoria: HSRC. …

… moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early schooling in Grahamstown , in … with his wife and young son, Mclennan worked for a number of newspapers, including the Eastern Province Herald as a … news writing at Rhodes University and produced a series of photographs of resettlement camps in the Ciskei for the …

… Thomas Mtobi Mapikela born  in 12th of November 1869,in the Eastern Cape, he trained as a … the ORC Native Congress. In February 1909 he was a member of the delegation to Britain to protest the Act of Union. As president of the Orange Free State Native … From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 …

… in the northern Transvaal (current day Limpopo), the son of a minister.  He graduated from the Lady Selborne High … to study commerce for a Commerce degree at the University of Cape Town. In January 1960, when he became regional secretary of the  Pan Africanist Congress  (PAC) for the Western Cape, …

… born in 1889 in King William's Town, he was the second son of  John Tengo Jabavu . After studying at Lovedale, he taught … he joined the  Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union  of  Clements Kadalie  and soon became one of its vice-presidents. He was a treasurer of the Cape Native …

… Ernest Sedumedi Moloto was the son of peasant farmers. He received his primary education at … the Stofberg Gedenkskool (Stofberg Memorial School) of the Dutch Reformed Church near Viljoensdrift in the Orange … enrolled at the South African Native College (University of Fort Hare) for a BA degree. However, his studies were …

… settlement in Durban in 1941. After the demolition of Cator Manor and subsequent forced removals in the 1950s, … family moved to KwaMashu. It was the untenable conditions of poverty under which he and his family lived under that … Ndlovu joined the African National Congress at the age of 20 in 1952 during the Defiance Campaign . During this …

… in Lesotho. In the late 1930s, after the sudden death of their parents, Pheko and his brother came to South Africa … their aunt, E.M. Moerane. In 1960, Pheko became a member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).  Due to his … branch Chairperson, country representative and Member of Parliament (MP). He was a party representative to the …

… History is not kind to Nongqawuse. What we know of her is mainly related to the Cattle-Killing/Millenarian Movement of 1856-7 and her role and relations therein. She enters … Nongqawuse is said to have been an orphan and the niece of Mhlakaza. Mhlakaza’s father was the councillor of Chief …

… Dobsonville, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). The eldest of four children, Maimane attended Allen Glen High School, … he matriculated in 1997. He graduated from the University of South Africa, with a BA degree in Psychology, the University of the Witwatersrand, with a Masters in Public …

… operation at Groote Schuur Hospital, Cape Town. The son of a missionary, he was born into very modest circumstances in 1922 in Beaufort West on the edge of South Africa’s arid interior region called the Great Karoo. He was one of four sons, one of whom died at a young age due to a heart …

… Petrus Mashishi, President of the South African Municipal Workers Union (SAMWU) from its founding in 1987 until 2009, was both a man of his times and a giant representing working class … to a national union which could pull off repeated strike action across the country. He was a clear- headed strategist …

… at the Shiluvane Mission Station in the Letaba District of Limpopo. He was the eldest child in a family of three. With only a Standard 6 certificate (but later … and MA in African studies (1965) from the  University of South Africa . Overseas scholarships took him to …

… City and her people. His work is, by and large, a body of social documentation. The subject of his lens shifts: from exploring the transport networks and … within that; to shining a light on the youth, and some of the challenges faced by young people in the country’s …

… and secondary education in South Africa and completed half of her tertiary education at the University of Zululand before she went into exile. Jeannette and her two … Students’ Uprising, which culminated in the shooting of their brother, Hastings. Before her departure, Ndhlovu was …

… Gerard Bhengu was born on 6 September 1910 in Outstation of Mariannhill Mission Station, Centecow, Bulwer district, … his early education at the Roman Catholic Mission School of Esibomvwini at Centecow, in the Creighton region of Natal. From 1926 - 31 Bhengu produced 150 drawings for Dr …

… in Engcobo, Transkei on 28 February 1906, the second child of Valelo James Butshingi and Angeline Nokwenjenje (nee … an insurance company agent and later became the director of an investment trust. In the 1940s, he became involved in … and Distributive Workers Union, which had a membership of 10 000.  In 1944, he was one of the delegates sent to …

… Born in Newlands, Cape Town in 1909 and lived most of his life at Onrus, Western Cape.The son of D.C. Boonzaaier (qv.), Gregoire pursued art against his … through him that he was exposed to it, as well as a host of artistic personalities. Gregoire left SA in 1935 to study …

… was born in the Transkei in 1922 and completed a few years of secondary schooling. He came to Cape Town as a labourer, … helped organise a black railway and harbour workers' union of which he became secretary. Elected an official of the Western Cape ANC in 1951, he also acted as secretary …

… at St Ansgars Institution, Roodepoort, in the then Union of South Africa from 1942 to 1943, and Pax College, in … on to serve in various capacities in different structures of the ANC. In 1957, he was elected secretary of Alexandra Branch Six; in 1959, he was elected chairperson …

… Congress movement in Baroda, and served several terms of imprisonment in that country, before returning to Durban … Babenia worked as a journalist for the Gujarati section of Indian Opinion in 1960, but when that newspaper was shut … as well. The NIC appointed Babenia district organizer of sixteen Durban braches, some of which (Clairwood, Bayhead, …

… Sydney Alex Kumalo was born in the middle of the colonial conquest of Africa, the same year that Benito Mussolini’s foreign … At the Centre, Cecil Skotnes , the Recreation Officer of the Johannesburg city municipality, provided him with …

… was born in Woodstock , Cape Town in 1955, the daughter of an Indian father and mixed race mother of slave ancestry. The family later moved to Wittebome in … High School. A quiet and sensitive child who felt the pain of others very deeply, Diane found a channel for these …

… In 1958, his family was evicted to KwaMashu, north of Durban. He enrolled at the  University of  Zululand to study law. On campus he joined the Black … new outlook in him, which emphasised the global dimensions of economic and political change.  In 1996 he was conferred …

… Dolly Rathebe was born in Randfontein, west of Johannesburg in 1928, but grew up within the unique cultural and political milieu of Sophiatown in the 1930s and 1940s. As a young woman, … offered the lead female role in Jim Comes to Joburg , one of the earliest South African films made for a primarily …