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… in Pietermaritzburg on 18 February 1959.He is the eldest of four children of Alex and Jenny Boraine.His father was the President of the Methodist Church of South Africa and later a Member of …

… and Economics from Oxford University, and a Bachelor of Philosophy from York University. He obtained his PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand. Professor Webster established … contribution to scholarship, especially in the field of Industrial Sociology. His book Cast in a Racial Mould …

… Nanyuki, Kenya on 6th October 1953, the first-born child of Aubrey and Joy Aggett. He began his schooling in Kenya, … and certificates. In 1971 he enrolled at the University of Cape Town to study medicine. He completed his medical … was exposed to the hardships and poverty-related diseases of workers. He worked mainly in overcrowded Black hospitals …

… Party’s segregationist bills. She was opposed to all forms of injustice, especially the Group Areas Act (1950) which … by the government, she resigned as a serving member of the United Party and established the Women’s Defence of the Constitution League (Black Sash) in 1955, of which she …

… . This work has informed his art, instilling a sense of mysticism in many of his pieces. Konqobe began creating works of art in the early 1970s, encouraged by the sculptor Sydney … De Jager, E.J. (1992) Images of Man: Contemporary South African Black Art and Artists , …

… studies to do full-time political work. After the banning of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in 1950, she joined the staff of the Guardian newspaper and later became secretary of the …

… Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the third of eight children. At the age of 17, Motsoaledi came to Johannesburg. His first brush with … work in a leather factory. . He joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in 1945 and then the African National …

… Zac de Beer was born on 11 October 1928. He was the second of four children of Jean Isobel and Zacharias Johannes de Beer, a medical … to 45. He completed an MB ChB degree at the University of Cape Town for in 1951. While at UCT his political career … Beer, Zacharias Johannes (Zach) . O\'Malley - "The Heart of Hope” [Online]. Available at: nelsonmandela.org [Accessed …

… in the district. He became interested in the planning of the Great Trek and even went on a preliminary trip to the … and several hundred kinsmen were killed on the orders of Zulu  King Dingane  following a failed land exchange agreement. Pretorius had advanced to a position of Commandant-General in the Boer army and was asked to lead …

… 1639 and then further on to Dejima (today forming part of Nagasaki) in Japan in 1643. In 1645 van Riebeeck was given charge of the Dutch East India Company trading station at Tongkin in … van Riebeeck spent 18 days in Table Bay , near the Cape of Good Hope, which, upon his return, he advocated as an …

… His father was a policeman and a local chairman of  Inkatha Freedom Party  (IFP). Nkabinde attend the local … youth leader in Richmond. He later became the chairman of DCO Mathewane youth organisation, and a member of the ANC's Self Defence Unit (SDU) in Richmond. Nkabinde …

… frontier wars. Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand Son of Ngqika, King of the Rharhabe division of the Xhosa nation. Implacably opposed to his father's …

… at farm schools. He joined the army at the outbreak of World War II, when many of his neighbours were violently opposed to South African … participation in the war against Hitler. After a time of active service in the field he was  appointed to run the …

… 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated to South Africa in 1893. He … and Labour Council.In 1905 he became Amalgamated Society of Engineers(ASE) full-time organizer and this trade union … labor federation. In 1909 he became the first chairman of the all-white South African Labour Party and three years …

… the Communist Party. In 1941 he was chosen vice-president of the Council of Non-European Trade Unions. He remained a leader in this … the mid-1950s, also serving for some time as secretary of the African Milling Workers' Union. Active in the  African …

… (SACS). Nathan holds a B.Bus.Sc./LLB from the University of Cape Town (UCT) and a MPhil from the School of Peace Studies Bradford University, United Kingdom. He has published a number of books and articles on South Africa’s security forces and …

… in Gugulethu and Western Province under the auspices of the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SARU) during the … became involved in politics, and was arrested in the case of the State versus Zephania Mothopeng and 17 Others for staging protests in support of the Soweto uprisings of 1976 . He was imprisoned for about …

… Brigitte Mabandla was born on the 23rd of November 1948. In the mid-1970s, she worked as a youth co-ordinator at the Institute of Race Relations in Durban but left South Africa for Zambia … 1986 she taught Commercial Law at the Botswana Institute of Administration and Commerce. From 1986 to 1990 she served …

… at Eddels shoe factory, where he became an active member of the Leather Workers’ Union, eventually becoming vice-chairperson. He was one of the strongest anti-apartheid leaders who kept alive the … for a free and non-racial society along with hundreds of other activists during apartheid in the 1950s, ’60s, ’70s, …

… education at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). A student of theology, Niehaus was months away from his final exams in … a degree in Industrial sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand. Carl and Jansie were found guilty of High Treason and he received a 15 year sentence while …

… year he assisted in collecting ‘freedom demands’ as part of the African National Congress  (ANC)’s process of writing the Freedom Charter . In 1957 Mtshali was … following year he joined the ANC. In 1961 Mtshali was part of the Congress Alliance’s group which founded uMkhonto …

… “Papwa” Sewsunker Sewgolum was born in 1930, into a family of poor sugarcane labourers in Natal. He started working at … as an exceptional player. Sewgolum began to dream of playing professionally and finally made a brilliant debut … won the tournament, and to the eternal disgrace and shame of both the white golfing fraternity and government …

… Bertha Gxowa was born on the 28th of November 1934, in Germiston Location where she spent her … Primary School and then the Public Secondary School, both of which were in the location. Her father was a garment … subjected to carry in order to live and move in and out of the location. As a result, Bertha volunteered to be in one …

… Mudzunga was born in 1934 in the Nzhelele district of the former Venda ‘ homeland’ , now Limpopo province. However, Apartheid-era documents noted his year of birth as 1938, a date still recognised as correct in many … multiple other jobs. Mudzunga was in his eighth year of working as a driver in Johannesburg for the packaging …

… near Winburg, where he joined the Voortrekker group of the population, hostile to H. D.Warden. Together with five … Released after a few months, he took part in the Battle of Boomplaats and because of this had to flee across the Vaal River. He settled near …

… Thandi Klaasen, born Thandiwe Nelly Mpambani, was one of South Africa's most celebrated jazz musicians and a defining voice of the Sophiatown cultural renaissance. The daughter of a shoemaker and a domestic worker, she grew up in …

… Gauteng , in December 1950. She was the second eldest of four daughters and a brother. Her father was the nephew of Samuel Matshoba, an adviser to Gijima, chief priest of the Israelites - a Christian Sect that was slaughtered at … TVSA. (2006). Flowers of the Revolution - Deborah Nikiwe Matshoba online. Available …

… , was a trade unionist and Labour Party member, Member of Parliament, the Chairman of the Treason Trial Defence Fund and Chairman of the South African Defence and Aid Fund The young Hepple …

… in 1924. He was involved in the Springbok Legion a sort of an auxiliary body, although he was not in the army. Since … a left wing radical. Berrangé joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Johannesburg of his own free volition. At the time that he joined the …

… Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo, was born of a slave mother and father who were kidnapped as children off the coast of Mozambique . She was born in the late 1870s and grew up in … Worcester. One day in 1884, a Christian lady by the name of Miss Schreiner, who later became Mrs Stakeby-Lewis), asked …