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… on 16 September 1947 in Kwambunda village on the banks of the Blood River in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).In 1947 the Kumalo family moved to Evaton, a township south of Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) where he grew up … in 1967, a school established by American missionaries of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.He helped pave the …

… was born on 4 December 1936 in Sophiatown. He was one of the five children of Christina Toli (born Buhali) and Samuel Nhlanhla. Both … as Orange Free State). His father moved the family out of Free State after the racism in the  area they were living … A life dedicated to the cause of freedom. website: anc.org.za| Former intelligence minister …

… died Cape Town, 1921. Morland was descended from a family of British artists that includes the famous George Morland (1763 - 1804). He came to SA with much experience of art societies, and this was to serve him well. Primarily a … Watercolour Society. He was also the first President of the Liverpool Sketch Club. In 1880 he achieved the …

… film show at the primary school in the fishing village of Hout Bay. On the way home, as friends enacted scenes from … lighting that impressed him in the films. At the age of 20 he began a correspondence course in photography with the City and Guilds of London. He freelanced for the famous South African …

… George Naicker, was one of six sons. He was born on 1 June 1919. He joined the  Natal … he was banned for five years. Apart from being a member of the Natal Indian Congress he also was the Assistant Secretary of the Natal Indian Farmers Union - a body representing the …

… interpreter. But having witnessed first hand the capacity of the Dutch to reduce indigenous people to positions of servitude, he became a staunch opponent of European colonisation. To ensure his safe return to the …

… family. [i]  From an early age Jana developed an awareness of the unequal society she was born into, stating in her book … system. [iii]  The family was constantly uprooted because of her father’s political activity. [iv]  From 1960 she … initially commenced her law degree through the University of South Africa (Unisa)  [vii]  , but went on to become a …

… who asked Moyaga to show him some drawings. He bought one of them and then introduced Moyaga to Brother Bral, who … Matsoso (qv.) and Thami Mnyeli responded to the call of the Black Consciousness movement as articulated by Steve … has to be directed to the past ”¦ to rewrite the history of the black man and to produce in it the heroes who form the …

… Marx and Lenin were read and discussed. At the age of 21, she joined the Communist Party of South Africa , where meetings were held at the Gandhi … , Pauline Podbrey , Dawood Seedat and SV Reddy, some of whom were charged with her as co-accused in the 1956 … Forde, F. (2008) “Era of sacrifice and solidarity”.   The Mercury [online] …

… was born in 1944 in London. He studied at the University of London where he gained his Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree and later obtained his PHD from Lancaster University. In 1977, at the age of 33, Cobbing came to South Africa and became an active …

… Nomkhosi  Mary Mini was born in 1959, the daughter of Vuyisile Mini , South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) activist and first African National … family, says her sister Xolile Mini on the 26 th  day of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) Trails on …

… to study further, and it was there that she learned of the detention of her adored elder brother, Jack Tarshish, during the state of emergency , which followed the  Sharpeville  and Langa …

… Rosemarie, the only child in a single-parent family of limited means. He studied at the School of Optic and Photechnic in Berlin and worked as an apprentice … the German Press Agency for two years. In 1950, at the age of 19, he moved to South Africa to join his mother and …

… spiritual quest.  He embraced and explored aspects of the Islamic mystical tradition called Sufism. For the purposes of this biography he will be referred to simply as ‘Geleta’. … teenage years Geleta was drawn into a very active nucleus of South African jazz musicians, among them; Dollar Brand, …

… Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga . She was the first of two daughters (Nokuthula and Thembisile) of Ernestinah and Matthew Simelane. She  graduated on 15 October 1983 from the University of Swaziland with a Bachelor in Administration (B.Admin) … The Lessons of South Africa’s TRC for Africa 10 years later ”, from the …

… for a Diploma in Commercial Art at the Durban Institute of Technology (DIT, now Durban University of Technology) in 1962. She also did part-time studies with … in its influences and aspirations, Mikula was one of the first of her generation of South African ceramicists …

… village at Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape.He was one of eight children of a policeman. Five of his siblings died in childhood. Mhlaba attended school at …

… encouraged her to come to South Africa with the promise of employment. However, due to her circumstances, further … their municipality. Barenblatt later became the secretary of a trade union organisation in East London in the 1940s, and a member of the East London Workers' Civic League. Barenblatt then …

… Steve Biko and others broke away from National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and formed the South … Students Organization (SASO) in July 1968. At its launch of Nengwekhulu was elected as the permanent organizer. After his election, he was in charge of the Reef SASO (REESO) Local Brach in Johannesburg which …

… and worked as a dressmaker. She was the first president of the  African National Congress Women’s League  and a leader of many mass women’s demonstrations from Western Native … 1950s, and in 1954 was also elected as National president of the  Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) , a …

… in 1889. Mpanza was founder and leader from the mid-1940s of the Sofasonke Party of Orlando township, Johannesburg, and a crusader for better … following into a cultlike organization for the contesting of seats on the Orlando advisory board. Jailed for murder in …

… in the Transvaal region and in 1984 was elected president of the Federation of Transvaal Women (FEDTRAW) . Sister Ncube was detained six … attention, she was freed but was rearrested with a number of other people, and charged with sedition and subversion. …

… born about 1893 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the grandson of a slave, he studied at Shaw University and Springfield … 1920 to 1936 he lived in South Africa as a representative of the Young Men's Christian Association, based at Alice in … by conviction at this time, he introduced numbers of Fort Hare students, most notably  Govan Mbeki , to Marxist …

… 1923 in Frankfort in the Orange Free State. The son of a clerk and descendant of the Hlubi chief, Langalibalele, he became a teacher and active member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Transvaal. …

… in Johannesburg. He schooled in Fordsburg where his family of nine members, of which he was the youngest, eventually settled down. … Höer Skool. At about 13 or 14 years of age, Vandeyar  together with three friend were swimming at … Vadi I.  Reggie Vandeyar - Portrait of a Revolutionary  - Lives of Courage Project - Ahmed …

… later went on to study Sports Science at the University of North West. In the African Junior Championships in 2009, … won both the 800 meters (m) and 1500m races with the times of 1:56.72 and 4:08.01 respectively, simultaneously breaking … 1:58.85, and Zola Budd at 2:00.90, respectively. In August of the same year, when Semenya was 18 years old she won gold …

… Canon James Arthur Calata , was the Secretary General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1936 to 1949. In 1956, when Fort was born, Canon Calata was one of the accused in the Treason Trial . Fort Calata and his … the police traced it and identified him as the author of the letter. Subsequently, he was detained and questioned. …

… became a full-time organiser for the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Unions. Whilst he was working for the Council, it joined the  South African Congress of Trade Unions  (SACTU), which was formed in March 1955. … National Congress (ANC) in 1950 through the influence of his close friend,  Flag Boshielo . He was appointed to the …

… . He grew up in Blythswood in the Transkei (now a part of the Eastern Cape ) where his father was a principal at a … first piano lessons. He also became exposed to the music of the army marching around. On his return to the Transkei, … where he became exposed to mbaqanga and kwela styles of music. Sometimes Macgregror joined groups of dance bands …

… was born on 4 October 1931, in Signal Hill, Cape Town of Indian-Portuguese heritage. According to South Africa’s … He would walk about 10 miles (about 16km) on the morning of a match to help prepare the wicket, watering and rolling … any formal coaching; he practiced playing in the streets of Signal Hill, where his family lived. Some of his friends …