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… 21 in 1949,He grew up in Raisethorpe,a peri-urban area of Pietermaritzburg.His family was of diverse racial composition:one grandfather was an … as a cleck and lab assisted,then enteres the University of the Western Cape (UWC) as a law student.In May 1972 he led …

… Subbiah Moodley is probably the most anonymous of the early uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC), recruits. He was born … Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His grandparents on both sides of the family came from India as indentured workers. His …

… April 1921. His mother, Nell, a Cockney from the east end of London, was the breadwinner at home. She worked as an … children whose parents couldn't afford to keep them. One of five siblings, Mulholland was the only one to survive … He left school without matriculating.  At the outbreak of World War II he joined the entertainment corps and spent …

… in Daveyton in the East Rand. She began singing at the age of seven in the local church choir. The Mathosa family moved … Mathosa attended the St. Mary’s High School. At the age of fourteen, Mathosa was discovered by music producer, Don … who put her in the group Boom Shaka. The group comprised of four other members, Thembi Seete, Theo Nhlengethwa and …

… Shabalala was born on 28 August in 1941 and town of Ladysmith (eMnambithi district) in the Kwazulu-natal region was a member of the internationally renowned South African vocal group, … Records in 1970. Initially their repertoire consisted of traditional folk songs, but when Joseph converted to …

… for him to travel to Mecca, where he began the study of Islamic philosophy. He then spent five years in India. … National Congress (ANC) that resulted in the signing of the "Doctors' Pact" of 1947. Thereafter Cachalia was closely associated with …

… She arrived with her family in  Durban  in 1933 at the age of eleven, although her father had come to South Africa a few … Podbrey’s father was involved with an influential group of socialists, including  Eddie Roux , and this impacted on the life of Podbrey. She used to listen to meetings from the balcony …

… Lee-Warden started his own printing works at the back of a furniture shop in Keerom Street. A year later, he moved … and Fred Carneson approached him to take over the printing of the paper. Lee-Warden was the obvious choice, as he was … and sent via the railways to Cape Town. The Africans of the Cape Western District elected Lee-Warden to represent …

… was also born. Mafela’s family moved to Kliptown, south of Johannesburg in 1947. The family remained in Kliptown for … as a temporary shelter for many families removed from one of the squatter settlements that sprang up in  Soweto  in the … Township. This move was consistent with the expectations of local authorities at the time. Tshiawelo was set aside for …

… units. By 1962, he was promoted to platoon commander of MK. Owing to his commitment and leadership, he was asked to become a member of the Second National High Command in 1963 with Wilton Mkwayi as the leader. Mkwayi was one of the 156 accused in the 1956 Treason Trial who had …

… Mayekiso was a textile worker and later became president of the African Textile Workers' Union. He was a trade unionist and a leader of the  African National Congress  in the Cape. He joined the ANC in 1942 and was a leader of the 1949 Port Elizabeth bus boycott and an ANC volunteer …

… she had to record in detail the post mortem appearance of various animal diseases and abnormalities. This was before the time of colour photographs. In 1927 she was moved to the Division of Plant Industry in the Department of Agriculture where she … E.J. Verwey (ed), New dictionary of South African biography. Pretoria, 1995, pp 141-142 …

… He was an extremely wealthy man and was used to a life of luxury and comfort, yet he was one of the strongest supporters of the Satyagraha Campaign. He was not afraid to go to jail. …

… Ford Motor Company in Port Elizabeth Kani became a member of the Serpent Players drama group. It was here that he met Athol Fugard . This was the beginning of a long and fruitful friendship. Much of the work they did at the time was experimental and …

… teacher at St. Mary’s Mission School at Odibo. He was part of the Native Military Corps for the South African Defence … and trade unionists. He became the Deputy Chairman of the MYS, which organised festivals, lectures, discussion … People’s Congress (OPC) sought to fight for the rights of migrant workers, some of whom had deserted the …

… they died from Asian flu leaving him orphaned at the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and family before being given to a Methodist … he was their adopted son and he was not white.  At the age of 17 John Carlton completed and published his novel Broken …

… The use of artworks for public education by the National Roads Safety Organisation convinced Koloane of the role of art in communication. Together with Louis Maqubhela he …

… Barnato was born in 21 February 1851, Whitechapel slum of London. His original name was Barnett Issacs but changed … in the diamond rush that followed the 1866 discovery of diamond in Kimberly. He came to South Africa penniless, … Company that he helped set up was a competitive rival of Cecil John Rhodes’ De Beers company. Rhodes and Barnato …

… education at Orlando High School, Soweto Township, south of Johannesburg. Other academic qualifications include a … a Certificate in Defence Management from the University of the Witwatersrand and a Certificate in Personnel … IPM. Shoke joined  Umkhonto we Sizwe , the military wing of the  African National Congress (ANC) , in the 1970s. In …

… He left the country in 1964 and joined ANC ranks of those who were already exile. Sigxashe went to Russia … Tanzania where he worked as a lecturer at the University of Dar-es Salaam in the 1970s. During this period he also did … arm was formed in 1978, Sigxashe was appointed as one of its operatives. He then worked as Chair of the …

… and a prolific author.  He wrote 54 books, including five of poetry and one on depression.  De Villiers also composed a number of hymns that were included in the hymnbook of the Dutch Reformed Church in the 1970s. He went to …

… was born in Johannesburg,  South Africa, the daughter of a Jewish refugee who fled from Latvia, then a part of the Soviet Union, where Anti-Semitism led to discrimination and persecution of the Jews at the start of the nineteenth century. [1]  This … “16 September 2003: Weinberg, Sheila”, O’Malley the Heart of Hope, (Uploaded: 16 September 2003), (Accessed: 31 March …

… was a SASA member, but there is no surviving record of his participation in any of its exhibitions. He most likely saw no need to exhibit … 1915 to 1940. Boonzaier played a key role in the careers of many early SASA members. He was the father of Gregoire …

… fruit and vegetables to hotels. Mononmony was the fifth of nine children and the only daughter. Mononmony married … (mother) not only to her children but also to thousands of people in the freedom movement. Mononmony participated in … to political meetings and raised them in the spirit of the freedom struggle. In 1947, she was imprisoned during …

… meetings with his Father, Ebrahim Dinat, who was a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) .  In 1953, at the age of 16, Dinat left school to work in a family-owned bicycle …

… by his father to Mariazel in the Transkei, near the border of Lesotho where he did form one and form two in one year. … During this period he carried political work as a member of the ANC YL. Then around 1957 he enrolled at the University of Fort Hare where he met several members of the ANC and ANC …

… Machel was born in 1933 and was raised in the village of Chilembene. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. … he worked in the fields. He studied to become a nurse, one of the few professions open to Mozambican Blacks at that …

… Nico Carstens was a popular South African composer of accordion music. He got his first accordion at the age of 13 and won an adult music competition six months later. He composed his first music piece at the age of 17. His music is variously classified as boeremusiek or …

… it later to join the independent Bantu Methodist Church, of which he became president. In the interwar period, he … many conferences, including the December 1935 conference of the  All African Convention  (AAC). He served on the  Africans' Claims  committee and was senior chaplain of the  African National Congress  (ANC) at the time  A. B. …

… in the early 1940s. Naidoo represented a generation of young Indians impatient with the divisions that had up to … Africans. In 1939 he was elected to the national council of the Non-European United Front. From 1945 until 1950 he was a member of the central committee of the Communist Party, serving on …