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… born in Basutoland in 1888 and was reputed to be the son of a Basuto chief and a Coloured mother. From 1906 until … propensity for high-flown language and affected manners of dress marked him out as a showman. In 1913 he went to … reflected a militant race consciousness and mistrust of whites, including missionaries. With his brother, Kennan, …

… in Natal, he studied law for one year at the University of Natal and by correspondence with the University of London. He worked for a time as a salesman. Active in the … Congress Youth League in the 1950s, he became a member of the national executive committee of the  Pan Africanist …

… born about 1910, he was recruited to the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in  Pretoria  at a time when the … at a low ebb. Shortly after joining, he became a member of the central committee in  Johannesburg . In 1933 he was … He was at that time an organizer for the Federation of Non-European Trade Unions; later he became chairman of the …

… he studied at the Michaelis School at the University of Cape Town (UCT) where he obtained a Bachelor and Masters … University. He has participated in a vast number of exhibitions, including the Venice Bienalle in 1995, the … exhibitions around South Africa such as, "40 Sculptures of the Western Cape". In 1998 he won the Urban Arts …

… interests in psychiatry. His mother was the daughter of an Edinburgh professor of music. His artist’s talents were first recognised in 1940 … Junior School in Cape Town , but after the University of Cape Town (UCT) rejected him “because he could not draw”, …

… 1917 to 1918. A dynamic personality, he was also a founder of the CPIA and served as its President from 1913 to 1915. For some years he was also a President of the SAFAA and a Trustee of the SANG. He was Vice-President of the National Society …

… Fatima became politically active after they became aware of the unjust segregationist laws that ruled South Africa. In … In 1955 she played a significant role in the organisation of the Congress of the People, where the  Freedom Charter  was adopted. In … History of Women's struggle in South Africa …

… in the Woodstock/Salt River area. Goddard lived most of his life on the Cape Flats, in Wetton, Wynberg and, … on some personal photographic projects. The production of black and white photographic images interested him. It was … early 1987, Stevens and Appolis invited him to a meeting of some South African photographers. This meeting was to …

… was born in 1930 in Winburg in the Orange Free State of mixed Tswana-Ndebele parentage. His father was a teacher. … December 1949 he met  A. P. Mda  at the annual conference of the  African National Congress  (ANC), and throughout the rest of his political career he maintained a belief in Mda's …

… Community organisations and the resistance press used many of Berman’s photographs. Her photographs were included in the … South Africa: The Cordoned Heart (1986), (which was a part of the exhibition), depicts the poverty faced by the Coloured … and Black communities in and around the Western Cape town of George. Beyond merely depicting the poverty of these …

… for the Rand Daily Mail , Stein took on the editorship of Drum magazine , where he spent three years working with a staff of black writers, who would later become well known for their accounts of life under apartheid. In the late 1950s, Stein left South …

… to pursue a career as a visual artist as another way of contributing to South African culture. He obtained a bachelor’s degree of technology in fine arts in 2002 and continued living in … exhibition in 2006. Hlobo’s works reference many aspects of his Xhosa heritage and incorporate concepts of gender, …

… Wells, England c.1871. He trained at the Brighton School of Art and became proficient in watercolour, the most English of painting mediums. He first came to SA as an opera singer, … in both South West Africa/ Namibia and the main theatre of the War in Europe. Prior to his departure to war in 1917, …

… school in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. On completion of his training, he moved to Pretoria where he worked as a … healing, rebirth and continuity and not the transience of existence. Moreover, his use of chiaroscuro intensifies the symbolism of these pieces. The …

… Defiance Campaign, and on 5 December 1956, Bokala was one of many that were arrested at dawn for treason.  He was … family on 21 December 1956 after he was released on bail of 50 pounds. In January 1958, charges were withdrawn against Bokala and 64 of his fellow accused in the Treason Trial, and therefore …

… from Adama College in 1956,and attended Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Work in Johannesburg from 1957 to 1959.After four … years later he encountered the emerging leadership of South Africa Students' Organisation (SASO),to whom he … in Michigan.Khoapa returned  to SA and became registrar of the University of Fort Hare in 1991,then served as the …

… technician while studying photography under the tutelage of photographer, Michael Barry.  Perez continued to work as a … South Africa. He contributed to the Staffrider exhibition of 1985.  His photographs included in South Africa: The Cordoned Heart focus on the “Coloured population” of Beaufort West. These are accompanied by text from the 1986 …

… his Master’s Degree in Sociology at the University of Cape Town. At the time he was a British citizen with dual British-South African nationality as a result of his parents living in South Africa for 30 years. During 1974/75 he spent time in the UK and was a member of the Transport General Workers’ Union while working as a …

… was born in Graaff-Reinet district. He was a member of Voortrekker leader Jacob de Clercq's group who arrived at … to Comdt.-Gen. Andries Pretorius, he kept the Journal of the 'Winkommando', a document which is now of historical importance. His most important legacy is the …

… at the Cape from 1820-21. He named the burgeoning port of Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth in memory of the death of his wife. He committed suicide at Southampton in 1841. He …

… 1895 and his mother, Eunice Warder James, was the daughter of English immigrants. Neither of Paton’s parents was highly educated, but his father was … his sons. This led to Paton’s open opposition to any form of authoritarianism and physical punishment. His father also …

… Tefu was born in 1940 and grew up in the township of Riversdale in Pretoria. In 1954 his family was forcibly … the area to Mamelodi where his political life began. One of the factors that contributed to Tefu’s political awareness … Ghana became independent under Kwame Nkrumah. The news of its independence and its leadership under a black a person …

… Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He … that ended in the Sharpeville Massacre . At the age of 15, he joined the armed struggle against the apartheid government. At the age of 17, Cassiem together with his teacher, Sadiq Isaacs, was …

… Jeremiah Baden Leeuw was born in 1932. Originally a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), Leeuw was one of the group of Africanists that broke away to form the  Pan Africanist …

… as MK) operative, Umkhonto we Sizwe which means "spear of the nation" was the armed wing of the ANC. The establishment of this wing led to the ANC being branded as a terrorist …

… Chief Dalindyebo, of the Tembus, was born in 1865. At the age of 14 years he was admitted into St. John's, where he … recalled him to study the aspirations, habits and customs of his people. In 1884 when Dalindyebo was 19 years of age …

… in Kliptown. Later he lived in Lenasia for a period of about two years.  Wadee moved to Nelspruit in the late … United Democratic Front (UDF) and opposed the co-option of the Indians and Coloureds and their separation from the … with his comrade, Yusuf Vawda, he organised boycotts of elections and state-sponsored events. He notes that their …

… and escort to two Mexican boys in France. At the outbreak of the World War 1, Tolkien enlisted as a second lieutenant … academic at Oxford where upon being accepted he became one of the founder members of a group known as the "The Inklings". In 1945 Tolkien …

… (now Gauteng),South Africa. He attended the University of Fort Hare, where he acquired a teaching diploma and a … way they depicted “”¦ the harsh and depressing conditions of African life in the Johannesburg townships.” Themba’s Sophiatown dwelling, known as “The House of Truth”, received many visitors looking for “intelligent …

… He was subsequently employed by the Princesse-Tooneel of Cor Ruys in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and acted in films … ventures with his own company were a success in terms of artistic excellence but they made no money. He joined … Paul de Groot company. He left South Africa in 1935. Most of his successes, which include Huistoe (Heimat by H. …