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… Sparks Mahamba was a member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) and  uMkhonto we Sizwe  (MK). Mahamba was killed in the Third Battle of the Wankie Campaign in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ) at the hands of Rhodesian forces, on 22 August 1967. … African National Congress. (1996). List of ANC Members who Died in Exile  from the ANC online. …

… Mohlakoane was born in 1906 to a family of farm squatters. She worked in domestic service for 22 … joined the  African National Congress  in 1939 and was one of the leaders of the Orange Free State women in the anti-pass campaign. …

… Free State (now Free State Province) district, as one of a twin (he has a sister). He grew up in Soweto, … (now Gauteng). He was the ninth child in a family of fourteen. Although Mlangeni started schooling at the age of 10, financial problems drove him to seek work at the age …

… every day to work. Chaka worked as a block-man at one of the local butcher shops. Ephraim Chaka's bicycle that he rode on the day he was killed On 21 March 1960, the day of the Sharpeville Massacre , in Sharpeville, Transvaal (now … citizens. Lekhowa Chaka who was the second eldest son of Ephraim Chaka was 5 years old on that day. He remembers …

… first as a gardener and then as a cook. In 1970 a friend of Zungu's showed his work to his employer Mary Clarke, who brought it to the attention of Jo Thorpe at the African Art Centre, Durban where his work … sponsored by Totem-Meneghelli Gallery and the SA Institute of Race Relations). 1985: Africana Museum in Progress, …

… as a mining and property magnate as a clerk in the firm of Schiffman and Company in Pretoria, and quickly rose to a managerial position. However, with the discovery of gold in the nearby Witwatersrand, he and his elder bother, … served on various executive boards, including the Chamber of Mines and the Rand Water Board. For his pioneering role in …

… near Malmesbury in the Western Cape.He was the only child of divorced mother,he completed most of his school before moving with his mother to the Malay Camp … Socialist League,which later became the Communist  Party of South Africa (CPSA ) and despite being a coloured …

… C. M Kobus was the African attorney and founding member of the  Non-European Unity Movement  (NEUM). Holder of a B.A. degree, he taught for some years in the Cape before … in 1954. In the mid-1950s he served as national secretary of the  All African Convention  (AAC). …

… He also supported extended family members, including three of his brother’s and three of his sister’s children. According to his customary law … after his death, “I heard that it’s a practice on the part of the mine to agree to take family members in place of an …

… under George Boys who introduced him to the techniques of batik and mono printing. Around 1970 Hlatywayo travelled … National Gallery in Salisbury, now the National Gallery of Zimbabwe, Harare. He returned to Johannesburg periodically … (Eighth Annual Art Exhibition). Collections: Museum of Modern Art, New York, USA; National Gallery of Zimbabwe, …

… in Barberton in 1904. She completed the first two years of pre-veterinary study at the University of Witwatersrand, and the next three years at the Transvaal … College’s Onderstepoot facility. She received he Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1927 and went into private practice. …

… Union. He later became its secretary and was one of the accused in the trial that followed the 1946 mine strike. He was an organizing secretary of the Orlando branch of the  African National Congress  (ANC) during the mid-1940s. …

… against the Blackshirt Movement. He was secretary of the Johannesburg Medical Aid for Russia, during the war and a former member of the Communist Party of South Africa. After the treason trial he was placed under …

… and iron house where she lived in for the first six years of her life. Her father later built a dwelling out of bricks. Initially her parents educated her at home. “I saw … she remained for about 10 years. Ela first became aware of racial oppression, “”¦from the time I went to school. My …

… where he spent his childhood and teen years. Being the son of South African composer and music director Stanley ‘Spike’ … him musically, handing him his first harmonica at the age of 17.  Adam however, would only learn to play the harmonica … festivals across Spain, Italy and Belgium. While on one of his gigs on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, he asked for …

… under the name Victoria Mhlongo. Her 1963 version of My Boy Lollipop became a national hit and her career … an African tour with the singer Letta Mbulu . For much of the 1980s, Mhlongo based herself in The Netherlands where she became the darling of a burgeoning “world music” audience. Her groundbreaking …

… become a priest. He obtained a degree from the University of South Africa that enabled him to teach. He joined the … Mzimela moved to the United States to study for his Master of Divinity degree at the General Theological Seminary. After … national deputy chair. This put him directly in the line of succession to the national chair, Frank Mdlalose . He …

… in the Eastern Cape called Mdingi. Ntini is a product of the United Cricket Board's development program. Raymond … introducing the game to rural boys. Ntini was given a pair of boots and packed off to Dale College in King William’s Town, one of the country's best regarded cricketing nurseries. Ntini …

… Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She grew up in the small town of Coligny , Western Transvaal (now North West Province ) with her mother Martie and father Willem. At the age of 13 she was discovered by her long-time coach, Martin Marx … in maintaining a strong mind, and ascribed much of that strength to her religious faith. In 1998, at the age …

… out on several trips to Namibia with Mr. E Schweikerdt of Pretoria. Several of his works have been reproduced locally by E Schweikerdt (Pty) Ltd; and one from the collection of King Haakon VII of Norway was reproduced in that country. … Berman, E. 1994. Art & Artists of South Africa . Southern Book Publishers. …

… born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles . … in SA in 1902, he studied in 1901 at the Cambridge School of Art, and in London under Walter Sickert (1860 - 1942). … until 1930. Sickert's deft touch and suggestive treatment of form are hinted at in his work, which was regularly shown …

… in 1941 in Orlando East, Soweto. The young Gwanga was one of many musicians mentored by Alto Saxophonist Kippie … in 1959.  Gwangwa then went on to become a composer of note and became the first black South African to release … popularity in the US when he was featured in the Sound of Africa concert . Two years later he returned for The Main …

… Moru Hlapane was  born in 1918 in in the Ficksburg distric of the Orange Free State. Hlapane was a factory worker. A …  (who worked with the Defence Team in the  Rivonia Trial  of 1964) was arrested, charged with violating the Suppression of Communism Act and conspiracy to commit sabotage, Hlapane …

… Germany, he came to SA in 1879. Earlier, after experience of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he had worked at his trade in England. In 1884 he … African Artists". With his wife dead in 1901 and the loss of his son in 1910 he returned to Germany, and then to London …

… . With the SAIC he collected food and money for victims of the 1949 Durban riots and for families whose wage earners … League and the Youth Communist League ,he became a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress executive for about five years,working some of that time as its full-time secretary-general. During the …

… Diploma in Design (1959) from the Camberwell College of Art, London, and an Art Teacher’s Diploma (1960) from … at Fine Art institutions in South Africa for a number of years before becoming a full-time artist. He participated … murals and tapestries. He is a painter, a writer of short stories, articles and radio plays. He has designed …

… College. From 1963 - 1981 she was the teacher in charge of the one-year Special Art Teachers’ Course at the Ndaleni … Natal. From 1982-1985 she was Senior Lecturer in charge of Art at the Indumiso College of Education, Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. On her retirement …

… single parent, his father, and three sisters. (At the age of four his mother died during the ritual of Sangoma training) His father was a welder at Union … where he matriculated in 1996. In 1996 he became a member of Kodak Professional Freelance Photographer Club, attending …

… Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng was president of the Northern Transvaal region of the  United Democratic Front  (UDF). He was convicted of sabotage in 1962 and served eight years on Robben Island. …

… Lembede Booker T. Washington's educational philosophy of self-help and vocational and technical training inspired a … Natives Representative Council and put forward a Ten-Point Programme (universal franchise, land redistribution, civil … constitution. He was reluctant to commit the ANC to mass action and that eventually led to his defeat for re-election …