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… Coleman, they had four sons, and became active members of the Detainees Parents Support Committee (DPSC). They were founding members of this organisation of parents that was formed to provide food, clothing and …

… Deane was born in 1908. He became national secretary of the Coloured Furniture Workers' Union and a politician, … on the Cape Town City Council. Deane became the chairman of the South African Coloured People's Organisation in the … international labor conference in Geneva. He was convicted of embezzling trade union funds in 1973. …

… Ngakane moved to Springs, where he served as chairman of a Liberal Party branch in the early 1960s. In December … 1960 he acted as chairman at the consultative conference of African leaders held in Johannesburg. A field secretary for the Institute of Race Relations in the early 1950s, he has more recently …

… times as a messenger and a shopkeeper. He was a member of the African National Congress national executive committee … in the Alexandra branch in Johannesburg. Banned a number of times under the Suppression of Communism Act, he was a defendant in the Treason Trial …

… a B.A. (Hon) degree in Drama from the then University of Durban-Westville (now UKZN), he began acting and producing … in mainstream theatres. Ahmed was the General Secretary of the Congress of South African Writers (COSAW) from May 1986 to November …

…  King Kong . She returned to South Africa at the end of the tour but was soon forced into exile in the United … together they released many hits. She has been a member of the prestigious Union of South African Artists, where she became exposed to …

… most recognised for his paintings. The subject matter of his work generally focused on life in the townships, … his work as ‘township art’ and noted the influences of Ephraim Ngatane. Koboka developed a palette knife … collections hold his pieces, including the University of Fort Hare. In the 1990s Koboka taught art at the Federated …

… Fort in 2 weeks. No details are available on the date of his detention,the Act he was detained under ,or the official cause of death.No information is available on whether a post-mortem … Mr Mzolo's death detention and death the minister of law and order,Mr Louis Le Grange,started 'There is no …

… treason trialists. In June 1957, Judge Kuper acquitted him of charges when the Treason Trial adjourned. However, charges … any charges being brought against him during the state of emergency that was declared. In 1963, he was detained … a butcher in Vereeniging. His inability to leave his area of restriction to buy meat seriously affected his business.  …

… 1935 1 Another year has just closed, but the lapse of time really never ends, it is but the year that ends. The Old Year has again fallen into the abyss of time, and a new one has dawned upon the world. I feel sure … part played by anyone in this unworthy plot was the action of the Federation of Trades and the White Labour Party …

… From the book:  Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson … African history can legitimately be described as the story of how Europeans defeated, robbed and ruled the indigenous … which "saw a Bolshevist ghost behind every militant action of workers", was totally disgusted by this 'hostile …

… was born in 1962 in Meadowlands, Johannesburg. At the age of 10 he started going to the gymnasium with his father who … that he decided to turn professional in 1979. At a height of 1.47 meters, or 4-foot-10, Matlala was the shortest boxing … over Fraser Plaatjie in Port Elizabeth under the guidance of Theo Mthembu. It only took him four contests to become …

… Northern Transvaal (now Polokwane , Limpopo). At the age of 19, he left for Johannesburg to study African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). Not having much money, he found accommodation in the cheaper inner city area of Hillbrow, which was also close to the university. At the …

… they were driven to Maputo by the current Deputy President of the ANC,  Jacob Zuma . Motloung, together with his friends … outside Luanda, Angola. There they were trained in the use of explosives and military combat. He was part of a group of ten, prepared for operations in the country on …

… Tu Nokwe was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Alfred, was in a jazz swing band … sing by their mother and she introduced them to the music of  Miriam Makeba  and  Letta Mbulu . When Tu failed matric … dance and drama. This was a successful project and some of the children in her group ended up featuring in Mbongeni …

… with Joan Brickhill-Burke and Louis Burke’s production of the musical “Meropa” as musical director. In 1975 they … led to Ntoni enrolling at the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston. Later, in the late 1980s, Ntoni toured the United States of America, Europe and Thailand with Brubeck’s son, Darius, …

… not to go home with the women. In 1922 the public opinion of her changed and she was forced to leave the house and … clinics and by the Child Life Protection Society. Most of the women were stranded and homeless, and after a while in … were able to go into domestic work or some other kind of work that was found for them. In 1937 the King George …

… in 1880 at the MacFarlane Mission in the Victoria district of Alice in the Eastern Cape . Her father was a teacher and a … She sat for her final examination for general nurses of the Colonial Medical Council on the 19 December 1907. On … in Thaba ‘Nchu where she died in 1919 at the age of 39. A statue of Cecilia Makiwane was erected by the nurses …

… to an English Methodist family in 1906, and became one of South Africa’s first and most important abstract painters. … his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts at UNISA at the age of 35. Battiss was a founding member of the New Group and was unique in that he had not studied …

… Logan K. Ntlabati was a prominent member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) national executive … in the Cape and the Orange Free State, becoming principal of the African secondary school at Bethlehem. In the late … in Congress affairs and was known as a competent draftsman of resolutions and memoranda. He later left South Africa for …

… Workshop in the 1980s in Durban. He has obtained a number of commissions from offices in the centre of Durban to carve heads. He carved sculptures for the Offices of the Durban Architectural Practice, Mikula, Vines and …

… Lennox Madikane was a member of the Pan African Congress (PAC) and Poqo , the military wing of the PAC. Following Poqo attacks in Paarl, Cape Province (now Western Cape), Madikane was one of three PAC members sentenced to death for sabotage. The …

… in Botswana, in 1982, where he was living  under the name of Tshepo Nkosi. After this his family lost contact with him. Sabata  Manaka  died of natural causes in Angola . He was a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto weSizwe … ANC. List of ANC members who died in exile  from the ANC website. …

… (Matshikiza 1961a, 38) about his role as composer of King Kong, the South African jazz musical that was about … 1961, 54). Matshikiza’s brief biography in the radio programme’s preview calls him a “little firefly of a man” and … the last market he mentions: “the general market for third programme satirical books” (Hodder and Stoughton Collection). …

… beginning in 1969. In 1971 and 1972, through the support of the NSA and the Italian Consulate in Durban, he attended … 1985 to 1986. Msimang makes his livelihood from the sale of his artwork. He has exhibited a number of times at the UZ Festival of African Art. Exhibitions: …

… which the spinal cord passes – was towards the front of the skull, indicating that this creature stood on two … the specimen as Australopithecus africanus (man-ape of southern Africa). But the scientific establishment was very critical because of its prejudiced belief that humans originated in Europe. …

… strandloper (beach walker), he was chief and interpreter of the Gorinhaikonas. In 1630 he was taken to Bantam by the … who were engaged in a trading relationship. As result of his position as chief and interpreter of the Gorinhaikonas, he became a rich man. 1658 he waged war …

… He became an advocate and from 1874 was the President of the Orange Free State Appeal Court. He became President of the Orange Free State in 1889.  He was a journalist who … Klaas Gezwint en Zyn Paert and Other Songs and Rijmpies of South Africa  (1884), and  Oorlogs en Ander Gedichten  …

… She began her professional singing career as lead singer of the all-girl group Pantha in 1979. When the group … . The band lasted for seven years and produced some of the biggest hits of the 1980s. The band crossed over from rock to Afro-pop in …

… in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg in the 1950s and one of the accused in the  Treason Trial . He was born in Natal … assisting volunteers from Alexandra. He was the proprietor of a general dealer's store in Alexandra, and in the 1950s he … Association. He was a defendant for the full length of the trial. …