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… in Durban. In 1983 he obtained a BA(FA) from University of Durban Westville (UDW); in 1988 an MA(FA) cum laude and in … in Education from UDW. He was a lecturer in History of Art, specialising in Indian Art, at UDW, before leaving … at the Technikon Witwatersrand. He has held a number of solo exhibitions and has participated in group exhibitions …

… with Marula and Jacaranda wood, producing sculptures of celebrities, sports personalities, and dancing figures. Some of his work has the reputation of being humorous and ironical. For example, his Sammy Davis …

… Andries Hanekom was born on 17 June 1893. He was the son of Hendrik Hanekom. Hanekom was educated at Beaufort West … was first employed as a municipal official in the town of his birth and was later promoted to assistant town clerk. … in C.J. Langenhoven’s “Die wereld die draai” with the part of Meester van Helderbos. Hanekom married Matilda de Beer on …

… years old, was an African National Congress (ANC) Member of Parliament in South Africa for 20 years. Turok is the sole … of the Commission on the Reconstruction and Development Programme (RDP) in the Gauteng Provincial Cabinet and then … being part of a machine, which was really not taking any action against a corrupt president. I must say that we didn’t …

… He is a descendant of the original Scandinavian Missionaries who evangelised Zululand a century and a half ago. Of Lapp descent he was born on a sugar plantation and, after … on the website www.cdromshop.com. He has held a number of one person exhibitions and has participated in various …

… Tiyo Soga was born in 1829. He was the most famous pupil of the Lovedale missionaries. On a visit to Scotland in 1857, … to be ordained in an established church. His journal of the return voyage (as yet unpublished) is an important … landmark in South African literature. Soga's translation of Bunyan's Pilgrim's Progress in Xhosa helped to make that …

… In 1967 the minister of justice announced that a detainee had died in detention in … the detainee's name.In 1970,in parliament the minister of police said that Mr Hangula Shonyela had committed suicide … on 29 March 1983 on Mr Shonyeka's detention,the minister of law and order said that Mr Shonyeka was the same person as …

… in 1960. He taught himself to play the guitar at the age of eleven. He studied music at the University of Natal where he obtained a degree in classical music in … chose the saxophone and flute as his main instruments of expression …

… to the city centre, breakfast included and a shower of my own. He even calls me a taxi. I am pleasantly surprised … in German, but there is no mistaking the dominant image of Okwui Enwezor, presented God-like in a room with a … of the various exhibitions, a visitors' guide, a film programme, a discussions and events schedule, my pass and a …

… In Exile 1963 - 1990 The Bram Fischer era In the aftermath of the Rivonia offensive, coupled with the 90-day detention … during the period between 1962 and 1964. Yusuf Dadoo, one of the prominent leaders of the SACP and president of the … of elements of the CST theory as developed in the 1962 programme, but its implementation, as shown later, was not to …

… was undisclosed but he was reportedly arrested on charges of theft after the Soweto unrest. He was held at the … as an awaiting-trial prisoner, the South Africa Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) kept him on their lists as a … regarding Mr Mogatusi's death in detention the minister of law and order said that 'there was no record that such a …

… and left behind his wife and 10 children, the majority of which are still at school. According to his wife, Nokuthula Zibambele, "I am attending the Commission of Inquiry because I want to know the truth about why my … was killed. I will accept anything from the Commission of Inquiry that will help me and my family to heal our broken …

… Leader of the first major secessionist church in South Africa, Tile … a falling out with his European superior, who was critical of his involvement in Tembu political and tribal affairs. … established his own Tembu Church, with the co-operation of Ngangelizwe, the Tembu paramount. The church survived …

… and M.S. degrees, then studied medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he graduated in 1952. In 1950 he participated in the organisation of the June 26 protest, and in 1951 he was elected to head … to serve his internship in the Cape. In 1953 he was one of the first African doctors appointed to Baragwanath …

… Born 1929, the son of a labourer, he grew up in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. From …  during the 1952  Defiance Campaign , he became chairman of the Sophiatown Youth League and later secretary for the Transvaal League. In 1959, during the course of the  Treason Trial , in which he was a defendant, he was …

… Evaton and played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. He had earlier been jailed for participation … Passive Resistance Campaign . He was a branch chairman of the Transvaal Indian Congress in Evaton, and was an … him in late 1958.  In 1961, while serving as Secretary of the  Transvaal Indian Congress , he was jailed for leading …

… to support the freedom struggle in Angola . The whole of southern Africa became a zone of concern, and with the AC’s aim being reached in Angola in … African National Congress (ANC) with quite a large amount of money during its years in exile, and also tried to stop …

… at a Pretoria high school, he participated in the founding of the Youth League and in 1947 was chosen as the league's delegate to a conference of the World Federation of Democratic Youth in Prague. He spent four months touring … From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 …

… 7 February 1936. He started his music career as a member of the Kay Simmers Orkes (Afrikaans for orchestra or band). … from kidney failure. In 2000, the Western Cape Department of Environmental and Cultural Affairs awarded him … by his widow, Coee. In the same year, the municipality of Caledon decided to name a street after the popular …

… to the Morning Post during the South African War of 1889-1902, and was taken prisoner in Natal when the train … was travelling in was ambushed by forces under the command of General Louis Botha. He escaped and rejoined the British forces as an honorary member of the Imperial Light Horse. During his long career as …

… Kgope was injured when he fell from the second floor of Catherine's studio and subsequently stayed with Catherine … (An Alive). 1988: Natalie Knight Gallery, Sandton (Medley of SAArt). Commissions : 1987: Commissioned by Bruce Attwood of the Broederstroom Press to design a poster for 'Art, The …

… was inspired to make non-functional objects by a piece of wood which he discovered in the veld that reminded him of a bending female figure. Mbatha worked for a time at yuis … for his sculpture. He presently lives in the Umnini area of Natal and works in jacaranda, guava tree and other locally …

… After many leaders from the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) were arrested in the 1956 Treason Trials, she became part of the Management Committee in 1957. Balfour was arrested in … suspended. In 1962, she became the General Secretary of the African Food and Canning Workers Union (A-FCWU) in …

… was detained without charge for the full length of the post-Sharpville state of emergency from April to August 1960,then return to … months had escaped and made his way to the British colony of Basutoland(Lesotho).In the mid-1961 he was living with two …

… 1984 she gained international recognition when, at the age of 17, she broke the women's 5000m world record. As this … Africa had been banned from competing before the start of the Tokyo Olympic games in 1964. In 1984, Budd was granted … the Los Angeles Olympic Games in that year. In the final of the 3,000m race, Budd and Mary Decker , the American …

… guerrilla soldier who sacrificed his life at the age of 20, by single-handedly taking on a small army of apartheid soldiers. Anton’s story begins in the Cape Flats suburb of Bonteheuwel, where he was born and raised. The second … ttps://www.colouredsa.co.za/ck/anton-fransch-and-the-battle-of-athlone-the-death-of-a-soldier …

… Bechuanaland (present day Botswana) on foot. He was part of a flow of “discontented young men” that included the otherwise … colonial security agents routinely monitored the thousands of men and women who entered the High Commission Territory … The exilic geographies of the South by Benjamin N. Lawrance and Vusumuzi R. Kumalo …

… the international exhibition celebrating the unification of East and West Germany. Then in 1995 he held his first solo … Rights to contribute a linocut image to the 1996 Images of Human Rights Portfolio. He has art collections displayed … Art Gallery (South Africa), the Constitutional Court of South Africa in Johannesburg and at the MOMA (Museum of …

… Ramnie Naidoo, the daughter of Ama and Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo , worked in the Transvaal … Youth Congress (TIYC)  since her childhood. At the age of nine, while distributing Congress leaflets, she was … again in 1966 and called to give evidence at the trial of the late Bram Fischer , Chairman of the South African …

… Germany; Sweden; Denmark; Italy; USA 1972: University of California, USA (African Art). Goodman Gallery (SA … (Memorial Exhibition). Goodman Gallery (Third Festival of SA Graphics). 1975: Goodman Gallery (SA Sculpture … 1986: Alliance Francaise, Pretoria (Historical Perspective of Black Art in SA). 1987: TAG (Rorke's Drift Fine Art School …