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… From the book:  Johnny Gomas Voice of the working class: A political Biography by Doreen Musson … ... in an effort to undermine the African National Congress" evoked a heated response from Gomas: Surely it must … lights of the African people than the 'African National Congress' ... To talk about 'division' when the Native people …

… itola, he is best known in history for leading the ‘Battle of Grahamstown’ in 1819. Except for his political and … met Makhanda, described him: “We found Lynx a fine figure of a man, measuring six feet two inches in height… He had many marks of old cuts, or wounds, on different parts of his body, …

… She and Neil Aggett had been a couple for the better part of a decade. In that time, they both became doctors, then … paths into welfare and trade union activities on behalf of black industrial workers. Their medical and political … were Communists or members of the banned African National Congress, or both. Her own interrogation was broken off …

… that triggered the uprising can be traced back to policies of the Apartheid government that resulted in the introduction … organisations in exile, notably, the African National Congress(ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress(PAC), the Soweto unrest in June 1976 provided a …

… Were Becker was born in Rivonia South Africa the youngest of the three sons of Harold Paley Becker and his wife, Anna Petronella Louw. Becker's early years were of great significance, for being born to middle-aged parents …

… Thomas Patrick Murray was the eldest of the three sons of Patrick Murray, a boiler-maker and trade unionist, and his … Murray was apprenticed to the engineering firm of Wright, Boag and Company Limited where he attained …

… private tutoring at home. She matriculated at the age of 14 in 1929. Two years later Gutsche enrolled at the University of Cape Town (UCT) to study for a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) in Ethics, Logic, Philosophy and Psychology. … Town: Kwela Books|Verwey, E.J. (ed) 1999. New dictionary of South African biography. Pretoria: HSRC Publishers, …

… His father was the Reverend William Feetham, Vicar of Penrhos, Raglan, England and his mother, Mary, the eldest daughter of the Venerable Archdeacon William Crawley. After spending … Anglo Boer War (Second South African War ) with the Inns of Court Rifles, he came to South Africa in 1902, when on the …

… , South Africa on August 25, 1908. She was the daughter of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from … was educated at Barnato Park and at the classical section of the Commercial High School.  She then attended the University of the Witwatersrand where, as a student of social …

… October 1945, in Gaza, Mozambique , the last in a family of six children. Her father, a Methodist minister who had … 1975, she married Samora Machel , the first president of newly independent Mozambique. She also became a willing … Sorita, and his first wife, Josina, who had died of leukaemia in 1971, after scarcely two years of marriage. …

… Francis Aylmer Hunter Wilson is the oldest son of the anthropologists, Monica and Godfrey Wilson. He was … Zambia. During this time his father was the director of the newly created Rhodes Livingstone Institute. Due to … . In 1947 she was appointed the first female Professor of Social Anthropology at Rhodes University and, in 1952, …

… born on 26 October 1938 and studied law at the University of the Witwatersrand where he obtained a BA LLB degree with … in the most influential courts in the country as Judge of the Appellate Division of the Supreme Court in 1989 and Justice of the …

… was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of south-east Africa between the Drakensberg and the Indian … in a Zulu kingdom which survived not only the death of its founder but later military defeat and calculated attempts to break it up. Shaka was a son of Senzangakhona, ruler of an insignificant small chiefdom, …

… she has also worked as a sculptor whose portrayal of African people gave her white counterparts insight into the African ways of life. In 1927, Irma won the Prix d’Honneur at the Bordeaux … in South Africa” in 1963. She was also awarded a medal of honour for her paintings by the Suid-Afrikanse Akademie …

… November 1909 in Seshego, Pietersburg District. He was one of the seven children of Jesaya Sekgoadi and Johanna Sebolaishi. Although … from the South African Native College (later University of Fort Hare). Madiba's teaching career started in July 1929 … Verwey, E.J. (ed)(1995). New Dictionary of South African Biography , v.1, Pretoria: HSRC …

… Naledi Pandor was born on 7th of December, in 1953  Durban . She received most of her education in exile and matriculated at Gaborone … She obtained a BA in History and English at the University of Botswana in 1977 before leaving for overseas where she … Minister of Education - Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor [online] Available …

… England on 22 May 1762. He was the eldest son of the second Earl of Bathurst. In April 1789 he married the daughter of Lord George Henry Lennox, Georgiana Lennox, with whom he …

… increasingly authoritarian measures to combat any forms of resistance against the government. Under apartheid … Many organizations, such as the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP), … members of the ANC, its rival group, the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), and many others. Furthermore, according …

… born at Mount Edgecombe on 9 September 1881, the second of four children of the Natal senator and sugar magnate, Sir Marshall … words, she acquired "an enthusiasm for History, and a love of historical places".  She was a book collector and … Craighall, Johannesburg: Ad Donker.| Directory entries of Archival Repositories 1999 [Online]. Available at: …

… kwaZulu-Natal ). In 1950, Soromini Kallichurum was one of the first 12 undergraduates to enrol at the ‘non-White’ section of the University of Natal. She obtained a medical degree (MB ChB) from Natal …

… (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1948, he went to the University of Cape Town where he obtained a BA in 1951 and an LLB in … president from 1952 to 1954. He was also vice-president of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) in 1953 and 1954, and its … from Natalia ”“ Natal Society Foundation (courtesy of Sunday Times) [online] Available at www. natalia.org.za . …

… Town, South Africa on 13 February 1949, the only child of a German father, Heinrich (Heinz) Schelowsky (later … his undergraduate and Honours degrees at the University of Cape Town in 1973 and 1974 respectively, his Honours … on Islam at the Cape. In 1975, drawn by the scholarship of Professor Stanley Engerman, the leading proponent of the …

… Siopis’ work is marked by three interests, the physicality of paint, the accumulation of found objects (including video footage), material memory, and the politics of the body. She has also continually engaged with the …

… was born on the 11 June 1934, at Engcobo, Transkei, one of seven children of Regina and Amos Xundu.  He attended the local primary … while a pupil at St John’s College and held the post of branch secretary.  He came into contact with the Reverend …

… before his death is a three-metre high bronze figure of a Zulu "imbongi" or praise singer, commissioned for the … is appropriate because it is a modern rendering in bronze of an important figure in the court of the traditional Zulu kings and chiefs, a contemporary work …

… "First of all, I don't take art particularly seriously. I make the … more complicated reason than that. I like the seriousness of the game." Malcolm Payne majored in printing and printmaking at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). He then followed his studies in …

… The history of Queen Njinga (or Nzinga) of Ndongo/Matamba is contested. Portuguese colonial … however, is that Queen Njinga's rise to power as a woman of that time was nothing short of revolutionary and that her … (translation). 2015. “Queen Njinga Mbandi Ana de Sousa of Ndongo/Matamba: African Leadership, Diplomacy, and …

… Paul Alb   erts, one of South Africa’s leading social documentary photographers, … Seunsskool in 1963 after which he attended the University of Pretoria but did not complete his studies. In 1965 he … Since 1981 he dedicated himself to the publishing of social documentary photography and special interest …

… was born in 1944, and grew up in the copper belt mines of Northern Rhodesia where his father was a miner. His family … steps. In 1970, David Webster joined the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS) as a lecturer in Anthropology. … thesis focused on the traditional anthropological topic of kinship.  His fieldwork had taken him to southern …

… Meyer was born in Port Elizabeth on 16 July 1947, the son of Hudson and Hannah Meyer. His father was a farmer in the … to study for his B Comm and LLB degrees at the University of the Free State. As a student, he became active in … Johannesburg until 1980, a year after he became a Member of Parliament for the National Party (NP). Until his …