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BiographyEsme Bodenstein
… association which attracted many former Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) members. The Society organised … although she never joined the CPSA. She was a…
BiographyJohannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape
… and was elected in 1987 as the first General Secretary of the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) in … to be a ‘security’ threat, the Security…
BiographyKippie Jeremiah Moeketsi
… and other personal problems resulted in a life long habit of drinking and money squandering. However, these problems did not stand in his way of being a…
BiographyCyprian Mpho Shilakoe
… Germany; Sweden; Denmark; Italy; USA 1972: University of California, USA (African Art). Goodman Gallery (SA … (Memorial Exhibition). Goodman Gallery (Third…
BiographyNdabenhle William Zulu
… 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…
Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli
… her to Uitkyk Farm No. 92 in the Groblersdal district of the [Northern] Transvaal [now Limpopo Province], where she … Chief Paulus Howell Mopeli. Despite the…
BiographyMabel Balfour
… 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…
BiographyMzwakhe Mbatha
… 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…
Address by ANC President Jacob Zuma at the Second Annual Raymond Mhlaba Memorial Lecture, Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University, 12 October 2009, Port Elizabeth
… Programme Director, Chairperson of the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University Council Judge … Vice-Chancellor and CEO Prof Derrick Swartz; Hon Premier of the…
Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath
… From: Lessons of the 1950s By Richard Monroe, March-May 1984 Chapter 10 - Sharpeville and its aftermath In the early months of 1960 the PAC leadership…
Working Life - Factories, Township and Popular Culture 1886 - 1940 - Where Working people Lived
… by Luli Callinicos Topic This part describes the nature of housing and shows how it was related to the labour needs of the employers on the Rand. Housing in…
BiographyZamokwake Samuel Gumede
… he undertook a three- month carpentry course.On completion of the course he worked as a full-time carpenter and sculptor … Community Arts Workshop, Durban…
BiographySir Patrick Duncan
… Oxford, where he gained several distinctions. At the age of 23 he entered the Revenue Department at Somerset House, … South Africa in March 1901. Duncan was…
BiographyDaniel R Koza
… into trade union work and the philosophical framework of Gordon's Trotskyism,Koza became deputy secretary of the African Commercial and Distributive Workers'…
BiographyWycliffe MIungisi Tsotsi
… President of the All African Convention (AAC) from 1948 to 1959. Born … 1940s. Elected AAC president in 1948 as a representative of young militants, he was…
BiographyValliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar
… The participation of women passive resisters was a key element of the Satyagraha Campaign of 1913 - 1914. Angered by the Supreme Court judgement in ……
BiographyJohn Kutlwano Legingoane
… grandfather, Shadrack Ledingoane, first became aware of his grandson’s death when he came across a photograph of his grandson’s body published in the Daily…
BiographySokhaya Charles Nkosi
… Ketye and Michael Ntuli). 1979: UN, Pietermaritzburg (part of centenary celebrations group). 1974-80: UFH (annual group … and Resistance Conference). 1982:…
BiographyWopko Jensma
… Cape Town. He received his education at the University of Potchefstroom , but his studies were temporally … Arts with Botshabelo Training College and the…
BiographyCaptain Lancelot Andrew Ariba
… RA Schools 11 London. His ideals were based on the notion of a symbiotic relationship between the artist and the … Delhi and was later transferred to the Cap…
BiographyObie Oberholzer
… 1970 he obtained a Diploma in Graphic Design, University of Stellenbosch, a German National Diploma in Photography in 1972, Bavarian State Institute of…
BiographyAllina Ndebele
… to her father's village with her four children. Because of her teaching activities at Rorke's Drift she had been … now established a small workshop and began…
BiographyNombuso Mchunu
… On her completion of Matric in 1972, Nombuso did casual work such as typing … union, Nombuso moved to become the general secretary of the Chemical and…
BiographyZolile Hamilton Keke
… Zolile Hamilton Keke was born on 31st of October 1945 in East London and grew up in Duncan Village … (PAC) as a 15-year-old in 1961, attracted by the vision…
BiographyMadie Hall-Xuma
… the African National Congress (ANC) . She was a founder of the popular Zenzele self-help movement and in 1955 was elected president of the national council…
BiographyThembinkosi Gwelani
… to take food to his cousin, Musa Gwelani, who was part of the strike. Thembinkosi was shot in the back of the head by police at scene 1. He left behind 2…
BiographyBongani Mdze
… from behind 3 times – in the arm, lower leg and the back of his head. He left behind his wife and a young child. He … sister, Matshepo Letsaba, "He told us…
BiographyJopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie
… War , and was wounded and captured in an action north of Pretoria. After the war he became a captain in the Active … ’s decision to invade German South West…
BiographyBheki Myeni
… clay models when he was in Standard VI, his last year of schooling. His interest in insects, which is expressed in … also developed at this time when he used…
BiographyKhanare Elais Monesa
… on him. His wife was 9 month pregnant at the time of his death. Upon hearing of his death she was hospitalised. Their baby lived only a couple of days…