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… 1926 to Helena and Hendrik Geldenhuys Viljoen. At the time of his birth his father was the editor of Huisgenoot Magazine. After his family relocated to … and matriculated in 1943. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria, where he completed a master’s degree in Classics …

… who worked in the diamond mines in Kimberley in charge of mining teams. Jacob’s mother was Zubeida Carr. During the … for full citizenship, the Ten Point Programme and policy of non-collaboration appealed to him. Soon he was actively … frequently. He trained as a teacher at Bechet College of Education and obtained a Teacher’s Diploma. At the same …

… Johannes Henricus Brand was the president of the Orange Free State , one of two Boer republics formed after the Boers left the Cape … was born in Cape Town on 6 December 1823. He was the son of Christoffel J Brand, a journalist and a parliamentarian … Entry on John Henry Brand, in Dictionary of African Biography, volume 6,  available here |Giliomee, …

… in Ga-Phaahla, Limpopo. Phaahla studied for a Bachelor of Medicine and Bachelor of Surgery at the University of Natal. It was at university that Phaahla became a member … Man Poised To Make Things Happen  from the Department of Arts and Culture , Available at www.dac.gov.za [Accessed 4 …

… attended Durban High School,graduated from the University of Natal in 1961,completed an honors degree at University of South Africa,and later master's degree in sociology at the University of the Witwatersrand.His the former Assistant General … - Bannings in South Africa,  South African Institute of Race relations, Johannesburg, 1979 | Gail M. Gerhart, …

… Eli Weinberg was born in 1908 in the port of Libau, in Latvia on the Baltic Sea. He experienced the First World War and the October Revolution of 1917 as a child, and this led to his socialist political … He became a waif and a stray, wandering with a mascot of Cossack soldiers who took him around. Later, he became …

… Taylor was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1899. At the age of six her mother died of tuberculosis. She was rejected by her father who regarded … completing grammar school, Dora enrolled at the University of Aberdeen where she studied and received an MA in English …

… a 1947, a letter to the Cape Town Clerk and the secretary of the Board of Trustees to the Cape Peninsula Cemeteries requested the … at the Mamelodi Cemetery which commemorated Pan Africanist Congress’s  (PAC) members who were executed during apartheid. … 200 Years’, Roeland Street Archives. 14 July 1947. City of Cape Town. (2013), ‘Memorial to be built in Stikland …

… teachers. In 1944, her father was promoted as headmaster of Stephanus Hofmeyr School. Ramphele contracted severe whooping cough at the age of three months. The wife of the local reverend, Dominee Lukas van der Merwe, gave her … T. (2006) Mamphela Ramphele Academic Giant And Ray Of Hope from the Financial Mail, [online] Available at …

… 1952. She earned her BFA in painting from the University of Pretoria in 1974. Since 1971 she has actively served on the boards of several Foundations, Committees and Associations. Several of her artworks are housed in Local and International Museums …

… Born in Marlborough (England) on the 4th of April 1809, died in Grahamstown on the 16th of August 1882. Educated at Marlborough, at Winchester … with W. E. Gladstone), Merriman was appointed curate of Street (Somersetshire) in 1840. In 3847 he offered his …

… had been gaoled for supporting the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914; but unlike other members of his family, Kotze senior had not been a devout member of the Dutch Reformed Church.He attended the University of … Recipient - Grand Counsellor in Silver Grand Counsellor of The Order of the Baobab in Silver ” from The Presidency. …

… “Drawing is one way of articulating my relationship to the world.” Paul Stopforth … born in 1945 in Johannesburg, South Africa. From the age of 19 he studied at the NATD, Johannesburg College of Art, where he graduated in 1967. Figure 1: Interrogation … [Accessed 16 April 2009]| Profile from Veterans of Kwazulu-Natal: Kwazulu - Natal Artists from the 1970\'s & …

… over the legend, "Your country needs you", as secretary of state for war at the beginning of World War I Kitchener organized armies on an unprecedented scale and became a symbol of the national will to win. Kitchener rallies troops at the …

… Julius Nyerere was born on the 13th of April 1922 in Butiama village, next to Lake Victoria, in … Tanzania’s territory from 1919 until 1961). He was the son of Chief Nyerere Burito and his 22nd wife, Christina. Julius … to Tanganyika in 1952, having graduated with a Master of Arts degree, and began to teach at high school level in …

… Free State. His father was Reverend J. J. T. Marquard of the Dutch Reformed Church and his mother, Margaret, was also at the forefront of church’s activities. When World War I broke out, Leo … During his studies he became influenced by activities of the National Union of Students in Britain. On his return …

… was born on 29 August 1795 in Stellenbosch. Faure was one of the leading personalities of his tune in church and intellectual circles at the Cape. … which enabled him to undertake so many activities in spite of having poor health for 35 years. He was educated at …

… man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of Stellenbosch, where he completed his M.A. in 1948 and a … in 1950. He later went on to study at the universities of Groningen, Leiden, Oxford, Berlin and Heidelberg. From 1949, he lectured in the Department of Philosophy at the University of Stellenbosch, and became …

… Sekhukhune was King of the Marota people (commonly called Bapedi) who originated from the Bakgatla of the Western Transvaal. Sekhukhune, like  Moshoeshoe  King of the Basotho people, was an illegitimate ruler who came to …

… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman The unbanning of the liberation movements on 2 February presented them not … structures, organising their constituencies in a climate of free political activity. The creation of such a climate …

… clandestinely playing polo outside the restriction zone of his 60s banning order. He was educated privately at  … and ‘Native Law and Administration’ at the University of Cape Town. In the 1950s the Local Health Commission in … with Brown playing an important role. He was the founder of the party in Natal, and became LP Natal Provincial …

… Mine near Johannesburg on 23 June 1929. Adams was a child of Indian and Cape Coloured parents. His father had emigrated … and paper and he taught himself to draw.  At the age of four, after his parents separated, Adams moved to his … period in his life, as he came under the influence of some of the teaching staff. These staff members were …

… who was close to his father, Jozua Naudé.  Naudé was one of eight children and was born into a family that was fully committed to the preservation of Afrikaner nationalism. His father was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and was a founding member …

… John Rhodes was born on 5 July 1853 in the small hamlet of Bishops Stortford, England. He was the fifth son of Francis William Rhodes and his second wife, Louisa Peacock. A priest of the Church of England, his father served as curate of …

… and Eulalie remained with her grandparents. From the age of six Eulalie attended boarding schools where she displayed early on, some of her leadership skills and keenness towards social … influenced by her school principal who was a member of the South African Institute of Race Relations. At the age …

… der Ross was born in 1921, he studied at the University of Cape Town where he received M.A., B.Ed., and Ph.D. degrees. For some years he was principal of a teacher training school. He became inactive in SACPO soon after its founding. In 1961 he was one of the leaders of the Coloured "convention" movement, which …

… England for Southern Rhodesia where he lived until the age of seven, before he and his mother emigrated to South Africa … that available to his peers at the time. Between the age of 13 and 14 Clegg began playing the guitar, and by chance he … He began secretly going to townships visiting hostels of migrant workers to practice his guitar and learn how to …

… Stephen Black was the son of Henry and Sarah Black. He was born in September 1879 in … was engaged by George Kingswell who was owner and editor of The Owl. He wrote articles on boxing for the weekly paper. … The Cape Argus in 1904 as a sports writer. Black’s series of articles in that newspaper about the plight of the Cape …

… Church minister on 2 December 1875. He became a teacher of biblical studies. After his ordination, he volunteered to … and taught at Lovedale Institution. In 1891, the year of Lovedale’s Jubilee, Reverend Mzimba was chosen to deliver … to Scotland as a delegate to the anniversary celebration of the Free Church, which severed its ties with the Scottish …

… ). She started her education at the Doornfontein School of the American Board of Missions and then went on to the Inanda Seminary, a … where she completed standard eight (grade ten). At the age of eighteen, she began teaching. Six months later she married … A Black South African Trade Union Leader Looks At The Role Of American Companies In South Africa (California Institute …