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… It was, however, through him that he was exposed to it, as well as a host of artistic personalities. Gregoire left SA in 1935 … of the latter for ten years, he gave it prominence as an alternative to the more traditional norms of SASA. …

… 1897. The link with Brangwyn was clearly meant to impress, as he was perhaps the most famous British artist of the day. … (The Cape Times, 30.7.1898). Edwards was a keen member as her name is often listed in reports on SASA gatherings as among those present. In 1902 she lived at 133 Longmarket …

… They both found their sociology course disappointing, as the material reinforced the status quo of the apartheid … While awaiting clearance for membership, Jenkin worked as a social worker at a reform school in Swindon. After … first a garage and then a tiny apartment. Jenkin worked as a researcher for the Institute for Social Development at …

… of our country and its people from a long period of colonialism and White minority domination (apartheid). … Apartheid 'officially' began in South Africa in 1948, but colonialism and oppression of the African majority had … then voted into power, and Nelson Mandela was inaugurated as the President of South Africa on 10 May. It is important …

… his involvement in Indian Resistance campaigns, enrolled as an attorney in the Supreme Court of the Transvaal. He … absence. Determined to study law, Schlesin was indentured as a clerk on 24 February 1909, with the support of her father as her legal guardian. Gandhi, Polak and McIntyre as well as …

… born on 12 November 1780 in the Wagenmakersvallei, (known as Wellington today), Cape Province. He was the fifth of 10 … and tried his hand at a number of businesses — working as a clerk in a store, prospecting for land, building and the … to the north of the country, which eventually became known as the Great Trek . He imagined a place where there would be …

… for a BA degree at the University of Natal, Durban, as a part time student. Whilst at university, Maharaj served … He decided to leave for the United Kingdom in August 1957, as he was unable to obtain a permit to study law in the Cape … four others on charges of sabotage in what became known as the Little Rivonia trial. Maharaj was sentenced to 12 …

… Congress  (PAC) at its formation in 1959. He was appointed as the party branch leader in Daveyton Township near Benoni. … Lucas Mahlangu and Douglas Simelane. Mlambo was listed as accused number one in their trial. He was charged with … ill-treatment were exposed to the international community as they came before the General Assembly of the United …

… textbooks found in a storeroom. In 1927 he joined The Star as a reporter. He was soon transferred to the Bulawayo … In 1931he and a fellow reporter, Bob Crisp (later famous as a cricketer and a much decorated soldier of the Second … the editor, B.K. Long*, and he was assigned to Parliament as writer of 'Notes in the House', a column with considerable …

… of Keimoes and Upington. Between 1959 and 1966 he served as an under-secretary at the department’s head office in … Constituency, a position he held until his election as Minister of Parliament for Verwoerdburg in 1974. On 17 … and the detention of an estimated 30 000 people, with as many as 15 000 being held at one time during the …

… labour he ran away to Johannesburg where he found work as a gardener at Heiningham. He continued his schooling by … course he left Heiningham to work at the Savoy Hotel as a waiter. At the Savoy he met and befriended a man named … if he was willing to publish his story. It was published as a feature article and he started freelancing for The …

… in 1936, in Sekhukhuneland, Transvaal. Segogela trained as a boiler-maker. He had no formal art training. For many … although it is only since 1980 that he has practised as a full-time artist. …

… in the fishing village of Hout Bay. On the way home, as friends enacted scenes from the films, Hallett would be … States before finally re-settling in his hometown in 1995. As well as working as a documentary photographer, he has practised …

… Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo, also known as “Naran” or “Roy.” was born in 1901 in Pietermaritzburg, … the family had moved during the Anglo-Boer War (also known as the South African War).  He was the son of Govindasamy …

… a trusted employee of Governor Van der Stel and in 1686, as a reward for his hard work in retrieving treasure from a … serving the company elsewhere, or remaining in the Cape as a rank-less free burgher. Bergh took the former choice and … by this time a very wealthy man, bought  Groot Constantia  as a home for him and Anna. This meant that Anna, a child of …

… in Natal and bought a farm near Port Natal, or Durban, as it is known today. He only returned to Graaff Reinet to … the day of their triumph over the Zulu every year as a holy day, should they be granted victory. On 16 December … Zulu dominance of the region. The battle location is known as  Blood River . Legend has it that the Ncome River turned …

… at the law firm of Ismail Ayob in Johannesburg . [ix] As a human rights attorney her clients ranged from society’s … to her own life experiences, through her activities as a human rights lawyer she saw the brutality of Apartheid … on to become the personal attorney of Nelson Mandela and, as such, was one of very few South Africans to have had …

… Vesta Smith (affectionately known as Ma Vee) was born in Sophiatown , Johannesburg , Transvaal … (now Gauteng ) on 20 July 1922. Her father worked as a clerk at Robinson Deep Mine where she spent her early … The family’s stay in Vrededorp did not last long as the government’s policy of forced removals soon compelled …

… the Potchefstroom circuit in 1957. In I960 he was seconded as lecturer in Tswana, Southern and Northern Sotho to the … However, in 1961 he returned to the Potchefstroom circuit as sub-inspector and later inspector of schools. In the … Bophuthatswana government service). He subsequently served as Professor and Head of Department of African Languages at …

… A priest of the Church of England, his father served as curate of Brentwood Essex for fifteen years, until 1849, … and his works on the great Roman Empire. Cecil Rhodes as a boy. Source Rhodes fell ill shortly after leaving school and, as his lungs were affected, it was decided that he should …

… 'Als wij de doodsvallei betreen' (can be freely translated as When we enter the valley of death). His death caused an outrage in Afrikaner circles, and was a potent factor in the rise of the National Party (NP). …

… Afrapix, in and produced an extensive negative archive. As a member of Afrapix, Cobbing contributed photographs to … the early 19 th century. His journal article, “The Mfecane as Alibi: Thoughts on Dithakong and Mbolompo” published in 1988 is well known. Cobbing currently works as a professional historian at Rhodes University in …

… At the time of the Indian protests of 1946, he served as secretary of the Transvaal Passive Resistance Council. … successful in his law practice, popular with Africans as well as Indians, and noted for his matinee-idol good looks, Singh …

… Matomela was born on 1st of January ,in 1910 and worked as a teacher while raising five children. In 1950, angered by … . While she was in prison, her health deteriorated badly, as she was sometimes deprived of much-needed medical attention, such as the insulin injections for her diabetes. Soon after her …

… Wits University, and spent 14 months working in Antarctica as both a meteorologist and surveyor. He spent many happy … He has spent the last ten years in private practice as a land surveyor and whenever possible travelling. Over the … Master: "Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging waterfall. Follow the …

… of the Pan Africanist Congress youth, the party he joined as a schoolboy before the Sharpeville massacre of 1960. When … in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), where he qualified as a medical doctor. After Mokoape took up medicine he had … 6 years imprisonment, on Robben Island,in a trial (known as the Frelimo Trial) of nine BPC and South African Student …

… Edward Jansen was born on 5 August 1949.  The Cape Doctor, as he was popularly known, was one of South Africa’s most … three decades. In the early 1970s, Jansen shot to fame as an original member of the Pacific Express band and later … the Spirits Rejoice band. Although Jansen was best known as a saxophonist, he was also an accomplished singer and …

… Autshumao also known as Herry the strandloper (beach walker), he was chief and … settlers who were engaged in a trading relationship. As result of his position as chief and interpreter of the Gorinhaikonas, he became a …

… completing Standard 5 he left school and began working as an assistant in a shop catering for Black people. During … and Labour Council (SATLC). In March 1927 he was appointed as the part time Secretary of the Witwatersrand Middlemen … during the Depression. This led to his appointment as the Secretary of the Garment Workers' Union of South …