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… was born in Pretoria in 1911. Wright was the daughter of Dorothy Kay and studied under Francis Pickford-Marriott at … London at the Regent Polytechnic and the Heatherley School of Art. She lived in Johannesburg and also Malawi, but … the 1940s. Wright was influenced strongly in the direction of realism in her painting, which was in no small measure due …

… 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape , the third of six children [1] . One of her siblings was Neville Alexander . Since her father was … and soon became involved in the Teacher’s League of South Africa (TLSA) . In January 1960, she moved to the … Scanlon, H. 2007. “Representation and reality: Portraits of Women’s Lives in the Western Cape 1948-1976”. HSRC Press: …

… Jason's family was forced to move to the black township of Guguletu in 1960. Jason's interest in photography … Sunday Times, City Press  and  Tribute Magazine . Some of his photographs have also appeared in international … Rwanda, street children in Rio de Janeiro, the conflicts of the West Banks and the crisis in Kosovo. His photography …

… February 1927. Mthembu's boxing career started at the age of 16 at Inkamane College in Vryheid, KwaZulu Natal and later … three Transvaal Provincial Champions in its first year of operation. Mthembu’s active boxing career was cut … the following year when he was caught in the crossfire of a gun-fight and badly wounded. Although Mthembu could no …

… the Progressive Garment Workers' Union, an initiative of the South African Trade Unions (SACTU), in opposition to … Union. Elsie met her husband, Billy Nair , a friend of political activist Poomoney Moodley , when Elsie would … at a fast food outlet in Clairwood, a suburb just south of Durban. She described the experience as ‘hard, but when we …

… Correspondence College.He started painting at the age of seven and his mother continually encouraged the young boy … his mother’s brother having been Arthur Buthelezi, one of the earlier generation of African artists along with Gerard Bhengu and the Ntuli …

… Daniel Tyamzashe was born in Kimberley in 1880, the son of a prominent Xhosa minister in the United Free Church of Scotland. He completed secondary school at Lovedale and … Workers' Herald and later. New Africa, the paper of the  Independent Industrial Commercial Union  (ICU). In …

… in the Transkei. Kabane studied at Healdtown.  He was one of the first students to enroll at the University of Fort Hare, earning a bachelor's degree in 1925. He was a president of the Orange Free State Teachers' Association and a member … From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 …

… in Port-Elizabeth on 25 December 1959. He was the youngest of five children, and grew up with his grandparents. He was … was a flute that he made from a reed. At the age of 21 he began playing the flute and because of his talent, he was admitted to study at Rhodes University …

… in Pretoria. He obtained a BA (FA) from the University of Pretoria, and won an Emma Smith Scholarship to study at the Camberwell School of Arts and Crafts, London, and at the Staatliche Akademie … 1950s. Strachan was an anti-apartheid activist and was one of the few early members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) , the …

… most artists, being associated with the centre for most of the 1970s. He was part of the second intake of artists who commenced classes in 1971. The early 1970s saw …

… For over twenty years she unobtrusively produced some of the most original and creative studio pots. She used the restricted Rorke’s Drift palette of brown, ochres and yellow, blue and black in her pots.  Decoration began with the application of clay coils, dots or texture in a basic repeat pattern. …

… as a surveyor for one year. He then joined the Department of Education and after three years obtained the post as State … managed to slip through the enemy lines dressed in clothes of his wife. He moved with his family to Europe where he … in South Africa in 1907 he was employed at the Department of Home affairs. For ten years he did mainly translations of …

… Fellow South Africans, I have no doubt that you are aware of the announcement made yesterday by the National Executive … I have been a loyal member of the African National Congress for 52 years. I remain a member of the ANC and … I have been a loyal member of the African National Congress for 52 years. I remain a member of the ANC and …

… a BA degree in Philosophy and Arabic at the University of South Africa in 1979. Variava finished her Honours degree … and her Masters in Philosophy in 1982 at the University of the Witwatersrand. While at the University of the Witwatersrand she also taught and organised seminars …

… Born on the 3rd of August 1964 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Marthinus Hattingh … his studies at Port Elizabeth Technikon at the end of 1995. While studying he started to freelance for the local … with the Sunday Times .  In 1997 he joined the department of photography at the Vaal Triangle Technikon as a lecturer …

… settled down in Grahamstown where she was an active member of the Black Sash (a white woman’s organisation). Hartman … In his own opinion this trip deepened his understanding of the conditions in which black people in South Africa lived … that he should use his photographs to expose the evils of the system. As Hartman put it, “As a student and the UDF …

… The Republic of Botswana shares a common border with South Africa in the … and Zambia in the North. Botswana is inhabited by people of predominantly of Tswana origin (collectively called … percent) and Black people. South Africa's Pan Africanist Congress also influenced the thinking of Botswana leaders …

… by C. H. Calpin During the black-out on the night of the 7th December 1942, somewhere about 10 O'clock, there … B. Moosa. It is a modern building situated in the centre of the Indian business area and caters, through the Twentieth … on the same day. At this time the South African Indian Congress was considering the advisability of sending a …

… Comrade Chairperson,  Esteemed members of the Diplomatic Corps,  Fellow members of the National Executive Committee of the ANC,  Leaders of … a strong organisation of the people - the African National Congress. In the face of what lies ahead of us, the need for …

… February 1924 in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. His mother was a black Mozambiquan and his … on urban life in Mozambique, depicting the abused children of the street, the overpopulated township areas and other harsh realities of poverty and racism. The political challenges his work …

… periods in England, he exhibited at the RA in London. Both of the works featured here were shown on SASA exhibitions in … acquired by the SANG. They demonstrate his command of fine techniques in oil and tempera. A London Tea Shop, painted in England in about 1937, consists of a long horizontal panel painted in egg tempera. It was …

… so directly, knowing that people out there want to be part of the process and will be responding, because in the end the … realities. Ms B. Mbete-Kgositsile, MP, African National Congress, Constitutional Assembly, 15 August 1994. Our … towns and cities. O. C. Chabane, MP, African National Congress, Constitutional Assembly, 24 January 1995. An …

… Chief Msizwana Mbata’s banishment alleges that 10 years of community conflict in the districts of Estcourt and Weenen, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), culminated … in a fight in which 23 people were killed. A commission of enquiry blamed Deputy Chief Msizwana Mbata of the Mtembu …

… aligned to the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM), leader of the Natal Women’s Organization (NOW) and former Deputy Minister of Defence and of Health. A pioneer of her time, Nozizwe … a member of parliament representing the African National Congress (ANC) .This however, is despite her fervent struggle …

… for the Kampen town, and later promoted to a position of a second secretary. At that time he was married to Arnelia … child, Julie Philippe Augusta de Mist. After the death of his wife de Mist married Elisabeth Margaretha Morre and he … His career took on new heights in 1795 when the Republic of Batavia was created and he was appointed Governor-General. …

… Jabu, recalls that her grandfather, Julius, wrote a book of poems called Umlondolozi , which is now lost. He received … self-trained as a sculptor. According to his daughter one of the professors at the UN(D) arranged exhibitions of his work, the most successful of which was held at the …

… a photographer at the Corporate Relations Department of Technikon Free State whilst working on a number of personal documentary photographic projects.  Awards 1993 … Photographic Awards: (Regional winner for Africa) Winner of the South African Picture Essay Documentary Awards (Two …

… To recount the part played by the African peoples of South Africa in the wars that have been fought by South … to prove their worth. The South African Native National Congress (SANNC), the predecessor of the African National Congress (ANC), which was holding its annual conference in …

… Australian landscapes in Johannesburg. Always in pursuit of views, she often arrived uninvited on remote farms … The Press romanticised her as an artist in ceaseless quest of exotic places: "She has ranged over Kenya, Rhodesia, … and overseas. Mount Kenya, Ruanzari, the Mountains of the Moon are not merely names to her, and she has …