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… in Barberton in 1904. She completed the first two years of pre-veterinary study at the University of Witwatersrand, and the next three years at the Transvaal … College’s Onderstepoot facility. She received he Bachelor of Veterinary Science in 1927 and went into private practice. …

… against the Blackshirt Movement. He was secretary of the Johannesburg Medical Aid for Russia, during the war and a former member of the Communist Party of South Africa. After the treason trial he was placed under …

… where he spent his childhood and teen years. Being the son of South African composer and music director Stanley ‘Spike’ … him musically, handing him his first harmonica at the age of 17.  Adam however, would only learn to play the harmonica … festivals across Spain, Italy and Belgium. While on one of his gigs on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, he asked for …

… the “Young Turks” gathered around him. Towards the end of 1912 Botha dismissed  J B M Hertzog  from his cabinet and Roos protested by demonstrating at the statue of  Paul Kruger , which was situated in Prince's Park in Pretoria. A group of people had gathered there in protest and Ross and General …

… under the name Victoria Mhlongo. Her 1963 version of My Boy Lollipop became a national hit and her career … an African tour with the singer Letta Mbulu . For much of the 1980s, Mhlongo based herself in The Netherlands where she became the darling of a burgeoning “world music” audience. Her groundbreaking …

… in the Eastern Cape called Mdingi. Ntini is a product of the United Cricket Board's development program. Raymond … introducing the game to rural boys. Ntini was given a pair of boots and packed off to Dale College in King William’s Town, one of the country's best regarded cricketing nurseries. Ntini …

… Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She grew up in the small town of Coligny , Western Transvaal (now North West Province ) with her mother Martie and father Willem. At the age of 13 she was discovered by her long-time coach, Martin Marx … in maintaining a strong mind, and ascribed much of that strength to her religious faith. In 1998, at the age …

… out on several trips to Namibia with Mr. E Schweikerdt of Pretoria. Several of his works have been reproduced locally by E Schweikerdt (Pty) Ltd; and one from the collection of King Haakon VII of Norway was reproduced in that country. … Berman, E. 1994. Art & Artists of South Africa . Southern Book Publishers. …

… born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles . … in SA in 1902, he studied in 1901 at the Cambridge School of Art, and in London under Walter Sickert (1860 - 1942). … until 1930. Sickert's deft touch and suggestive treatment of form are hinted at in his work, which was regularly shown …

… Germany, he came to SA in 1879. Earlier, after experience of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he had worked at his trade in England. In 1884 he … African Artists". With his wife dead in 1901 and the loss of his son in 1910 he returned to Germany, and then to London …

… Diploma in Design (1959) from the Camberwell College of Art, London, and an Art Teacher’s Diploma (1960) from … at Fine Art institutions in South Africa for a number of years before becoming a full-time artist. He participated … murals and tapestries. He is a painter, a writer of short stories, articles and radio plays. He has designed …

… College. From 1963 - 1981 she was the teacher in charge of the one-year Special Art Teachers’ Course at the Ndaleni … Natal. From 1982-1985 she was Senior Lecturer in charge of Art at the Indumiso College of Education, Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. On her retirement …

… single parent, his father, and three sisters. (At the age of four his mother died during the ritual of Sangoma training) His father was a welder at Union … where he matriculated in 1996. In 1996 he became a member of Kodak Professional Freelance Photographer Club, attending …

… Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng was president of the Northern Transvaal region of the  United Democratic Front  (UDF). He was convicted of sabotage in 1962 and served eight years on Robben Island. …

… Coleman, they had four sons, and became active members of the Detainees Parents Support Committee (DPSC). They were founding members of this organisation of parents that was formed to provide food, clothing and …

… Deane was born in 1908. He became national secretary of the Coloured Furniture Workers' Union and a politician, … on the Cape Town City Council. Deane became the chairman of the South African Coloured People's Organisation in the … international labor conference in Geneva. He was convicted of embezzling trade union funds in 1973. …

… Ngakane moved to Springs, where he served as chairman of a Liberal Party branch in the early 1960s. In December … 1960 he acted as chairman at the consultative conference of African leaders held in Johannesburg. A field secretary for the Institute of Race Relations in the early 1950s, he has more recently …

…  King Kong . She returned to South Africa at the end of the tour but was soon forced into exile in the United … together they released many hits. She has been a member of the prestigious Union of South African Artists, where she became exposed to …

… most recognised for his paintings. The subject matter of his work generally focused on life in the townships, … his work as ‘township art’ and noted the influences of Ephraim Ngatane. Koboka developed a palette knife … collections hold his pieces, including the University of Fort Hare. In the 1990s Koboka taught art at the Federated …

… Fort in 2 weeks. No details are available on the date of his detention,the Act he was detained under ,or the official cause of death.No information is available on whether a post-mortem … Mr Mzolo's death detention and death the minister of law and order,Mr Louis Le Grange,started 'There is no …

… treason trialists. In June 1957, Judge Kuper acquitted him of charges when the Treason Trial adjourned. However, charges … any charges being brought against him during the state of emergency that was declared. In 1963, he was detained … a butcher in Vereeniging. His inability to leave his area of restriction to buy meat seriously affected his business.  …

… was born in 1962 in Meadowlands, Johannesburg. At the age of 10 he started going to the gymnasium with his father who … that he decided to turn professional in 1979. At a height of 1.47 meters, or 4-foot-10, Matlala was the shortest boxing … over Fraser Plaatjie in Port Elizabeth under the guidance of Theo Mthembu. It only took him four contests to become …

… From: A Crime Against Humanity - Analysing the Repression of the Apartheid State edited by Max Coleman In Chapter 8 we examined the emergence of a strategy of destabilisation alongside talks during the year from July …

… Northern Transvaal (now Polokwane , Limpopo). At the age of 19, he left for Johannesburg to study African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits). Not having much money, he found accommodation in the cheaper inner city area of Hillbrow, which was also close to the university. At the …

… Tu Nokwe was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Alfred, was in a jazz swing band … sing by their mother and she introduced them to the music of  Miriam Makeba  and  Letta Mbulu . When Tu failed matric … dance and drama. This was a successful project and some of the children in her group ended up featuring in Mbongeni …

… with Joan Brickhill-Burke and Louis Burke’s production of the musical “Meropa” as musical director. In 1975 they … led to Ntoni enrolling at the prestigious Berklee School of Music in Boston. Later, in the late 1980s, Ntoni toured the United States of America, Europe and Thailand with Brubeck’s son, Darius, …

… not to go home with the women. In 1922 the public opinion of her changed and she was forced to leave the house and … clinics and by the Child Life Protection Society. Most of the women were stranded and homeless, and after a while in … were able to go into domestic work or some other kind of work that was found for them. In 1937 the King George …

… in 1880 at the MacFarlane Mission in the Victoria district of Alice in the Eastern Cape . Her father was a teacher and a … She sat for her final examination for general nurses of the Colonial Medical Council on the 19 December 1907. On … in Thaba ‘Nchu where she died in 1919 at the age of 39. A statue of Cecilia Makiwane was erected by the nurses …

… to an English Methodist family in 1906, and became one of South Africa’s first and most important abstract painters. … his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts at UNISA at the age of 35. Battiss was a founding member of the New Group and was unique in that he had not studied …

… Workshop in the 1980s in Durban. He has obtained a number of commissions from offices in the centre of Durban to carve heads. He carved sculptures for the Offices of the Durban Architectural Practice, Mikula, Vines and …