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… in order to live and move in and out of the location. As a result, Bertha volunteered to be in one of the first …  in 1952 that went into Krugersdorp without permits, as a means of protest. She was arrested for this and she … national vice-president. Bertha started her working life as an office assistant for the South African Clothing …

… of Cape Town (UCT). By 1957, Jordan was appointed as a lecturer in African Languages at the UCT. While at UCT, … an inspirational teacher of Xhosa culture and language, as his students were later to testify. Jordan’s term was very … great novel Ingqumbo Yeminyana was published in English as The Wrath of the Ancestors (1980), in Afrikaans as Die …

… at the Bullhoek Massacre in 1923. In Krugersdorp he worked as a clerk for a firm of attorneys. Her mother was the eldest … She then worked at the Krugersdorp General Hospital as a radiographer and then went back to university. Her … a pen to write a statement, about her involvement in SASO, as an executive member. The police kept on tearing up her …

… Edinburgh College of Domestic Science. After she qualified as a domestic science teacher, she moved to Zimbabwe (then … for eight years. On her return to South Africa, she worked as a Home Economics Officer in the Social Welfare Department … conferences. In 1975 ,When Duncan succeded her mother as Black Sash president, membership was just over a thousand, …

… Acted as President of the Transvaal when the territory was annexed … after besieging Ladysmith, which proved to be disasterous, as opposed to what his younger generals had urged him to do. …

… of 1958 share the sense of achievement we all feel today, as we enter the dynamic, and highly explosive decade of the … we not only see the new flags of freedom flying where once colonialism ruled supreme, we also see the banners of … when, as never before, the strongholds of imperialism, colonialism, neo-colonialism and racism are being challenged, …

… Town in 1859 and studied at Healdtown, where he qualified as a primary school teacher. After teaching in the Cape for … the expeditionary force that annexed Bechuanaland as a British protectorate. Returning to the Cape, he opened a … of the wealthiest Africans in the Cape, rivaling such men as  John Tengo Jabavu  and  Walter Rubusana  for influence …

… in the Orange Free State where his father was employed as a farm laborer.  He grew up in the slums of Sophiatown in  … and was a member of its national working committee. Known as a party theoretician, he was the author of the  Pan … Zambia and has since lived in Kenya, where he is employed as a teacher. …

… Bush of the United States of America. From 1991 she served as a member of the National Executive Committee of the … Arts and Culture Science and Technology. She was elected as the mayor of the West Rand region of Johannesburg in 2002. She has been referred to as being an unorthodox nun, who argued for abortion during …

… Natal. Zungu received no formal education or art training. As a teenager he made clay models and in 1957 he began … in a dairy. Later in the 1960s he worked in Durban, first as a gardener and then as a cook. In 1970 a friend of Zungu's showed his work to his …

… College. From about 1920 to 1936 he lived in South Africa as a representative of the Young Men's Christian Association, … of the All African Convention. He had a reputation as a forceful and persuasive speaker. On his return to the … to opposing the oppression of Africans. After being ousted as the director of the Council on African Affairs in 1948, …

… worked mainly in watercolour. The Press romanticised her as an artist in ceaseless quest of exotic places: "She has … and SA. Art critic Melvin Simmers referred to her work as "dull", dismissing it as mere "topographical memoranda on various places which …

… born in 1952 in Okalili, northwest Namibia. She trained as a nurse and in 1974 joined SWAPO-in-exile in Zambia. She … ways that the violence of the apartheid regime manifests as violence within a household, and centralizes the role of … networks originating in Australia. She was in Australia as a post-graduate student at the Centre for Comparative and …

… sessions. After matriculating in 1980, he trained as a welder and got his first job at Mercedes-Benz. He joined … and National Allied Workers Union (NAWU), became involved as an organiser on the factory floor and was elected as a shop steward. He also became active in community …

… at the University of Utrecht in 1905 and was ordained as a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church. His strong … was founded and Malan became its first editor, using it as a springboard for entry into parliament. He was appointed … strength to defeat the Union Party in the 1948 elections. As Prime Minister Malan put many principles into effect, …

… of a Shangaan migrant worker, he had no formal training as an artist and learned to carve from his father who made utility items for his community. He spent time as a migrant worker in Johannesburg but returned home after … of a local African Christian context. He talks of Christ as his mentor and the source of his creativity. He tells of a …

… alternative "cultural clubs" for children. He also acted as Transvaal Provincial Secretary of the ANC, in the … in the 1950s. Arrested on 5 December 1956, he was listed as Defendant Number 64 in the 1956 Treason Trial, and … to Bechuanaland (Botswana) enroute to Ghana. He served as a representative of the ANC in Cairo and East Africa, and …

… College of Fort hare but declined it. He opted to stay as a teacher hoping that the £10 monthly salary would help … political experience by organising boycotts and acting as a negotiator with white authorities. The American Board … cultures. Football was the school’s most popular sport and as a young faculty member, Luthuli became secretary and …

… Skotnes at Polly Street, and later working alongside him as a teacher. His potential and dedication led Skotnes to … sculptor Edoardo Villa. He always acknowledged these two as mentors and friends and quickly established his own visual … moved to the Jubilee Centre, where he replaced Skotnes as senior art instructor, a post he held from 1960 to 1964. …

… This conference aims to bring together writers, academics, as well as intellectual and cultural workers from around the … texts in making sense of day-to-day life in contexts of colonialism, imperialism, anti-colonial resistance, post-colonialism, neo-colonialism, civil war, neo-liberal …

… Eastern part of Africa . People began settling in the area as early as 10.000BCE [i] . After several successive waves of … 85. ↵ [vi] Mahmood Mamdani, When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda, (Princeton … 254. ↵ [xi] Mahmood Mamdani, When Victims Become Killers: Colonialism, Nativism, and the Genocide in Rwanda, (Princeton …

… they chose to study at the Native College of Fort Hare as it was then known. Jane and her sister returned to Cape Town in 1926. Neither had graduated as yet, Jane in particular, because Fort Hare lacked the … for a similar reason. The two then took employment, Jane as a teacher at a primary school, and they engaged private …

… Sathieseelan Gurulingam Govender (more popularly known as Ronnie Govender) was born on 16 May 1934 in Cato Manor, … instrumental in helping him to get a job with the New Age as a sports columnist. This helped him to pay his way through … , earning ten shillings a week, writing a boxing column as he was very keen on boxing. As a journalist, he attacked …

… Peter, Mark and Richard.During World War II Collins served as a chaplain in the Royal Air Force.  After the war, he … people and capital punishment. In 1948, John was appointed as a canon of St. Paul’s Cathedral by Prime Minister Clement … Kentridge  and Charlie Nicholas. Anticipating more trials as apartheid’s laws tightened the space for resistance, …

… Kasrils was born in Scotland in 1936.  She came to Durban as an infant. In March 1960,  Ronnie Kasrils , later, her … the Nationalist Government’s declaration of South Africa as a republic. By 1961, Eleanor as part of the MK team comprising Ronnie Kasrils, Billy Nair, …

… of international pressure against the racists, such as cannot but give great satisfaction to our colleagues who … Vorster, Klopper, Helen Suzman and lesser agents of colonialism, have turned Africa into a veritable hunting … my own mind is that the black man is a vital and decisive factor in the survival or demise of fascist South Africa - …

… of international pressure against the racists, such as cannot but give great satisfaction to our colleagues who … Vorster, Klopper, Helen Suzman and lesser agents of colonialism, have turned Africa into a veritable hunting … my own mind is that the black man is a vital and decisive factor in the survival or demise of fascist South Africa - …

… for which her mother administered a hefty beating. [iii] As a young girl, Winnie’s family moved around within the … was nine years old, the family moved to eMbongweni, where as well as attending school, Winnie would help her father to labour …

… friend. Before returning to South Africa, Moroka worked as an assistant in a country practice in England. Although he … in Thaba Nchu. She prepared a rondavel for him to use as a surgery and gave him £30 to stock his dispensary. The … work in Vienna, where after three years he qualified as a surgeon. But he was never able to put his training to …

… to enrol him because of his HIV status. His courage as a HIV-positive youngster gave him the reputation as an “Aids icon” after he spoke out at several gatherings ”” …