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BiographyPremanathan “Prema” Naidoo
… Brutus . He had to leave school early to look for a job as his brother, Indres Naidoo, was imprisoned on Robben Island … over the telephone. We weren’t…
BiographySicelo Mhlauli
… compelled Mhlauli to leave Tambalabantu and find work elsewhere. Mhlauli found work at Atchivelile school. … the wounded children to the Dimbaza clinic for…
BiographyLeo Marquard
… born on 15 June 1897 in Winburg in the Orange Free State. His father was Reverend J. J. T. Marquard of the Dutch Reformed Church and his mother, Margaret,…
BiographyCaptain Lancelot Andrew Ariba
… architecture in Leeds and at the RA Schools 11 London. His ideals were based on the notion of a symbiotic … Baker. As an artist he often chose subjects that…
BiographyLionel Davis
… between for committing acts of sabotage. It was during his prison years on Robben Island that he completed his Senior Certificate. After his release he was…
What the lives of two South African music giants tell us about culture under apartheid by Gwen Ansell (The Conversation), 13 July 2017
… Ray Chikapa Phiri, 70. Reflecting on their lives and work tells us a great deal about the intersection of black politics and culture under apartheid, and…
BiographyDoe Molefe
… of post-boxes held at the Market Gallery in 1986. His work has also been exhibited at the Goodman Gallery. Molefe …
BiographyBonginhlanhla Plummer Mbokazi
… He then started work in order to support his family. Plummer was never a full …
BiographyChristian Malcolm
… He has participated in group exhibitions in SA and abroad. His own work is represented in public and private collections in this …
BiographyJames Gavin Younge
… numerous Awards and has undertaken public commissions. His work is represented in public and private collections in SA …
EventFather Frans Claerhout, acclaimed South African painter of Belgian descent, dies in his sleep
… South African painter of Belgian descent, dies in his sleep at a Bloemfontein hospital after being admitted … (87) continued to paint daily during the last…
BiographyQaqawuli Godolozi
… 26 of July 1955 to Mbuyiselo Godolozi and Nobubele Jafta. His family relocated to Peddie in the Eastern Cape where he grew up and spent his teenage life. He…
BiographyJomo Kenyatta
… Kenyatta was born Kamau to parents Moigoi and Wamboi ”” his father was the chief of a small agricultural village in … was very young and he was, as custom…
BiographyMmusi Aloysias Maimane
… University, Wales, with a Masters in Theology. Maimane ran his own business management consultancy and lectured at the … Opposition in Johannesburg. Maimane,…
BiographyPercival Mdala
… Cape. He came to the Garden Route in 1956, where he found work as a gardener for Bishop Stainton, the rector of St. … Anglican Church, but nothing from the…
BiographyPlaatjies Joseph Paul
… an unpaid staff member at Fighting Talk and New Age in his off-hours. He helped organize the May Day work stoppage of 1950 in Johannesburg,which was…
BiographyHarold Cressy
… and at the age eight he was sent to Cape Town to continue his education. In 1905 he graduated from Zonnebloem College … segregated education system. At the…
BiographySicelo Shiceka
… Lusikisiki in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) His greatest influence was his grandfather, a warrior of the … to Lesotho after an engagement in which…
BiographyThys Dullaart
… Dullaart completed his National Diploma in Journalism at Pretoria Technikon and … two years of a fine arts degree at UNISA and two years of his National…
BiographyEdward “Eddie” Roux
… an Afrikaner father. He grew up in Johannesburg, where his father opened a pharmacy in 1907. Roux's father was a … Republic" doctrine, and although Roux…
BiographyZondeni Veronica Sobukwe
… (ANCYL) to deliver a letter to Walter Sisulu to bring to his attention the plight of the nurses on strike. The bond … he was in jail on Robben Island . She…
The largest single construction work undertaken in South Africa, the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam (now Gariep Dam) on the Orange River,
… The largest single construction work undertaken in South Africa, the Hendrik Verwoerd Dam …
A life’s work: Harriet Bolton and Durban’s trade unions, 1944 - 1974 by Hannah Keal, December 2009, University of KwaZulu-Natal, Durban
… A life’s work: Harriet Bolton and Durban’s trade unions, 1944 - 1974 …
The Presidential AIDS Advisory Panel, which conducted the bulk of its work in 2000, identifies a number of potential areas for
… AIDS Advisory Panel, which conducted the bulk of its work in 2000, identifies a number of potential areas for …
Statistics SA leads the Interdepartmental Task Team on Mortality to give effect to a Cabinet decision to prioritise work on the
… to give effect to a Cabinet decision to prioritise work on the …
A call for a thirty-minute work stoppage, in protest against the death of Dr. Aggett, is supported by virtually all independent
… A call for a thirty-minute work stoppage, in protest against the death of Dr. Aggett, is …
Anti-Apartheid Activism in Britain: The AAM, the BEM/BSC and the wider concerns of the Black community regarding anti-apartheid activism in Britain by Elizabeth Williams
… Anti-Apartheid Activism in Britain: The AAM, the BEM/BSC and the wider concerns of the Black community regarding anti-apartheid activism in Britain by…
BiographyMiriam Tlali
… titled Muriel at Metropolitan, a semi-autobiographical work. The novel was only published six years later in 1975. In 1979, the novel was banned by the…
BiographyFlorence Mkhize
… . At a young age she decided she wanted to fight against apartheid and the oppression of women, and so joined the … from women from other racial groups. In…
BiographyMoebien Wadee
… born in Sophiatown in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family moved to Kliptown. He studied medicine at Glasgow University in Scotland, where he…