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… Pheko served the party in different capacities such as Organiser, branch Chairperson, country representative and … to Niarobi, Kenya where the company had been incorporated as a non-profit organisation in 1973. Daystar grew and in … Zambia and South Africa. From 1995 until 2003 Pheko served as the Deputy President in three PAC cabinets. In 2003 he was …

… Rivonia Trial. Mfaxa taught for a short time and worked as clerk but devoted much of his time to organizing for the … of the 1952 Defiance Campaign committee and was nominated as volunteer-in-chief in the Eastern Cape. The same year he … in 1962 he went into exile in Lesotho, where he worked as a teacher. From 1981 to 1991 Mfaxa headed the PAC’s …

… marches and protest actions together with other women such as Dorothy Nyembe , Kate Molale and Maggie Resha . Her … Joe Matlou was sent to establish an ANC office in Botswana as a transit point for the liberation fighters. When the ANC … she formed the first ANC Women’s League in exile, with her as the first chairperson. In 1966, she left Tanzania to join …

… buying and selling sweets and useful knick-knacks, such as combs, to his fellow pupils. As much of his trade happened during class time, he did not … correspondence through Unisa. At the same time, he worked as a bus conductor and a clerk, first at the Atok Platinum …

… number of Lewis’s portraits of rural black South Africans, as well as his portraits of black soldiers during World War II, … their names, except in the case of notable portraits such as that of  Chief Albert Luthuli , are seldom recorded. The …

… at Wembezi High (Estcourt) in 1983. During December 1983, as a young activist, he was forced into exile in Mozambique, … Angola where he received military training and appointed as a Commissar. He subsequently went to Cuba, where he … the head of the Integration and Demobilisation process. As a Major, he was responsible for the military intelligence …

… require a proper understanding of the international as well as the national situation. This involves a correct … leading to division amongst the imperialists, one major factor which has contributed to the crisis in which … in the most rapid and unprecedented disintegration of colonialism in its old form. The frontiers of imperialism …

… He left behind his two young children and their mother, as well as his elderly parents and three siblings, all of whom he …

… once in the armpit. He supported his five young children, as well as assisted his father to support his seven siblings, nephew …

… is Emeritus Professor at the University of South Africa as well as Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand …

… Ida was born in 1903 and worked as a dressmaker. She was the first president of the  African … Committee during the 1950s, and in 1954 was also elected as National president of the  Federation of South African …

… of the  African National Congress  in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he helped establish high schools … was later employed in a pharmacy. In 1952, while serving as assistant secretary of the Natal ANC, he led the first …

… in the founding of the Youth League and in 1947 was chosen as the league's delegate to a conference of the World … and in 1949 the Communist paper Inkululeko mentioned him as a possible candidate for the  African National Congress …

… the White worker-commando's during the 1922 Rand Revolt  as a dispatch rider. His mother was born in Leeds, England …  In 1952 he enrolled for his Doctorate in Chemistry. As a research student he was invigilating an examination when … first job in January 1953, after finishing his Ph.D. was as a chemist for African Film Productions. Ronnie was …

… the NIC was an affiliated organisation. Gordhan worked as a volunteer for the NIC's anti- tricameral parliament … in hiding until his arrest in 1990, when he was named as a key figure in the ANC underground network,  Operation … Convention of a Democratic South Africa (CODESA)  in 1991 as a joint NIC/ Transvaal Indian Congress  (TIC) …

… his education to help support the household. After working as a messenger for a while, la Guma entered an apprenticeship as a leather worker in 1907. Being an avid reader and … in the city in October 1920. Having proven his mettle as an organiser in Port Elizabeth, la Guma was elected …

… Graphic, the Leader and the Post. It was in his capacity as a sports journalist that saw him attend a swimming meeting … administrative duties at a national level, he stepped down as the chair of the provincial organisation. However, his … was the Tournament Director. This was widely acclaimed as being the best national event ever, becoming the benchmark …

… which resulted in his brother Jongintaba Dalindyebo acting as King. Jongintaba raised Nelson Mandela at the ‘Great … Mhlobo Matanzima had been instrumental in selecting Sabata as heir, but the truth of the matter seems to be that he was … He was duly circumcised, and on 30 June 1954, installed as Paramount Chief of the Thembu. Almost immediately, Sabata …

… I know the girls loved him and he was very confident.” As a teenager of his time, he preferred African-American … march on 16 June against the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction. An Action Committee was set up to … Students Representative Council (SSRC), with Mashinini as its first president (until he was succeeded by Khotso …

… raised in South Africa. Biddy Partridge first began work as a freelance photographer for the South African Council for … she was unable to attend any subsequent meetings as she was in the process of relocating to Zimbabwe. Patridge … the country to get married in newly independent Zimbabwe as interracial marriage wasn’t permitted under apartheid. …

… she was beaten. Electric torture was stopped as they did not have equipment. She was later moved to … Lindiwe returned to South Africa and resumed work as personal assistant to Dr. Jacob Zuma and thereafter as an administrator in the ANC’s Department of Intelligence …

… and Sociology Professor at Syracuse University, New York. As the president of FRELIMO, he successfully promoted a … went to Portugal to study. Finding discrimination there as well, he secured a scholarship to study in the United … device. Nevertheless he remains universally credited as the father of Mozambiques's independence. The  Eduardo …

… learned voice and guitar, before settling on the bass as his chosen instrument. As a self-taught musician, his first official group was the … and Louis Burke’s production of the musical “Meropa” as musical director. In 1975 they performed a Royal Command …

… He lived in the Ceza district where he received training as an inyanga from both his grandfathers and his father.  … of lightning doctors. He was unable to attend school as he carried medicine bags for his father who trained him … in smithery, a knowledge of which is necessary to qualify as a lightning doctor. The Zulu Creator God, Mvelinqangi, …

… of the church in the ZCC of the Dove and ZCC of the Star as their respective symbols. ZCC (Dove) was headed by Joseph … the Church and Advocate P Roos installed Joseph Lekganyane as leader of a divided ZCC. His branch of ZCC consisted of … he appointed his second son, Engenas Joseph Lekganyane, as successor and he became Bishop in 1975. Joseph Lekganyane …

… After qualifying in 1936, he worked full-time as an architect from 1937 to 1941.he later became partner in … Party of South Africa (CPSA) and both got elected as Distric Committee in 1941. In 1942 Bernstein enrol in the … returned to South Africa for Nelson Mandela inauguration as president and then return to Britain until his death.In …

… her youth, and wrote several protest letters to newspapers as part of a concerted campaign after the banning of the … to write Oliver Tambo’s biography, which was published as Oliver Tambo: Beyond the Engeli Mountains . Callinicos has … places that shaped this iconic figure. Callinicos served as a Council member of the South African Heritage Resources …

… for his prose style, which has been used by authors such as L.P. Boon a Dutch author and Lawrence Durrell, an … in Afrikaans, but by 1964 he began to write in English as well. His reflections on justice and human rights issues … This novel was turned into a film starring actors such as Donald Sutherland, Thoko Ntshinga, and Zakes Mokae. …

… first became interested in archaeology and primitive art as a young boy after moving to Koffiefontein in 1917, and … lessons. Battiss continued his studies while working as a magistrate’s clerk, and finally obtained his Bachelor’s … profound impact on his ideas and he regarded San painting as an important art form. He was also influenced by Ndebele …

… African Indian Congress . He was active in Natal politics as a supporter of G M Naicker . In the mid-1950s he served as general secretary of the Natal Indian Congress and later …