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… seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended school … After school he started working at Amato Textiles mills in the early 1950's. It was during this period that he became involved with the trade unions. While working at Amato Textiles, he …

… Ismail Dindar. His father came to South Africa in 1918, at the age of 12, from India. He was one of six children, with … Mohammed and Haroon. As there were no primary schools in the area, the young Timol was schooled at home. In 1949, the family …

… in 1967.  As a young scholar he became conscious of the inequities of the apartheid system. The train journey that he daily undertook to school passed …

… Jamie, who came to South Africa from Indonesia around the 1870s, who worked in the diamond mines in Kimberley in charge of mining teams. Jacob’s mother was Zubeida Carr. During the war years the family moved to Durban. His family, …

… ) to Ebrahim Ismail Asvat and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. Her father … of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi . He was also the chairperson of the Transvaal British Indian Association, forerunner of the  … at: www.pbs.org [Accessed 29 October 2009]| University of the Witwatersrand, (2004),  Honorary Degree Citation: Amina …

… Magdaline Resha was born on the 5th of May 1923 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape . She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia Mamodise … Tsiu, who had nine children in total. She was given the name of Matebello (Hope) but christened Magdaline after … (1991) ‘Msngoana O Tsoara Thipa Ka Bphaleng’: My Life in the Struggle. Great Britain:  SA Writers| The Order of …

… Magdaline Resha was born on the 5th of May 1923 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape. She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia Mamodise … Tsiu, who had nine children in total. She was given the name of Matebello (Hope) but christened Magdaline after …

… in Utrecht, Natal, 9 September, 1886. He was a Minister of the NG Kerk and secretary of the British and Foreign Bible Society (BFBS), was the son of Jan Daniel and Louisa Steyn. Steyn spent his early …

… of African people gave her white counterparts insight into the African ways of life. In 1927, Irma won the Prix d’Honneur at the Bordeaux International exhibition and in 1929 she became … This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Proud, H. (ed) (2006) Revisions: …

… Nomzamo Sigcau was born on 4 January 1937, she was the eldest of the three children of Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau of East Pondoland who became the first state president of the Transkei when it assumed …

… Johannesburg on 8 May 1944, just four years before the National Party (NP) came to power in South Africa. His early education took place in the poverty-stricken township of Alexandra and later at Morris Isaacson High – the school in Jabavu, Soweto, which would much later play a …

… Please note:  This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Gastrow, S. (1992)  Who`s Who in South … would like to contribute to this biography please click on the contribute tab. Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma was born in Port Elizabeth on 12 May 1957, the eldest of the six children of Edward Nzima Macozoma and …

… known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a … Narasa Reddy, was a follower of Gandhi and president of the Congress in the small town of Gudur. He was imprisoned for three months …

… David Stuurman was born around 1773, probably near the Gamtoos River in the Eastern Cape. From the 17th century onwards, the Khoi and San people were … Repression and Revolt |Mellet P.T. Chief David Stuurman the first of the Khoi to be exiled to Australia in 1823 …

… school and in his late teens went to work as a miner on the Reef. After several years, he was dismissed as a … Johannesburg around 1940. He later became sports editor of the New Age  and wrote for  The World . He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in … S. Badat on Banishment, Rhodes University, 2012. From the book, Forgotten People - Political Banishment under …

… Johannesburg, on 8 September 1923. His father, Harold, was the Recruitment Manager for the Chamber of Mines, and had come to South Africa from England in the 1890s to seek his fortune on the diamond and gold fields. …

… a Methodist boarding school near Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. Ngcayiya left the teaching profession after a few years, and became an interpreter in the magistrate's court in Aliwal North. In the 1890s he was … Please note : This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Verwey, E.J. (1995) New Dictionary of …

… Johannesburg . She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. A prominent journalist and anti-apartheid … to government atrocities. As a political correspondent for the now defunct Rand Daily Mail , Zille's journalistic skills …

… Budd was born on 9 June 1910 in Mowbray, Cape Town. He was the only child of Robert and Ada Lea Budd. His father, originally from England, was in the printing trade. Budd was educated at Rondebosch High School and the Technical College, both in Cape Town. He served his …

… Tiro spent time with his uncle where he assisted him with the running of the bakery business. He started his schooling in 1951 at the Ikalafeng Primary School. The school was closed down as a …

… Mpande was king of the Zulu nation from 1840 to 1872, making him the longest reigning Zulu king. He was a half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, who both preceded him as kings of the Zulu. He was born in Babanango, Zululand. Mpande was …

… support his family. At fourteen, he became a sexton in the separate Coloured congregation of the local Nederduitse Gereformeerde Sending-Kerk (Dutch … apartheid,  a strict form of segregation, especially after the government cited racial reasons to force his family to …

… born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, on 23 May 1929. He was the only child of Miriam and Ezekiel Modise. Modise completed his Junior Certificate at the Fred Clark Memorial School in Nance Field. He had to … contribute to his family's income. His parents impressed the importance of education on the young Modise and, …

… The history of Queen Njinga (or Nzinga) of Ndongo/Matamba is … her conversion to Catholicism and her participation in the slave trade. Angolan nationalist historians would focus … to those who would later fight for Angolan independence. The Kingdom she created would be a refuge for runaway slaves …

… Hodgson was born on 1st July 1920. She devoted her life to the struggle for democracy, confronting the enemy at all stages of the struggle from the early 1940s, until her retirement in …

… Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe was born on the 31st of December 1931 near Dundee in northern … KwaZulu-Natal . Her mother, Leeya Basolise Nyembe was the daughter of Chief Ngedee Shezi. The daughter of peasant farmers who were later forced to …

… Ncumisa Chwayita Kondlo grew up in the rural village of Peddie in the Eastern Cape . Kondlo was politically active from an … days at Fort Hare, Alice, Eastern Cape she was active in the Azanian Students Organisation (AZASO) and later the South … SACP. (2008). SACP statement on the passing away of Cde Ncumisa Kondlo .From: SACP , …

… Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin (Nomafa) was born at the Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital in Johannesburg … a child. Her father was a lecturer in African languages at the University of the Witwatersrand who concentrated on writing; he also wrote … Available at: www.sadet.co.za/ [Accessed 9 November 2009]| The lost letter  (Online). Available at:  …

… school at St Andrews in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. He was the son of Henry Francis Burton, a magistrate and civil … He first studied literature and philosophy at the University of the Cape of Good Hope, graduating in 1886. He then went on to … Plaatje 1876–1932. Jacana. 2. Plaatje, Sol (1973). The Boer War Diary of Sol T. Plaatje: an African at Mafeking. …

… 1940. His grandparents had come to South Africa around the 1880’s. They were part of the second wave of emigrants from India to South Africa. His … had owned property, in a rural area in Gujerat State, on the north West Coast of India. His mother was also from a …