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… Maniben Sita was born on 24 December 1926 in the Asiatic Bazaar, ( Marabastad ,  Pretoria ) in Transvaal … and been greatly influenced by  Mahatma Gandhi , joined the  Transvaal Indian Congress  (TIC) in 1928. He was an executive member and chairman of the Pretoria branch before becoming president of the TIC. Her …

… Langa , Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape ), the only official area for African accommodation in Cape Town in the 1930s. She grew up in the racially mixed area of Kensington. Her father, Sello … The Presidency, (2005),    Mildred Ramakaba-Lesiea (1933”“ ) …

… Dawood Seedat (1916-1976) was the grandson of a Ladysmith, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) trader … Moosa. After qualifying as a bookkeeper, Seedat entered the political struggle in 1938. He was elected secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA – now the South …

… ‘Jack’ Hodgson born on 17 August 1910 in Roodepoort, was the eldest son of three children born to Jessy (nee Turner) … died in a mine accident. Having to fend for herself and the children as a waitress, Jessy was just able to retain her … black revolutionary contemporaries, Hodgson experienced the hardship of poverty from an early age and gained a deep …

… Dawid Kruiper was born in the Kalahari National Park (now Kgalagadi Transfrontier Park) in 1936.  He referred to himself as “Die Ou Ram” (The Old Ram). He was the first son of the legendary San leader, Regopstaan …

… The academic and social activist, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was born James wa Thiong’o Ngugi in …

… his enrollment. Makiwane got involved in politics and the labour movement after finishing high school but before enrolling at the University of Fort Hare. He became the secretary of the Laundry Workers Union as well as a … [Accessed on 3 November 2011]|Nzo, A, (1975), Statement by the ANC on the expulsion of a Conspiratorial Clique , from …

… Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, …

… Province (now Eastern Cape) around 1873 as a member of the Xhosa-speaking Mpinga clan of the Tembu tribe. He trained as a teacher at the Lovedale Training College after which he was sent to a …

… was born on 22 May 1880 in Friedberg, Germany. He was the son of Edward Oppenheimer, a cigar merchant. Oppenheimer … London. His efforts impressed his employer and in 1902, at the age of 22, he was sent to South Africa to represent the company as a buyer in Kimberley. On 19 June 1906 he …

… 1920 in Johannesburg , daughter of EI Asvat, came under the tutelage of her father as a young girl. She accompanied … him to political meetings and became fully conversant with the political situation in the country. It was in the 1940s that Zainab became …

… to Reservoir Hills as their property was taken over by the then Department of Community Development. He first … until Standard Three (Grade 5). After this he attended the Cato Manor Primary School from Standards Four to Six. He … he matriculated and continued his tertiary education at the University of Natal. Some of his university tuition took …

… immigrants from Latvia and Lithuania, who had fled from the Czarist pogroms at the end of the 19th century.  His father was a factory salesman and his …

… To: Mr. F. W. De Klerk State President of the Republic of South Africa 9th July, 1992 Dear Mr. De Klerk … 1992. It is unfortunate that your reply has not addressed the issues I raised in my memorandum of the 26th June, 1992. … parties, including yours, are assured of a place in the future on the basis of proven electoral support. All parties …

… Mzwakhe Mbuli, the “People’s Poet,” was born into a poor Zulu  family in … man who was employed as a long-distance driver. In 1966, the town was bulldozed and Mbuli’s family, which included … to other Zulu dance and music events throughout his youth. The Soweto Uprising  occurred on 16 June 1976 and was a very …

… Northern Transvaal (now Makhado, Limpopo). Towards the end of the 1800s, his grandmother, Ma Nkondo left Lorenco Marques … and put her two sons through school. Ephraim Nkondo, the elder son was to become Curtis’s father, completed high … (2011), South African Communist Party Spokesperson on the passing away of Curtis Nkond , 4 December 2009, [online], …

… Africa to seek fortune.  His parents travelled throughout the then Transvaal , moving from Hammanskraal, Heidelberg, … where his family of nine members, of which he was the youngest, eventually settled down. Vandeyar attended the Bree Street Indian Primary School, a few hundred metres …

… Orange Free State (now Free State). She was the second eldest of 10 children born to Tom Anderson, a … and Katherine Anderson, a descendant of a slave from the St Helena Islands. Her parents and family experienced immense racism by the largely Afrikaner community. She became politically aware …

… Ismail Ebrahim was born in Durban on 1st July in 1937,  the second of five children. When he was a few months old … went bankrupt and although Ebrahim's parents moved to the Transvaal, he remained with his grandmother until he … Ebrahim's parents had difficulty in getting him a place in the overcrowded schools, he only began his schooling at the …

… Beyers Naudé was born in Roodepoort, in the then Transvaal, on 10 May 1915. He was named after … and was born into a family that was fully committed to the preservation of Afrikaner nationalism. His father was a minister of the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) and was a founding member of …

… born on 25 December 1913, in Plymouth, England. She was the third child of Benjamin Wingate Barrow, a naval officer … Constance Barrow. Her father commanded a destroyer in the First World War and was held as a prisoner of war when … was sunk.   When she was quite young, her father brought the family to Cape Town , her mother’s birthplace. The family …

… Dali Tambo is the son of the late former ANC President Oliver Tambo and his wife … mother. Tambo attended Lancing College in West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and later went on to study at the … Kwepile, Sina.46664:Mandela the International Music Industry Celebrates Madiba’s 90th …

… Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was born on 9 October 1876 in the Boshof district of the Orange Free State. His parents were Christians who belonged to the Setswana-speaking Barolong tribe. About the time he was …

… October 1948 in Askeaton, Cala district, Transkei. He was the eldest of 12 children to Ellen and Betwell Mayekiso. He attended the Askeaton Primary School, the Matanzima Secondary School and later Mfundisweni High …

… Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the struggle, and it did not take long for Thornton to follow … 1948 when she was just sixteen years old. She worked with the Communist Party of South Africa (now known as the South African Communist Party (SACP) ) as well as the …

… early schooling was in Uniondale and then in Gouda. After the premature death of his father in 1924, the young Snitcher and his four brothers and sisters came to Cape Town. His mother kept the family together by renting out rooms, in their house, to …

… Transvaal (now Gauteng) where he was a member of the Progressive Forum. In 1951, two of Dundee’s sons, Karrim … at Wits as politically trained and dedicated members of the Non European Unity Movement (NEUM), later known as the Unity Movement of South Africa (UMSA) and then the New …

… in District Six, Cape Town, after which he worked in the family business. As a young man, Howa was deeply … by his father Yusuf Howa, who was a prominent member of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), which stood for justice, equality and non-racialism. In the community in which Howa grew up, sport played a central …

… Goldstone was born on 26 October 1938 and studied law at the University of the Witwatersrand where he obtained a BA LLB degree with … South African judge, Richard Goldstone has served in the most influential courts in the country as Judge of the …

… was born on 4 December 1893 at Sans Souci School near the mouth of the Tugela River in Natal. His father had been adopted by American Body Missionary and was given the surname, Champion. His original surname was Mhlongo. He …