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… in Cosatu backing expelled metalworkers union Numsa and the ousted general secretary Zwelinzima Vavi believed that, … secured a vote by secret ballot on delegate credentials, the federation’s special national congress might have swung … say they will convene a workers’ summit to discuss the future of the labour movement. Both Numsa and Vavi have the …

… Shanthivathie (Shanthie), the eldest of five children of Ama and Thambi "Naran" Naidoo, … and distributing leaflets. She attended mass meetings at the Red Square, Fordsburg, Johannesburg where the Oriental Plaza now stands. In her youth, she was active …

… Province). Modise chose football at a young age over the more popular girls’ choice of netball. She started playing soccer at the age of seven. She grew up playing football in the street with the boys in her neighbourhood, and began … 2015]|Muller, A. (2015). So long, Portia, and thanks for the memories. Available at: …

… deeply engaged in politics after becoming a member of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU), an affiliate of the Federation of South African Trade Unions (FOSATU). … period he was working for a Dunlop factory in Benoni on the eastern Witwatersrand. In 1983, he was elected to the …

… born on 29 August 1795 in Stellenbosch. Faure was one of the leading personalities of his tune in church and intellectual circles at the Cape. As a preacher he was famous for his impressive … for work, his methodicalness, his wide contacts in the highest circles, and for the versatility, integrity and …

… at Tembalabantu High School in Zwelitsha Township in the mid-70s. Mhlauli became friends with Matthew Goniwe with … While he was teaching at Tembalabantu, Charles Sebe, the head of the Ciskei intelligence services informed Mhlauli that he was … [Accessed 18 April 2011]  Anon, (1996), Mhlawuli from the TRC Hearings, East London, 16 April 1996 [online] …

… Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her … selected as head prefect in matric. She was a member of the South African Black Students Association and immediately embarked on a campaign to replace the conventional prefect system with democratic elections for …

… Gandhiji left South Africa. I could not understand then the intricacies of politics or the meaning of the struggle which for two decades he had to … in order to receive more precise guidance in regard to future plans. Never before was my soul so wrapt in joy. I had …

… from Palestine. After a Catholic boarding school, the Marist Brothers College, Joffe studied law at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, qualified as a solicitor …

… “Drawing is one way of articulating my relationship to the world.” Paul Stopforth is a painter and graphic artist … He was born in 1945 in Johannesburg, South Africa. From the age of 19 he studied at the NATD, Johannesburg College of Art, where he graduated in …

… Natal (now  KwaZulu-Natal ) and is situated 5km west of  the Durban  city centre. The Township was known for its rich cultural and political … income groups, with the authorities consulting them on any future plans for the area and its residents. Previous … 16 March 2013]| Jackson Allan (2006), Cato Manor , from  The Facts About Durban, April, [online], Available at …

… View the Ndabezitha Genealogical Tree Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha, the son of Dukuza, was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission Station in the County of Victoria, … Meli, F. (1988), A History of the ANC - South Africa Belongs To All Of Us| Comrade M.D. …

… and this had negative socio-economic repercussions for the family. The young Phillips was forced to work as a waiter and garden … for his education at Lovedale College. He later worked in the garment industry. Phillips became involved in politics in …

… as MaMbeki, was born in February 1916 in Mangoloaneng, in the Sotho-speaking section of the Mount Fletcher district of Transkei . Ma Mbeki’s family, the Moeranes, are Basotho members of the elite Bafokeng clan. … The Presidency. (2006).  Epainette Mbeki (1916”“) . Available …

… Stott was born in Fish Hoek on 4 August 1922. Stott was the only child and after her parents’ divorce, when she was … later and Eulalie remained with her grandparents. From the age of six Eulalie attended boarding schools where she … influenced by her school principal who was a member of the South African Institute of Race Relations. At the age of …

… Russia. Zelic Rubin worked as a tailor and, unusually for the time, employed Coloured and Africans along with Whites as apprentices in his workshop in the backyard of the family home (297 Bree Street, Johannesburg). Carneson’s …

… Joel Msimang was a well-known African preacher who founded the Independent Methodist Church. Msimang Selby received his primary education at the Emakosini Primary School in Nhlangano, Swaziland. Between … a Methodist boarding school near Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. Though he was then a qualified teacher, he …

… The life of Maggie Bopalamo tracks the history of the  Rustenburg  area in a remarkable fashion. From humble …

… Lepoqo after a successful raid in which he had sheared the beards of his victims – the word ‘Moshoeshoe’ represented the sound of the shearing. In 1820 Moshoeshoe succeeded his …

… outside Johannesburg, on 12 November 1938. He grew up in the village of Nkonkqweni, in King William's Town and in East … Both of Tshwete’s parents were workers, which meant that the family was quite poor. He had to help with the tending of the fields while growing up. Tshwete’s parents …

… College where he completed Standard Six (Grade Eight). At the age of 15 he became an apprentice upholsterer at a … business, where he remained for 14 years.he joined the furnture and Allied Workers Union Following this, Bonhomme was elected Vice-President of the Furniture and Allied Workers Trade Union in 1973. Whilst …

… Thompson and Kitty Brettle in Manchester, England. In 1907 the family left Manchester and moved to Pretoria where … left school and became an iron moulding apprentice at the South African Railways and Harbours up to 1928.  In his … in local and world politics - particularly politics of the Soviet Union as well as the relationship between …

… Andrew Murray was born in Graaff-Reneit on 9 May 1828, the second child of Andrew Murray senior. He was sent to … until 1845 when he graduated with a Masters degree. The same year he went to Utrecht the Netherlands for further theological studies. In 1848 at …

… In the midst of the State of Emergency , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was formed in March … of its first executive committee.   Ephraim Nkwe was the Head of Political Education of the Soweto Youth Congress … 2013]| Tau M.P., (2013). SA: Mpho Parks Tau: Address by the Executive Mayor of the City of Johannesburg, during the …

… When growing up, Molefe used to visit his mother in the white suburb where she worked, and remembers being harassed by the white children in the area. He also has memories of police brutality in the …

… with whom he had eight children. Jan van Riebeeck joined the Dutch East India Company (Vereenigde Oost-Indische … surgeon on a voyage to Batavia (today known as Jakarta) in the East Indies in April 1639 and then further on to Dejima … in Japan in 1643. In 1645 van Riebeeck was given charge of the Dutch East India Company trading station at Tongkin in …

… in Burgersdorp, Cape Colony on 24 June 1870. He grew up in the Herschel district in the Eastern Cape where Sotho and Nguni languages were spoken. He was educated at the Wesleyan Methodist Primary School and from 1886 to 1888 …

… a farm near Colenso in Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He was the son of labour tenants on a white-owned farm in the Colenso district of KwaZulu-Natal. His father, Xhegwana … three years. Apparently, his father had an argument with the farmer and the Magubanes left the farm and moved to …

… on 13 August 1948, into a working-class family. He was the eldest of seven children. Most of Lekota’s schooling was … his schooling just a few years earlier. Lekota got the nickname "Terror" on the soccer field.  In 1971, Lekota enrolled at the University …

… platinum mine in Rustenburg. It is not yet clear why the police were using live ammunition, nor whether a warning was issued. Audio-visual depictions of the event demonstrate a systematic attack on strikers, with … of said stakeholders to prevent a re-occurrence in future. We do not yet know the full extent of culpability …