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… past. His grandfather, a Talmudic scholar, had fled the pogroms in Lithuania to England. His father Woolfie, was … Lithuania, having arrived in England with her family at the age of three. Woolfie and Minnie Horvitch settled in Cape Town, where Ike Horvitch was born. He joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA – later renamed the …

… on 10 June 1938 in Raphahla Village in Sekhukhuneland, in the Middelburg District. His father, Jacob Marwale Phokanoka … before finally settling in Swekwati Kamamole. In 1945, at the age of seven he was sent to live with his aunt in … in Johannesburg. He started attending primary school at the age of eight at a Lutheran Church school. In 1947 he …

… that supported Nelson Mandela's release from prison. In the same year, he resigned from the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) as he was opposed to their compliance with the apartheid system. He joined and became a deacon in the …

… to Johannesburg in about 1943, where he was educated at the Mooki Memorial School. His talent was recognised and … High School in Soweto. Ephraim Ngatane's work epitomizes the period where the first professional African Artists, mainly concerned with …

… Philemon Matlakana Tefu was born in 1940 and grew up in the township of Riversdale in Pretoria. In 1954 his family was forcibly removed from the area to Mamelodi where his political life began. One of the factors that contributed to Tefu’s political awareness …

… Sebe was born on 26 June 1926. He completed his matric at the Lovedale College. Upon his completion he went to attend a … a diploma in agriculture. Sebe became an advisor to the Paramount Chief Bazindlo Sandile. In 1968 he assumed educational portfolio in the  Ciskei  Territorial Authority. In 1971 he was moved to …

… with both her father and grandfather fighting in the Anglo Boer War . In addition her mother was held in a concentration camp during the war and her father joined the Afrikaner Rebellion in 1914. Hester’s sister Johanna with …

… 1935 May , Joint Select Committee of Parliament tables the Representation of Natives Bill and the Native Trust and Land Bill October , Italy attacks … Act June , Supporters of Malan draft constitution for a future republic July 8 , Deputation from the ANC to the …

… Ashley Kriel was born on the 17 October 1966 to Ivy and Melvin Kriel. He has two … up in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town. Bonteheuwel is a township on the Cape Flats and was predominantly working class. In the context of the Group Areas Act , it was a ‘coloured’ …

… Hamilton Naki was born in the small village of Ngcangane in the Eastern Cape in 1930. His family was poor and after … school he left for Cape Town to look for employment. At the age of fourteen he was hired by the University of Cape …

… Life After completing high school, Tito Mboweni attended the University of the North in Transvaal between 1979 and 1980, where he was … studies there  because of his political activism, and left the country to go into exile in Lesotho in 1980, where he … Menon, Sunita. 2018. "Tito Mboweni — From The Reserve Bank To The Treasury". Business Live. …

… was born on 22 April 1866 in Wellington (SA). She was the daughter of Charl Daniel Cillié and his wife, Martha … She came from an illustrious family. Her father, one of the ten children in the family, became the first rector of the University of …

… young he spent a lot of time with his uncle, a Minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and moved around with the family. He began school in Ermelo, but in 1996 returned … began to read up on them at libraries. In 1972 he joined the South African Student’s Movement (SASM) because he saw …

… in Mzinoni Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga . She was the first of two daughters (Nokuthula and Thembisile) of … Matthew Simelane. She  graduated on 15 October 1983 from the University of Swaziland with a Bachelor in Administration … before her untimely 'disappearance'. Whilst studying at the University of Swaziland she joined uMKhonto we Sizwe …

… born on 18 March 1827 in Hutchesontown, Glasgow. She was the eldest daughter of Alan Burnside and Isabelle Kirkland. The 1851 Scots census indicates that the family was then living in the Saltmarket area of the city …

… Robert John McBride was born on 6 July 1963 at the segregated Addington Hospital in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in the section set aside for Coloured people. His parents were … grandparents were a White Afrikaner bus driver from the rural village of Harding in southern Natal, and a …

… Pius Nkonzo Langa was born in Bushbuckridge in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 25 March 1939, the second of seven children. In 1957, he went to work at a … employment as a messenger of court and interpreter for the Department of Justice. Langa married Thandekile Mncwabe …

… Kalushi Drake Koka was born in Pietersburg on the 9th  of June,1927. He enrolled for teacher training after … in politics, serving as Transvaal vice-chairperson of the Liberal Party of South Africa  (LPSA). He later left the LPSA and worked alongside Steve Biko  and became a …

… studied medicine in Bombay, India, from 1939. It was at the height of the Indian struggle for liberation against British … to set up a medical practice in Pietermaritzburg. He was the second Black doctor to do so. Most of his patients came …

… Jele.Like many black South Africans, Jele was exposed to the harsh conditions of colonialism and apartheid at an early … experiences among other factors that drove Jele to join the fight against apartheid. In 1950, at an age of 20 Jele joined the African National Congress (ANC) and actively recruited …

… at St Dominics Convent School. She then registered at the University of Witwatersrand where she obtained a degree … a group of students who actively opposed policies of the Apartheid government and became involved in their … completing her studies, Hogan worked as a researcher at the South African Institute of Race Relations .   Hogan …

… in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He was the eldest child of Alimal and Appasamy Cooper. Cooper matriculated from Sastri College, Durban in 1967. The following year, he enrolled for a B. A. degree at the at the University College - an affiliate of the …

… As a young person, Arenstein joined the left wing Book Club in Durban where, among other authors, Marx and Lenin were read and discussed. At the age of 21, she joined the Communist Party of South Africa , where meetings were … Forde, F. (2008) “Era of sacrifice and solidarity”.   The Mercury [online] Available at: themercury.co.za [Accessed …

… Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, … where he also grew up. Following his matriculation from the William Pescod High School in 1975, he worked for the Department of Manpower until 1981. In 1982, Benny moved … (Pty) Ltd.|Singh, S. (2007). Where are they now? X marks the spot . The Financial Mail [Online] 02 February. Available …

… Weinberg was born in Johannesburg  on 1 October 1945, the daughter of Eli and Violet Weinberg who were both members of the ANC and the   South African Communist Party (SACP) . Her father was … [Accessed 26 August 2009] (link to site only)| ‘Jews in the SA struggle’, address to 42nd Biennial Conference of the …

… Mkhuseli Jack was born on the farm Mosskraal in Humansdorp on 31 May 1958.  Jack was the second youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice … worker. When Jack was six years old, his family moved to the farm Klipdrift near Oyster Bay.  Jack attended the …

… parents, Sam and Annie, had both been born in London, the children of Lithuanian Jews who had left the Pale of Settlement to escape the Russian pogroms. Sam and Annie were active communists in … May 2020] Law, A (2020)  OBIT | Denis Goldberg's life was 'the radical contradiction to the system of apartheid' …

… been involved in politics from his mid-twenties, holding the position of secretary of the Azania Student Organisation (AZASO) at the age of 24 from 1984 to 1985. Mathews Phosa recruited … Alet Janse van Rensburg, “David Mabuza, the man who would be deputy president”,  …

… 1923, into a poor family which was later forced off the land. Mabhida could not pursue his studies because of the financial constraints experienced by his family. His … was perpetually interrupted and ended when he finished the ninth grade in 1942. After leaving school, he worked as a …

… Isidor Schlesin and his wife Helena Dorothy (nee Schloss). The Schlesin family later immigrated to South Africa, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in June 1892.  In 1903,  M.K Gandhi , … in Indian Resistance campaigns, enrolled as an attorney in the Supreme Court of the Transvaal. He opened an office in …