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… family. Her aunt and uncle were both actively involved in the South African Communist Party (SACP) and as a result, her … did not allow her to get too close to them out of fear of the consequences that would come from their political … with her experiences of being abused as a child, planted the first seeds of an awareness of injustice in young …

… Tinto was born on Christmas day on 25 December 1925 in the Mqanduli district of the former Transkei, now part of Eastern Cape Province. His … a protest march against poor food conditions at the college. Following his expulsion for his role in the …

… completing his studies in Transvaal. He was inspired by the artworks in the houses he painted and took up painting designs and … staining, painting and embossing imported modelling hide. The result was a series of paintings executed on leather, one … Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art …

… Thomas Mtobi Mapikela born  in 12th of November 1869,in the Eastern Cape, he trained as a carpenter in Grahamstown … Colony Native Vigilance Association ,known subsequently as the ORC Native Congress. In February 1909 he was a member of the delegation to Britain to protest the Act of Union. As …

… , Eastern Cape , South Africa. She dedicated herself to the promotion of music in South Africa. She studied under Prof. P.R. Kirby of the Department of Music at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg , … Culture, Science and Technology. 2000. Women Marching Into the  21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo. …

… Philip Ate Kgosana was born in 1936 in Makapanstad in the northern Transvaal (current day Limpopo), the son of a minister.  He graduated from the Lady Selborne High School in  Pretoria  in 1958 and was …

… in Pretoria. His father was a colonel in the army and later an executive on the mines in South African and Northern Rhodesia, currently … matric at Jeppe Boys High in Johannesburg. By this time the World War II had been broken out. O'Malley thus joined …

… Dora Taylor was born in Aberdeen, Scotland in 1899. At the age of six her mother died of tuberculosis. She was … years. After completing grammar school, Dora enrolled at the University of Aberdeen where she studied and received an … had accepted a post as a senior lecturer in Psychology at the University of Cape Town in 1926. That same year Dora …

… inspector. His mother, Catherine, was of Xhosa decent. The Letele family immigrated to South Africa shortly after Arthur's birth and he grew up in Ladybrand in the Free State Province.Letele completed his secondary education at the Lovedale Institution in Alice in the Eastern Cape …

… abandoned secondary school to help provide for his family. The 1956 Treason Trial sparked his interest in politics, which led him to join the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC). In 1959, he joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) recruited by Ahmed … O'Malley P. Chiba, Laloo from O’Malley ”“ The Heart of Hope [online] Available at www.nelsonmandela.org …

… Zac de Beer was born on 11 October 1928. He was the second of four children of Jean Isobel and Zacharias Johannes de Beer, a medical doctor. He attended the Bishops Diocesan College in Rondebosch from 1963 to 45. He completed an MB ChB degree at the University of Cape Town for in 1951. While at UCT his …

… Before joining the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in the 1920s, Thibedi was a member of the International Socialist League in the Cape and, according …

… Born in Cape Town in 1920. In the late 1930s while still at school he became an active member of the Communist Party, speaking at public meetings and selling the weekly newspaper, The Guardian. He studied at the …

… at KwaDukathole in Germiston and was later transferred to the Alexandra health and community centre in 1951. As health inspector, Nzo developed much understanding of the lives of millions of South Africans in the 1950s. Nzo got actively involved in the organising of …

… activists. Soon after her 17th birthday, it was decided the time had come for her to become a fully-fledged … She joined uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and was sent to the Soviet Union for training at the Odessa Infantry Academy, where her aptitude for signals … Johnson A. (1997). The matron of the military from the M&G [online] Available at …

… Sachs , had arrived in South Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on the eve of the First World War, and his mother, Ray, had arrived as an …

… Kaiser  Daliwonga Matanzima was a chief of the Thembus. Matanzima was born June 15,1915 in Qamata in Eastern Cape. When the South African government introduced the Bantu Authorities Act in the 1950s, the Bunga, the …

… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1948, he went to the University of Cape Town where he obtained a BA in 1951 … public speaker. In his first year he was elected to the Students' Representative Council and served as its … president from 1952 to 1954. He was also vice-president of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) in 1953 …

… 19 June 1950 in Durban. After starting a medical degree at the University of Natal, he switched to studying for a …  “Had a huge influence on my thinking and probably was the key to persuading me to go into student politics and … (LRC Interview, 2007: 1). In 1971 Nupen became involved in the Wages Commission that was established at the university …

… , Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She started her education at the Doornfontein School of the American Board of Missions and then went on to the Inanda Seminary, a private girls’ school in Natal (now … (1980), A Black South African Trade Union Leader Looks At The Role Of American Companies In South Africa (California …

… and Nicolaas Vlok. He grew up on a smallholding close to the Orange River, attending Neilerdrift Primary School and … training in Pretoria during 1957, he began work for the Department of Justice in the magistrate’s offices of Keimoes and Upington. Between …

… where she received her early education. Born into the privileged world of servants and country clubs, Benson’s … were a far cry from where she would eventually end up. The younger daughter of Cyril Benson, an Irish administrator of the Pretoria General Hospital (now the Steve Biko Academic …

… Edward Roux was born in the northern Transvaal in 1903, the son of an English mother and. an Afrikaner father. He … socialism, and Roux, while still a student, helped found the Young Communist League in 1921. In 1923 he joined the …

… was born on 19 May 1914 in Panevezys, Lithuania. She was the eldest of four children. Jean’s family moved to South … she became an active participant in organisations such as the People’s Club. Her political origins are traced back to when she joined the Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA). In 1935 she …

… Michael Sedgwick was born on the 20th February 1958 in Claremont in the Western Cape. He grew up in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. His school career started at Rosmead Primary …

… in 10 August, 1949 to parents who were active members of the African National Congress (ANC). She grew up in … for Girls. Her parents,both accountants who belong to the banned Communist Party (CP), emigrated to Britain with … on to study for a Bachelor of Commerce (BCom) degree at the University of Witwatersrand (Wits), but then decided to …

… Ngubane was born 15 November 1917 near Ladysmith in Natal, the son of a policeman. After receiving his early education … On graduating from Adams in 1937, Ngubane was offered the assistant editorship of John L. Dube's newspaper,  Ilanga … career in journalism. While working with Selope Thema on the  Bantu World  in the early 1940s in Johannesburg, …

… of his matric, he decided to enrol for law studies at the University of the North (renamed University of Limpopo in 2003). The decision was made after he witnessed a humiliating …

… Nokutela Dube was the first wife of Reverend John Langalibalele Dube , the first President General of the South African Native National Congress  (SANNC- later … 2012| Coan, S (2011),  Its Nokutela’s turn , from The Witness, 02 November [online] Available at  …

… kwaZulu-Natal ). In 1950, Soromini Kallichurum was one of the first 12 undergraduates to enrol at the ‘non-White’ section of the University of Natal. She obtained a medical degree (MB … 04 August 2014]|HSRC Press, (2000),  Women Marching Into the 21st Century: Wathint' Abafazi, Wathint' Imbokodo , pp …