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… in Sobantu Village in Pietermaritzburg.  He left school in the late 1940s and went to work in Durban.  He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1953 at Emsizini in Durban at a meeting that was addressed by the then ANC President,  Chief Albert John Luthuli . He …

… 19 October 1922 in Paarl where she grew up, and studied at the universities of Stellenbosch (BA and SOD) and Cape Town … and plays. Joubert’s works are mainly inspired by the continent of Africa, in which she has travelled … Very early on in her career as a writer, Joubert rejected the strictures of mainstream Afrikaner writing and threw in …

… October 1946 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the eldest child of Joyce Margaret and Narainsamy Moodley, a teacher and later Director of the Durban Indian Child Welfare Association. Moodley … from Sastri College, Durban, in 1964. He then enrolled at the University College for Indians, Salisbury Island, Durban, …

… Samora Machel was born in 1933 and was raised in the village of Chilembene. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. Machel parents were forced to grow cotton by the Portuguese, rather than food such as corn which they …

… a trained nurse before she became involved full time in the liberation struggle.   In the late 1960s and early 1970s Oshadi was the executive director of the Association for the Education … Sun. (2011 ) Honouring a heroine from The Midweek Sun, 13  October. Available at …

… The quiet and yet temperamental Martin Qgibinsizi Tose was born in Germiston, Johannesburg during the first decade of Apartheid. His birth coincided with the ruling National Party’s second successive Whites only …

… 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of Stellenbosch, where he completed his M.A. … in 1948 and a D.Phil in 1950. He later went on to study at the universities of Groningen, Leiden, Oxford, Berlin and …

… Honors degree, she became involved in community work in the Hout Bay area. It was also during this period that she became politically active. She was recruited into the African National Congress  (ANC) in 1980 and became an … to her political work, she became involved activities of the trade union movement in the Clothing Workers’ Union. Gunn …

… Jafta Kgalabi Masemola, “The Tiger of Azania”, also popularly known as “Bra Jeff” by … his parents at an early age and was raised by his sister. The family moved to Marabastad and then to Atteridgeville in … where Rammopo Makhudu was principal.  In 1958, he joined the African National Congress Youth League . In 1959, he …

… Early years He was born on the 20 July 1925, in the Caribbean Island of Martinique. He was fifth of the eight children; his family belonged to the middle class. …

… and bought a second-hand enlarger advertised in the under-R20 column in one of the Cape newspapers.  In 1985, Meintjes went to study at Michaelis School of Fine Arts at the University of Cape Town where he completed his BA Fine …

… up in a very strict Christian household sheltered from the realities of what was happening in South Africa … and socially. He was drafted out of high school to the South African Army. (He was one of the few men at his school who was drafted.) After the army, … [23 October 2012]| Sithole, J. and Ndlovu, S., 2006. “The Revival of the Labour Movement, 1970-1980” in South …

… Charles Kwelemthini Sakwe was born about 1886 in Idutywa in the Transkei and educated at Clarkebury Institution. After a period of apprenticeship at the court of the Gcaleka paramount chief, he was elected to the district …

… National organiser of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in the mid-1950s and later a prominent figure in Transkei politics, Tshunungwa was born in 1923 in the Transkei and was a member of the Tembu royal house. He …

… he trained as a teacher before teaching in Mzinyathi in the Inanda area. When the apartheid government imposed Bantu Education he resigned … and went on to pursue further studies part time at the University of KwaZulu-Natal. Makhathini joined politics …

… His father was a first-class cricketer and editor of the Port Elizabeth Herald. Pollock attended Grey High School, … school where first displayed his cricket skills. While at the school he was selected to play for the Eastern Province. In 1961, he visited London with his …

… born in Johannesburg on 7th of December in 1932 and was the eldest of the five children in her family. She was educated at the Roedean School in Johannesburg, and in 1953 she went …

… educated up to standard six (grade eight) and had joined the Natal Indian Youth Congress (NIYC) at the age of 17. He had joined the NIYC, he said, because ‘the Government was not treating …

… Olive Peace Rosenberg was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis … having trained at Emgwali and Lovedale respectively. The spelling ‘Emgwali’ no longer appears on maps, but it is likely that this is the same as Mgwali that is still near the Mgwali river, and …

… (known as  I.B. Tabata)  was born near Queenstown in the Cape in 1909 and received his secondary schooling at … Lovedale. After attending Fort Hare for some time, he left the university to seek work in Cape Town in 1931. He became employed as a truck driver and joined the racially mixed Lorry Drivers' Union, serving as a member …

… Govan Mbeki (Oom Gov) joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the 1950's and remained a communist and a firm believer in the superior morality of socialism to his last day. He threw …

… Bachelor of Science majoring in Geology and Statistics at the University of Cape Town. For him photography was a pass … His first job was working as a property photographer for the Cape Times during which he also began to take freelance … Willimas began working for Reuters in 1989 covering the transition from apartheid to ANC rule as a photographer. …

… in Durban on 24 December 1924 to a wealthy family. While the Peter was seven, his father was killed during a polo … keen polo player, later clandestinely playing polo outside the restriction zone of his 60s banning order. He was … privately at  Michaelhouse , where he excelled. He joined the army at 17 and served in Egypt and then Italy. Following …

… on 25 December 1929. He grew up in Pietersberg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). One morning, his … students would be learning a foreign language, German. The implication was clear, many Afrikaners, including some of … leaders, hoped and believed that Hitler would win the war. When Goldreich's teacher distributed the German …

… District Six, Cape Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up in the area, and as a teenager showed keen interest in music. This was aided by the vibrant music scene in District Six. Coetzee’s first instrument was the penny-whistle which he learnt to play, and he began using …

… Cape ) on 11 July 1953. He completed his medical degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1976. This was followed … Northern Cape. In 1978, Toms was conscripted to serve in the South African Defence Force (SADF). Although vehemently opposed to the then South African Defence Force (SADF), leaving South …

… Ernest Sedumedi Moloto was the son of peasant farmers. He received his primary education at Moruleng and Mabieskraal, both in the Rustenburg district. In 1931 he entered the Stofberg Gedenkskool (Stofberg Memorial School) of the …

… Gertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper, the second-youngest of eight children was born in King … but grew up Worcester where her father, an engineer for the South African Railways, was stationed. She attended Girls … attained her Senior Certificate in 1941 and then went to the University of Cape Town from 1942 to 1944 where she …

… Dangor. She completed her Standard Ten (Grade 12) at the Coronationville Secondary School, Johannesburg. Duarte … Duarte to establish women's structures throughout the country. By 1981 she was serving as the provincial secretary of the Federation of Transvaal Women …

… soccer. Myeza advanced especially in boxing such that by the time he went for his university education he was the ameuter heavyweight boxing champion for the Transvaal and South Africa. Upon completion of his …