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… job, but was hindered by his lack of matriculation and by the laws governing South Africa at that time. In terms of … time, Cole registered for a correspondence course with the New York Institute of Photography. With help and encouragement from the staff at the Institute, his idea of recording apartheid …

… matriculated at Healdtown Institute in 1949.Barayi joined the ANC Youth League in 1952 as a teenager and became an … organiser and an able speaker.  He was arrested in the early 1950s for his participation in the Defiance campaign .He was the first president of the …

… His family came from a non-Setswana-speaking ethnic group, the Beyei. Mpho attended Moremi Primary School in Maun, and … 1948, he returned to South Africa where he found work at the Crown Mines in Johannesburg as secretary of Reverend Anderson, a welfare officer at the mine. When the African National Congress  (ANC) embarked …

… was born in 1924 near Mafeteng, Basutoland (now Lesotho), the son of an Anglican minister. In 1940, while a student at … his age and enlisted in a non-European transport unit of the South African Army. After the war, he returned to his studies and became an organiser …

… in Johannesburg - is interested primarily in questions of the body and how to reclaim the black female body in post-colonial and post-apartheid … an alter-ego, Sophie, a sculptural figure who traverses the uncanny valleys of liminal space. Sophie is personal. Her …

… many years in art education. He trained as a teacher at the Zonnebloem College in Cape Town, first teaching at a … for teaching. He became a schools inspector and taught at the Hewat Training College in Cape Town and later at the Dower Training College in Port Elizabeth.  Langdown’s …

… on 27 February 1927. Mthembu's boxing career started at the age of 16 at Inkamane College in Vryheid, KwaZulu Natal and later at the Adams College at Amanzimtoti where he trained under the legendary Khabi Mngoma.  Mthembu became a professional … Presidency Communications Research Document: The National Orders Awards, October 2004 [online] Available …

… Thandi Modise, the youngest of six children, was born on 25 December 1959 in Huhudi township near Vryburg in the North West . Her father, Frans Modise, a railworker, was an African National Congress (ANC) activist. The students uprising in 1976 in her area coincided with the …

… mother, a midwife. His father was a staunch supporter of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1919, his parents succeeded in getting him enrolled at the Kilnerton Teachers` Training College in Pretoria where he … time off to go visiting, punished very frequently, and the food supply was very poor. This strike led to his …

… Dawie’s father was a railway clerk, organiser for the  National Party  (NP), and Member of Parliament for Vasco from 1953 to 1961. The De Villiers family moved to Caledon and after his first … Bellville High School in 1959. In 1960 he began studies at the University of Stellenbosch where he completed an …

… talents were first recognised through her association with the renowned Port Elizabeth playwright Athol Fugard .   Bryceland joined the Cape Performing Arts Board in 1964. She delivered … specifically for Bryceland and was also influenced by her. The New York Times called her an actress 'who reads the soul' …

… family moved to Kliptown, south of Johannesburg in 1947. The family remained in Kliptown for five years. In 1952 they … a temporary shelter for many families removed from one of the squatter settlements that sprang up in  Soweto  in the 1940s. Mafela’s family remained in White City for another …

… Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a … His grandfather was Mokgatle Mokgatle (Sekete) the paramount Chief of the Bakwena tribe of Mmanape of Tshukudu in Phokeng, … Makhura, T.J. (1999) . The New Dictionary of South Africa biography, Volume 2 . …

… He excelled as a divorce lawyer. He usually represented the wife and, at a time when women were second-class citizens … not much care about was politics, although he did not like the thuggish behaviour and arrogance of the new Special Branch police. As a Jew, he was aware of the …

… him a concern for workers rights. As a teenager, he joined the South West African Peoples Organization (SWAPO), which became the preeminent liberation organisation fighting for Namibia’s … independence, Namibia's northern border was open for the first time since South African mandate had begun. A …

… Campbell) was born at Mount Edgecombe on 9 September 1881, the second of four children of the Natal senator and sugar magnate, Sir Marshall Campbell. … collection of Africana, particularly relating to Natal and the Zulu people.  The collection started by her father, Sir …

… chairman of  Inkatha Freedom Party  (IFP). Nkabinde attend the local primary school and secondary school, where he … have been ignored due to his political connections. During the 1980s Nkabinde started making inroads in the political arena. He served his apprenticeship under …

… Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). He was the first born to Maria and Manabane Rachidi and had three … other siblings. His parents were both school teachers in the area. He spent most of his early years staying with … School in Hammanskraal. In 1966 Rachidi began a B.Com at the University of Fort Hare. University life offered Rachidi …

… in 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated to South Africa in … 1893. He became a railway fitter and in 1902 helped found the first trades and Labour Council.In 1905 he became … had some branches in South Africa,he also helped to form the South Africa first labor federation. In 1909 he became …

… The esteemed teacher and journalist, Samuel E.K. Mqhayi … a luxuriant moustache on his upper lip like that of the slaves. He had an open forehead which signified bravery. He had beautiful teeth with a little gap between the front teeth. He was of average size and as he walked his …

… As a talented young boy who displayed many interests in the arts, he was sent to London to study music and eventually … teacher. In 1970, as a young man he was active member of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BMCA) for which he was detained in 1975. He was the director of a Black Theatre group in soweto and he is …

… James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe was one of the most dynamic leaders of the  African National Congress (ANC) after its turn to mass action in the 1950s, Njongwe was president of the Cape ANC and chief …

… a local magistrate's court before going to Johannesburg in the early 1930s.He was a long-standing and respected member of the African National Congress (ANC), and a dedicated trade unionist.Gaetsewe was very active in the African National Union of Laundry and Dry Cleaning …

… Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele (1919 - 2008): By … African letters, passed away in Lebowakgomo, Limpopo, on the evening of 27th October, 2008 at the ripe age of eighty-eight. Mphahlele was the illustrious … Es’kia Mphahlele, Chronicler of Apartheid, Dies at 88 . The New York Times [Online] 31 October. Available at: …

… Africa and completed half of her tertiary education at the University of Zululand before she went into exile. … Jeannette and her two sisters, Thandi and Granny, left the country following the 1976 Students’ Uprising, which culminated in the shooting …

… The Atteridgeville Super Stadium was renamed the Lucas 'Masterpieces' Moripe Stadium after the legendary Pretoria soccer player. This followed a meeting …

… a professor, academic lawyer and anthropologist at the University College of Fort Hare. Matthews completed his … where he first became politically active. He joined the  African National Congress Youth League  (ANCYL) at St … as its branch chairman. He subsequently became chairman of the ANC Youth League in Rosettenville. Following his …

… was evicted to KwaMashu, north of Durban. He enrolled at the  University of  Zululand to study law. On campus he joined the Black Consciousness movement.  This was his introduction … Radebe began serving his legal articles in Durban. During the 1976 student uprisings he joined the African National …

… of all, I don't take art particularly seriously. I make the work because I enjoy making it. No more complicated reason than that. I like the seriousness of the game." Malcolm Payne majored in printing and printmaking … M. Introduction for “Virtual Africa” in Leonardo On-Line, the website of Leonardo, the Journal of the International …

… Dr Saleem Badat holds Bachelors and Honours degrees in the Social Sciences from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Certificate in Higher … Science Policy from Boston University (United States), and the degree of Doctor of Philosophy in Sociology from the …