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… she met and married dentist Billie Joseph. Her service as an information and welfare officer in the Women's … memorable moments of her illustrious political career, as she was one of the main organisers of the protest. … Medal for her devotion to the liberation struggle as a symbol of defiance, integrity and courage. …

… to the Cape Colony. In 1919 he accepted an appointment as secretary of the Witwatersrand Council of Education,an … the 1930s and early 1940s. In the mid-1940s he served as administrator of James Donaldson's Bantu Welfare Trust,the … the seat to Hyman Basner in 1942. Energetic and prolific as a writer, researcher, and editor, he presented evidence …

… teacher's qualification and later trained in 1931-1933 as an Anglican Priest.He joined the  Industrial and … National Congress (ANC). In the late 1930s he served as chaplain of the Cape provincial ANCand from 1942 to 1946 … in 1952, and went on to succeed  Professor Z K Matthews  as the ANC’s Cape President in 1955. However, he could not be …

… and hospitality accorded our respective delegations, as well as our gratitude for the excellent arrangements … and the struggle to eradicate the last bastion of colonialism are deeply interwoven. We also share the belief … Pretoria`s growing international isolation as a factor in compelling it to retreat from Angola and sit down …

… and hospitality accorded our respective delegations, as well as our gratitude for the excellent arrangements … and the struggle to eradicate the last bastion of colonialism are deeply interwoven. We also share the belief … Pretoria's growing international isolation as a factor in compelling it to retreat from Angola and sit down …

… DC; and Yale University in Providence. Mason’s work as a visual artist incorporated several techniques and … her canvasses, something the artist herself refers to as trying to make sense of the chaos around her. She has … years. In an artist’s statement from 2004, Mason is quoted as saying, “I paint in order to make sense of my life, to …

… at St Anthony’s Indian Mission in Vrededorp, Johannesburg as a Christian minister in the Transvaal province. He became … . He was revered by the citizens of Pageview and regarded as an advocate for the impoverished.  Sigamoney’s … South Africa from participating in international sport as long as racial bans were in place. Sigamoney was a …

… of World War II and served in North Africa and Italy as an aerial photographer, having developed a great interest … was able to combine his love of medicine and photography as part-time director of this unit. He then headed the … was pro-actively involved with numerous health issues such as tuberculosis, noise control, drug abuse and pollution, and …

… taught him to carve traditional and functional items such as utensils and headrests. His work was included in the 1985 … he worked on the formal style set out in the nyamisoro as exemplified in the two sculptures in the collection, which … by virtue of their western style. It is figures such as these that became the prototypes for the many portraits …

… in Argentina, Brazil,Switzerland and France,trained as a journailst and in 1959 went to work for weekly Times of … begin to experience some resistance from some Black people as well. Despite the odds, the organisation continued and … handed over the presidency to Jenny de Tolly, but again as head of the organisation in 1994 to 1995. After the …

… (SASM) because he saw unity and community development as important. He was also starting to think about doing something against the education system and apartheid as a whole. The group was very influenced by Black … Council on Higher Education (CHE), which was established as part of the Higher Education Act of South Africa. He left …

… to join the military and in 1973 he was appointed as chief of the South African Army. Then in 1976, he was also … domestic and foreign threats to white rule in South Africa as a “total onslaught” that could only be answered with a … the running of the Civil Co-operation Bureau (known as CCB), which was implicated in numerous civilian murders, …

… in a donkey to carry merchandise for his new business as a hawker. Soon Joosub was recognised in Pretoria. He … for two reasons.  Mohandas Gandhi , who had just qualified as a lawyer in England, arrived on his doorstep. The Joosub … help. He also converted his retail business to wholesale. As an Indian trader Joosub had to contend with hostility from …

… was born in Cape Town on 18 November 1925. She worked as a newspaper librarian before her theatre debut in Stage … week. Bryceland is probably most celebrated for her role as the unconventional sculptor Helen Martins in The Road to … She repeated the role in the film version of the play, as she did with her role in Boesman and Lena . Her acting …

… Depression. The Great Depression, more than any other factor, helped Hitler and the National-Sozialistische … up armed groups of supporters who wore brown shirts, known as the Storm Troopers (in German they are called the S.A. … to challenge the inefficient Weimar Government. As Germany's economy plunged, the population grew …

… 2 sisters. He financially supported all of his siblings as well as his young niece and nephew. According to his sister, …

… in the  Pretoria  area. After leaving school, she worked as a ‘tea girl’ at the Pretoria mint, and later took employment as a typist for the African Iron and Steel Workers’ Union. By …

… Louis Botha ’s decision to invade German South West Africa as part of the international war effort against Germany. He … year he was executed by firing squad. Jopie Fourie is seen as a traditional Afrikaner Boer hero, standing up for his …

… found the Federation of Progressive Students and served as secretary to the Young Communist League , and was active … the Johannesburg editor of a left-wing weekly newspaper. As a journalist she specialised in investigative reporting … However, contradictions between her politics and her role as a mother caused strains within her family, which are …

… colonised by the European powers. In April 1958, Nkrumah as the pioneer of the ideology of Pan-Africanism convened the … freedom. The agenda of the conference entailed anti-colonialism, anti-imperialism, anti-racialism, African Unity … here to read Conference resolution on Imperialism and Colonialism Click here to read about ANC notes to delegates …

… The couple did not have a child for many years.  As a result, his grandfather insisted that Coovadia’s father … He attended Bible classes and grew up learning the Bible as well as the Koran.  He completed standard six and then went on to …

… Tenure and Indian Representation Act, commonly referred to as the " Ghetto Act ". The Act sought to give Indians limited … in a Durban jail along with other ardent resisters such as Dr  Monty Naicker , Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, Dr Goonam, George … the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress. In 1951, he enrolled as a student at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) …

… are encouraged to travel to the Eastern Cape to work as migrants in the region’s commercial farms. This marks the … period is marked by the mergence of a servile class known as the "oorlams" or "inboekselings". These are mainly … on a historic strike in 1946 reputed to have been a key factor in the coming of Apartheid. 1932-1947 Africans were …

… a B.A. degree with law subjects. Ela gave up studying law as she did not want to study Afrikaans. She then switched to … Indian Congress (NIC)  was revived and Ela was elected as the Vice President. It was the first time that that she … of support groups assisting people who had gone to prison, as well as those who had been arrested. She was a member of …

… happened to his wife, Theresa and the other two colleagues as they were not on the permanent staff. A month or two later … found guilty of instigating the boycott and was dismissed as a teacher.  He gravitated towards the Natal Indian … secretary of the Non-European section of Natal University (as it was then known).  In 1958 he was chosen to attend a …

… Durban in 1949, having studied part-time whilst employed as a shop assistant in a hardware store (A.Baker Bros) from 1946-48, and later as a bookkeeper for an accounting firm. Nair worked for six months for a dairy, but was fired in 1950 as a result of his trade union activities. In 1951 he became …

… Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy affectionately known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African … but those freedoms didn't apply to India or South Africa. As Indians we were very much interested in South Africa, … because a lot of Indians were there and they were treated as second-class citizens or worse. And of course Nehru was …

… his citizenship was denied in a letter that described him as ‘not fit and proper to become a South African’. The ban … In 1954 he was admitted to the Johannesburg Bar. He served as an Advocate in Johannesburg until 1990 when he worked as a counsel to 40 lawyers at the Legal Resources Centre and …

… centuries-long project to commodity the black female body as the African other and the object of a patriarchal colonial … are beautiful, visually stunning and immaculately rendered as they are socially exigent. Despite her growing popularity … and recently, herself. Looking at Muholi’s body of work as a singular, collective archive of history, identity, and …

… the ninth grade in 1942. After leaving school, he worked as a waiter and manual labourer. Mabhida’s two early … at its first congress in 1955. He also served as secretary of the ANC's Pietermaritzburg branch in the … we Sizwe (MK). Mabhida then underwent military training, as MK commissar became the chief political instructor of new …