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… to sing at church, and performed her first solo during the 1947 Royal Visit. Miriam began her working life helping her mother clean houses. In the 1950s, she lived in Sophiatown when it was a vibrant place and one of the few areas where all races could mix.  It was the scene of …

… Scots Presbyterian missionaries, emigrated to Lovedale at the end of the 19th century; Monica was born there on January 3, 1908. … Cambridge, and graduated with a Ph.D. from Cambridge at the age of 26. She married Godfrey Wilson in 1935.  They had …

… Partridge first began work as a freelance photographer for the South African Council for Higher Education (SACHED). From 1978-1982, she was the editor and a photographer at Ravan Press in Johannesburg, and worked mostly for the magazine Staffrider , but also on many other …

… College until 1967 and began her tertiary studies 1971 at the University of Zululand . She obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Science (BSc) and left the country in 1976 to complete her MB ChB at the University of Bristol in 1978. During the 1970s …

… in Natal. In 1930, when Poomoney was two years old, the family moved to Clairwood. Her father was a policeman and her mother supplemented the family income by selling vegetables, taking in washing … most of her contemporaries were confined to working within the home, Poomoney broke with tradition and social norms when …

… Piet Retief was born on 12 November 1780 in the Wagenmakersvallei, (known as Wellington today), Cape Province. He was the fifth of 10 children of Jacobus, a farmer  and Debora … lived with his father until he was 27, after which he left the farm. He settled in Stellenbosch, Cape Province and tried …

… was born on 7 March 1950 in Johannesburg.  Selebi was the African National Congress (ANC) representative to the Soviet Union's World Federation of Democratic Youth in … from 1983 to 1987. In 1987, he was elected as leader of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) while in …

… 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended … whom he married and they had a son, David Lee. In the mid seventies, McKenzie moved to Johannesburg where he … and darkroom equipment —thus starting his lifelong love of the still image. McKenzie then studied photography at the …

… Mlami Makwetu was born on 6th December 1928 in Hoyita, in the Cofimvaba district, Transkei. He was the second of five children of Minah and Gqongo Makwetu. His parents were peasant farmers who were related to the Matanzima family.After passing Standard Four at the local …

… 1947.  He then went on to Fort Hare College in the Eastern Cape, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts … 1951.He later briefly studied law. In 1944, he joined the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League at St Peters … at Pimville High School. He actively participated in the 1952 Defiance Campaign  and was subsequently expelled and …

… Primary Teachers’ Certificate at Bensonvale Institution in the Eastern Cape. Staying in the region, at the renowned Lovedale Institute near Alice, he completed a …

… in Port Elizabeth , Eastern Cape in October 1942. She was the first born of seven children. After completing her matric … where she served as a nun. During her seven years in the nunnery, she was told by the head of the nunnery that she would feel out of place …

… Helen Suzman (nee Govronsky) was born in the South African mining town of Germiston on 7 November 1917 … from Eastern Europe who had come to South Africa to escape the restrictions imposed on Jews by Russia. She was brought … stable, and was educated at a convent and thereafter at the University of the Witwatersrand (WITS). Helen was to …

… Andrew Mokete Mlangeni was born on 6 June 1925 on a farm in the Bethlehem, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) … in Soweto, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the ninth child in a family of fourteen. Although Mlangeni started schooling at the age of 10, financial problems drove him to seek work at …

… 13 November 1933 to a wealthy rural family in Lesotho. In the late 1930s, after the sudden death of their parents, Pheko and his brother came … aunt, E.M. Moerane. In 1960, Pheko became a member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).  Due to his anti-apartheid …

… Suliman "Babla" Saloojee was born on 5 February 1931 in the small town of Belfast in the then eastern Transvaal, now Mpumalanga. Babla was … a qualified lawyer when his comrades were in trouble with the police. This enabled him to trace the whereabouts of …

… went to Forbes Grant Secondary School where she completed the junior certificate (Grade 10). In 1959, she matriculated at Healdtown, Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Province. She qualified as a nurse at Victoria … a legal practice she acquired legal qualifications, joined the practice and was subsequently admitted as an attorney. …

… was born on 24th of July 1949 in Pinetown, Natal. He was the second child and oldest son (two younger brothers were to … Baqwa became involved in politics becoming one of the founding members of the Black Consciousness Movement  (BCM). Baqwa then enrolled …

… He completed a full-time diploma course in Fine Art at the Community Arts Project in Cape Town in 1986, and also studied as a non-degree student at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town in 1987. He has exhibited both in … Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art …

… His father, Jan de Klerk, was a Cabinet Minister and the President of the South African Senate. His brother is Dr Willem (Wimpie) de Klerk, a political analyst and one of the founders of the  Democratic Party . After finishing … F.W. de Klerk: The Nobel Peace Prize 1993 [Online]. Available at: …

… Africa she became active in organisations associated with the struggle for National Union of Distributive Workers. She was a member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth until 1940. After her stint in the Labour Party. In 1937 she became a member of the South …

… reserve for Black people between Hendrina and Carolina in the then Transvaal, where he went with his grandmother Sarah Mthembu to work in the mealie fields, at age seven. His grandmother and uncles raised him. During the 1976 Soweto uprising, Mthembu was a student leader at …

… a teacher who later worked as a mine clerk, was killed in the Zulu-Indian riots of 1946. Nxasana attended the local mission school until grade 11 when he left to look for work in Durban. Nxasana worked in the textiles industry for 12 years where he became a trade …

… immigrant who married a Xhosa or Khoisan woman from the Cape. His grandfather then moved to Johannesburg where Mattera's father was born and classified Italian by the authorities. His mother was a Motswana and domestic … raised by his grandparents not his parents. He grew up in the mixed area of Johannesburg called Sophiatown before the …

… in 1974. Between 1975 and 1981 he studied science at the University of Durban Westville and law at the University of Witwatersrand. Azhar was influenced in his … Ismail Mohamed Cachalia, who was a Member of Parliament in the National Assembly in 1994, and the  South African Indian …

… Feroza Adam was born on the 16 August 1961. She was drawn into political activity in … High School. While studying for a Bachelor of Arts at the University Witwatersrand, she became active in student … in various community organisations and youth structures of the Transvaal Indian Congress . She was elected on to the …

… not known publicly about Fezekile Kuzwayo. Unfortunately, the event that she is best known for is the Jacob Zuma rape case. It is from the secrecy of the trial that she was named Kwhezi or Accuser …

… Town on 30 April 1921. His mother, Nell, a Cockney from the east end of London, was the breadwinner at home. She worked as an usherette at the Alhambra Theatre in Cape Town, doing three shifts a …

… that Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained his BSc degree in 1978. In 1976 he joined the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) later becoming branch … Durban-Westville, and in 1977 was an executive member of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) when it was …

… is a professional photojournalist who has been involved in the local newspaper and magazine industry since 1995. His … and internationally. He is currently a contributor to the highly regarded South African photojournalism agency … 1988 and obtained a National Diploma in Photography from the Technikon of Pretoria. He did his third year …