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… Western Cape) on 14th July 1936. His childhood witnessed the final days of colonial rule and the transition to the apartheid regime in 1948, and in 1950, he and his family …

… Tladi, Soweto.  Molokoane became politically active during the student uprising of 1976, and like many of his contemporaries he went into exile. In exile, he joined the  African National Congress (ANC)  and the June 16 Detachment of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) . Proud of …

… to study and soon after returning to South Africa, crossed the Natal-Transvaal border and was sentenced in January 1911 … to six weeks in prison. He requested to join his father in the first batch of Satyagrahis from Phoenix, Natal (now … this, he went all over Natal distributing food to the workers who were on strike. He was arrested in November …

… Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former Transkei (now Eastern Province) on 2 September 1947. He studied at the University of the North (Turfloop), where he graduated …

… was born in 1949 in Cape Town . In 1972, Curtis served as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students  (NUSAS) and President of its the social welfare arm,  NUSWEL. She was the daughter of Jack … [23 July 2012]| SAHA, 2012.  28 June marks 28 years since the bombing of Jeanette Schoon and her daughter [online]. …

… Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini was born on the 9th of May, 1935, in the rural Bengu village of Lady Frere in the former Transkei . After the death of his first wife, her …

… from Eastern Europe. Gosschalk’s mother was a member of the philanthropic  Union of Jewish Women , and her father … worked as a market agent. In 1946 Gosschalk worked with the Zionist Socialist youth organisation called the  Hashomer Hatzir ; an organisation that advocated for the …

… Mandla Langa was born in Stanger, or KwaDukuza , a town in the Natal Province, now known as KwaZulu-Natal Province . He is the son of a preacher, and he grew up in the KwaMashu township outside Durban . He is one of nine … July 2001’, Comparative Studies of South Asia, Africa and the Middle East ,Vol. 20 Nos. 1&2, Duke University Press, …

… Krugersdorp , western Gauteng , in December 1950. She was the second eldest of four daughters and a brother. Her father was the nephew of Samuel Matshoba, an adviser to Gijima, chief priest of the Israelites - a Christian Sect that was slaughtered at the … TVSA. (2006). Flowers of the Revolution - Deborah Nikiwe Matshoba online. Available at …

… Wadee was born in Sophiatown in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family moved to Kliptown. He studied … a period of about two years.  Wadee moved to Nelspruit in the late 1970s, practicing as a GP and serving as a forensic pathologist at the local hospital. When the apartheid government tried to …

… born on 18 July 1941 in Johannesburg . She was the second of four children born to Pauline and Thomas Selema … was raised in a politically conscious family. She went to the Anglican Primary School in Witbank and St Michaels … Anglican School in Alexander. In 1956 she enrolled at the Inanda Girls Seminary Boarding School in Durban where she …

… The flag of the Sahrawi Arab Democratic Republic, which was adopted in … horizontal stripes in black, white and green colours. On the pole side of the flag, a red wedge is located and the … of Western Sahara, although Neolithic (New Stone Age) rock engravings in; Saguia El-Hamra and in isolated locations …

… but was most noted for being a liberal politician opposing the White minority regime of Ian Smith's Rhodesia. Her birth … Her father, Elliott Coates, was a naval officer serving in the British merchant marines and her mother, Mary Peck, was … Elliott married after Mary fell pregnant with Diana, and the marriage caused a scandal for both the families [iv] . …

… Rahima Moosa was born in the Strand , Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended … became politically active after they became aware of the unjust segregationist laws that ruled South Africa. In 1943 Rahima became the shop steward for the Cape Town Food and Canning Workers’ …

… in 1978 for a Lower Secondary Teachers’ Diploma at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). As she had grown up under the guidance of her grandmother, who was a unionist, …

… Enos Mabuza was born on 6 June 1939 at the Sheba Gold Mine. He attended the Sheba Mine School until Std 4 and moved to Barberton Community School until Std 6. He then attended the Emjindini secondary School and got his Junior Certificate …

… was born in Engcobo, Transkei on 28 February 1906, the second child of Valelo James Butshingi and Angeline … school situated between Engcobo and Idutywa. He moved to the Transvaal in 1925 to become an insurance company agent and later became the director of an investment trust. In the 1940s, he became …

… producing plays using black and white actors and by the 1950’s, he had become a well known figure particularly in Johannesburg where he lived. Amongst his productions is the Kimberley Train (1959) which was an anti apartheid … when homosexuality was considered an illegal lifestyle by the government, he would often get assaulted. Williams was …

… shop, leaving his hand badly mangled. Yutar studied at the University of Cape Town (UCT) on a scholarship where he … in Law. At that time, Jews, however, were not welcome in the higher echelons of South Africa's civil service, and … for a job tracing defaulting telephone subscribers for the postal service. Yutar who would become a Chief Prosecutor …

… Herbert Henry Curson, the eldest son of Henry Charles Curson, was born on 22 … KwaZulu Natal and he received his professional training at the Royal Veterinary College in London from 1911 to 1914. … this time he won 14 medals and qualified as a member of the Royal College of Veterinary Surgeons. From January 1915 …

… struggle for liberation. Babenia played an active role in the Indian Congress movement in Baroda, and served several … Natal Indian Congress (NIC) rallies in Durban. He joined the Natal Indian Youth Congress (NIYC) and later the NIC as a volunteer. Babenia worked as a journalist for …

… Dirk Johannes Coetzee was born in 1945. The son of a postmaster, he grew up in the Northern Cape. Coetzee and Generals Jan Viktor and Jac … Vlakplaas, a farm 20km west of Pretoria, Gauteng, as the headquarters of the South African Police …   - |SAPA. (1996). Dirk Coetzee says he wishes to put the past to rest from SAPA , 8 March [online], Available at …

… "Without question Maqoma was the most renowned Xhosa chief in South Africa's 19th-century frontier wars. Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand Son of Ngqika, King of the Rharhabe division of the Xhosa nation. Implacably opposed …

… Born in the Orange Free State, Tloome became involved in trade union work in the 1930s and joined the Communist Party. In 1941 he was chosen vice-president of …

… capitalism, colonialism and (under)development was one of the most important contributions to the discussion over the Third Worlds place in the World economy. As a critical …

… long-time associate, Arthur Fry, arrived in Cape Town at the end of 1879. They toured South Africa until 1881, when they were interrupted by the siege of Pretoria during the First Anglo-Boer War. The two, who had been joined by the …

… it was difficult for Indians to rent property or land in the Transvaal, were prohibited from purchasing land. Later … remained poor. Saloojee began his school in Sophiatown at the age of 6. He was unhappy in the beginning as his clothes were old and he had no shoes. …

… in India. He began schooling around 1941/1942 in Dundee at the Dundee Indian High School until the beginning of 1951 when he and his elder brother went to … School. He became involved in organisational politics at the time of the  1952 Defiance Campaign  organized by the …

… on 26 September 1916 in Indwe, a small village in the former Transkei . [i] Her father, Chisholm MacDonald, who … Her mother, Helen Evelyn Zondagh, was a descendant of the Voortekker leader Jacobus Johannes Uys. Margaret was the youngest of their three children. [ii] Margaret attended …

… was born on 2 September 1803 in Pelham, Massachusetts in the United States. In 1830 Grout graduated from Amherst College and continued to study in theology at the Andover Theological Seminary. Upon completing his … was appointed one of six missionaries to South Africa by the American Board for Foreign Missions (ABCFM) in January …