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… Samson Ratshilumela Mudzunga was born in 1934 in the Nzhelele district of the former Venda ‘ homeland’ , now Limpopo province. However, … moved to Johannesburg and found a job as a gardener. At the time, when he was around age 18, he took a break from …

… was born on 16 March 1871 in Botshabelo. His father was the famous missionary and writer, Alexander Merensky. Hans studied geology and mine engineering at the State Academy of Mining and the University of Berlin, Germany, and passed with honours. …

… Elmon Malele was born in Mapulaneng in the Limpopo Province (Transvaal) in 1920. Malele came to … in 1943, and stayed in Alexandra township. He was one of the residents forcibly removed by the apartheid regime to Moroka Emergency Camp. Malele joined …

… and exposed bone, whiteless eyes and deformed mouths. The three figures wait on a bench, almost casually, pitting … their monstrousness against a sense of banality. Made in the mid-Eighties, the Butcher Boys were a response to the dehumanizing effects …

… was born on 15 July 1962 in  District Six , Cape Town. At the age of nine in 1972 his family was forcibly moved out of District Six when the apartheid government declared it a “Whites – only” residential area. Despite his youth the event was significant in his life particularly since he …

… before moving to Riverlea, a poor suburb about 8km west of the Johannesburg, surrounded by dusty mine dumps. At the time, Riverlea, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng ), was designated as a Coloured township under the Group Areas Act.  The eldest of six children, he was …

… in 1984 whilst studying pharmacy. After winning the "Nikon Press Photograph of the Year" for an image used in a student newspaper, he … From 1989 to 1990 he was a photojournalism lecturer at the Journalism Department, Rhodes University. In 1991 he …

… editorial cartooning career in 1977, submitting work for the Natal Witness . He went on to do work for most of the big newspapers in the country, including The Rand Daily Mail , Pretoria News , …

… 1910. He was a factory worker and active trade unionist by the 1950s. In 1955 the Congress of the People and the drawing up of the Freedom Charter took … • Information from an exhibition on the Treason Trial put together by Museum Africa in Johannesburg. • Nkosi\'s name is on the \'Justice files\' list of Treason Trailists. …

… Julius Nyerere was born on the 13th of April 1922 in Butiama village, next to Lake Victoria, in Tanganyika (name given to the British colony in Tanzania’s territory from 1919 until 1961). He was the son of Chief Nyerere Burito and his 22nd wife, Christina. …

… June 30, 1995, Johannesburg), was a long-time force behind the growth of indigenous South African black drama and served as the artistic director of the non-racial Market Theatre in Johannesburg from its …

… mother worked as a domestic worker, washing clothes in the local white community. Her father was a factory … worker. All of Lutchmee’s siblings went to school, though the youngest, she was never given that opportunity. She had to assist her mother in supporting the family. Lutchmee got her political influence from her …

… de guerrre in exile was Edwin Ndlovu was born in 1936 to the family of a prominent political and trade union activist. His father, Steven Dlamini was a member of the African National Congress (ANC)’s National Executive … Trade Workers (SACTU) and a member of Central Committee of the South African Communist Party (SACP). Dlamini’s father …

… 15,was a manual laborer,then spent four years studying for the Catholic priesthood before changing course again.He … metalworkers,but abandoned this in 1968 protest against the discriminatory policies of the Trade Union Council of South Africa. He was also a …

… was born in 21 January 1931 in Moria. His father is the founder of the  Zion Christian Church (ZCC)  in 1910. He attended school … (standard nine). Joseph Lekganyane’s prominence in the church developed when he became a personal driver for his …

… Elliot Tonjeni was born in 1895 in the Transkei and later went to Cape Town, where he joined the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) and was active in the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union and the  African …

… Manu Herbstein was born in 1936 in Muizenburg in the Western Cape. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Sc in Engineering in … Scotland. From 1963 to 1965 Herbstein was designing the bridge over the Barak River, Silchar, India (400 ft. …

… Ixopo. She is well known as a feminist writer during the early 50’s though her work was only published in the 80s and 90s. Ngcobo was one of the main speakers during the 1956 women’s anti-pass march …

… Port Elizabeth. Although art classes were not offered at the Van der Kemp Mission Primary School where he was … his father encouraged by buying him pencils and crayons. The young Pemba became notorious for escaping from the drudgery of schoolwork into his private world of drawing. …

… Matlala was born in 1962 in Meadowlands, Johannesburg. At the age of 10 he started going to the gymnasium with his father who was an aspiring boxer. … At a height of 1.47 meters, or 4-foot-10, Matlala was the shortest boxing world champion ever. Matlala began his …

… arrived in Durban in 1954, he went to Lakhani House, where the trade union offices where situated. Here he met Stephen Dlamini who was holding discussions about the struggle for liberation. After finding work he attended … that were held at Beatrice Street. As a result, he joined the African National Congress (ANC). Inspired by the …

… mentorship and community organising. Dean was born on the 3 May 1976, to a poor family in Johannesburg, their … to them in their 3rd year and after teaching herself the basics, they decided to change her focus to … in 1997 at Rhodes University. They started as an intern at The Star and has been full time photographer at the Mail and …

… Victor M Mgadi was a political activist with the African National Congress(ANC) during the uprising agaisnt the Apartheid regime. He was also an Umkhonto we Sizwe (also …

… Ntsanwisi was born on 11 July 1920 at the Shiluvane Mission Station in the Letaba District of Limpopo. He was the eldest child in a family of three. With only a Standard 6 …

… then went on to study for a Diploma in Commercial Art at the Durban Institute of Technology (DIT, now Durban … Technology) in 1962. She also did part-time studies with the ceramicist James Hall while at DIT.  For the remainder Maggie was self-taught. Working within a …

… old, his parents sent him away to Bophuthatswana to avoid the violence in the township. Soccer was one of his favourite pastimes, and … Chief scouts, who signed him up. In 1991 he was shot in the back while doing shopping in Soweto . Fortunately, no …

… was born to a poor family in 1920 in Phokoane village, in the Sekhukhuneland district in Northern Transvaal, now Limpopo Province.     Boshielo joined the  African National Congress  (ANC) and  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in the 1940s and served in the ANC Transvaal Executive …

… and Miss Black South Africa, was crowned Miss SA in 1994. The event is memorable as it coincided with the first democratic elections. Kumalo was the second Black woman to have won the title after Jacqui … , [accessed on 24 February 2011]|Bassie the official website, [available at] www.basetsanakumalo.com …

… in 1970 and went on to win several titles. In 1972 she won the title Miss Natal, which qualified her to enter the Miss South Africa competition for Black beauty queens. Shange won the Miss Black South Africa title and that made her the first …

… He was born at Nsengeni in the Vryheid district. He attended the Nsengeni Mission School. In 1968 he moved to Emondlo Township and attended the Ikhethelihle Lower Primary School where he became … 2011]|University of KwaZulu Natal, Zulu, William , from the University of KwaZulu Natal Press , [online] Available at …