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… Princess Magogo was born in 1900, the daughter of the Zulu King,  Dinuzulu  kaCetshwayo (1868 – 1913) and Queen … composed Zulu classical music and was gifted in playing the ugubhu, (a stringed bow and a calabash instrument) and …

… in Johannesburg on 15 January 1915. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in the 1940s and 1950s, who was instrumental in bringing about African-Indian co-operation during the 1952 Defiance Campaign . He finished primary school and …

… England on 15 November 1802. His father was John I'Ons, the master of a riding-school in Islington. Frederick was one … Ann Frazer, with whom he came to South Africa to settle in the Albany district. They arrived at Grahamstown in November 1834, just before the sixth Frontier War broke out. I'Ons participated in the …

… was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell was born on the 22 February 1857, the son of Professor Baden Powell, of Oxford University. His … by their mother to make their own fun. They learned about the outdoors, built boats and sailed them and went on long …

… (North-West Province). At primary school level he showed the skills of a good soccer player.  Masinga attended … Midas Cosmos. In 1992 Masinga represented South Africa in the first international game against Cameroon in Durban. The Pretoria team Mamelodi Sundowns bought him from Cosmos …

… Germany, 1870. Francois, a long serving President of the NSA, was a protagonist with SASA in his quest to unite the various art societies in SA into a single academy. His … but they came to nothing. His death in 1938 marked the end of one era and the start of a new with the founding …

… a township in Port-Elizabeth on 25 December 1959. He was the youngest of five children, and grew up with his … instrument was a flute that he made from a reed. At the age of 21 he began playing the flute and because of his talent, he was admitted to study … obituary Free-spirited South African saxophonist , from The Guardian , 6 July, [online], Available at …

… KwaZulu-Natal. He has been working as an artist since the mid 1980s and is largely self-taught. A few years ago he received an award from the Tito Zungu Trust Fund, created in the name of the late artist Tito Zungu which provides …

… and three sisters. Along with her siblings, she attended the Tamil school Sathia Gnama Sabbai before attending  English school . At the young age of 11, she became a pupil teacher, earning a … Her father came to SA as an indigent teenager in the nineteenth century,became a successful businessman in …

… Standard VI, Rakgoathe was taught art by Mr Maseko, one f the first black handicrafts teachers in South Africa. … program at Botshabelo Training Institute. In I960, with the help of the Reverend Henneck Seloane, Rakgoathe was able to attend … Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art …

… Weijdema, together with Sietse Bosgra and others, formed the Angola Comite (AC) in the Netherlands to support the freedom struggle in Angola . The whole of southern Africa …

… Henry Daniel Tyamzashe was born in Kimberley in 1880, the son of a prominent Xhosa minister in the United Free Church of Scotland. He completed secondary … there, becoming a printer and journalist. He joined the ICU in Johannesburg in early 1925 and later became its …

… Webster and music theory with Gillian Davies who trained the Benoni Orpheus Choir.  Lawrence was soon given the opportunity of performing some of the baritone solos.  It was here that he met the popular …

… senior to allow Sydney to go to kindergarten at age 5. The young boy completed the first 3 years of his primary education in 1 year and … and soon became interested in biochemistry. In 1942, at the age of 15, Brenner enrolled at the University of the …

… Ntuli was born in the uBombo district, northern Zululand. He received his primary school education at the Ndaleni Practising School, Richmond, at the Ndaleni Secondary School and from 1972 - 1975 at the …

… Born in 1911 in Cape Town, he earned an LL.B degree from the University of Cape Town in 1932. He was a lawyer, a leader in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), and a Native representative in Parliament. After joining the CPSA in 1930, he organized several Coloured trade unions …

… Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe was born in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father, John Knox Bokwe , in Ugie, East …

… was born in Pietermaritzburg on 18 February 1959.He is the eldest of four children of Alex and Jenny Boraine.His father was the President of the Methodist Church of South Africa and later a Member of … G. (2008). Andrew Boraine . Retrieved February 2010, from The Property Magazine : https://www.thepropertymag.co.za/ | …

… and cutter. He served prison sentences as a volunteer in the 1952 Defiance Campaign in Germiston and Wolmaransstad. He was active in the African National Congress (ANC) as a Freedom Volunteer in 1954-1956 and an ANC organiser at the Congress of the People in Kliptown June 1955. After being …

… He was a student at Naledi High School in Soweto when the 1976 Student riots ensued. Seatlholo, together with Tsietsi Mashinini , was part of the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC) , with … as President and Seatlholo as Deputy. Seatlholo took over the Presidency of the SSRC when Mashinini went into exile …

… The Matsobane brothers, Mike and Dan, aided the revival of the PAC in Krugersdorp. Their efforts fell under the …

… High School in Malamulele. In 2001, he went to study at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg , where he … Master’s degree with distinction in Political Studies at the same university.  In his third year of study at the university, he was elected to the Student Representative …

… she received a diploma in Theology and in 1955 she entered the Companions Catholic Order, thereafter teaching until 1960. During the 1970s and the 1980s, Sister Ncube helped form local women’s …

… South African musician, Abdullah Ibrahim was born on the 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa. Born Adolph … included his grandmother, who was a pianist for the local African Methodist Episcopalian church as well as his mother who led the choir. Here, traditional African Khoi-san songs and …

… his guitar talent on a borrowed instrument instead of the homemade version. At the age of 16 he met the jazz guitarist Cyril Magubane. For Sipho, this was his …

… William Philip Schreiner, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, anti-British imperialist, and a proponent for the integration of all ‘civilised men' including ‘civilised … Philip Schreiner was born in 30 October 1857. He was the tenth child of Gottlob and Rebekah Schreiner. He studied …

… Transvaal (now Gauteng),South Africa. He attended the University of Fort Hare, where he acquired a teaching … other aspiring black journalists, who came to be known as the “Drum Boys”. These included Lewis Nkosi, Nat Nakasa , … Modisane and Es’kia Mphahlele . Themba also worked for The Golden City Post in Johannesburg. His work, including …

… African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the British forces during the Anglo-Boer war. At the end of the war Roworth decided to stay in South Africa. …

… Luvuyo Mgobozi and Mbongeni Zondi on 7 September 1986 on the N2 highway in Durban. The applicants were members of the South African Security Police and the deceased were …

… Born on the 3rd of August 1964 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Marthinus … He completed his studies at Port Elizabeth Technikon at the end of 1995. While studying he started to freelance for the local Eastern Cape newspapers and by his third year, …