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… 1915 Hurbans was a businessman and sugar farmer. He took the lead in establishing four Indian schools in the Tongaat district and was chairman of the Natal Vigilance Committee which protested against the …

… Plymouth , England in 1940 during a Nazi bombing raid on the city. After losing their home in a later bombing raid, … South Africa in February 1944. Her father had been sent by the Admiralty ( Royal Navy ) to work on radar installations at the  Simon's Town Naval Base  and later on  Salisbury Island, …

… Africa in 1895 and his mother, Eunice Warder James, was the daughter of English immigrants. Neither of Paton’s … Scott, Charles Dickens and Rupert Brooke, as well as the Bible. His family’s religious convictions and the Old Testament also influenced his work. Paton studied at …

… Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) to Allison and Maria Mzimela. The entire family was raised as Anglicans and as a child, he wanted to become a priest. He obtained a degree from the University of South Africa that enabled him to teach. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and became involved in …

… is a young artist who is presently making his mark within the Durban art scene. His talent was noticed and nourished by the late Trevor Makhoba (qv.) through his Philange Art … Danca. Together they have held a number of exhibitions at the African Art Centre in Durban. Although Duma has built on …

… on 10 October 1938 in Pretoria, Judith Mason is one of the most well known South African artists. She matriculated from the Pretoria High School for Girls in 1956 and from 1957 - 1960 she attended the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg and received …

… he was working for Town Talk Furniture and was a member of the General Workers Union of South Africa.  Galela became one of the key leaders of PEBCO after it was revived in 1984, … almost three years of relative silence. He became the Organising Secretary under Qaqawuli Godolozi, and also …

… Khumalo was born on 30 March 1970 in Kwa Mashu Township , the North of Durban . Growing up a poverty-ridden township, … when she appeared in Sarafina , a production based on the Soweto uprising of June 16, 1976 . She was nominated for … version of Sarafina! , distributed worldwide, and became the biggest film production to be released in the African …

… Michael Madimetja Teffo was born in 1957 in the Pretoria township of Lady Selborne . The Township of Lady Selborne was destroyed shortly after his … sculpting in Marula wood with a pen knife as a child. By the time of his first solo exhibition, held at the Upper …

… Helen Nontando (Noni) Jabavu was born in 1919 in the Eastern Cape into a literary family. From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in England, and … to live there for many years. She went on to become one of the first African female writers and journalists. In 1955 …

… Province). He showed an interest in art as a child, and by the age of 17 he was working as an artist, predominately in … watercolour. In 1970, he brought some of his paintings to the South African Association of Arts and attracted the attention of the artist Helge Jensen who invited Maapola …

… in Soweto. He received his initial basic art training at the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) in Dube in Soweto. In 1970 to 1974 he studied art further at the Mofolo Arts Centre and then taught at the YWCA for nearly 2 years. After completing a printmaking …

… (now kwaZulu-Natal ), where Nash later matriculated.  At the young age of 16 she enrolled at Rhodes University for a … would later, in 1975, also obtained a PhD in Theology at the University of Cape Town. In 1960, Nash joined the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). She was a member of …

… in Pretoria in 1952. She earned her BFA in painting from the University of Pretoria in 1974. Since 1971 she has actively served on the boards of several Foundations, Committees and … were National but several were International. She is also the recipient of numerous local and international honours and …

… Helen Elizabeth Martins was born on 23 December 1897 in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern Cape. She was the youngest of six children and spent her childhood growing …

… Naidoo was born on 20 December 1954 in Durban. He was the eighth child of Bakkium and Valatham Nadioo, a court … his family was evicted from their home in Durban through the Group Areas Act. In the 1970s, his brother studying at university took him to …

… developer who has spent a decade documenting and capturing the Mother City and her people. His work is, by and large, a body of social documentation. The subject of his lens shifts: from exploring the transport networks and systems around Cape Town and the …

… College in Durban. Nkosi began his writing career at the publication Ilanga lase Natal in Durban. In 1956, he joined other African writers on the staff of Drum magazine , which was founded in 1951. In … and Exile and Other Selections (1965), Nkosi describes the Drum staff as "the new African[s] cut adrift from the …

… Gqweta was born in Peelton near King Williamstown 1952.The son of a railway worker.He obtained his matric at Mzomhle … which he worked as salesman,a job that opened his eyes to the poverty and insecurity of black urban workers.He was asked by the Black Allied Worker's Union (BAWU)in 1978 to from an East …

… Girls High School. Jo then left home to drive trucks for the South African Army during World War II . After this she … in London. In 1959 she was appointed regional secretary of the South African Institute of Race Relations in Durban . … interest in African art and to her starting what became the African Arts Centre in 1963. Jo remained at the Arts …

… Town in November 12, 1977. His soccer career began with the Cape Town based club, Cape Town Spurs. He made his first … in 1997 against Netherlands, when South Africa lost to the visiting side by two goals. After this game, the managers of Ajax an Amsterdam-based club, showed interest …

… in 1909 and lived most of his life at Onrus, Western Cape.The son of D.C. Boonzaaier (qv.), Gregoire pursued art … personalities. Gregoire left SA in 1935 to study at the Heatherley and Central Schools in London. His work was seen in the company of SASA members on a number of the Annual …

… he would encourage his daughters to perform with him. All the children in the Nokwe household were taught how to sing by their mother and she introduced them to the music of  Miriam Makeba  and  Letta Mbulu . When Tu …

… Gert Johannes “Jakes” Gerwel was born on 18 January 1946 in the town of Kommadagga in the district of Somerset East, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). He is the seventh of ten children of laborers on a sheep farm near … Pact?’ in Looking Back, Reaching Forward: Reflections on the Truth and Reconciliation Commission of South Africa, ZED …

… Georg Schmidt was born in Kunewalde on 30 September 1709 as the son of a peasant family. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 16. In 1726, Schmidt set off on foot for Herrnhut … six years for addressing private meetings which violated the Roman Catholic law in that country. In 1736, two years …

… she returned to Cape Town . She continued her work with the young girls, and set up a house for them in Napier … with them as well, and convinced many not to go home with the women. In 1922 the public opinion of her changed and she was forced to leave …

… Rosa Hope's The Old Miii was shown on the SASA 35th Annual Exhibition in 1937, and acquired by the SANG, as noted by critic Melvin Simmers (qv.), for its …

… in South Africa in 1912.In 1922 to 1927 he studied law at the University of Califonia in Los Angeles in  the United States before coming to Johannesburg.He was a … he was a co-founder with Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka of the African Democratic Party in 1943 and a Natives' …

… Mandla Nkosi was born on 13 June 1962 in Pimville, Soweto, the third child of Joyce Nkosi. In 1981 he completed Standard Nine at the Sekano Ntoane School in Soweto. He then studied at the Mofolo Arts Centre Soweto from 1982 to 1983 under Cyril …

… Sizakele Sigxashe was born on 21 June 1937. Sigxashe joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959 and became involved in its anti apartheid activities. He left the country in 1964 and joined ANC ranks of those who were … he returned Tanzania where he worked as a lecturer at the University of Dar-es Salaam in the 1970s. During this …