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… Mr Edward Mzolo,aged 40, who died on 9th October 1976,was the third person to die at the Johannesburg Fort in 2 weeks. No details are available on the date of his detention,the Act he was detained under ,or …

… was born and died at Ndwedwe, Natal. He attended school in the Ndwedwe district, excelling at craftwork. He went to … there he received a bursary to train as an art teacher at the Ndaleni Teacher Training College. He took up the bursary in 1977.After qualifying from Ndaleni he taught …

… 1916. He later obtained a B.A. degree by private study at the age of 50. After teaching for many years, he went into … as a butcher in Kimberley. An executive member of both the All African Convention and the  African National Congress  (ANC) in the 1940s, Sesedi …

… Louw was a politician and a diplomat.  During the 1930s, he was South Africa’s first ambassador to the United States and the League of Nations. Eric Louw was born in 1890. When the  …

… Diamond Bozas was born at Isipingo. He studied at the Chelsea School of Art, London.  He was a founder member and Chairperson of the Zululand Society of Arts. During the 1980s, Bozas was largely responsible for the …

… KwaZulu-Natal), when he joined uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the African National Congress’s military wing. The Natal MK Regional Technical Committee included Ronnie … and other materials for sabotage and participated in the first MK attack in Natal on 16 December 1961. However, …

… in Botswana. She obtained a BA in History and English at the University of Botswana in 1977 before leaving for overseas where she subsequently graduated with a MA at the University of London. Back in South Africa she was … at Stellenbosch University in 1997. Before becoming the Minister of Education in 2004, Naledi Pandor was involved …

… musician, composer, lecturer and author, was born in the Netherlands in Purmerend on 28 July 1902. He trained in Musicology at the University of Amsterdam and on completion of his studies became a lecturer at the Watergraafsmeerse Schoolvereniging in the east of …

… Thembinkosi Gwelani (27) was from Makhwaleni, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. On 16 August he was not employed at Lonmin but had gone to the Koppie to take food to his cousin, Musa Gwelani, who was part of the strike. Thembinkosi was shot in the back of the head by …

… Martin Lutuli was born in the mid-1800s, he was raised and educated at the American Zulu Mission at Groutville in Natal, where his parents had been among the first converts. Luthuli was the founder of the Natal …

… Ahmed Mohamed Cachalia  joined the Satyagraha struggle in the Transvaal. He was an extremely wealthy man and was used to a life of luxury and comfort, yet he was one of the strongest supporters of the Satyagraha Campaign. He was …

… Zachius Botlhoko Molete was born in 1930 in Winburg in the Orange Free State of mixed Tswana-Ndebele parentage. His … League politics. In December 1949 he met  A. P. Mda  at the annual conference of the  African National Congress  (ANC), and throughout the …

… and renowned female political leaders, her father was the prominent politician, Dr Abdullah Abdurahman , leader of the African Peoples Organisation (APO) which he had helped to form in 1902. Abdurahman was also the first black South African to be elected to the Cape Town …

… a dominee, a published poet - considered by some to be the best mystical poet in Afrikaans - and a prolific author. … also composed a number of hymns that were included in the hymnbook of the Dutch Reformed Church in the 1970s. He went to …

… Balindlela was born on 28 November 1949 in the Western Cape at Hermanus , after which her family was forcibly moved to Middledrift in the Eastern Cape . She matriculated at Middledrift and … directed an Early Learning Centre, and from 1982-83 was at the University of Fort Hare lecturing Educational Psychology. …

… As there no art classes at Adams College, he acted on the advice of Masondo and applied to study at Ndaleni … under Lorna Peirson with financial assistance provided by the Bantu Education Bursary. After completing his studies he … 1973 and 1974, he was funded by a bursary awarded by the SA Institute of Race Relations in Durban to study at …

… in 1968 in Lekazi near Nelspruit in Mpumalanga . Beyond the fact that she did not progress that far in her education, … and her sister Cynthia hiked 400 km from their home to the Johannesburg township of Evaton to seek work. In 1986 Rebecca entered the ‘Shell Road to Fame’ music talent search, but was …

… Economics) and taught (Philosophy) at UCT before going to the London School of Economics where he did research and … a part time basis in 1990, and full time in 1995 following the publication of his book "Life in the Liberated Zone" (Corner house Books, UK). His work has …

… cricket soon became his first choice. His career began at the early age of 16 when he debuted for the national cricket team, the Proteas, at the Eden Gardens in Calcutta in the 1996/97 …

… a Ph.D. in 1917. His doctoral dissertation, published as  The Education of the South African Native (1917), was long the standard work on me subject. Strongly influenced by the …

… Coka was born in 1910 on a white farm near Vryheid, Natal, the son of a sharecropper. He won a bursary to Adams College, … his schooling to junior certificate level. Attracted by the  Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union (ICU), he left … a local ICU leader in Vryheid. But  Kadalie's  star was on the wane, and Coka was soon disillusioned by the ICU's …

… Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the  African National Congress  in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he helped establish high schools for Africans. He …

… February 1936. He started his music career as a member of the Kay Simmers Orkes (Afrikaans for orchestra or band). … Later, he founded his own band, Bobby Hendricks Sound. In the early 1980s his first record was released, and in the next two decades he had five gold albums.  In 1999 …

… 1917 27 October, Oliver Reginald Tambo (OR) is born in the village of Kantolo, Mbizana, in the Mpondoland (eQawukeni), region of the Eastern Cape.  His … in Lagos, Nigeria December Delivers an address, A Future Free of Exploitation to the First Congress of MPLA in …

… The Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BCMA) was the external arm of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , … Sensing that Tiro’s initiatives could pose a threat in future, the South African security police conspired to …

… 1983 On 23 January, Allan Boesak makes a call for the formation of a ‘united front’ at an anti-SAIC Committee … sports and other bodies to unite and collectively oppose the state’s constitutional reforms. 24 January, 25 selected … December, the MDM hosts a conference for a Democratic Future, in response to the rapidly shifting political climate …

… 1978 while completing his Master’s Degree in Sociology at the University of Cape Town. At the time he was a British citizen with dual British-South … South Africa for 30 years. During 1974/75 he spent time in the UK and was a member of the Transport General Workers’ …

… College. Leon went on to register a law degree with the  University of Witwatersrand . His leadership qualities … themselves while still at Witwatersrand University. He was the president of the Law Student Council and deputy President of the Student …

… Jeremiah W Dunjwa was born in Cape Town. An organiser of the 1919 passive resistance campaign against passes in the Transvaal, secretary of the Transvaal  African National Congress  (ANC) and, in the …

… Natal and was later trained in woodwork by Mr Magni at the Swedish Lutheran mission trade school. At the age of twenty-five while an instructor at the Edendale Vocational Training School (possibly the Dundee … Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition, Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art …