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… Sylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa was born in the township of Langa in Cape Town. Mdunyelwa started her singing career in the 1970s when she joined Victor Ntoni’s sextet. She worked … other leading Cape Town Jazz musicians amongst who were the Ngucakana brothers, Ezra and Duke Ngcukana, Winston …

… John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State on 3 January 1892. After his father … job as tutor and escort to two Mexican boys in France. At the outbreak of the World War 1, Tolkien enlisted as a second lieutenant in … Doughan, D, Who Was Tolkien? , from the Tolkien Society , [online], Available at …

… she began work in a factory in 1975. Here she joined the Metal and Allied Workers Union , and participated in a … she could not find another job. In 1977, she joined the Metal and Allied Workers Union as an organiser, but spent the first months doing odd jobs for men rather than being …

… attended Welsh High School in East London where he joined the underground Pan African Congress (PAC) as a 15-year-old in 1961, attracted by the vision of a black-ruled South Africa. Arrested in May … studying law by correspondence, he became associated with the Black People's Convention and addressed its conference …

… 1893 Alfred Bitini Xuma is born, the seventh child born of Abraham and Elizabeth Xuma, an aristocratic Xhosa family living in Manzana Village in the Engcobo district of the Transkei. 1900 Xuma attends the … takes part in a multiracial conference on South Africa’s future sponsored by the SAIRR. The conference is held at …

… office machine technician while studying photography under the tutelage of photographer, Michael Barry.  Perez continued … as a freelance photographer, working mainly in and around the Karoo area in South Africa. He contributed to the Staffrider exhibition of 1985.  His photographs included …

… anti-apartheid activist. Balfour was first involved with the unions representing food and canning workers. After many leaders from the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) were arrested in the 1956 Treason Trials, she became part of the Management …

… She was born in Beckenham, London. The family emigrated to South Africa in 1927. She obtained a … taught at schools in South Africa and from 1951-1952 at the L.C.C. schools in London. On her return to South Africa in 1953 she taught art at the Umpumulo Training College, Mapumulo, Natal and from …

… was married to Jackie, an accountant. He enlisted with the South African Forces in 1942 to fight against Nazi … World War II and, on returning home, became a member of the Springbok Legion and the Congress of Democrats (CoD).  When he was arrested in …

… impartial administrator. Bourke was subsequently sent to the Cape Colony from 1826-28 as an acting Governor. His main task was to re - work the civil and judicial establishment of the Cape Colony. In 1828 he issued  Ordinance 50 , which now …

… Joosub was born in Ranavav in India in 1862. He was the youngest of five children fathered by Hajee Joosub, a merchant, farmer and herbalist. Hajee Joosub treated the sick by providing free medicine, shelter and food. His … but taught himself Arabic, Urdu and Gujarati. At the age of 14 he decided to undertake a journey to South …

… Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje was born in 1917, in the northern Transvaal, the son of semiliterate Bapedi parents. Studious and able, he … minded students in establishing a Fort Hare branch of the Youth League. Pitje and members of the Fort Hare branch …

… Zondi, an evangelist and Bellinah Mchunu.  He attended the Burnside Community School in Dundee from 1921 to 1926.  From 1931 to 1932, he then attended the Dundee Intermediate School. “You’re never going to get a picture with that,” his father told the nine-year-old Zondi when he triumphantly brought home an …

… Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli, originally a resident in the Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange … 8 March 1954 that banished her to Uitkyk Farm No. 92 in the Groblersdal district of the [Northern] Transvaal [now Limpopo Province], where she … by Professor S. Badat, Rhodes University, 2012. From the book, Forgotten People - Political Banishment under …

… taste later in life. Kippie's first musical instrument was the clarinet which he played with his first band known as the Band in Blue. Kippie and the Band in Blue played for sheebens and slum audiences. …

… a stolen vehicle and was shot dead while trying to escape.The family was only informed of their son's death on 14 October. Lawyers for the family were told that they could not be given the body since it had already been buried. A police report …

… his career as a mining and property magnate as a clerk in the firm of Schiffman and Company in Pretoria, and quickly rose to a managerial position. However, with the discovery of gold in the nearby Witwatersrand, he and his elder bother, Carl …

… Noria Mabasa was born May 10, 1938 in Xigalo in the Limpopo Province in South Africa. She received formal … for only one year, having to walk three hours a day to the nearest school. She carried out household chores throughout her childhood.  At the age of 14, Mabasa moved to her brother’s house in Soweto …

… in Leicester, England, 1878. Stained glass was integral to the teaching in early twentieth-centur British schools of art and design, which aimed at giving a foundation 11 both the fine and the applied arts. This was emulated at the Grahamstown School …

… District. As a boy he modelled cattle in clay. He attended the Langkloof Higher Primary School from 1962 to 1969.  In 1981 he was introduced to Sister Johanna at the Mariannhill Mission where he undertook a three- month carpentry course.On completion of the course he worked as a full-time carpenter and sculptor at …

… composer of accordion music. He got his first accordion at the age of 13 and won an adult music competition six months later. He composed his first music piece at the age of 17. His music is variously classified as … musician, often spending vast periods of time on the road playing in small towns and villages as well as big …

… Wolton about 1925 and together they became prime movers in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) by the late 1920s. In mid-1929 she left South Africa with her … and before her return in 1931, studied for some time at the Lenin School in Moscow. Convinced of the correctness of …

… Lulu Dube was born in Inanda in 1931. She was the third child born to John Langalibalele Dube and Angeline … Her father, John, was instrumental in establishing the Ohlange school , which all of his children attended. The school started from first year (Grade 1) up to matric …

… South Africa from Hungary in 1931. After his training at the Hungarian Academy in Budapest he won a scholarship which … Israel and London, where he received glowing reviews in the British Press, his reputation has been obscured since his death.  During the Second World War Koenig served in the South African Army …

… Beaufort college in Cape Town.  Yengeni was a member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) under the leadership of Steve Biko before joining the banned African National Congress (ANC) in 1976. As a … biography:   http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tony_Yengeni |The rise and fall of Tony Yengeni, by Carolyn Dempster: …

… The use of artworks for public education by the National Roads Safety Organisation convinced Koloane of the role of art in communication. Together with Louis … Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition . Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art …

… Milner Ntsangani was born in 1923 in Middledrift in the Eastern Cape. He was one of six children and had a twin … group. He was an accomplished musician. Ntsangani joined the African National Congress  (ANC) in the mid-1940s and joined the South African Communist Party at …

…  At a young age she was forcibly removed in terms of the Group Areas Act and relocated to Mamelodi with her family. During the next several years, she attended Vlakfontein Technical High School, where two-thirds of the teachers were members of the South African Defence Force …

… was born in Tunbridge Wells, England c.1871. He trained at the Brighton School of Art and became proficient in watercolour, the most English of painting mediums. He first came to SA as … on active service in both South West Africa/ Namibia and the main theatre of the War in Europe. Prior to his departure …