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… on to become a prominent historian. Her studies began at the University of Cape Town (UCT) , and she completed her doctorate at the London School Of Economics, financed by the Donald Currie Memorial scholarship. Her doctorate, on …

… Powell was born in Kenya. She studied Fine Art of the Durban College of Art (now the Durban Institute of Technology), and for a three-year Diploma at the Bartlett School of Architecture, University College, …

… Faith Dikeledi Pansy Tlakula grew up in the township of Everton in the Vaal area. She obtained her undergraduate degree in law at the Turfloop University (now University of the North). She …

… born in Sophiatown into a Catholic family. He grew up in the suburb of Orlando, Soweto. He was one of 32 students who were forced to flee Soweto in 1978 just before the matric exams. After finally completing his matric he … a youth councilor and served in a number of capacities in the office of the bishop of Johannesburg including compiling …

… for organising better conditions for brick workers.    The Chairperson of the Langa Batchelors Quarters branch of the  African National Congress (ANC) , Makhohliso had a …

… Asmal was born in 1923 in Piet Retief.  He was accused in the Treason Trial, and the trial that was run parallel to this, namely the 1955-1956 Evaton bus boycotts. He was charged with public …

… camera.He grew up in poverty and spent his school years at the Morris Isaacson High School in Soweto; one of the hotbeds of the violently suppressed Soweto uprising in 1976. While still …

… few years.  He painted in his spare time. In 1961, he won the award for ‘Most Promising Artist’ at the Artist of Fame & Promise Exhibition in Johannesburg. This … motivated Berman to spend a year studying Fine Arts at the Academie de la Grande Chaumier in Paris, France. Upon his …

… a frequent exhibitor. In 1941 she held an exhibition at the Maskew Miller Gallery, opened by Dr J.R. Derbyshire, Archbishop of Cape Town. Press reports on the event throw light on white middle-class tastes in Cape Town at the time. Derbyshire indulged in some wartime rhetoric, …

… in July 1976 and died in detention on 28 September 1976.The Act under which he was held was undisclosed but he was reportedly arrested on charges of theft after the Soweto unrest. He was held at the Johannesburg Fort.Bail was est at R500 but his family …

… Jan Celliers was born on 12 January 1865 on the farm Wagenmakersvallei near Wellington. A few years later … to Cape Town where he attended an English school. In 1874 the family moved to Pretoria, where his father had founded De … He first worked as a surveyor for one year. He then joined the Department of Education and after three years obtained …

… and ex-miner, Majoro was instrumental in establishing the African Mineworkers' Union. He later became its secretary and was one of the accused in the trial that followed the 1946 mine strike. He was an …

… working in Durban , Natal. She was about 15 years old at the time. Nair then got a job at a clothing factory, and … as a dressmaker to supplement her income. She joined the Progressive Garment Workers' Union, an initiative of the South African Trade Unions (SACTU), in opposition to the …

… Township outside Durban in KwaZulu Natal. He attended the Dumani Lower Primary School and later continued his studies through the Intec Correspondence College.  After completing his schooling, he attended the Khanya Theological Institute Union Correspondence …

… Jopie Fourie was born in the Pretoria district in 1878. He was a scout and dispatch rider during the  South African War , and was wounded and captured in an action north of Pretoria. After the war he became a captain in the Active Citizen Force, and …

… Letty began her first work in the art field in 1925 when she began work at the Onderstepoort Veterinary laboratory. Here she had to record in detail the post mortem appearance of various animal diseases and …

… was born in Basutoland (now Lesotho), he grew up in the Orange Free State and went to Cape Town in 1938. In the mid-1950s he was acting secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape. He …

… Rorke's Drift. After leaving school he worked on farms in the Dundee area. In 1970-71 he attended the ELC Centre where he trained in the Ceramic Workshop. He favoured the cylinder, mostly …

… was born on 10 December 1939 in Ekuhlengeni mission, on the Swart Mfolozi near Vryheid, Natal. Ndebele attended school in the Swart Mfolozi area where she obtained her Junior Certificate. In 1962 while she was still on the waiting list for nursing training at Ceza Hospital in …

… at Thunzi Primary School where he started drawing, and at the Matsobana High School were he received art classes until … 8. From 1978 he worked for an Iron and Steel company until the end of 1985. His first pictures were exhibited at the roadside. While he was still selling his pictures on the …

… spent many happy hours taking photographs and working in the base darkroom. He has spent the last ten years in private practice as a land surveyor and whenever possible travelling. Over the last three years he has become fascinated by ceremonies …

… Anchor Orlando North High School.  After studying drama at the Natal Technikon he went into film production and worked … mostly on music videos and drama series, including the hugely popular Yizo Yizo on SABC. About ten years ago, he approached Velocity Films (one of the top 25 commercials film companies in the world) and said …

… Transvaal). He attended Shingwedzi High School, and at the age of 17 he joined the ANC underground. Chabane was also a member of the  Azanian Student Organisation (Azaso) . He registered for … “Collins Chabane: Hero on the Rise” [online] Available at: www.thetimes.co.za [Accessed …

… and Kimberley until matriculation. He was one of the first activists of the African National Congress (ANC) to die as a guerrilla fighter. He ran a gymnasium in the Western Native Township in Johannesburg and later worked …

… Thobisile Zibambele (39) was from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2009. On … Thobisile was killed at scene 1 after being shot twice by the police, in his shoulder and thigh. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his wife …

… Victor V. T. Mbobo was born in the Cape, he graduated from Fort Hare in 1935. While teaching at a Pretoria high school, he participated in the founding of the Youth League and in 1947 was chosen as the league's …

… A chairman of the Orlando  African National Congress  (ANC) during the 1952  Defiance Campaign  and elected to the ANC national executive committee in December 1952. He was …

… born in 1870 in London, England. Mabel Withers studied at the RCA and exhibited in London before coming to South Africa … on remote farms announcing her intention to paint in the locale. She worked mainly in watercolour. The Press romanticised her as an artist in ceaseless quest of …

… Hugh Masekela is recognized as one of the most famous and influential musicians of all time from … his role in spreading awareness about his country during the times of apartheid. Born on 4 April, 1939 in Witbank, … arrested, he went into hiding and became wary of his own future in South Africa. Later in the same year, with the help …