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… James D. Ngojo was born in the Cape and worked as a court interpreter in Paarl. He was arrested in connection with the "bucket strike" of 1918 but the case was later withdrawn. As an official of the Cape …

… Lollan was born in Johannesburg in 1925, he became one of the few significant coloured activists in the Transvaal in the 1950s. A clerk by occupation, he was secretary of the …

… many of his pieces. Konqobe began creating works of art in the early 1970s, encouraged by the sculptor Sydney Khumalo . Konqobe credited Khumalo with being his mentor and a source of inspiration for the style and subject matter of his art. Still, Konqobe was a …

… (now KwaZulu-Natal) of European Jewish immigrants. He was the youngest of four children. Orphaned at twelve years, he … office, while studying architecture part-time at the University of the Witwatersrand. After qualifying in 1936, he worked … Of National Orders , Lionel “Rusty” Bernstein , from The Presidency , [online] Available at …

… Thomas Titus Nkobi was born in 1922, the son of a taxi driver, he grew up in  Johannesburg . Member of the national executive committee of the  African National Congress  (ANC) from 1958 and a leader …

… De Mist was born on 20 April 1749 in Voorburg near The Hague in the Netherlands. He went to school at Kampen, after which he … in Leyden from 1766 to 1768. After graduation he became the junior secretary for the Kampen town, and later promoted …

… He continued with his primary education at Mkhomazi on the Natal South Coast and then at Umzomuhle L.P. School, … where he was encouraged to make art objects. He attended the Mzuzu H.P. School and completed his primary education at the Mzwamandla H.P. School. He has never received formal …

… he was a sculptor. According to Julius, his father had the most influence on his work as a sculptor. He attended the Lamontville High School until 1982 and was taught art by … In 1994 and 1995 he attended woodcarving workshops held at the Technikon Natal and received a Certificates in Wood …

… He was born in Durban. From 1950 to 1959 he attended the Lourenco Marques High School, which changed its name … to Sibonenlo High School, and which is currently called the Bantuvukani Primary School.  His parents were teachers; … as a sculptor. According to his daughter one of the professors at the UN(D) arranged exhibitions of his work, …

… Rooha Variava was born in Pietersburg, South Africa on the 16 December 1958. She completed a BA degree in Philosophy and Arabic at the University of South Africa in 1979. Variava finished her … in 1981 and her Masters in Philosophy in 1982 at the University of the Witwatersrand. While at the University …

… A published and a principal figure in the Afrikaner Bond. However as a political moderate, he worked closely with Rhodes until the  Jameson Raid  that severed ties between Afrikaners and the Britons. Hofmeyr played peacemaker during the build up to …

… Du Toit, a prolific author, wrote the first Afrikaans history book and as an Afrikaner nationalist he became one of the founders of the Afrikaans language movement. In a series of articles …

… at Libode in western Pondoland, attended Healdtown and the' South African Native College (later Fort Hare), and was … and legal administration. He was a leading figure in the Pondoland General Council in the late 1920s and in the succeeding United Transkeian …

… where her father was a doctor. In 1935 she started work at the Cape Archives Depot and in 1944 she transferred to the Transvaal Archives Depot. In 1957 she was appointed head of the new Liaison Department, and was involved with selecting …

… Aiden Walsh was born in Durban in 1932. He studied at the Natal Technical College from 1948 to 1950, and at the Hammersmith School of Art, London, from 1956 to 1957. … art at schools in KwaZulu Natal. From 1961 to 1979 he was  the founder, owner and Director of the Walsh-Marais Gallery …

… He was a keen amateur astronomer and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of astronomers. Maclear arrived in South … 5 January 1834 to assume his duties as Royal Astronomer at the Cape. He immediately established an observatory and … with John Herschel, who was carrying out surveys of the southern sky. From 1841 to 1848 he surveyed an area …

… a single genre with specific challenges and limitations - the bronze portrait bust. She trained in sculpture at Wits Technical College in the 1930s, but undertook further training under Lippy Lipschitz at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at UCT in the 1950s. She was …

… 47 years since his coronation as Isilo (King) of the Zulus of South Africa. Zwelithini (literally, “What does the world have to say?”) was born on July 14, 1948, the … it to mount a major challenge to the ANC’s political future in KwaZulu and South Africa more broadly. The king and …

… and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the Cape Town branch of the South African Coloured People's Organisation and in 1956 became one of the accused in the Treason Trial. After leaving South Africa, …

… Hlobo grew up in a Xhosa family and attended university at the former Technikon Witwatersrand. Though originally planning to study art in order to work in the film industry, Hlobo decided to pursue a career as a … in 1998, and his work featured in his first exhibition the same year. Hlobo’s sculptural and performance work has …

… he came to SA in 1879. Earlier, after experience of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he had worked at his trade in England. In 1884 he founded The South African Illustrated News in Cape Town with a few … drawings, often in a humorous vein, recorded daily life in the Cape and appeared in his own as well as other local …

… Khoapa was born in 1937,he grew up in Matatiela in the Transkei,He graduated from Adama College in 1956,and … in 1965,base in Durban.Five years later he encountered the emerging leadership of South Africa Students' … practical exprience.He opened an office in the same Durban building that house SASO,and Black Community …

… Sokanyile (48) was from Mdumazulu Location, Ngqeleni in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2001. On … 13 August 2012 Mr Sokanyile was killed after being shot in the head by the police. He left behind his wife and 5 children. He was …

… The participation of women passive resisters was a key element of the Satyagraha Campaign of 1913 - 1914. Angered by the Supreme Court judgement in March 1913, in which, Judge … ‘Soweto’ supplement, The Leader …

… The early records that were kept by the Black Sash and South Africa Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR),Mr JH was detained in August 1966 under the 180-day clause (section 215 bis of the Criminal Procedure …

… College, Oxford, where he gained several distinctions. At the age of 23 he entered the Revenue Department at Somerset House, London, and was … who brought him to South Africa in March 1901. Duncan was the senior member of Milner's famous 'Kindergarten', became …

… Logan K. Ntlabati was a prominent member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) national executive committee in the 1940s, he was born in the Transkei and educated at Fort Hare. He taught in the Cape …

… Acted as President of the Transvaal when the territory was annexed in 1877, joined Kruger and Pretorius to take up arms against the British. He led the commando that defeated the British at …

… Villiers was an educator and author. She was an editor of the Dictionary of the Afrikaans language, the first and only female principal of the Huguenot …

… Lennox Madikane was a member of the Pan African Congress (PAC) and Poqo , the military wing of the PAC. Following Poqo attacks in Paarl, Cape Province (now …