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… Hlungwane was born in Nkanyani Village, Gazankulu. The son of a Shangaan migrant worker, he had no formal … a finger. Hlungwani’s earliest extant sculptures date to the 1960s, although it is the work of the 1980s and later that became widely known and … Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg: Johannesburg Art …

… Soweto where his family moved in 1961. He studied art at the Fred Clarke Higher' Primary School in Soweto and … In 1972 he met Eric Mbatha and began studying under him at the YWCA in Dube, Soweto. In 1974 Baloyi embarked on the two-year course at Rorke's Drift. On completion of the …

… his matric as he was interrupted by his involvement in the  Student Uprisings . In January 1977 Motloung left for Swaziland with his friend Sam Kenneth Mnisi to join the banned  African National Congress  (ANC) liberation … and Sipho Thobela before they were driven to Maputo by the current Deputy President of the ANC,  Jacob Zuma . …

… Training courses in different European countries such as the UK, Norway, Germany and Russia. In 1976, Makhaya join the  African National Congress  (ANC) and in 1992 became its … in Cuba. He served in this position until he joined the South Africa Foreign Affairs on 1 August 1994, after …

… Alexander was born on 7 August 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape , the third of six children [1] . One of her siblings was Neville Alexander . Since her father was disabled, the Cape Education Department allowed her mother to become a … “Representation and reality: Portraits of Women’s Lives in the Western Cape 1948-1976”. HSRC Press: Cape Town. …

… Laubscher was born on 3 February 1927 in Tulbagh, in the Cape. His father was a Glasgow trained physician with strong interests in psychiatry. His mother was the daughter of an Edinburgh professor of music. His artist’s … 1940 at Pinelands Junior School in Cape Town , but after the University of Cape Town (UCT) rejected him “because he …

… in Twickenham, England,1872. She came to SA in 1900 after the demise of the Sphinx Studio in London, where she had taught. She farmed … journalists as "an English lady who has long resided in the colony and has mingled farming with painting" (SANG …

… Here he allied himself with local cultural groups, joining the Owl Club and the SADC. In 1902 he joined the reconstituted SASA, and was later its President from 1917 …

… Tiyo Soga was born in 1829. He was the most famous pupil of the Lovedale missionaries. On a visit to Scotland in 1857, he became the first black South African to be ordained in an …

… In 1967 the minister of justice announced that a detainee had died in detention in 1966,but did not mention the detainee's name.In 1970,in parliament the minister of police said that Mr Hangula Shonyela had …

… Born in 1920 Barsel worked as a clerk. During the 30s he was assaulted when taking part in demonstrations against the Blackshirt Movement. He was secretary of the Johannesburg Medical Aid for Russia, during the war and a …

… was born in Cambridge, England in 1875. Wiles was one of the five artist-sons of the sculptor Henry Wiles. Of all the five sons, he was the most successful artist. He had an …

… renowned for her work in a field now seen as peculiar to the colonial period. This was the "native study". The genre emerged in SA at this time as a result of efforts …

… Clive Zamani Xaba was born in 1980, Durban. Xaba attended the Saturday morning art classes run by Pat Khoza at the Durban Art Gallery from 1995. In 2001 he started attending art classes offered at the African Art Centre at the Durban Institute of Technology …

… Pat Horn initially got exposed to politics in the early 1970s through her involvement with adult literacy … started a literacy project involving factory workers in the Western Cape . In 1976 Pat moved to Durban where she was … went back into union politics and she started working with the Paper, Wood and Allied Workers Union. She was with the …

… Brighton, Port Elizabeth. Faku received his education at the Cowan High School and Lovedale College in Alice. He … from prison, Faku was elected as regional organiser of the Eastern Cape  African National Congress  (ANC) and also … portfolio. In 1994, Faku was elected chairperson of the Port Elizabeth Transitional Local Council. After South …

… thereafter received, between 1944 and 1959, an M.S. from the University of South Africa, and an honor's B.A. and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of the Witwatersrand. While a student in Johannesburg, he was …

… Kwame Nkrumah Military Base. In 1978, he was deployed to the APLA headquarters in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Between … Platoon and Company Commander respectively. He served in the Operational Directive of APLA in Tanzania, Zimbabwe and … Botswana until 1994, after which he was integrated into the  South African National Defence Force  (SANDF) as a major …

… drama at UCT from 1965 to 1965 before going to study at the London Film School. During the 1970s and 1980s he was associated with the Space Theatre in Cape Town and the Johannesburg Market …

… with a single parent, his father, and three sisters. (At the age of four his mother died during the ritual of Sangoma training) His father was a welder at … Club, attending several workshops on how to use the 35mm camera. From 1997-1998 he joined his father as a …

… is a painter, sculptor and a graphic artist who studied at the Rorke’s Drift Art Centre, 1981-1982.  He studied ceramics at the Natal Technikon, 1983-84. He is a founder of Art … In 1982 he was awarded First Prize in Sculpture at the Festival of African Arts, University of Zululand, for his …

… Julius Tokoti Mangcotywa (61) was from Sterkspruit in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2008. On … 2012 he was killed at scene 2 after being shot twice in the chest by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and …

… Van Wyk Sagalala (60) was from Bophirima Setlagole in the Retlong Municipal District of the North West. On 16 August 2012 Mr Sagalala was killed at scene 2. He was shot twice by the police – once in the chest and once in the upper arm. He …

… Leader of the first major secessionist church in South Africa, Tile was born in Tembuland in the Transkei and received some formal education at Boloto. He … became a lay preacher and in 1880 was ordained minister in the Wesleyan Methodist Church, after studying theology for a …

… Stephen Tefu was born about 1910, he was recruited to the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in  Pretoria  at a time when the party was at a low ebb. Shortly after joining, he became a member of the central committee in  Johannesburg . In 1933 he was …

… Born 1929, the son of a labourer, he grew up in Sophiatown, … support his family, working as a truck driver. Joining the  African National Congress  during the 1952  Defiance Campaign , he became chairman of the …

… After Barbara Hogan , Lourens was the next white woman to be convicted of treason after the Treason Trials . Lourens, and her fiancé Carl Niehaus , were found guilty of active participation in the African National Congress  (ANC), the planting of bombs, … ‘Soweto’ supplement, The Leader …

… From the book:  Passive Resistance 1946 - A Selection of Documents … India Acts - Trade Sanctions to aid South African struggle The Government of India has given notice to the Union … on trial ... the complaint of the Indian is a test for the future of UNO." These points were made at a mass …

… (Including 'The Atlantic Charter from the Standpoint of Africans within the Union of South Africa' … are a legacy, nay a heritage which they will leave and for future generations to enjoy. For it, and to them, we are all …

… The inquest has recently been reopened into the death of the South African Communist Party (SACP) … We must answer this with our own strength so that the future will be ours. In all places where youth are together …