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… Students Representative Council (SSRC) , with Mashinini as President and Seatlholo as Deputy. Seatlholo took over the Presidency of the SSRC …

… 1940 when it was still a legal organization. After serving as a sapper in World War Two, he studied engineering at the … economics at Ruskin College. Two of these years were spent as a research fellow at Ruskin College, Oxford where he also …

… Advisory Council, set up in 1943, and was attacked as a quisling or traitor by radical Coloureds who opposed … the South African Coloured People's Organisation  (SACPO)as a mouthpiece of Coloured opinion. Golding took a lead in …

… to school in Stellenbosch and Wellington. He first worked as a surveyor for one year. He then joined the Department of Education and after three years obtained the post as State Librarian in 1894. The second Boer war broke out, …

… Ponnen, born in Madras (now Chennai), India, in 1890 came as an indentured labourer on a five-year contract, to work on … together with their four children, came to Natal in 1893 as indentured labourers on a five-year contract to work on the sugar estates as well.  His parents married in Durban in 1896. After their …

… grandparents on both sides of the family came from India as indentured workers. His paternal grandfather, was versed … He was also friends with young political activists such as Strini Moodley and Omar Badsha who lived in the area. … his trial the police brought Bruno Mtolo to identify him, as the person who had committed sabotage. That was in early …

… her paternal grandfather bought the farm Rankotea, known as Krokodilkraal. Her maternal grandparents were resettled … Tlhabane Training School, and by 1988 she was appointed as the head of the African Studies Department. In 1985, she … Bophuthatswana, Bopalama was arrested by the Bop police, as was her husband Solly. She was taken to Mafikeng and …

… Bookmarked by Dan Cameron in Art Forum as “what may turn out to be the most important exhibition of … and at that stage New York based, curator Okwui Enwezor, as appointed by Christopher Till, executive director of the … Biennale as a place to point out the converse effects of colonialism on the Global South and the New World, with much …

… the Cape for their own needs. Indigenous population With colonialism, which began in South Africa in 1652, came the … and Forced Labour Model.  This was the original model of colonialism brought by the Dutch in 1652, and subsequently … forced labour for extended periods. Others, however, such as the Khoikhoi communities of the south-western Cape, …

… illegitimate ruler who came to power using military force. As a result, his half brother, and legitimate heir, Mampuru was forced to flee from the Kingdom. As a result of lack of legitimacy, he built his power by … the Vaal and Limpopo rivers. They regarded this territory as their country and admitted or excluded all corners to it. …

… in Johannesburg , where he obtained a Bachelor’s degree as well as an Honours degree in Political Studies and International …

… accident that scars her for life. In 1986 Shange was cast as “Mkabi” in the five part mini-series Shaka Zulu . She … household name in South Africa, and she became recognised as an actress, and not simply a beauty queen. Shange starred …

… enjoyed riding his bicycle every day to work. Chaka worked as a block-man at one of the local butcher shops. Ephraim … had missing fingers from an injury sustained from work) as his face was in a bad state. Mirriam Chaka passed away in …

… the Thabani Higher Primary School but was forced to leave as he had contracted TB. After a spinal problem which left … of Modern Art) in the USA. At present he is working as a part-time artist and completing an autobiography …

… at the court for the hearing, sometimes to be turned away as the seats for Blacks in the gallery were all taken, many … prohibiting her from returning to South Africa, and left as planned. In London, she worked at the International …

… in Uganda , teaching theology and caring for students and as secretary of the World Conference of Religions for Peace, as dedicated social worker and lay reader from 1962 to 1970. …

… K. Leballo  from the league. After working for some time as a clerk for Arthur Blaxall and attempting a business … whites. Delegated with Peter 'Molotsi to go abroad as a PAC representative before the PAC antipass campaign, he …

… Arts Society and the SAAA 'and began working full-time as an artist. In 1981 he began teaching art, at the Open … 1986 and then at FUBA until 1987. In 1986 he joined FUNDA as a Guest Artist. He is currently the technical assistant at …

… between our two regions of Africa and South East Asia. As the Current Chairperson of the newly established African … hands in the period after the collapse of the system of colonialism, emphasised the reality that the peoples of Asia … important vision of South-South cooperation as a central factor in the construction of a new world order. I believe …

… of this great city, where once legendary citizens such as the Honourable Marcus Mosiah Garvey, Norman and Michael … the fact that you took up the struggle against Apartheid colonialism as your own. We thank you most sincerely for … where they could make a contribution, by helping to fight colonialism and rebuilding their continent once freedom was …

… Stage Actress. Khumalo was a force to be reckoned with as a black South African actress during apartheid era.In … for all black people to be so very poor," she was quoted as saying in a 1992 Premiere magazine story. "In South … Ngema . This was Ngema’s second marriage. It was seen as extremely controversial.In 1993, Khumalo released her …

… intended to study during this time but eventually trained as a guerrilla under u Mkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in Angola … Andrew Zondo Primary School in honour of his status as anMKguerrilla. Although this decision was heavily opposed by various political parties as Zondo is labelled a convicted murderer and terrorist.  The …

… his wife, this leper colony served about 78 clinics, some as far as 500km away. Kok was in charge of the leprosy patients, and … but did not react to treatment. This disease became known as Mkar disease, or granuloma multiforme, the origins of …

… 31 January, 1927 to an Indian Merchant and a Malay woman. As a young girl, Asa (as she was called) used to read the newspaper to her father … After fighting for 22 years, Bibi returned to South Africa as one of the thousands of exiles when all political parties …

… uncle, at the age of 25. He quickly established himself as a popular chief and earned the respect of the elders in … from his White neighbours and failed to pay them back. As a result, he was repeatedly before the Natal courts to … to pressurise the Natal government into deposing him as Chief. However, the Natal government was reluctant to do …

… the French West African colony was controlled strictly as an outpost for the French military. However, some territories in the region fiercely resisted colonialism, especially the Tuareg-controlled desert … first Nigerien elections, Diori was elected and sworn in as president.Hamani Diori, a French-speaking Nigerien …

… her holidays in Scotland throughout her school years and as a consequence developed a deep love of and interest in her … roots. At the outbreak of World War II she volunteered as an escort on a ship taking evacuee children to South … business from their home, which was also later used as a safe house for Nelson Mandela and other political …

… of indentured Indian labour "a new system of slavery"?as Hugh Tinker entitles his book? The answer would depend on … defeated in war were usually taken over by the conquerors as slaves. The men were imprisoned and assigned to hard … also had to be very careful when giving any evidence, a factor which has already been emphasised repeatedly, for fear …

… * some sources give the date as 1963 …

… From the beginning of colonialism in the 1880s following the 'scramble for Africa', the Congo had been regarded as Leopold II's personal fiefdom. Leopold's administration of … the Congo were in the rubber industry. Africans, employed as labourers by the company, were subjected to extreme levels …