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… of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican minister, he later became leader of the …

… he took an active part in Congress affairs and was known as a competent draftsman of resolutions and memoranda. He …

… of Pretoria. De Villiers visited various countries as a South African delegate and did postdoctoral studies …

… He was a University of Cape Town graduate who had worked as a correspondent for the South African News Agency. His …

… Born in 1927 Kepe worked as a labourer. He took part in the 1950 national strike on …

… Sabata Manaka,  also known as Tsepo Nkosi,  was born in 1951.  He lived in Phiri, …

… Colonial History of Domestic Work Since slaves were used as domestic servants in the settler colony from the middle to … with several maids deterred white immigrants from working as domestic workers, which led to a change in the employment of white English women [vii] . As substitute positions became available, Africans took over …

… in international finance because the importance of gold as an international monetary system. Britain was the centre … deep under the ground. The gold had to be mined by shafts as opposed to open mines, like diamonds. Mining as an … incident. This made the franchise issue an important factor in the outbreak of the war because political tension …

… in August 1956 , which is now commemorated each year as Women's Day. Read about the history of pass laws Planning … grievance about passes, the ANC promoted what became known as the one pound a day campaign. This campaign had its … in the decade and half immediately after World War II as a factor in the explanation of the Sharpeville Protest. Role of …

… in international finance because the importance of gold as an international monetary system. Britain was the centre … deep under the ground. The gold had to be mined by shafts as opposed to open mines, like diamonds. Mining as an … incident. This made the franchise issue an important factor in the outbreak of the war because political tension …

… career in politics that culminated in his appointment as Minister of Regional and Local Government, Housing and …

… Africa  (CPSA) before 1950 and was known in Cape Town as an active organiser and public speaker. He was placed …

… (now Gauteng Province). Shoes or the ‘dribbling wizard’ as he was popularly known for his skills in the field of …

… Sangweni no lives in the Empangeni district where he works as a sculptor of figures and animals in wood. He is …

… Town (UCT), where he graduated in 1949. Rive then trained as a teacher, and taught at Hewat Training College and at a …

… on the importance of pre-school education. She served as honorary secretary, chairperson, president and honorary …

… The rural areas of KwaZulu-Natal were designated as "native reserves" under the 1913 Land Act, limiting … of the reference book system in 1952 - colloquially known as the dompas or "dumb pass" - required all African people … pass law system. He participated in what was known broadly as defiance campaigns - acts of resistance that challenged …

… life, we may see more clearly the violence wrought by colonialism and apartheid, the profound consequences of … eligible (married) man in town. This way of seeing her as primarily beautiful, and not as an emerging political … back. She was to retain the theme of land dispossession by colonialism throughout her political career. Associated with …

… sports writer Arrie Joubert would translate the nickname as “Loop-en-Val”, which is the Afrikaans for “Walk-and-Fall”. …

… eventually becoming professor. In the late 1940s he served as secretary of the Cape ANC and was a member of the  African …

… Chelsea School of Art, University of London. He has worked as a teacher in various institutions; in 1996 he was Head of …

… (in South Australia) and an imperfect anagram of “Israel.” As a child he was taken to New Zealand and ran away to sea at …

… in the trade union and labour movement. She worked as factory worker in Salt River with little interest in …

… were attempting to force them off their ancestral lands. As a result they entered into an alliance with their more … decision taken by the Ndebele for political reasons, as the Pedi were never defeated by the Dutch and had managed … women to come together and combat the combined threats of colonialism, capitalism and apartheid; and it stands as a …

… calendar, to recall the life, the trials and tribulations as well as the struggle heroism of this gallant fighter for … made collectively to address the legacy of apartheid and colonialism he so hated with passion. He would marvel at the … is often forgotten, is that Comrade Peter was a critical factor in the formation of CONTRALESA, together with Comrade …

… a full-time basis for a year, before taking up a position as teacher, was rejected and considered a breach of contract. As a result, Kleinschmidt never had the opportunity to teach. … his attorney) and Winnie Mandela, appointed Kleinschmidt as the legal guardian of the two Mandela daughters, Zindzi …

… in the Marist order and the son of a civil servant .As a young boy he heard pastoral letters opposing apartheid … where he was introduced to political activists such as Mewa Ramgobin who lived at the Gandhi Phoenix settlement , … by Inkatha [Inkatha Freedom Party – IFP] people. It looked as though they were going to kill him. Somehow he escaped …

… an LLB degree in South Africa in 1930 and was admitted as an attorney to the Johannesburg Bar and the Transvaal … 'leader' on the Booker T Washington model, broad as the scope for this type of leader might have been at the … Matthews, who in June 1949 had succeeded  James Calata  as ANC provincial president for the Cape, declined the …

… the Institute of Advanced Study, Durham University (2009) as part of their annual research theme on ‘Being Human’. She … multiple associations, encouraging us to see the work as part of a surreal continuum rather than as an isolated statement.  A familiar figure or motif from …