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…   Azaria Mbatha was born in 1941. Azaria was educated at a mission school for eight years. In 1961 he left Ceza Secondary School and began working as a clerk in Vryheid. In 1962 Mbatha met Peder Gowenius and …

… had received 'certain injuries' when he slipped on a piece of soap,but that this was not necessarily the cause … was unable to determine the cause of death. On 23rd May a magistrate endorsed the post-mortem report that death was …

… banishment order, dated 23 October 1962 stated that he was a listed communist who said that ‘there is nothing done by …

… in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He is a founder member of the Congress of South African Students … Organisation (AZASO) in 1979. Prior to that, he was a member Soweto Student's Representative Council in 1976. He … went into exile to Zambia in 1979 and joined the external mission of the ANC, specialising in youth and student …

… . He was the second of the six children of Levy Ntoane, a minister of the Berlin Lutheran Church near Pretoria, and … primary education at Hebron near Pretoria and qualified as a teacher at Adam's College in Amanzimtoti and at the … Germiston. In 1963, when representatives of the four black mission churches of the Dutch Reformed Church decided in …

… Reverend Bernard Lazarus Emmanuel Sigamoney was a political activist, Christian minister, sportsman and … on enhancing the lives of all people. He was not only a man of religion, but was deeply involved in education, … Georgina. He then began to work at St Anthony’s Indian Mission in Vrededorp, Johannesburg as a Christian minister in …

… Transvaal (now North West Province).  His father was a railway worker and his mother, a midwife. His father was a staunch supporter of the African … Treasurer-General at the headquarters of the ANC External Mission in Tanzania. When he had recovered sufficiently to …

… at the Johannesburg Bar for 25 years, prior to becoming a provincial and thereafter appellate judge, Judge Johann Christiaan Kriegler was appointed a Justice of the Constitutional Court on its foundation in … has participated in a National Democratic Institute mission in Angola (1999), International Commission of Jurists …

… told that he was being held at the Brakpan police cells. A police statement said that on 19 November he hanged himself in the Balfour police cell. A post-mortem was held in Springs. Mr Mamashila was a successful coal merchant and owned a fleet of taxis.On his …

… and Memorial Salvation School. He then attended Mpolweni Mission where he completed his secondary school education. … his junior certificate due to financial constraints. As a result Meyiwa left college and found work as a clerk at Alcan Aluminium in Pietermaritzburg. While at …

… Gabriel Mugabe was born on 21 February 1924, in Katama, a Jesuit mission station in the Zimbambe district, about 60km from … Christian catechism to village children at the Jesuit mission. Mugabe had five siblings namely: Raphael, Michael … Blake, R. A. (1977). A History of Rhodesia. London: Eyre …

… East district of the then Cape Colony. His father was a senior councillor (umphakathi) to the Paramount Chief, … was admitted to Lovedale, the Free Church of Scotland mission school on the banks of the Tyhume River. There, under … left Lovedale to take up a teaching post at the Peelton mission station, where he also worked as assistant Pastor. It …

… , Johannesburg. He often accompanied his father, a house painter to work. During this time, the Black … for Kumalo to build his sculptural works by offering him a space in Eduardo Villa’s studio two times a week. In 1957, … Kumalo’s thinking espoused the philosophy of the earlier mission-trained Black individuals who came to be called the …

… instructed him to leave for Mozambique. After two years as a radio journalist with Radio Freedom in Dar es Salaam, … we Sizwe (MK) during this period. In 1985 he spent a year at the Lenin International School in Moscow. Radebe … Radebe arrived in Johannesburg from Lesotho on a secret mission. He recalls this as his least successful undertaking. …

… younger brothers were to follow). His father worked as a school inspector while his mother worked as a nurse. He attended schools in Utrecht and Pinetown, andwent … Upon completion he worked for six months at the Agogo Mission Hospital in Ghana. He returned to Liverpool where he …

… at the University of the Witwatersrand and obtained a BA(FA). In 1951 he visited Europe. On his return to South … to painting in South Africa. Commissions: 1961: Thabong Mission Church. 1965: Kroonstad Roman Catholic Cathedral. …

… in 1915. She was educated at state schools. Her father was a committed Bolshevik and non-religious jew,that had … for National Union of Distributive Workers. She was a member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth … While in exile, she was a member of the ANC External Mission, and of the Women's section of the ANC. She was also …

… 5 (grade 7). After dropping out of school, he worked as a mechanic until September 1976. He got involved in politics … trained as an uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) guerrilla and became a unit commander several months later in the Eastern … (TRC) report, while inside the police minibus, Sello took a hand grenade out his pocket and it exploded, killing him …

… Mazibuko attended Orlando West High School and became a member of the South African Student Movement (SASM). In 1974 as a member of SASM he and fellow students were harassed by … send to Nigeria for courses in auto-mechanics and to do a diploma in Mechanical Engineering. He was stationed in …

… was born on 1 May 1930, in Alexandra, Johannesburg. He was a son to Joseph Jele and Alvinah Khanyile Jele.Like many … (ANC) and actively recruited cadres into the movement. As a consequence he was arrested and detained between 1964 and … of the Republic South Africa. Prior embarking on their mission, Jele had a brief meeting with Joachim Chissano, …

… Jabavu was born on 11 January  in 1859 near the Methodist mission school at Healdtown district. His parents, though … he became one of the brightest boys in school and only a boy when he took his Teacher's Certificate. He became a teacher at Somerset East and worked hard at teaching, his …

… chiefdoms under their rule. At this stage Makgatho was a young man of 18 and fully aware of developments that were … rule and authorities on the one hand and the spread of mission stations on the other, the 1890s saw the growth of the gold … South Africa, (Cape Town), p. 243|Sefako Mapogo Makgatho: A biography, [online], Available at: <a …

… ruler who came to power using military force. As a result, his half brother, and legitimate heir, Mampuru was … in Botshabelo, near Middleburg where he established a Mission station and a school of that name. Merensky continued … that Dinkoanyane had burnt down Rev. Nachtigal's German mission. When the news reached Pretoria, an enraged President …

… Cape, and this is where his parents sent him when he was a baby. He attended the St Joseph’s Catholic School in Fort Beaufort until Grade 8, walking 5km a day to get to and from school. Before and after school, … After his matriculation, he was hired for his first job as a petrol attendant in Grahamstown. He also worked as a barman …

… student’s uprising, even though by then he was no longer a student. In 1977, together with several other youths from … training at Novo Katenga in Angola. Jabane became a member of the Moncada Detachment of MK. The detachment was … is the first MK unit that carried out attacks on police stations throughout Soweto in the late 1970s and 1980s. By …

… Nyoka was born on 3 April 1957 and grew up in KwaMashu , a township north of Durban , where she attended Umzuvele … to political involvement and mobilisation, becoming a member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) , … undergo military training in Caxito, Angola , in 1983 as a member of the Natal Machinery - a cohort of MK members …

… and died on 25 March 1951, emigrated with his parents as a seven-year-old boy to settle in Pietermaritzburg, where he … he was appointed as director of the Port Elizabeth Museum, a post he held until his retirement 31 years later. Initially … the Feather market building but was transferred in 1915 to a three storey house in Bird Street that had been donated to …