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… Stephen Black was the son of Henry and Sarah Black. He was born in September 1879 in Claremont, Cape Town … joined The Cape Argus in 1904 as a sports writer. Black’s series of articles in that newspaper about the plight of … Stephen William Black …

… Henry “Black Cat” Cele was born on 30 January 1949 in KwaMashu, … Henry “Black Cat” Cele Biography, Public Contribution from JT … Henry “Black Cat” Cele …

… who, in the early 1900s, challenged notions of Black racial inferiority in the pages of the fortnightly newspaper that he produced for Black readers, the South African Spectator. He was also … very well after its 1900 establishment. The Coloured Men’s Protectorate and Political Association (CMPPA) – which was …

… he attended Queens College, in Taunton, Somerset. Queen's College, Taunton, was and is a (Methodist) secondary school … time he befriended political aware and overseas-educated black lawyers such as Pixley Seme and Alfred Mangena, who … rural areas to investigate the effect of the said act on black people. Msimang compiled a list of evictions, which …

… He was highly influential in the re-emergence of the Black labour movement and one of the first in the White-left to appreciate the significance of the Black Consciousness Movement. He influenced many future … by his mother Jane. Turner was a boarder at St George’s Grammar School, a private school in Cape Town run by the …

… ‘Langalibalele’, his middle name, means ‘bright sun’. Dube’s grandmother, Dalitha became the first convert of the … kind of initiative aimed at advancing the rights of Black people when he returned to South Africa. In August 1900 … action. The aim of the NNC was to find a way whereby black peoples’ feelings, aspirations, and grievances could be …

… the whole scenario touched them by writing a satire titled Black on White. Its success led to it being performed in … places around Natal and eventually drew pioneers of Black Consciousness like Steve Biko . Biko and Moodley … not active in student politics, he felt that the College's affiliation to the National Union of South African Students …

… were paid and entered the clothing industry. Mvubelo’s father had belonged to the Industrial and Commercial … Kadalie . At the time, the ICU was the most influential Black union in the 1920s. She became involved with the … Garment Workers’ Union in 1946 and was one of the first Black women to be elected to the National Executive Council …

… Chief Inspector of Native Education in Natal and Mr S. R. Dent, Inspector of Native Education. He was taught by … From 1940 to 1949 he painted scenes of everyday black life as well as portraits of black people which were sold in Payne Brothers Department … Sack, S. (1988). The Neglected Tradition , Johannesburg: …

… parliamentary debate from one focusing on control of the black population to one concentrating on the long-term welfare of the black population. Ballinger focused her efforts on the … Affairs, and the acceptance of the Smit Report. Ballinger's father was an accountant that lived in the Orange River …

… City Post , the Johannesburg weekly tabloid and Drum's sister publication. It was from the Leslie Charteris … by Drum in 1951. 'The Situation' , which was published by Black Orpheus , was about an educated African, who is … does to the character and self-esteem of the educated black man. The book was banned in South Africa in 1966. In …

… for president of the Transvaal ANC but was defeated by C. S. Ramohanoe. Although associated at one time with the … rights. While this scheme never came to fruition, Skota's aim of linking South Africans with blacks elsewhere in … National Biographical Dictionary (Who's Who) of Black Folks in Africa  reissued in altered form in 1932 and …

… the CPSA in Cape Town in 1925 and was one of the party's activists most strongly in favor of an emphasis on organising blacks. He became the editor of the party's newspaper, the  South African Worker,  later  umsebenzi,  … but polled only 93 votes. During the controversy over the "Black Republic" doctrine, issued by the Comintem in 1928, …

… (UDW). He saw this as another form of segregating Black people along ethnicity. Politics gained the upper hand in Cooper's life as he soon found himself liasing with other students … it was through their discussions that the philosophy of Black Consciousness emerged. It was also this group that …

… , Oxford where he won awards such as the Chancellor’s Prize in 1897.In 1900 Bunting volunteered to serve in the … of his life. He was especially concerned with the fate of black workers in South Africa and eventually became a … in 1924. Bunting firmly believed in the potential of black trade unions and the progress made by the Industrial …

… manager for a gold mine in Johannesburg. He later became a black labour recruitment agent for black labourers, a paying occupation which secured him a … National Congress (SANNC)  in 1912. During the SANNC's first annual conference in March 1913 he was elected to a …

… faith. There is very little known information about Josiah’s mother and his early childhood. Josiah had a younger … of age. The institution attracted intellectually-inclined Black youth, many of whom later became prominent ANC members, … of significane for Gumede was the visit to Natal of a Black American troupe of Virginia Jubilee Singers in 1890. …

… the labouring poor. He was deeply impressed by R. Tressall's "The ragged trousered philanthropists" which recounted the … 1920s by expressing a desire for the emergence of stronger black political leadership and being sceptical of the value … that their privilege rested on the exploitation of the black proletariat, could not be relied upon to support any …

… the hazards of joining the struggle for the rights of the black majority, he became involved in the trade union … laws controlling labour. This made fighting for worker's rights very difficult. The banning meant that Selby had to … 1960), a Johannesburg weekly paper covering news for the black community: "Their marriage was the climax of a long, …

… He was ordained as a Methodist minister in 1914. Mahabane's first congregation was at Bensonvale near Herschel. From … of the organization. Mahabane increasingly tried to attain Black unity. With the Coloured leader Dr A. Abdurahman  he … end of the 1920s Mahabane was anxious about the growing black following of the communist ideology and the …

… boys in school and only a boy when he took his Teacher's Certificate. He became a teacher at Somerset East and … he found a newspaper under the title “Imvo Zabantsundu” (Black Opinion). This was the newspaper that Jabavu had … African progress.Jabavu was highly respected by White and Black alike throughout the country. He played an important …

… (PAC) and other organisations. He took charge of the State’s repression of all and any opposition to apartheid, … for communism, projecting it as the principle hope for black South Africans. ‘Communism has never had wide support … base, the National Party under Vorster won. Meanwhile the Black Consciousness organisation’s South African Students …

… Town in 1948. He studied at the University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art until 1969. On 1970, he received a DAAD scholarship to undertake a Master’s degree in the Hochschule FÁ¼r Bildende KÁ¼nste, in Hamburg. … closed .” Other pictures allude to the exploitation of the black population – “Colour this Labour Dirt Cheap”, “Colour …

… segregation and control mobility and limit the rights of Black, Coloured and Indian South Africans. Most importantly, … in South African life, led to a radicalization of Gwala’s generation, a movement that would mature in the late 1960s … and 1967. Simultaneously, Gwala was also introduced to the Black literary magazine, The Classic by Omar Badsha. The …

… Johannesburg . He received his schooling at the St Cyprian's Anglican School in Sophiatown, and the Johannesburg Bantu … 12 September 1978, exactly a year after the death of the Black Consciousness leader  Steve Biko , Sibeko took part in … homage to Biko he said that it was essential to free the black man from his inferiority complex. From then on he …

… was chastised for engaging in what was considered a women’s job. He resorted to copying newspaper cartoons onto toilet … categorised Sihlali’s work, along with that of many other black South African modernists, in the genre of ‘township … headed the Fine Arts Department at the Federated Union of Black Artists (FUBA) from 1983 to 1988, and taught students …

… Scholarship. After refusing this because of his family’s move back to South Africa, he took the matric exam and came … published a poster condemning mixed marriages depicting a Black man and White woman living in poverty. Jews were also … of Native Affairs. He began to slowly transform the Black reservations into autonomous states (Bantustans), which …

… Stephen (Steve) Bantu Biko was a popular voice of Black liberation in South Africa between the mid 1960s and … the PAC had been officially banned and the disenfranchised Black population (especially the youth) were highly receptive … against the Apartheid state. Thus it was that Biko’s Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) came to prominence and …

… and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a pacifist. She did not agree with … opposed racism in whatever form, whether against Boers or Black people, both of whom were ‘underdogs’ in the early part … in South Africa and championed the causes of the Boers and Black people. She was particularly critical of  Cecil John …