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… Mandla Langa was born in Stanger, or KwaDukuza , a town in the Natal … children in his family. Amongst his siblings are Bheki Langa, young brother who was South Africa’s ambassador to Russia, and his older brother Pius Langa , who served as chief justice for the Constitutional …

… Pius Nkonzo Langa was born in Bushbuckridge in the eastern Transvaal (now … he financed through private means matriculating in 1960. Langa then found employment as a messenger of court and interpreter for the Department of Justice. Langa married Thandekile Mncwabe in 1966 and the couple had …

… Benjamin (Ben) Johnson, Langa’s father, was a Minister of Religion and his mother was … Durban, regarding his role in the assassination of Ben Langa on 20 May 1984, Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now … was a local activist known to Martins. His brother, Mandla Langa , was a writer of note in exile in Botswana and another …

… Milner Langa Kabane was born in the Transkei. Kabane studied at … Milner Langa Kabane …

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… member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Langa in 1930. She became increasingly involved in political activity in the region and was a founder of the Langa Women’s Vigilance Association. In March 1947, Seqwana … in a protest opposing the introduction of beer halls in Langa, but was later acquitted. Two people died during the …

… , where her husband was employed. In 1948 she joined the Langa Vigilance Association and, during the Defiance Campaign … In a phrase used by Annie herself, her three children in Langa were orphans whose mother lived and Matthew was a … comply, she returned illegally to live with her family in Langa and in 1957 finally appealed her case successfully on …

… MK commander, assassinated ANC underground operative Ben Langa (the brother of Pius Langa) on false allegations that he was a police informer. …

… at the University of Witwatersrand, that he met Percy Langa, playwright and television director and producer. Langa took on the challenge of grooming Grootboom, teaching him to write film scripts. While under Langa’s wing, Grootboom was introduced to John Rogers, who …

… Matanzima and the Bantustan policy, were banished from Langa location in Cape Town, [Western Province, now Western … had to live far away, in a hostel at 79 Special Quarters, Langa, Cape Town. Hani was chairperson of the Langa Residents Association, and spent over two weeks in …

… the mid 1980s, Louw’s personal relationships took her into Langa, one of Cape Town’s oldest townships. There she … of the security forces, in the day-to-day lives of Langa’s residents. Other examples chronicle acts of …

… Prominent in the defiance campaign in Cape Western, and in Langa Congress activities. …

… Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born on 3rd of November 1964 in Langa , a township near Cape Town . She was named after the … Koloi Lebona came from Johannesburg to visit the Fassie's Langa home after a number of Cape Town musicians had told him … poison. Her funeral was held on 23 May in her hometown, Langa. She left behind a 19-year-old son, Bongani Fassie. …

… the Transkei to work in Cape Town, where he joined the Langa branch of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in … 30 000 people of the  Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) from Langa to Caledon Square police station, virtually on the …

… in the 1960s and took part in the march, in Cape Town’s Langa Township on 21 March 1960, where the police shot and …

… Matanzima requested that Mpemba and Gilbert Hani, from Langa location in Cape Town, [Western Province, now Western …

… conditions for brick workers.    The Chairperson of the Langa Batchelors Quarters branch of the  African National …

… state of emergency , which followed the  Sharpeville  and Langa massacres of 1960. Jack had become politicised by his …

… Art Centre at the Durban Institute of Technology under Langa Magwa and Thando Mama. Barely out of high school, Xaba …

… Sylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa was born in the township of Langa in Cape Town. Mdunyelwa started her singing career in …

… In the Black Sash she was involved in monitoring the Langa Pass Law court, believing that their presence would …

… others. He performed particularly with Cup and Saucers in Langa, Simonstown, Atholone and Gugulethu. McGregor then … in 1959 the band was invited to play for the launch of the Langa Women’s Cultural Group. The event featured other …

… Victor Mhleli Ntoni was born in Langa in 1947, Western Province (now Western Cape) learning …

… Town and Durban, but rather the ‘Black’ cities of Soweto, Langa and Kwa Mashu.  For a long time, the new city poetry …