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The Struggle Over Land, The Basotho lose out

… what happened, during the course of the 19th century, to other major African kingdoms in the country, like the Xhosa, the Zulu and the Pedi. The story of the Basotho in the 19th Century The Basotho kingdom at one time included what is today part …

Phila Portia Ndwandwe

… or Zandi) became part of the Natal Machinery of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in 1985 under the leadership of Muzi Ngwenya (Thami Zulu or “TZ”) operating from Swaziland . She was in the unit headed by Ayanda Dlodlo that was responsible for the …

Sefako Mapogo Makgatho Timeline 1861-1961

… 1878 Sekhukhuni at war with the Transvaal and British colonial administrations. 1879 The battle of Isandlwana between the Zulu and the British. c1880 Makgatho enrols at the Wesleyan Mission Teacher Training Institution of Kilnerton at Pretoria. …

Jacob Dumdum Nyaose

… Jacob Dumdum Nyaose was born about 1920 at Port Shepstone in Natal, the son of a Zulu seaman who belonged to the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union. After studying first for a diploma in agriculture …

Ernest Methuen Mancoba

… guidance in wood carving there from Sister Pauline CR. On completion of his course, he remained at the College teaching Zulu until 1929. In 1933, Mancoba enrolled as a student at the University of Fort Hare. During this time, he served as the …

John Watt (Jack) Grossert

… the CC, UN and numerous private collections in SA and abroad. He is the author of a number of publications, including Zulu Crafts. 1978. Shuter & Shooter, Pietermaritzburg. …

Michael Gagashe Zondi

… Pretoria (Republic Festival Exhibition). 1974 UNISA (solo), 1975 Royal Museum for Central Africa, Tervuren, Belgiun (Zulu Art). Nedbank Gallery, Johannesburg (two-person exhibition with David Koloane). 1976 France (group). 1977 National …

Xhosa

… of South Africa's Black population and can be divided into four distinct groups; the Northern and Central Nguni (the Zulu-speaking peoples), the Southern Nguni (the Xhosa-speaking peoples), the Swazi people from Swaziland and adjacent areas … century. Language, culture and beliefs: The Xhosa are the second largest cultural group in South Africa, after the Zulu-speaking nation. The Xhosa language (Isixhosa), of which there are variations, is part of the Nguni language group. … speakers were separated into the sub-group known today. The majority of central northern Nguni people became part of the Zulu kingdom, whose language and traditions are very similar to the Xhosa nations - the main difference is that the latter …

Judus Mahlangu

… '79). Lidchi Art Gallery, Johannesburg (solo). Barclay Shopping Centre, Pretoria (two-person exhibition with Vuminkosi Zulu). Nuremberg, West Germany (Watercolours from SA). Bonn and West Germany ”” tour (Art from SA/Art from Soweto). NSA”” …

Johnny Clegg: South Africa’s universal man of uncommon passion by David Coplan, 25 July 2019

… Universal Man: Jonathan Clegg “Sikeyi” (1953-2019). “Sikeyi” is a Zulu dance praise name: “The peg through a yoke that secures oxen in position, from Afrikaans juskei (juk: yoke], referring to the capacity of a formidable dancer to hold his stand.” In my mind, like a Zulu ngoma (drum) dancer completing his turn, I somersault backwards landing on my back, exhausted and helpless. Abstractly I … was a man of many parts, and the intellectual and pedagogical parts are what I wish to touch on. As Johnny was taught by Zulu migrant musicians, so did he more deeply explore and enhance his learning in enveloping his students, who were not only …