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… , where he worked from 1955-6. Sampson also wrote a book about Drum in 1955 entitled Drum: A Venture Into The New … (1956). Sampson went on to write several other books about South Africa, including The Treason Cage: The … Opposition On Trial In South Africa (1958), Commonsense About Africa (1960) and South Africa: Two Views Of Separate …

… School in Botswana. Many art analysts have spoken greatly about Jensma's work, although critics have also found flaws. Most spoken about, is the ability to use multiple languages in his poems … home. As a privileged White artist, he spoke openly about the injustices that were experienced by Black people …

… ”” including the United Nations conference on Aids ”” about his life and the government’s unwillingness to do something about the epidemic. …

… the upliftment of Harijans (untouchables). He learnt much about Gandhi from his family and from his Hindi teacher in … One of the pamphlets was written by Dr. Yusuf M. Dadoo about Indians, another by Peter Abrahams about mine workers going to Johannesburg. At the same time, …

… got much publicity; however, not much was ever published about the man he was driving that day. Though he was involved … from his personal life. Consequently, few people knew about his political activities and his lifestyle as a gay … where he lived until his death in 1979. In 1998 a film about Williams titled ‘ The man who drove with Mandela’ was …

… We know that she taught drawing in Cape Town from about 1897. The link with Brangwyn was clearly meant to … perhaps the most famous British artist of the day. Nothing about her association with him has come to light. In 1901 … and her painting of a church interior has a solemn tone about it, while her picture of a Malay boy is also an …

… Shaka  brought them under his rule.  Little is known about Dingiswayo's (also known as Godongwana or … travelled from Cape Town in a north-easterly direction in about 1806. Godongwana offered to serve as a guide and … chiefs resorted to frequent grand-scale fighting. At about this time the northern Nguni began to give up the …

… the byline of Arthur Mogale he wrote a long running series about a detective called “the Chief”, in the style of … like Raymond Chandler. Maimane said it was good to write about gangsters stories he picked up in shebeens without … Mattera , disagreed with Maimane. Gangsters were not happy about what “Mogale” wrote about them. “Maimane was very …

… and from a sombre look at the human condition. Paintings about the construction and confusion of contemporary urban life, but also paintings about the pleasures of being alive, pleasures that crowd in … role in the works. In his own words: "Being an artist is about putting something into your subject matter that isn't …

… Selby Themba Ngendane was born about 1929 in the Eastern Cape and attended Fort Hare, where … movement in Orlando township and became its secretary about 1955. At the Pan Africanist Congress's inaugural …

…  led the student  uprising in Soweto . The riots were about the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in … from the Swaziland trip, she was detained in Standerton; about two and a half hour drive from Soweto. She was held in … detention. In detention she was continuously interrogated about the whereabouts of her sons and what political activity …

… Her father, an ox wagon driver died when Bertha was about four years old, after his death her family moved to … to Ohlange Institute. Bertha was a teacher until she was about thirty years old, trained as a tailoress and then …

… Jaydew Nasib Singh was born in South Africa about 1920 and graduated in the mid-1940s with a law degree … the Transvaal Passive Resistance Council. Moving to Durban about 1947, he was elected to the executive committee of both …

… motivated him to draw more pictures. He read an article about the African Art Centre in Durban. In 1986 he visited … of African Art organised by the University of Zululand. In about 1988 he injured his left hand and in spite of having …

… years old”. Her parents agreed to send her to a school about two kilometres away from home. “This was my first … at the Verulam Child Welfare, where she remained for about 10 years. Ela first became aware of racial oppression, … mother started a non-racial school at Gandhi's House for about 200 children. An inspector said; you can't teach”¦ …

… an article appeared in a South African national newspaper about Daane’s adoption scheme, which she started in New … over to the late Ditte Zwaal. In March 1988 Daane heard about the tragic and brutal death of her friend Dulcie … etc. On 5 May 1988 the was an article in local newspaper about a local primary school taking action against Apartheid …

… training in the Soviet Union, where he learned more about labour rights and gained a global perspective on … Saigon near the end of the Vietnam War. He has said about this moment, “As soon as I learned about America the superpower, I also learned about America …

… Jacob Dumdum Nyaose was born about 1920 at Port Shepstone in Natal, the son of a Zulu … then beginning the study of law, he went to Johannesburg about 1941 and took a job as organising secretary for the …

… Sophie is a celebration. Sibande says, “My work is not about complaining about Apartheid, or an invitation to feel sorry for me because I am black and my mothers were maids. It is about celebrating what we are as women in South Africa today …

… Max Yergan was born about 1893 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the grandson of a … studied at Shaw University and Springfield College. From about 1920 to 1936 he lived in South Africa as a …

… as the artists, the Sugarhill Gang, were rapping about experiences that he could relate to, to music that he … not aligned. Ariefdien was a political activist who spoke about Mandela and Biko. Ready D, however, simply wanted to … and have the possessions that the Sugarhill Gang had sung about on ‘Rapper’s Delight’. [8] Yet, as the socio-political …

… men rather than being given proper work. She complained about this, and eventually changed the system so that menial … and conditions. By the time she left, membership stood at about 24 000. From here, Komape turned to working with a …

… became South Photos. Weinberg’s in-depth documentation about the lives of the modern San living in Namibia, Botswana … Life , Africa Geographic , Sawubona Films 1980 Dark City , about Alexandra Township, Johannesburg 1981 Part of the Process , about forced removal of the residents of Pageview 1998 …

… had been for many years and asked him, “What did you think about out sit-in?” That was the first time he had heard that … the anti-apartheid movement. After she had been in London about six months, Gray received a very angry phone call from … up on their doorstep and terrorised his wife and asked all about her connections with communism. Her cousin warned her …

… when his eldest brother, a university student, who spoke about the effects of apartheid and resistance to … “An Evening of Reflection” on the death of Joseph Mdluli. About a thousand people attended. Thus began his harassment … near Isipingo. When she was there she asked the people about Inkatha, and they just gave a cynical, sarcastic laugh. …

… Little is known about Elias Moretsele's youth. At an early age he moved to … alliance with organisations of other races. The second was about his successful participation at Tie end of 1953 in the … western areas, there was bitter disagreement about the Freedom Charter. On 25 February 1958, two days …

… Creator God, Mvelinqangi, revealed to him many details about the creation of winds, the heavens and the earth which … decided to look for the ‘Tree of Creation’ he had dreamt about many years before. In 1951 while meditating under a …

… in the area, so he ended up going to primary school at about 11 or 12 years. He completed his primary schooling (Standard six - Grade Eight) when he was about eighteen years old. He had to forgo high school due to … August 1963 in Durban and detained at a police station for about a week or so. During interrogation, he refused to …

… out of the album, Bennie, whose fame became more talked about since that year to the present moment, mostly felt the … Bafana Bafana in 46 international caps. His most spoken about goals with the national team are the four goals he …

… illumination which is socially significant for it brings about understanding.” Jan Gerard Sekoto was born on 9 … University Press.|Anonymous pamphlet, (2003?). ‘About Gerard Sekoto’s music’, (advertising the playing of his …