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  • [[Jakes Gerwel]] (1946-2012) was a renowned academic, struggle veteran and cultural leader. ...ruggle of the 1970-1990 period, promoting the role of [[Afrikaans]] in the struggle for freedom. Has held numerous positions, including rector of the [[Univers
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  • ...ng improvisational techniques. The programme notes for Barney Simon & Co’s Born in the RSA (1985) for example typifies that play as a docudrama. Also known
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  • ...he traditional bull fight is used as a metaphor for the Afrikaner nation’s struggle for survival.
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  • ...sed with Doctor D.F. du Toit, a relation and also involved in the language struggle, though not in theatre as far is known.'' Born Daniël Francois du Toit on 15 January 1846 on the farm Kleinbos in Daljos
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  • ...at the Paarl Gymnasium, academic and leading figure in the first language struggle.
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  • Born in 1961 in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg, he attended the [[University o ...re films (Fools and Zulu Love Letter) and feature documentaries (Born into Struggle, Zwelidumile, The Battle for Johannesburg, and Miners Shot Down), many of w
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  • ...easing swell of protest against the South African emerged and after a long struggle, that became known as the Namibian War of Independence, the colony gained i ...and so on were born there, or settled there over the years. Many Namibian born individuals have also studied and developed their art in South Africa.
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  • ...le in the publication of the first commercial newspaper and the subsequent struggle for freedom of the press in the Cape Colony. Born in Pentonville, Scotland, he arrived in Cape Town on 9 March 1823 and set u
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  • Born [[Mafika Pascal Gwala]] on 5 October 1946 in Verulam, north of Durban, Nata ...collection of Zulu [[Praise songs|praise songs]], which had he translated into English. (Published in 1991).
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  • Born in Johannesburg, he was an active anti-apartheid campaigner from his youth. ...Industrial and Environmental Design Department, which he helped transform into an internationally recognized center for design. Goldreich lived in the cit
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  • ...t 1943 in Gungululu, Eastern Cape (then Transkei), South Africa. The first born of eight children, she grew up in Blouvlei, Retreat in Cape Town. Magona e ...d civil servant, she was a worker for peaceful change during the years of struggle in South Africa, and was one of the founding members of the Women’s Peace
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  • ''[[Born in the RSA]]'' is a multilingual, workshopped play (styled a "docudrama") b ...acters living in South Africa during that time, at the height of the final struggle between the oppositional forces and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apart
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  • ...had been excommunicated from the church. It celebrates Hildegard's "heroic struggle and her personal triumph as an artist and a woman who shaped the politics o ...f tremendous power and authority, capable of both abject humility and high-born arrogance.
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  • [[Terry Lester]] (1940-1995). British-born comedian, singer, actor. ...being blacklisted by Equity. He died in Johannesburg in June 1995 after a struggle against cancer of the bone marrow.
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  • ...followed the Sharpville massacre in 1960, he was detained and in 1963 went into exile in England. In 1967, he became lecturer in law at the University of K
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  • ''[[Eersgeborene]]'' (''[[First born]]'') is a short South African film written, produced and directed by [[Etie ...a conflicted relationship between two men in some sort of emotional power struggle. When I read ''[[African Gothic]]'', an English translation of a play by my
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  • ...than 500 books and 1000 articles, notably works on the Afrikaans language struggle, the literary history of Afrikaans and collections of stories, plays, poetr
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  • ...stay in the United States as a political refugee, after a protracted legal struggle. He served on the faculty of the University of Denver, Northwestern Univers
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  • Born [[Maeve Anderson]] (?) in ** During the struggle years, she became a Major in [[Umkhonto weSizwe]], working in Procurement a
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  • [[Doreen Mazibuko]] (born 1965). Actress, playwright, director. ...self the task of documenting the political, social, economic and emotional struggle of South African women of all races and from every conceivable walk of life
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