The Right Reverend David Patrick Hamilton Russell (1938 - 2014) The Late Bishop David Russell (right) with SBF CEO N. Biko at the Biko3030 Gala in 2007. As we celebrate Women's Month in South Africa, we remember a man who supported the rights of women to the end; Bishop David Russell. In summary: For his excellent contribution and

Biko and the Tough Alchemy of Africa The Sharpeville massacre of 1966 with its unforgettable images that seared themselves into the consciousness of the world was one of those world events that awoke us from our moral sleep. I was roughly the same age as the children being slaughtered in that famous picture and it instantly made me

Navanethem (Navi) Pillay, the United Nations (UN) High Commissioner for Human Rights was born on 23 September 1941 in Clairwood, Durban. She went to the University of Natal where she graduated with BA in 1963 and with an LLB in 1965. It was at the University that she joined the Unity Movement.  After completing her degree she commenced her legal career

Names: Kgware, Winnie Born: 1917, Thaba 'Nchu, Orange Free State (now Free State) Died: 1998 In summary: Teacher, President of the Black Peoples Convention, recipient of The Order of Luthuli in Silver 2003 Winnie Kgware was born in Thaba Nchu in the Free State in 1917.  A teacher by profession, and resident at the University of the North

Names: Mtintso,    Thenjiwe Born: 7 November 1950 In summary: Journalist, trade unionist,  member of the  Black Consciousness Movement (BCM)  activist, member of the ANC and MK, Deputy Secretary General of the ANC, Central Executive Committee member of the  SACP and ambassador to Italy. Thenjiwe Mtintso, was born on 7 November 1950 in Soweto Johannesburg where she also