27-1107: Mkhize is a surname. Notable people with the surname include: Bertha Mkhize (1889–1981), South African teacher and businesswoman Emmanuel Mkhize (born 1989), South African cricketer Florence Mkhize (1932–1999), South African anti-apartheid activist Hlengiwe Mkhize (1952–2021), South African politician Linda Mkhize (1981–2018), South African rapper Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize (1946–1977), South African activist Saul Mkhize (1935–1983), South African activist Senzo Mkhize (died 2016), South African politician Shauwn Mkhize , South African businesswoman and socialite Siphesihle Mkhize (born 1999), South African footballer Thamsanqa Mkhize (born 1988), South African footballer Themba Mkhize , South African jazz musician Zweli Mkhize (born 1956), South African doctor and ANC politician Olwethu Mkhize (born 2002), political activist See also [ edit ] Florence Mkhize (patrol vessel) , operated by South Africa [REDACTED] Surname list This page lists people with
54-688: A man who had a permanent permit of residence. As early as 1950, protests of the new laws which curtailed free movement were held in urban areas throughout the country. Mkhize led the demonstrations in Durban in March 1950. In 1952, she joined around 500 other women to march on the Durban City Council. Known as the Defiance Campaign , at issue was a law that required women to obtain permission to travel. Mkhize spoke in favor of retracting
81-537: A new implementation of women's pass laws. Along with other leaders of the women's movement, Mkhize was arrested for treason in the middle of the night in December 1956. The women, which included other activists like Frances Baard , Helen Joseph , Lillian Ngoyi, and Annie Silinga were accused of plotting to overthrow the government. The trial lasted for four and a half years, resulting in not guilty verdicts for all 156 women arrested on that night raid. In 1958, Mkhize
108-484: A polling booth in the school. Mandela chose the area because he wanted to give the native black population the confidence to vote. He chose Ohlange School in particular because this is where John Dube, the first president of what was to become the ANC, was buried, and he wanted to lay a wreath. Mandela stood by the grave and said: "Mr President, I have come to report to you that South Africa is free today." Enrolment in 2012
135-561: A year and arranging for Dube's helpers and family including John Mdima to go to college. The Dubes spent fifteen months in the states with John speaking and his wife singing. June Emaroy Smith was particularly generous and funded the 1907 construction of a boy's building. Dube noted in his talks that the Afro American was largely Christian whereas the native African had only limited access to the Christian message. In its early years
162-493: A year was earmarked for Ohlange, Adams College , Inkamana High School , Inanda Seminary and Vryheid Comprehensive High School to make them academies focusing on Maths, Science and Technology. Anglican Archbishop Emeritus Njongonkulu Ndungane said that they still needed funds and "little has been achieved since democracy". Prominent former pupils include the Nobel Laureate Albert Luthuli and
189-606: Is a secondary school in Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal , South Africa. It was founded in 1901 by John Dube and Nokuthela Dube ( née Mdima). It was the first school in South Africa started by a black person. John Dube was also the first President of what became the ANC . The school was chosen by President Nelson Mandela as the place where he would cast his vote in the first racially inclusive election in South Africa in 1994. The school
216-414: Is different from Wikidata All set index articles Bertha Mkhize Bertha Mkhize (6 June 1889 – 3 October 1981) was a South African teacher, who gained legal emancipation as a feme sole operating a business in her own right. As the government began implementing Apartheid in the late 1940s and early 1950s, she joined labor unions and women's organizations, leading demonstrations against
243-696: The African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) and became involved in women's rights issues, participating in marches in 1931 and 1936 against requirements for women to have travel passes. She also joined the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union , campaigning against curfews, low wages, and other working restrictions. In the early 1950s a series of restrictive laws were passed by the Apartheid legislature which required women to vacate urban areas within 72 hours or live with
270-440: The surname Mkhize . If an internal link intending to refer to a specific person led you to this page, you may wish to change that link by adding the person's given name (s) to the link. Retrieved from " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Mkhize&oldid=1253041671 " Categories : Surnames Bantu-language surnames Hidden categories: Articles with short description Short description
297-740: The Baháʼí Faith and then settled in Gezinsila in Eshowe as a pioneer . Along with other Baháʼí teachers, Mkhize was responsible for founding twenty-eight congregations in the area. In 1968, she was elected to serve as a delegate to the National Spiritual Assembly of South and West Africa and served for one year. She translated many texts of the faith into Zulu . After nine years, her health began to fail in 1975, but she remained in her post until 1978, when she bequeathed her home to
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#1732776854257324-592: The Ohlange cause to distract himself from his loss. Strong was able to arrange for the Dubes to meet Douglas and Emaroy June Smith, who became rich due to patent medicines and in time from the Pepsodent toothpaste brand. They donated thousands of dollars to the school, which enabled more teachers to be employed. This was in addition to the money that Dube obtained from the family of Anson Phelps Stokes . By 1904,
351-588: The faith and returned to Inanda. Mkhize died on 3 October 1981 in Inanda and is remembered for her pioneering role in women's rights. A street in Durban was renamed in her honor in 2010. A life-sized sculpture of Mkhize created by Cristina Salvoldi was installed at the National Heritage Monument in Tshwane near Johannesburg in 2017. Ohlange High School Ohlange High School
378-589: The finances needed further attention and Dube was unable to find any help in Natal. He had to return to America and he left John Mdima in charge of both the school and the newspaper. In Brooklyn, Dube met the new chair of the committee S. Parkes Cadman , who was pastor of the Central Congregational church in Brooklyn. Cadman reorganised the funding arranging for benefactors to sponsor students for £30
405-532: The first few years. A solution to this came from an American committee that supported Dube's belief that Christian conversion could be achieved via industrial education. A leading member of the committee was the Illinois pastor Sidney Dix Strong who had visited South Africa and had included the Ohlange Institute to his itinerary. Strong's wife died on the journey back to Chicago and Strong decided to use
432-486: The national vice presidents along with Florence Matomela , Lillian Ngoyi , and Gladys Smith. They drafted Women's Charter, which called for universal enfranchisement regardless of race, and equal opportunity in the areas of civil liberties, domestic rights, employment and pay. Two years later, Mkhize had become President of ANCWL, which held a mass demonstration in August 1956 to show the strength of women's opposition to
459-460: The next four years. While she was teaching, she took tailoring classes to learn the skill. In 1909, she was legally emancipated . The process required her to appear before a magistrate with a signed document from her guardians granting her the right to conduct her affairs without her male family members' approval. This was an unusual procedure for Zulu women at the time and gave her the right to homestead or open her own business. In 1911, she left
486-523: The policies of the government. She was arrested twice for these activities and charged in the second incident with treason, but found not guilty of the allegations. When she was forced to give up her business, she became a pioneer in the Baháʼí Faith , embracing its doctrine of equality for all people. She worked to establish twenty-eight Baháʼí communities in KwaZulu-Natal . Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize
513-462: The restriction, and for her defiance spent several months in prison. Because the women were successful in exerting pressure on the government, Mkhize and others recognized that further organization would further their cause. To that end, they created the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW). She was one of the women who attended the founding conference in 1954 and was selected as one of
540-697: The school after the Tuskegee University in America. As a result, the Zulu Christian Industrial Institute laid emphasis on developing self-reliance in its students. In 1901, the school was renamed the Ohlange Institute. It was called "Ohlange" by Dube based on the word "uhlanga", which means the point of new growth in a plant or an ancestor for a descended family. The school was so popular initially that students were sleeping without beds. The finances were difficult in
567-554: The school taught not only basic education but also vocational skills such as journalism, shoe and dressmaking, carpentry, motor mechanics and agriculture. Dube contributed to the administration, as well as teaching journalism. The academic side was not ignored and in 1915 the first Ohlange students went to study at the University College of the Cape of Good Hope . 1917 saw the construction of a girls' dormitory. The purpose here
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#1732776854257594-445: The teaching profession and moved to Durban where she went into tailoring with her brother. She continued with her interest in literacy, working in a children's center for twenty-five years. She also spoke out against oppressive measures used to undermine people's rights, like culling their cattle or forcing them and their owners to be plunged in pesticide under the guise of controlling typhus . At its organization, Mkhize joined
621-485: Was 865, with nearly 100 boarding at the school. There were just over 60 staff, with 34 being teachers in 2012. The school had a laboratory and a technical drawing room, a computer and cooking room, a library and 23 other classrooms in 2012. The admin block is in addition and the school had plans in 2012 to add six more classrooms and to increase the computing facilities. In 2007, Ohlange was among several schools recognised as "historic schools". Funding of six million rand
648-663: Was born on 6 June 1889 in Embo, near Umkomaas in the Colony of Natal to Mashobane Mkhize, an oxcart driver. Around the age of four, Mkhize's father died and the family relocated to Inanda , where she enrolled in the Inanda Seminary School . She was one of the first students of the all-girls school. After completion of her studies at the seminary, she went on to graduate from Ohlange High School . In 1907, Mkhize began teaching at Inanda Seminary and remained there for
675-653: Was founded in 1901 as the Zulu Christian Industrial School by John Langalibalele Dube and his first wife, Nokutela . The school, also known as the Ohlange Native Industrial Institute, was the first educational institution in South Africa to be founded by a black person. The land for the school was donated by Chief Mqhawe of the AmaQadi. John Dube had been in contact with Booker T. Washington and modelled
702-436: Was introduced to the Baháʼí Faith and joined the organization on 1 January 1959. The message of unity for all people was in line with her own convictions and she became active in the church. She had continued running her business in Durban, but in 1965 the Durban City Council forced the closure of all African businesses and removed their owners of the area. She worked actively in Natal and Zululand for five years on behalf of
729-593: Was to establish a teacher training centre, which was seen as a female career. Enoch Sontonga 's song, which later became a South African national anthem, became better known after Ohlange Institute's choir used it. They played it at the South African Native National Congress meeting in 1912. It was sung after the closing prayer, and the ANC adopted it as its official closing anthem in 1925. On 27 April 1994, Nelson Mandela cast his vote in his country's first all-race elections at
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