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Hugh Masekela
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Hugh Masekela

Celebrated musician, singer, composer and trumpet player

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Leleti Khumalo
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Aug 17, 2011

Leleti Khumalo

South African actress best known for her leading roles in the feature films Sarafina! (1992) and Yesterday (2004)

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Rashid Lombard
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Sep 28, 2012

Rashid Lombard

Rashid Lombard was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 10 April 1951. In 1962, when he was 11...

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Lucas Radebe
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Feb 17, 2011

Lucas Radebe

International soccer player

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William Kentridge
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Feb 17, 2011

William Kentridge

South African artist, film-maker, and performer

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Ruth First
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Feb 17, 2011

Ruth First

Member of the SACP and ANC, founder member of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD) and Author.

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Mongane Wally Serote
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Nov 01, 2011

Mongane Wally Serote

Poet, novelist, political activist, exile, member of the Black Consciousness Movement and African National Congress, Com...

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Mazisi Raymond Kunene
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Feb 17, 2011

Mazisi Raymond Kunene

Poet, academic and founder of the and-apartheid movement in Britain.

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Hilda Bernstein
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Feb 17, 2011

Hilda Bernstein

Member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth and the South African Communist Party, founding member of the F...

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Arthur Nuthall Fula
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Jul 02, 2020

Arthur Nuthall Fula

Novelist, poet, first Black African Afrikaans author, court interpreter, recipient of the Government’s National Order of...

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Dumile Feni
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Feb 17, 2011

Dumile Feni

Artist

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John Langalibalele Dube
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Nov 23, 2011

John Langalibalele Dube

Educator, politician, author, minister of the Congregational (American Board) Church, founder member and first president...

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André Philippus Brink
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Feb 17, 2011

André Philippus Brink

South African novelist, playwright, literary critic and academic.

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Peter Clarke
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Feb 17, 2011

Peter Clarke

Poet, book illustrator, artist, recipient of The National Order of Ikhamanga for excellence in the fields of arts and li...

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Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes
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Feb 17, 2011

Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes

Painter and woodcutter

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