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Honorine Margaret Withers
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Honorine Margaret Withers

Artist

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Douglas G. Wolton
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Douglas G. Wolton

Leader of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) from 1931 to 1933, editor of the Party's newspaper, the South Afric...

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Dorothy Joan Wright
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dorothy Joan Wright

Artist

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Max Yergan
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Max Yergan

Former Communist sympathiser, assisted in drafting the constitution of the All African Convention, co-chairman of the Am...

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James Gavin Younge
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

James Gavin Younge

Artist

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Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph

Pianist and Composer

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Florence Louise Zerffi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Florence Louise Zerffi

Florence Louise Josephine Zerffi was born in 1882, London, England. She came to Cape Town in 1916 after studying art in ...

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Ephraim Ziqubu
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ephraim Ziqubu

artist

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Ndabenhle William Zulu
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ndabenhle William Zulu

Artist.

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Deton (Tito) Zungu
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Deton (Tito) Zungu

Tito Zungu was born in 1946 in Mapumulo district, Natal. Zungu received no formal education or art training. As a teenag...

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Rosalind Ainslie
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Rosalind Ainslie

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Eugene de Kock
Biography
Jul 02, 2014

Eugene de Kock

See biography written by Jaime Ibarra-Perez and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University partnership pro...

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Johannes Tengani
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Johannes Tengani

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Professor Bacela
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Professor Bacela

Member of COSAS and ANC, Robben Island political prisoner, Secretary of the Central House Committee (UWC), Mayor and Loc...

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Isaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho
Biography
Sep 20, 2011

Isaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho

Member of ANC and MK, Chief Logistics Officer for the Luthuli Detachment and Member of the Limpopo Legislature

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