Donald Thumamina Mboto was born on 10 May 1987, in Harding near Port Shepstone on the KwaZulu-Natal South Coast. He was the ninth child of Thandiwe Daphney Mboto. He attended school at St. Michaels in Kokstad and had not yet secured formal employment at the time of his passing.
A gentle and considerate person, Mboto became concerned when, on the morning of 1 January 2010, he saw an unknown nine-year old girl, struggling in the water at the St. Michaels Beach.
Reginald Dudley Forde was born in Johannesburg on 20 April 1940. He completed his schooling at Clifton School in Nottingham Road and obtained three degrees at the then University of Natal (now University of KwaZulu-Natal). These included a B.Comm, BA Hons as well as a Masters in Philosophy of Leadership. In 1964, he was the Student of the Year at the Durban Teachers’ Training College.
William Sinclair Winship was born on 18 March 1927, in Edinburgh, Scotland. When he was a few months old, his parents moved to Mpwapwa, Tanzania, before settling in Somerset West and then Durban.
A dedicated medical specialist and a distinguished scholar, Winship completed his MBCHB Degree in 1953 and a Master’s Degree in 1962 at the University of Cape Town.
Wessel Johannes "Hansie" Cronje was born in Bloemfontein on 25 September 1969 to Ewie and San-Marie Cronje. He attended Grey College in Bloemfontein, a prestigious private boy’s school. Hansie graduated as the head of his class after completing his matriculation in 1987.
An excellent all-round sportsperson, he represented the Free State (then Orange Free State) at cricket and rugby at schools level. His father Ewie had played for Orange Free State in the 1960s, and Hansie's older brother Frans had also played first-class cricket.
Judge Erns Jansen was born in Pietermaritzburg on 27 June 1918. He was the son of Ernest Jansen, Minister of Native Affairs in the National Party government and Governor-General of the Union of South Africa. While he was born into the Afrikaner aristocracy, he never became a Broederbond member and remained apolitical.
Nontetha Nkwenkwe is one of the most remarkable female religious leaders associated with independent churches in the 1920s. Born in King Williamstown in 1875, Nontetha was married with ten children. Her migrant labourer husband died, leaving her to fend for her children. Following the outbreak of the influenza epidemic in 1918, Nontetha believed that she was spared for a divine purpose. And in undertaking her work as first a seer, then a diviner, and ultimately a prophet, her life was changed dramatically.
Moses Mphahlele was the Secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Transvaal during the 1920s, he was born in Pietersburg and received his education at Kilnerton, where he graduated with a teacher's certificate. He taught for some time, then became an interpreter. Skota describes him as a political protégé of S. M. Makgatho.
Born in 1926, Joseph Mpoza was shop assistant. He played a leading role in Worcester strikes and trade union campaigns.
Born in 1928, Temba D. A. Mqota was a student. He joined the African National Congress in 1946 and supported the Indian struggle against the "Ghetto" Act. He was also prominent in organising the Laundry Workers' Union in Port Elizabeth.
Joined African National Congress in 1946 and supported the Indian struggle against the "Ghetto" Act. Prominent in organising the Laundry Workers' Union in Port Elizabeth.
Bheki Mvulane died in detention on 29 March, 1985. A fellow-detainee of Mvulane said:
"I saw a white policeman in Katlehong Police Station fling Bheki against the wall, and when he crashed on the floor another officer trampled him on the head. He collapsed and never gained consciousness."