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1906-1979

Cecil Williams

… got much publicity; however, not much was ever published about the man he was driving that day. Though he was involved … from his personal life. Consequently…

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1770

Chief Dingiswayo

… Shaka  brought them under his rule.  Little is known about Dingiswayo's (also known as Godongwana or … travelled from Cape Town in a north-easterly direction…

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1880

Ethel Edwards

… We know that she taught drawing in Cape Town from about 1897. The link with Brangwyn was clearly meant to … perhaps the most famous British artist of the day…

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1932-2005

Arthur Maimane

… the byline of Arthur Mogale he wrote a long running series about a detective called “the Chief”, in the style of … like Raymond Chandler. Maimane said it was…

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1920-2010

Robert Hodgins

… and from a sombre look at the human condition. Paintings about the construction and confusion of contemporary urban life, but also paintings about the…

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1929

Selby Themba Ngendane

… Selby Themba Ngendane was born about 1929 in the Eastern Cape and attended Fort Hare, where … movement in Orlando township and became its secretary about…

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1935-2008

Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)

…  led the student  uprising in Soweto . The riots were about the use of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in … from the Swaziland trip, she was detained in…

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1940

Ela Gandhi

… years old”. Her parents agreed to send her to a school about two kilometres away from home. “This was my first … at the Verulam Child Welfare, where she…

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1937-Cape Town,South Africa

Jacqueline Daane-van Rensburg

… an article appeared in a South African national newspaper about Daane’s adoption scheme, which she started in New … over to the late Ditte Zwaal. In March…

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Benjamin Ulenga

… training in the Soviet Union, where he learned more about labour rights and gained a global perspective on … Saigon near the end of the Vietnam War. He has…

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1952

Saint Mokoena

… motivated him to draw more pictures. He read an article about the African Art Centre in Durban. In 1986 he visited … of African Art organised by the…

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1920

Jaydew Nasib Singh

… Jaydew Nasib Singh was born in South Africa about 1920 and graduated in the mid-1940s with a law degree … the Transvaal Passive Resistance Council. Moving to…

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1889

Bertha Mkhize

… Her father, an ox wagon driver died when Bertha was about four years old, after his death her family moved to … to Ohlange Institute. Bertha was a teacher…

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1920

Jacob Dumdum Nyaose

… Jacob Dumdum Nyaose was born about 1920 at Port Shepstone in Natal, the son of a Zulu … then beginning the study of law, he went to Johannesburg about 1941…

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1982

Mary Sibande

… Sophie is a celebration. Sibande says, “My work is not about complaining about Apartheid, or an invitation to feel sorry for me because I am black and my…

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1968

DJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)

… as the artists, the Sugarhill Gang, were rapping about experiences that he could relate to, to music that he … not aligned. Ariefdien was a political…

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1893-1975

Max Yergan

… Max Yergan was born about 1893 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the grandson of a … studied at Shaw University and Springfield College. From about 1920 to 1936 he…

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Madi Gray

… had been for many years and asked him, “What did you think about out sit-in?” That was the first time he had heard that … the anti-apartheid movement. After…

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1956

Paul Weinberg

… became South Photos. Weinberg’s in-depth documentation about the lives of the modern San living in Namibia, Botswana … Life , Africa Geographic , Sawubona…

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1949

Linda Komape

… men rather than being given proper work. She complained about this, and eventually changed the system so that menial … and conditions. By the time she left,…

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1942-2018

Gerald Patrick Kearney

… when his eldest brother, a university student, who spoke about the effects of apartheid and resistance to … “An Evening of Reflection” on the death of Joseph…

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1897-1961

Elias Phakane Moretsele

… Little is known about Elias Moretsele's youth. At an early age he moved to … alliance with organisations of other races. The second was about his successful…

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1906-1996

Laduma Ncwaba Mikaeli Madela

… Creator God, Mvelinqangi, revealed to him many details about the creation of winds, the heavens and the earth which … decided to look for the ‘Tree of…

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1939-2025

Sunny Girja Singh

… in the area, so he ended up going to primary school at about 11 or 12 years. He completed his primary schooling (Standard six - Grade Eight) when he was…

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1977

Benedict ‘Bennie’ Saul McCarthy

… out of the album, Bennie, whose fame became more talked about since that year to the present moment, mostly felt the … Bafana Bafana in 46 international caps…

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1913-1993

Jan Gerard Sekoto

… illumination which is socially significant for it brings about understanding.” Jan Gerard Sekoto was born on 9 … University Press.|Anonymous pamphlet, (2003?…

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1976

Jacob Zungwane Mashabane

… cell 'for his own safety' and the belt was taken away. At about 4.30pm on the same day he found Mr Mashabane hanged by … to hospital because the two…

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1889-1981

Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize

… Her father, an ox wagon driver, died when Bertha was about four years old. After his death her family moved to … to Ohlange Institute. Bertha was a teacher…

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1923-2014

Nadine Gordimer

… best in all the literature she encountered. Gordimer wrote about her childhood in Springs, then a mining town on the … Gordimer was noted for the vivid…

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1937-1965

Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)

… one day Nakasa had challenged a social psychologist for about two hours, in between shouting and screaming about judging civilizations and 'how the White man…

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