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1876-1958

Mabel Palmer

Dr Mabel Palmer (nee Mabel Atkinson) was born on 22 May 1876 near Stocksfield in Northumberland, England. Her father, J.B. Atkinson, was a mine inspector, and…

B-0150485

1924-2008

Zolile Malindi

Zolile Malindi was born on 16th of May in 1924 Gqogqora village ,a 14 miles from Tsomo in the former Transkei. His mother, Makhesa, raised him after the death…

B-0141683

1967

Mpush Makambi

Mpush Makambi was born in 1967 in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape. At school, Makambi was sporty but boxing was his first love. He turned professional in 1983 with a…

B-0149478

1936-2009

Dawood Parker

Dawood Parker was the Chairman of the Wynberg Civic Association. He played a prominent role in local civic affairs. He was a leading voice in the struggle…

B-0068299

1924-1994

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

Elias Motsoaledi was born on the 26 July 1924 in Phokoane in the Nebo District in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the…

B-0095282

1841-1948

M. N. Bhola

M. N. Bhola was born and educated in the Cape Province. She was an organizer of the women's section of the African National Congress (ANC) from the mid-1920s…

B-0007852

1951

Judus Mahlangu

Judus Mahlangu was born on 14 January 1951 in Brakpan, Transvaal. Mahlangu matriculated at KwaPhakama High School in Springs in 1969 where he first studied art…

B-0008379

1937-2021

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim was born in Durban on 1st July in 1937,  the second of five children. When he was a few months old Ebrahim's mother became ill and he…

B-0008038

1910

Stephen Tefu

Stephen Tefu was born about 1910, he was recruited to the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Pretoria at a time when the party was at a low ebb. Shortly…

B-0068545

Boas Moiloa

Boas Moiloa, from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico District, Transvaal [North West Province] is described by Advocate George Bizos’ as ‘a dignified, elderly…

B-0149348

Abraham Mogale

On 27 February 1958, banishment orders were made out for three key Bahurutshe figures - Abraham Mogale, Kenneth Mosenyi and David Moiloa. Abraham Mogale was…

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Nomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela

While in exile, Ngwevela procured a Diploma in Political Science at the Pushkin International Institute in Moscow in October 1980. From September 1986 to…

B-0068250

Mabel Balfour

Mabel Balfour was a South African trade unionist and an anti-apartheid activist. Balfour was first involved with the unions representing food and canning…

B-0007810

1935

Mzwakhe Mbatha

  Mzwakhe Mbatha was born in 1935 near Umnini Holiday Camp, Natal. Mbatha left school in Standard II. As a young boy he carved utilitarian objects such as…

B-0008514

Wycliffe MIungisi Tsotsi

President of the All African Convention (AAC) from 1948 to 1959. Born in the Transkei, he graduated from Port Hare in 1935 and first taught school, then later…

B-0009167

1927-2007

Theo Mthembu

Theo Mthembu was born in Newcastle, KwaZulu Natal on 27 February 1927. Mthembu's boxing career started at the age of 16 at Inkamane College in Vryheid, KwaZulu…

B-0008699

1932

Oliver Kgadime Matsepe

Oliver Kgadime (Phukubjane) Matsepe was born on 22 March 1932 in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district. He was the son of Malua Matsepe, senior police sergeant and…

B-0008494

1935-2019

Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam

Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam was born on 27 July 1935 in Sea View, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He had 12 siblings. He grew up in very dire…

B-0125809

1935-2012

Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood

Abdul Rahman Dawood or 'Apmai' as he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was brought…

B-0071944

1916-2006

Anton Edward Rupert

Anton Edward Rupert was born on 4 October 1916 in Graaff-Reinet in the south-central Karoo. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria for a medical degree,…

B-0121674

1915-1972

William Frederick Nkomo

Frederick Nkomo was born in Makapanstad near Pretoria in 1915. He was the son of a Methodist minister, Abraham Nkomo, and attended primary school in Mafikeng…

B-0008800

1915-2006

Hilda Bernstein

Hilda Bernstein (nee Watts) was born in London in 1915. She was educated at state schools. Her father was a committed Bolshevik and non-religious jew,that had…

B-0007842

Ngila Micheal Muendane

NGILA MICHAEL MUENDANE is an ex-political prisoner, a published author, life coach& inspirational speaker and the founder and Executive Member of SOULTALK, as…

B-0146588

1943

Bonisile John Kani

Bonisile John Kani was born on 30 August 1943 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. He matriculated from Newell High School where he performed in numerous school…

B-0094591

1892-1956

Manilal Gandhi

Manilal Gandhi was born  on 28 October 1892 in Rajkot, India, the second son of Kasturba and Mohandas Gandhi. He had three brothers, with whom he first came to…

B-0008091

1918-1990

Frank Alexander Landman

Raised in the close knit community of Dowerville, Port Elizabeth (P.E.), Frank was the youngest of three sons and the third of the six surviving children of a…

B-0122626

Mary Malete

Mary Malete was the president of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA) and the first president of the South African Confederation of Trade Unions …

B-0151814

2018

Vondela Landingwe

Vondela Landingwe played rugby for Crusaders in Gugulethu and Western Province under the auspices of the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SARU) during the…

B-0125519

1957

Pansy Tlakula

Faith Dikeledi Pansy Tlakula grew up in the township of Everton in the Vaal area. She obtained her undergraduate degree in law at the Turfloop University (now…

B-0096673

1941-2023

Stephanie Kemp

Stephanie Kemp was born in the Karoo in 1941 and grew up with her two sisters in Malmesbury in the Swartland. The town was dominated by the Dutch Reformed…

B-0141682