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1931-1981

Dr Nomava Eslinah Shangase

… participated actively in the struggle for the rights of African nurses, having suffered the indignities of racial discrimination herself. In 1962, the…

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1956

Graham Goddard

… Stevens and Appolis invited him to a meeting of some South African photographers. This meeting was to discuss … For Vulmani and Afrapix (which is now housed…

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Tim Bruwer

… Apartheid  and took an active role in opposing the South African government of the time. More recently Robert Kaplan, … into a middle class Afrikaner family…

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1953-2019

Jonathan Clegg

… emigrated to South Africa after her marriage to a South African journalist who worked as a crime reporter. His mother … worlds, the rural and the urban. The…

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1917

Peter Nkutsoeu Raboroko

… finish them. In 1935 he became president of the Transvaal African Students' Association and also joined the  African National Congress  (ANC). He was in the…

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1962

Derrick Vusimusi Nxumalo

… as a gardener on the Berea in Durban. He first went to the African Art Centre, Durban in 1985 where he received … has received various commissions…

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Thomas G. Karis

… Africa and who became a leading historian of the South African liberation movement, died of natural causes on August … From Protest to Challenge: A…

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1926-1977

Viola Hashe

… Union and the Dairy Workers Union. Hashe also joined the  African National Congress  (ANC) in the early 1950s. In 1953 … to take effect. From 1956 on, she…

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1942-2020

George Hallett

… and Guilds of London. He freelanced for the famous South African magazine Drum, but the politics of segregation made … moved to London where he made contact…

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1962

Guy Tillim

… Town in 1983, Tillim joined Afrapix, a collective of South African photographers, in 1986, and since then has seen his … His work has been included in many…

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1948

Alec Erwin

… was also a visiting lecturer at the Centre of Southern African Studies at the University of York for a year between … group of White activists from the…

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1863-1928

Henry Reed Ngcayiya

… North. In the 1890s he was ordained as a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), but after a split … political involvement started shortly…

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1878-1941

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

… as a driver for the Boer commandos during the South African War. During his time there he learned to speak High … Middelburg, Transvaal, where he also…

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1851-1932

Joseph Booth

… unorthodox approach to mission work and his schemes for African self-help and advancement eventually created friction … around 1903 as an alleged supporter…

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1952-2004

Sipho Gumede

… explored the possibilities of mixing jazz and traditional African music. In 1982 he joined Khaya Mhlangu and together … Places, was released. The next year,…

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1956

Paul Weinberg

… removal. In late 1981 Weinberg was recruited by the South African exiled artists of the MEDU collective in Botswana to … and Double Vision, exploring the…

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1915

Benjamin S. Rajuili

… a B.A. degree. After teaching, he became a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dube township,  … 1962 he was general secretary of the…

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1958-1985

Vernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng

… Vernom Nkadimeng was born in 1958 to the  African National Congress (ANC) activist and trade unionist  … in political training before was deployed to  South…

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1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a century. He … in the 1920s, was a member of the Board…

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1955

Rafique (Rafs) Mayet

… at the Daily Dispatch in East London and later at the New African in Durban and as a member of the Afrapix collective. … meetings and conferences. In 1998 he…

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1876-1932

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

… German and Dutch, as well as English and all the major African vernaculars. Advancement in the civil service being … to the Kimberley Diamond Fields…

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1920-2004

Nimrod Sekeramane Nathale

… During the 1950s, Sejake was a leading member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), and the African National Congress (ANC) in Soweto. Noted…

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S. S. Tema

… later president of the quasipolitical Interdenominational African Ministers' Federation. On the periphery of organised … of a committee in the Transvaal…

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1916-1993

Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda

… Mda cut his teeth in politics when he attended the All-African Convention meeting in Bloemfontein in mid-1936. He … end of the latter part of the 1930s, Mda…

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1903-1957

Dr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo

… B.A. degree in journalism, he was the first black South African to be awarded a B.A. through private study at Unisa and the first black South African in the…

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1873-1917

Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube

… Dube , the first President General of the South African Native National Congress  (SANNC- later renamed the African National Congress  ANC). As an equal…

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1905-1977

Hyman Meir Basner

… he was a co-founder with Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka of the African Democratic Party in 1943 and a Natives' … Jones .He often defended Africans in court and aided…

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1936-2011

Bafana Cyril Dlamini

… activist. His father, Steven Dlamini was a member of the African National Congress (ANC)’s National Executive Committee (NEC) , President of South African…

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Esmé Berman

… Esmé Berman, a Jewish South African art historian, author and researcher, was born in … to write a comprehensive and well-researched book on South African…

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1950

Martin Plaut

… of trade unions and ultimately Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). In 1978, Plaut worked for a … an easy task, as the Anti-Apartheid Movement…

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