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Bertram Buxton Xiniwe

Bertram Buxton Xiniwe was born in Middledrift in the Cape, the son of Paul Xiniwe, who subsequently became a well-known hotel operator in King William's Town…

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Hammington Silulami Majija

A graduate of Healdtown, he taught in Rhodesia and the Transkei and later worked as business manager of Contact in Cape Town. A prominent figure in the Liberal…

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Winston Field

Winston Field was born on 6 June 1904, in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire in the United Kingdom, where he was brought up. He moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1921. He…

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1953

Steven Eli Friedman

Steven Eli Friedman was born on 31 March 1953 in Johannesburg. In 1971 Friedman began studying at the University of Witwatersrand. While at University, he…

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Ishmael Mkhabela

Ishmael  Mkhabela began his political activism in the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). After the BCM was banned, he served as a member of the Soweto Action…

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1962

Joey Fourie

… seat on the Woodstock City Council during a history-making election which gave Woodstock three communist representatives …

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1861-1924

Rustomjee Jiwanji Ghorkhodu

Rustomjee Jiwanji Ghorkhodu, also known as Parsi Rustomjee (or “Kakaji”) was born in India in August 1861. He arrived in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) at…

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1923-1986

Moses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida

… union federations. In 1963, however, following his re-election to the NEC at the ANC's Lobatse conference in … later served as the commander of MK. Mabhida's…

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1962

Jacob Koti Dikobo

… Zambia, a position he held until he relinquished it on his election as AZAPO President. Dikobo is also a member of …

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Mr GK Gokhale was the Founder of the Servants of India Society in Poona. On Ghandi's invitiation, he Toured South Africa in October of 1912. He was associated…

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1941-2010

Eugène Ney Terre’Blanche

… contest the Rustenburg Parliamentary seat in the general election of September 1989 as an "independent white man" but withdrew when a right-wing election…

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1892-1969

Bertha Solomon

Bertha Solomon was born on 1 January 1892 in Minsk, Russia. At four years, she and her older sister were taken by their mother, Sonia Schwartz, to join their…

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Emsley Manne Dipico

Emsley Manne Dipico, activist, politician and former Premier of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, was born in  Greenpoint, Kimberley. Emsley Manne…

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1930-2019

Hassim Mohamed Seedat

Hassim Seedat, was born in Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1930. His family came to Newcastle as traders in the late 1880s. He attended St Oswalds…

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William Mothipa (Willie) Madisha

Willie Madisha grew up in the Atteridgeville Township of Pretoria. He completed his high school education in Attridgeville and then studied to become a teacher…

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1924-2002

Makholeka Matthews Meyiwa

Matthews Meyiwa was born on 24 August 1924 in Georgedale, near Hammersdale in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He was born to George and Anne Meyiwa who were peasant…

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1850-1913

Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer

Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer was born in 1850 at Burgersdorp in the Cape Colony. He did his education at the South African College in Cape Town. After completing…

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1940

Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize

Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize was born on 12 April 1940 in Sophiatown, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). Her family’s forced removal from Sophiatown to Meadowlands…

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1922-2010

Eulalie Doreen Stott

… a founding member of the Liberal Party . She acted as election agent for the Liberal Party’s South Peninsula …

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1928-2009

Suliman Moosa Esakjee

… as volunteers, or by the submitting of demands and the election of delegates. These meetings often discussed …

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Nicholaas Frederic de Waal

… of the Afrikaner Bond before and during the 1888 election, the body formed the Commissie van Toezicht, which …

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1884-1933

Richard Msimang

… interest in and involvement with sport are confirmed by election in 1928 as Vice-Chairman of the Provisional …

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1856-1919

Saul Msane

… in June 1917 was elected as its secretary-general. This election was the result of a misunderstanding over policy …

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1928-2016

Clarence Mlami Makwetu

… in order to unite the liberation movements. After 1994 election Makwetu was one of the three PAC members in …

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1917-2013

Mfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose

… the regime, which led to the historic first democratic election in 1994.Before returning to South Africa, Gqobose …

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1851-1930

William Henry Beaumont

William Henry Beaumont was born in India on 24 February 1851. His father was a Lieutenant Colonel of the 23rd Madras Light Infantry. Beaumont attended…

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1939-2023

Essop Goolam Pahad

… then Deputy President Thabo Mbeki . In the 1999 general election, Pahad was appointed as the Minister in the …

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1879-1935

Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos

… the 1929 general elections. He resigned as soon as the election result were in and on his return to South Africa he …

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1947-2012

Heidi Holland

… transition to majority rule.  In 1974, she was the election agent for Diana Mitchell , a leading figure in the …

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1927-2009

Harriet Bolton

… to South Africa to vote in the country’s first democratic election. When things became unbearable for Bolton in …

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