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1965

Phila Portia Ndwandwe

… They prepared a shallow grave for her some 80m from her family’s house in Elandskop, disposed of her clothes and … successfully exhume her remains and give…

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1932-2002

Curnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu

… Curnick Ndlovu was born in 1932 in Matatiele. His family moved to uMkhumbane settlement in Durban in 1941. … Manor and subsequent forced removals in the…

B-0070371

Magdelene Malotane Adams

… education. She married Simon Adams from Rustenburg and the family had three children. …

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1949-2007

Henry “Black Cat” Cele

… KwaMashu, Durban, South Africa.  As a member of the Cele family he was referred to by his clan name Ndosi (Bavela …

B-0065253

1921-1968

Todd Tozama Matshikiza

… Bokwe Matshikiza and Grace Ngqoyi Matshikiza. They were a family of renowned musicians; his mother was a noted soprano, … took the opportunity to leave South…

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1923-1986

Moses Mabhida

… near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923, into a poor family which was later forced off the land. Mabhida could not … because of the financial constraints…

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1906

Martha Mohlakoane

… Mohlakoane was born in 1906 to a family of farm squatters. She worked in domestic service for …

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1901-1953

Thambi Naransamy Naidoo

… in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) where the family had moved during the Anglo-Boer War (also known as the … Commission - Special Hearings ”“…

B-0068206

1897-1972

Nils Severin Andersen

… father settled at Saldahna Bay in 1911. In 1914 his family went to Durban, and he studied engineering. Family pressures prevented an art career until he…

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1814-1893

George Christopher Cato

… in 25 February 1814, London. The eldest son of a Huguenot family called Caton who settled in London. His family, silk weaving traders, came to the Cape in…

B-0007928

1939-2022

Francis Wilson

… to resign from his position and subsequently took the family back to South Africa. They settled in rural Hogsback … undertake postgraduate studies in…

B-0123540

1922-1992

Hassan Howa

… (now Western Cape Province) into a large working-class family, one of 12 children of a Christian, Coloured mother … in District Six, Cape Town, after which…

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1916-2014

Epainette Nomaka Mbeki

… of the Mount Fletcher district of Transkei . Ma Mbeki’s family, the Moeranes, are Basotho members of the elite … schooling for their children. Piny, as her…

B-0094629

1934-2010

Edward Sonnyboy Bhengu

… to Gladys Toti in the Italian household of the Mattera family. He was the first born son of Pasquale “Grovaa” …

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1924-2008

Esther Barsel

… Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), until 1936 when the family moved to Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now … and never faltered from it. This came at a…

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1920-2000

Fred Carneson

… Anthony and Annie Carneson, a poor Catholic working class family, the sixth of nine children. Fred’s parents were both … Junior Certificate (Grade eight). He…

B-0007921

1953-2014

Russel Botman

… (now Free State Province). His mother had supported his family by working as a typist for the “coloured” Nederduitse …

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1912-1974

Johanna Catharina Cornelius

… born in Licthtenburg on 27 February 1912 to an Afrikaner family where she grew up. Their family was very nationalistic, with both their father and …

B-0069428

1949-1984

Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)

… followed by her bother Fritz in 1981.   Marius moved the family to Angola as he felt it would be safer than living in … the Schoon home by Craig Williamson…

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1933-2002

Norma Kitson

… Yacht club. Her mother, Millie, came from a wealthy Polish family. …

B-0008265

1924-2009

Dennis Brutus

… bestowed with the Kenneth Kaunda Humanism Award, the Steve Biko Award from Trans Africa, the City University of New …

B-0007892

1957

Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma

… politicised school in Port Elizabeth. Contact with  Steve Biko  and other  Black Consciousness  leaders followed, and …

B-0008360

1915

Reverend Beyers Naudé

…  Naudé was one of eight children and was born into a family that was fully committed to the preservation of … aimed at promoting Afrikaner nationalism. In…

B-0068227

1920-1977

Marimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker

… He was born in Natal in 1920, and although his family was poor he managed to complete high school. He worked … information director. Born into an Indian…

B-0068163

1914-1947

Anton Muziwakhe Lembede

… On 21 March 1914, Lembede was born into a peasant family living on the farm in Eston in Natal. He was baptised … In 1927 after completing his elementary…

B-0008314

1926-1982

Poomoney Moodley

… in Natal. In 1930, when Poomoney was two years old, the family moved to Clairwood. Her father was a policeman and her … and the use of her left hand. She was…

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1951

Sabata Manaka

… was living  under the name of Tshepo Nkosi. After this his family lost contact with him. Sabata  Manaka  died of natural …

B-0075102

1907-1978

Hester Elizabeth Cornelius

… 1907 in Lichtenburg Western Transvaal to an Afrikaner family. Her family was very nationalistic, with both her father and …

B-0007960

1920-2008

Lucy Mary (nee Mullins) Wiles

… to Brian Wiles, became a member of the well-known Wiles family who have been artists for several generations and long … and range of subjects taken up by the…

B-0008709

1920-2002

Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert

… the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and family before being given to a Methodist couple who renamed … to live in Namibia where he was taken…

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