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1968

Rebecca Malope

… artists. In 1990 Rebecca won the OKTV Award of Best South African female artist. In 1993 it is estimated that more than … its release, becoming the fastest…

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1924-2021

Kenneth Kaunda

… who had left Malawi in 1904 and his mother was the first African woman to teach in colonial Zambia. Initially, the … for Northern Rhodesia of the: 'Northern…

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1935-2019

Dorothy Masuka

… , and she became the principal star in Alf Herbert’s African Jazz and Variety show. A lot of Masuka’s performances … songs that were inspired by events…

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1928-2004

Dolly Rathebe

… role in Jim Comes to Joburg , one of the earliest South African films made for a primarily black audience. Although … called, was in great public demand and…

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1957

Saleem Badat

… South Africa, Uganda, Ghana, Egypt, and Lebanon and to pan-African and pan-Arab institutions working in higher … Council on Higher Education, which advises…

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1915-2006

Hilda Bernstein

… of Distributive Workers. She was a member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth until 1940. After her … the Labour Party. In 1937 she became a…

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1931-2018

Eric Mtshali

… workers. In 1955 he assisted in established Southern African Clothing and Textile Workers’ Union (SACTWU). In the … he assisted in collecting ‘freedom…

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1927-2019

Ben Turok

… Leading member of the South African Congress of Democrats (CoD). He was born in Latvia in … study in 1975: "Inequality as State Policy: The South African…

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1943-2000

Mampe Mosia Makhaya

… UK, Norway, Germany and Russia. In 1976, Makhaya join the  African National Congress  (ANC) and in 1992 became its Chief … on 1 August 1994, after which he…

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1908-1986

Nathaniel Impey Honono

… collegues to build a spirit resistance to the government's African education policies. In the 1940s Honono was a member … on 16 December 1943.  He was an…

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1936

Luli Callinicos

… as part of a concerted campaign after the banning of the African National Congress (ANC). Callinicos wrote articles … Callinicos taught English literacy to…

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1861-1951

Sefako Mapogo Makgatho

… the Kilnerton Training Institute, a Methodist School for African children living near Johannesburg. Kilnerton Training … formed one of the first teacher…

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1875-1927

James E. Kwegyir Aggrey

… Africa as a member of the Phelps-Stokes Commission on African Education. Aggrey's thinking on race relations … for racial harmony reinforced the disposition…

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1959-2014

Nosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi

… ( Western Cape ). She was the Deputy President of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), was an African National Congress (ANC) National…

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1936-2007

Archie Mafeje

… (NEUM). Later, Mafeje belonged to the Society of Young African (SOYA) which was an organisation associated with the All African Convention (AAC). In August…

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1923-2003

Magdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha

… training at Holy Cross that she first read about the  African National Congress (ANC)  in a copy of  The Bantu … 1948, she married Robert Resha , who was a…

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1922-1999

Julius Nyerere

… nearby Dar es Salaam. There, Nyerere joined the Tanganyika African Association, that later became the Tanganyika African National Union (TANU), the…

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1885-1959

Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu

… His father was also a founding member of the South African Native College (later renamed the University of Fort … Hare's most prominent faculty member. He…

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1941-2010

Hotep Idris Galeta

… years Geleta was drawn into a very active nucleus of South African jazz musicians, among them; Dollar Brand, Chris … Gertze, Makaya Ntoshoko and many other…

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1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… happy home with all the racial prejudices of White South African of the time. At around the age of eighteen, the young … in the British High Commission…

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Leon Madakeni

… Leon Madakeni, star of the South African film Wanaka, a member of the African National Congress  (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). …

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1981

Bheki Magubane

… A member of the African National Congress  (ANC) and  uMkhonto we Sizwe  (MK). Was killed in a South African Defence Force (SADF) raid into Mozambique on 31 …

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1973

Shaun Maclean Pollock

… English squad. In 2000 he was unexpectedly given the South African captaincy following the sacking of Hansie Cronje in a corruption scandal. Pollock was…

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1957

Pansy Tlakula

… several organisations including commissioner of the South African Human Rights Commission from 1995 to 2002 and member of the African Commission for Human…

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1942

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

… Mbeki , was a leading figure in the activities of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Eastern Cape. Thabo … as the ‘Eton of Africa’, the school was…

B-0008516

1981

Solomon Albert Mahutso

… Solomon Albert Mahutso, a member of the African National Congress  (ANC) and  uMkhonto we Sizwe  (MK), was killed in a South African Defence Force raid in…

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1906-1980

Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi

… about. From 1941-1944, he was assistant secretary for the African Commercial and Distributive Workers Union, which had … 1944, he was one of the delegates…

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1900-1984

Princess Magogo

… from abroad, like David Rycroft from the school of African and Oriental studies in London, and Henry Weman, … Hugh Tracy, director of the International…

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1987

Mads Nørgaard

… providing editorial input and webmaster services for South African History Online, a website that aims to tell the … his home. Newspapers and publications…

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