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1895-1983

Rev. James Arthur Calata

… affairs, serving as president of the Inter-denominational African Ministers' Federation (IDAMF) and pressing for a … within the Anglican Church.He was…

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1930-2013

Professor Bernard Magubane

… He became politically involved and joined the African National Congress (ANC), attending ANC rallies and … university, he worked closely with the ANC and the…

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1927-2009

Harriet Bolton

… she attended sent her to work as a bookkeeper at the South African Typographical Union (SATU). After a year she quit her … GWIU out of TUCSA because of lack…

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1927-2023

Blanche la Guma

… Party of South Africa (CPSA – later renamed the South African Communist Party - SACP) meetings in Athlone, where … active, first in the formation of the…

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1930-2006

Mazisi Raymond Kunene

… he taught for 19 years.  He eventually became Professor of African Languages and Literature at that campus, a, post that … Tambo and Robert Resha . After…

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1952

Antjie Krog

… Heinemann and a book, Country of my Skull , on the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission published by … journalism, the Allan Paton award for…

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1915-1984

Thelma Gutsche

… 1950 Gutsche also wrote a series of articles on the South African film industry for the Cape Times. While living in … During World War II , Gutsche was hired…

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1882-1955

Mary Eveline Fincken

… Fincken was one of the first staff members of the South African College of Music. When the college was incorporated into the South African College …

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1938-1971

Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane

… work epitomizes the period where the first professional African Artists, mainly concerned with the social conditions … with tuberculosis at the Charles…

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1932-1988

Johnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini

… his time to organizing the people as an activist of the  African National Congress  (ANC). He became a key youth … against apartheid in the UN and the…

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1952

Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge

… literate adults. In 1979, Madlala-Routledge joined the African National Congress (ANC) underground. In 1983, she … for a year. In 1984, Madlala-Routledge…

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1946

Malcolm Payne

… Payne has attained status as an influential South African artist, and has won several awards. These include … First Prize at New Signatures Competition of…

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1962-2002

Steve Hilton-Barber

… savage noble and the noble savages. Photography and an African Initiation”, engendered much debate. He photographed … as that around the depiction of the…

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1950-2015

Virginia Engel

… against teachers. She joined the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS)  in 1971 and attended a conference …  and Barney Pityana , and…

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1943

Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin

… where she grew up as a child. Her father was a lecturer in African languages at the University of the Witwatersrand who … Church. In 1954 Bantu Education was…

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1929-2009

Ronald “Ron” Press

… 1953, after finishing his Ph.D. was as a chemist for African Film Productions. Ronnie was appointed as a plant … worked closely with Gert Sibande in Ermelo…

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George Montsioa

… of the Supreme Court of South Africa. He is third African Barrister in South Africa. Mr. Montsioa commenced his … black. In 1912 he was appointed recording…

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1967

Nkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo

… organizations, Mbuyabo established a branch of the African Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in Welcomewood.  He was … his involvement with progressive…

B-0068701

1950

Nyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi

… Orlando West High School while his was there he joined the African Students' Movement in the 1960s. In October 1968, he … 1973 Cindi wrote a letter of…

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2006

Daniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi

… workers under the banner of the Congress of South African Congress of Trade Unions (COSATU). In the late … the Gauteng Provincial Executive Committee of the …

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1952

Ari Sitas

… the RDP, ANC, KZN Economic Council, Chris Hani Institute, African Renaissance Development Trust and a plethora of … a significant "southern theorist" and…

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1915-1995

Yusuf Cachalia

… on 15 January 1915. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in the 1940s and 1950s, who was instrumental in bringing about African…

B-0007913

1974

Wim Botha

… Heaven, purgatory and hell revisited by contemporary African artists at the MMK (Museum für Moderne Kunst), … Donaueschingen, Germany (2014); Imaginary Fact:…

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1957

Mohammed Valli Moosa

… and in 1977 was an executive member of the South African Students Organisation (SASO) when it was banned. … role in protests around the formation of the…

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1891-1965

Dr Silas Modiri Molema

… Dr. Molema was a good speaker and one of the foremost African scholars. He married the daughter of Rev. M.J. … Montshioa. Since the 1940s, Dr Molema was…

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1950

Thenjiwe Mtintso

… Gana Makabeni  was a trade unionist and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). Mtintso faced financial … At university she became a student…

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1898-1967

Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli

… Peace Prize Laureate in 1960, was President-General of the African National Congress  (ANC) from December 1952 until his … Chief Luthuli was the most widely…

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1923-2014

Nadine Gordimer

… sent me falling, falling through the surface of the South African way of life,’ Gordimer has said. In the 1980s … being a founder member and patron of the…

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Brigalia Bam

… Rights. She worked as the general secretary for the South African Council of Churches between 1997 and 1998. She was a … a board member of the Matla Trust as…

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