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1976

Wellington Mlungisi Tshazibane

… 6(1) of the Terrorism Act. On 11 December police informed his family that he had hanged himself. According to a … that while he was in detention, he…

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2012

Fezile David Saphendu

… He began working for Lonmin in 2009, when he replaced his brother who had found another job at Impala. On 16 August … 2012 Fezile was killed at scene 2 after…

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1914-2004

Ray Alexander Simons

… campaign. She was involved with all facets of the Party's work, and after being dismissed from a job for attending the … in Angola and Alexander Simons…

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2012

Thembinkosi Gwelani

… at Lonmin but had gone to the Koppie to take food to his cousin, Musa Gwelani, who was part of the strike. … 2 brothers and 2 sisters. He financially…

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1906-1983

Victor Sidney Norton

… of Sidney (Peter) Norton, a Johannesburg journalist, and his wife. His father's descent was English and his mother was of Swedish extraction. Norton's…

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1911-1999

Harry Snitcher

… Harry Snitcher was born on 10 May 1911 in Uniondale. His early schooling was in Uniondale and then in Gouda. After the premature death of his father in 1924,…

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Piet Retief

… of 10 children of Jacobus, a farmer  and Debora Retief. His ancestors were from Provence in France. Piet Retief lived with his father until he was 27, after…

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1935-2009

Cassim Saloojee

… Saloojee was born in Krugersdorp, in 1935. Here his grandfather ran a shop next to Dr. Yusuf Dadoo’s father’s … After he was married, Saloojee’s father moved…

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1916-1984

Ernest Sedumedi Moloto

… Moloto was the son of peasant farmers. He received his primary education at Moruleng and Mabieskraal, both in … Viljoensdrift in the Orange Free State, where…

B-0008627

1879-1966

Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo

… 1879 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. At the age of four his parents moved to Amajuba in the southeast of the … Republic where Kumalo herded cattle. Though…

B-0008285

1934

Abdulhay Jassat

… Transvaal Indian Congress  (TIC) president Nana Sita from his home by blowing up the house that was set aside for him … Naidoo. A few days later, Jassat was…

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1938-2011

Jannie “Jan Bek” Momberg

… of its distinguished parliamentarians. Little is known of his early years in the party. However, it does appear that he … to become more visible in the late…

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1906-1982

Walter Battiss

… Battiss family settled in Fauresmith where he completed his education, matriculating in 1923. In 1924 he became a clerk in the Magistrates Court in…

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1939

Chief Malebogo

… the Transvaal Boers as intruders who were trying to change his way of life and refused to have his territory demarcated in 1888; nor would he have his huts…

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1795

Sobhuza I

… today. He was born in Swaziland in 1795 and succeeded his father, Ndvungunye, as king of the Dlamini clan in 1815. He was determined to expand his authority,…

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1830-1913

Gordon Sprigg

… at Ipswich and at other private schools before taking up his first job in a shipbuilder’s office. He became a reporter … especially with questions of…

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1938

Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils

… was born in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on 15 November 1938.  His grandparents were immigrants from Latvia and Lithuania, … from the Czarist pogroms at the end…

B-0008229

1639-1712

Simon van der Stel

… of the Dutch East India Company (VOC) in Mauritius. [1] His mother Maria was the daughter of Hendrik Lievens of … he managed to obtain this post through the…

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1934-2012

Ellen Lambert

… After the banning of the ANC, Lambert carried on her anti-apartheid political activity underground. Consequently, she … Front (UDF), a Congress of the People…

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1954

Wendy Schwegmann

… that played a key role in documenting the resistance to apartheid in the 1980s. At the time she was freelancing for …

B-0008998

1959-1985

Nomkhosi Mary Mini

… National Congress (ANC) member to be executed by the apartheid state.  Nomkhosi Mary Mini was born into a …

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1950

Mandla Langa

… township outside Durban . He is one of nine children in his family. Amongst his siblings are Bheki Langa, young brother who was South Africa’s ambassador to…

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1859-1929

Sir. Julius Jeppe

… Mecklenburg- Schwerin, Germany in July 1859. Jeppe and his family immigrated to South Africa in 1870, and settled in Pretoria. Jeppe began his career as a…

B-0008204

1959-2010

Mthuthuzeli Tom

… Mpongo outside East London, and was one of eight children. His mother was a domestic worker and his father was a factory worker at a battery assembling plant…

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1939-2001

Laurent Kabila

… civil war ensued between the Marxist prime minister and his chief opposition, Joseph Mobutu . As a result, Lumumba … of Lumumba’s old supporters who wanted…

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1857-1941

Baden Powell

… the son of Professor Baden Powell, of Oxford University. His father died when he was 3 years old and his mother devoted herself to bringing up a rather large…

B-0007805

1947-2006

Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga

… go on to make a brilliant career out of boxing. He started his boxing career at the age of 17 when he won the Natal … title. He again won two Natal titles…

B-0100310

1920-1996

Alcott Skei Gwentshe

… a suspended sentence. The documentation related to his banishment noted that Gwentshehad attended African … six months. He was subsequently found guilty of…

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