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1958-1985

Vernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng

…  (SACTU) underground machinery in Botswana. Nkadimeng met his death in a fierce pre dawn cross border attack by the … fateful day. He was buried in Gaborone…

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1939-2022

Francis Wilson

… born in May 1939 in Livingstone, Zambia. During this time his father was the director of the newly created Rhodes … pressure, in 1941 Godfrey Wilson was…

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2013

Ronald (Ronnie) Britten

… Luckoff High School in Stellenbosch, not too distant from his home town, Paarl, where he taught for the rest of his stay in South Africa. He was a diligent…

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1913-1979

Mary Moodley

… aware as result of her father’s protection over his wife and children from the racism that they were exposed … that her funeral was an act of defiance…

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1909-1969

Dr. Philip Blaaiberg

… Born in Uniondale in the Cape, Blaaiberg spent his youth in the Karoo town of Oudtshoorn. He studied … dental unit in Abyssinia and Italy. In 1954 Blaaiberg…

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1878-1942

Paul De Groot

… training for the stage at the  Toneelschool  in Amsterdam. His directors were two famous men, Eduard Verkade and Louis … he travelled to South Africa. Here,…

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1857-1919

William Philip Schreiner

… at the South African College, Cape Town and furthered his studies at Downing College, Cambridge. After completing his tertiary studies he practiced as a…

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Dr Gomolemo Mokae

… Modisagarekwe Michael and Lotlamoreng Elizabeth Mokae. His parents migrant missionary life took him across Limpopo … he took the MB ChB degree. Dr Mokae…

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1931-2000

Hendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee

… on 19 April 1931 in Ladybrand in the Orange Free State. His father, Johannes, was a printer, and had only one child … School in 1948 as Dux scholar and…

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1947

Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer

… on 16 July 1947, the son of Hudson and Hannah Meyer. His father was a farmer in the Humansdorp district in what is … at the Ficksburg High School, and he…

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1840-1888

William Wellington Gqoba

… and in the history of Xhosa literature. During his final illness, Gqoba had a vision of Ntsikana and his congregation in bright clothing: 'While I did not…

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1973

Shaun Maclean Pollock

… to Durban at the age of five. Born to a cricketing family, his father Peter and Uncle Graeme represented South Africa. … of Natal. Shaun Pollock's passion…

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1922-2003

Fatima Seedat

… Dawood and moved to Durban, where she continued her work for the Communist Party. In  Durban  she got involved …

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Rev. Joseph J Doke

… Baptist Church. He offered to resign from this position if his pro-Indian sympathies were unacceptable to his congregation. He and his wife nursed Gandhi…

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1934

Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu

… Bengu was born on 8th  of May in 1934 in Natal. He began his career as a teacher in 1952. His years of teaching culminated in the founding of Dlangezwa ……

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1762-1834

Henry Bathurst

… of Parliament for Cirencester from 1783 until he succeeded his father as Earl in August 1794. Perhaps influenced by his friendship with William Pitt, Prime…

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1709-1785

Georg Schmidt

… Saxony and started preparing to become an evangelist. On his first evangelistic mission in 1728, he was sent to … Catholic law in that country. In 1736, two…

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1947-2013

Victor Mhleli Ntoni

… Western Province (now Western Cape) learning music from his mother, a locally recognised singer and his uncle, an aspirant piano player. He first learned…

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1938

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

… schools before proceeding to Alliance High School. During his education the background was the Mau Mau war of … independence celebrations in 1962. wa Thiong…

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Unknown-1663

Doman

… a staunch opponent of European colonisation. To ensure his safe return to the Cape, he told Commissioner Joan Cunaeus of his wish to become a Christian and…

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1928-2011

Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi

… five. He attended Pimville Government School and completed his secondary school education at St Peters Secondary School … 5 December 1956, he was arrested on…

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1886-1982

Henry Selby Msimang

… on 13 December 1886 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. He and his elder brother, Richard Msimang,were born to Joel Msimang and his wife Joanah Radebe. Joel…

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Mme Makwena Matlala

… and opposition to state initiatives did not endear her to apartheid officials. In 1949, Makwena Matlala was deposed by … and certainly the first woman, to be…

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1941-1995

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

… demonstrated a talent for scholarship and, upon completing his secondary schooling at Government College Umuahia, he won … for education in the Rivers State…

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1921-2007

Arthur David Bensusan

… interest in photography at an early age. He completed his medical degree at Wits after the war, graduating in 1950, … at Witwatersrand Medical School and was…

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1881-1971

Reverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane

… Free State (now Free Stae Province), on 15 August 1881. His parents were Christians and prosperous farmers. After his primary school education in Thaba Nchu…

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1868-1913

King Dinuzulu

… complained about Zibhebhu's endeavours to increase his wealth and status and pleaded for Cetshwayo's return to … On 30 March and again on 21 July 1883,…

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