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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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1817-1887

Jan Gerritze Bantjes

… administration which had been elected just before his arrival at the Vet River. On occasion he acted as Clerk … a document which is now of historical…

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1663

Autshumao (Herry the Strandloper)

… to speak Dutch and English, which made him very useful to his people, and the European settlers who were engaged in a trading relationship. As result of his…

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1962

Chris Kirchhoff

… Born in 1962 in Johannesburg, Kirchhoff spend his early years in Norway and Massachusetts before returning to Johannesburg to complete his schooling.  He…

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1903-1979

Johannes (Jan) de Klerk

… Secretary of the NP in the Transvaal, and delivered on his mandate of providing a successful campaign for the party … of Labour and Public Works and…

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1886-1955

Richard Victor Selope Thema

… born in Ga-Mamabolo, Pietersburg district, in 1886. Both his parents were Pedi speaking but not originally belonging … contact with missionaries, were…

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1927-1978

Philemon Pearce Nokwe

… As a child he grew up in a working-class environment - his father was a shoemaker - and attended primary schools in … Africans. Nokwe became acquainted with…

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1950-2008

John Alfons Pandeni

… who were captured and imprisoned on Robben Island. After his release in 1985, he became the founding General Secretary of the Namibia Food and Allied Workers…

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John Moshoeu

… or the ‘dribbling wizard’ as he was popularly known for his skills in the field of play, began his soccer career at Giant Blackpool, playing alongside other …

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1897-1962

Richard Granville Baloyi

… 1897 and lived in Alexandra north of Johannesburg in 1922. His first job was that of a taxi driver but in 1925 he became a taxi owner. In 1927 he purchased…

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1866-1942

James Barry Munnik Hertzog

… especially those from Britain. In 1881, together with his three brothers, he was sent to Stellenbosch for further … this by studying Law and not Theology as…

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1812-1893

Johannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen

… Vaal River. He settled near present-day Zeerust and called his farm Ver Genoeg. His wife was Maria Catherina Messer, daughter of the German … the nick- name…

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1958-2001

Mathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu

… Mathews Motshwarateu was born on 2 November 1958 in Soweto. His talent for athletics already became apparent in his primary school years, which he spent at…

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Gail Johnson

… Johannesburg , for refusing to enrol him because of his HIV status. His courage as a HIV-positive youngster gave him the … including the United Nations…

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1939-1997

Enos Mabuza

… 6. He then attended the Emjindini secondary School and got his Junior Certificate in 1957. He went on to obtain a … Teacher’s Training College in Vryheid. He…

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Nimrod Boyce Tantsi

… of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of times during his youth, first to Natal and then to the Cape, where Tantsi…

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1900-1963

Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe

… in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father, John Knox Bokwe , in Ugie, East Griqualand, and then…

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1794-1879

Thomas Maclear

… arrived in South Africa on 5 January 1834 to assume his duties as Royal Astronomer at the Cape. He immediately … survey and accurate mapping of the Cape…

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1958-2004

Khotso Seatlholo

… country from time to time during the years that followed his exile. In 1981, during one of his secret visits to South Africa, the Security Police … Africa…

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1955-2004

Andrew Meintjes

… he met photographer David Goldblatt in, who took him under his wing and allegedly helped him to build up a portfolio … into Michaelis School of Art. Although…

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1893-1952

Hendrik Andries Hanekom

… he matriculated. He never received theatrical training in his youth. Hanekom was first employed as a municipal official in the town of his birth and was…

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2012

Babalo Mtshazi

… in the head by police. He left behind two young children, his mother and three siblings. He financially supported his entire family. According to his mother:…

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1955

Caesarina Kona Makhoere

… in prison, entitled No Child’s Play: In Prison Under Apartheid(1988). …

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1924-2021

Kenneth Kaunda

… Northern Rhodesia.) He was the youngest of eight children. His father was a Minister and teacher who had left Malawi in 1904 and his mother was the first…

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1880-1919

Cecilia Makiwane

… Botha asking for the pass laws to be repealed. She resumed work with the Lovedale Hospital and served the hospital for …

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1908-1993

Nerine Constantia Desmond Fial

… Prayers is representative of this theme in Desmond's work. Her association with SASA was not consistent, as she …

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1911-1991

Dorothy Joan Wright

… to break with Kay's influence. Rondo Capriccioso, a work slightly out of the period under review in this …

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1970

Heidi Saayman

… Story", at EPSAC art gallery in Port Elizabeth. The work was also later exhibited in Johannesburg at the …

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