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1937-1965

Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)

… no difficulty in obtaining a passport from the South African government'. When told he would not get a passport, … 12 1937 - July 14 1965. Journalist, Nieman…

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1931-1998

Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe

… to her only child and few years later. She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, participating as a … League and a leading member of the…

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1922-2014

Stanley Huette Uys

… in South Africa and a self-confessed traitor," the South African government minister Ben Schoeman unwittingly bestowed … the University of Cape Town. He…

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1967-1991

Vuyani Mabaxa

… In 1982, Mabaxa became a member of the Congress of South African Students (Cosas) and was actively involved in its … school going youth only. Following the…

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1917-2013

Mfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose

… prospects for a viable career, Gqobose joined the South African Military Service in 1941, and served in South Africa, … attainable for black people in the…

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1928-2016

Clarence Mlami Makwetu

… found work in Cape Town where he joined the African National Congress Youth League 1954. Makwetu was … by the  Defiance Campaign of 1952  organised by the …

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Billy Paddock

… 1970s, Paddock was a member of Archbishop Tutu’s  South African Council of Churches-sponsored delegation to Europe, … need for the world to apply pressure on…

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1930-2017

Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba

… Indian Congress (TIC). In 1959, he joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) recruited by Ahmed Kathrada . … United Democratic Front (UDF) and…

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1964

Joseph Manana

… on various walls in the city. In a solo show held at the African Art Centre in Durban in 2004 Manana displayed an … Exhibitions 1993: Yesterday Today and…

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1948

Gavin Jantjes

… policy, and his most renowned work, is “South African Colouring Book”. It consists of eleven serigraphs … “Colour this Whites Only”, the face of the South…

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1954

Bulelani Thandabantu Ngcuka

… that Ngcuka was already too involved in the ruling  African National Congress  (ANC) to exercise judicial … This concerned improper influence in a…

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1888-1948

James M. Thaele

… Elliot Tonjeni and Bransby Ndobe, the western Cape  African National Congress  (ANC) with Thaele as president had … Cape Town Grand Parade, addressing groups…

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1924

Ben Baartman

… He worked on the mines around Johannesburg, joined the African Mineworkers Union (AMU) and participated in the great … in the Vigilant Association and in…

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Professor Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu

… Biko and others broke away from National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and formed the South African Students Organization (SASO) in July 1968. At…

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1948

Eric Mbatha

… colour, as opposed to colouring prints by hand. Mbatha’s African queens is seen in the Campbell Smith Collection in a … College, Minneapolis, USA…

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1974

Herschelle Herman Gibbs

… Herschelle Gibbs, multi-talented South African cricketer, was born at Green Point in Cape Town on 23 … was involved in match fixing scandal with the former…

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1921

Richard Ernest van der Ross

… Cape Town. Although accused by some critics of fearing African domination, he insisted that he favored contact with African groups while calling for…

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1926

Leonora van den Heever

… permanently to the appellate division of the South African Supreme Court. She also served on the Lesotho Appeal … the Women’s Bureau, chairperson of the…

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1906-1967

George John Golding

… National Union, an organisation that superseded the African People's Organisation (APO) and later rivaled the South African Coloured People's Organisation  …

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1930

Joseph Sallie Molefi

… Transport Council, he was also the Secretary of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL).It was alleged … a press correspondent, covering Lesotho…

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1954

Michael Barry

… Peninsula including an exhibition organised by The South African National Gallery in 1981 entitled “Young South African Photographers.” Barry’s photographic…

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1954-2019

Paul Grendon

… to leave a deep and impressionable mark not only on South African artists, but on South Africans as a whole.  Paul was … long painting which depicts the…

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1961

Jo Ractliffe

… Amsterdam (2014); Distance and Desire: Encounters with the African Archive, Walther Collection, Ulm (2013); Making … Paris (2011); Figures and Fictions:…

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1982

Mary Sibande

… centuries-old colonial narratives attempting to Other the African woman. At the same time, Sophie’s dress, the familiar … BIOGRAPHY Mary Sibande, born in…

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1949-2024

Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan

… to changing the quality of life of South Africans. South African Revenue Service Commissioner, Ed Kieswetter, when … and became involved in underground…

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1949

Lefifi Tladi

… the other club members bought a few instruments including African drums, a guitar, and a piccolo. The group … poetry. Consequently, Tladi burst onto the…

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1929-1967

Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi

… Africans as well as students from other English speaking African colonial-administered countries. At Fort Hare Selby … part of the growing, influential…

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1942

Ali Bacher

… stated that the seeds of Ali Bacher's growth into a South African sports administrator of international stature were … against apartheid in sport was about…

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1891-1955

Dora Nginza

… with a gold wristwatch by the New York Council of African Affairs in 1951 She was the first African woman to receive the award, annually allocated to people…

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