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1929-2006

Arthur Albert Hugh Adams

… in 1911. His mother, Emma Caroline, was a coloured South African who made a living as a domestic worker and gave him … where he became head of the National…

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1961

Janet Mary Cherry

… Council. In 1982, she was recruited into the  African National Congress (ANC) underground. A year later, … elected General Secretary of the  National Union…

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1981

Julius Sello Malema

… joined the Masupatsela (Trailblazers), a movement of the African National Congress  (ANC) at the age of nine, where, … age of 14 Malema was elected as both…

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1920

Marutle Flag Boshielo

… Transvaal, now Limpopo Province.     Boshielo joined the  African National Congress  (ANC) and  Communist Party of … saw him elected to the national…

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1941-1989

Maggie Mikula

… Mikula was one of the first of her generation of South African ceramicists to draw from South Africa’s own rich … that was culturally all-inclusive while…

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Gwede Mantashe

… In 2007 Mantashe was elected as Chairperson of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and also served as a member of … Executive Committee member of the…

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1977

Benedict ‘Bennie’ Saul McCarthy

… team are the four goals he scored in 1998 during the  African Cup of Nations  against the Namibian side. Like many … Bennie has been through difficult…

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1969

Lucas Radebe

… clubs. In 1992 he made his first appearance for the South African national team, Bafana Bafana. Two years later, in … two years. However, in 2002 he was…

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1940

Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali

… collection, Sounds of a Cowhide Drum , in 1971. South African writer Nadine Gordimer wrote the foreword for the … by the government. Mtshali worked briefly…

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1932-1997

Rissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai

… coloured. He succeeded James La Guma as president of South African Coloured People's Congress (SACPC) in 1961 and … weSizwe .Desai was the Vice President of…

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1921

Thembile Benson Ndimba

… in 1937 during the mass removal of the people from the African township of Korsten and one of Korsten's leaders … in 1937 during the mass removal of the…

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1952

Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana

… in  Keiskammahoek  in the Eastern Cape. He has been South African Minister of Labour since 1998 and is a member of the …

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1925

A. B. Nogaya

… Born 1925. Factory worker. Joined  African National Congress  in 1949 and during the  Defiance …

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1931-2011

Isaiah Stein

… People's Congress (CPC), an organisation allied to the African National Congress (ANC). The authorities saw him as a … Stein began working as a distribution…

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1938-1999

Ezrom Legae

… the 1950’s, it became the cradle of the first professional African Artists whose art was mainly concerned with the … Grant Fund, USA. From 1972 to 1974, he…

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1933-1965

Ingrid Jonker

… Mandela said that: “She was both a poet and a South African. She was both an Afrikaner and an African. She was both an artist and a human being. In the … for…

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1928-2007

Lawrence Folley

… productions Lawrence Folley held his own as the only South African in a cast of international luminaries.  He is widely … greatest single inspiration to…

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1933-2009

Anton Ndoda Xaba

… the late 1940s and went to work in Durban.  He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1953 at Emsizini in Durban … the regime banned 24 trade…

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1899-1996

Mary Agnes Stainbank

… She received the acclaim due to her as a foremost South African sculptor.   During her career, Stainbank produced … organized by the Natal Society of Artists…

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1932-2002

Soromini Kallichurum

… task of transforming the previously White oriented South African Medical and Dental Council into a Health Professions … diseases in the Black population and…

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1942

Feziwe Bookholane

… that her stepson was murdered together with seven other African National Congress (ANC)  members in the Maputo raid  in Mozambique by South African Army. In…

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1925-2020

Andrew Mokete Mlangeni

… conditions and a living wage. In 1951 he joined the  African National Congress Youth League  (ANCYL) and later in 1954 he joined the African National…

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1937-2006

Stella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau

… student at the University of Fort Hare, Sigcau joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) . She … (Contralesa) , was nominated. She also…

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1929-2011

Arthur Goldreich

… he created the sets for  King Kong, a celebrated South African musical tracing the tragic story of a real-life … Johannesburg, in 1961 as headquarters for…

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1936-2011

Lawrence Schlemmer

… said to have possessed an encyclopaedic knowledge of South African sociology, politics, economics and anthropology. His … Academy of Science of South Africa,…

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1950

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

… move away from the radical  National Union of South African Students  (NUSAS). In 1969 Cooper was suspended from … Cooper could not take part in the launch…

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1948-2021

King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

… his education. A heated debate ensued between the South African government and the KwaZulu royal family over the … of the KwaZulu government as the puppet of…

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1932-2002

Curnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu

… that compelled him to join politics. Ndlovu joined the African National Congress at the age of 20 in 1952 during the … and in the late 1950s became an…

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1902-1996

Jane Gool

… called the the All Native Convention it became the All African Convention (AAC). Jane, joined by political figures … Jane and her comrades moved for the…

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