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1929-2006

Arthur Albert Hugh Adams

… close friends. Adams returned to Cape Town in the late 1950’s and held his first solo exhibition at the Argus … last attempt at living in his own country in…

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1931-2011

Isaiah Stein

Isaiah Stein was born to a Coloured family in Durban in 1931, the son of a pastor and property developer. After both his parents died, during his teens, he…

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1921-2005

Mahomed “Chota” Motala

… leadership under young militant Dr Monty Naicker . In 1950 Motala was elected chairperson of the local branch of …

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1938-1999

Ezrom Legae

… artists from different areas under one roof. During the 1950’s, it became the cradle of the first professional …

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1879-1966

Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo

… Both these choirs performed traditional songs. In 1950 Kumalo was a member of the cast of the British film …

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1932-2002

Soromini Kallichurum

… born in 1932 in Ladysmith , Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ). In 1950, Soromini Kallichurum was one of the first 12 …

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1930

Josiah Khiphusizi Jele

… that drove Jele to join the fight against apartheid. In 1950, at an age of 20 Jele joined the African National …

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1928-2011

Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi

… where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1950 and a teacher’s diploma 1951.He later briefly studied …

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1937-2006

Stella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau

Stella Margaret Nomzamo Sigcau was born on 4 January 1937, she was the eldest of the three children of Paramount Chief Botha Sigcau of East Pondoland who…

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1942-1991

Dumile Feni

Zwelidumile Geelboi Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in Worcester, Western Cape. His mother died when he was only five or six years old and…

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1943-2020

Devikarani Priscilla Jana

… under the Suppression of Communism Act, Act No. 44 of 1950 for five years. She joined an underground cell of the …

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1929-2011

Arthur Goldreich

Arthur Goldreich was born in Johannesburg on 25 December 1929. He grew up in Pietersberg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). One morning, his secondary…

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1932

Harold Rubin

Harold Rubin was born in Johannesburg on 13 May 1932. He was educated at Jeppe High School in Johannesburg and studied drawing and painting privately with Roza…

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1919-1984

Cassim Amra

Cassim Amra was born in 1919 in Durban Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal).  He attended Sastri College, Durban  where he represented the senior cricket team. Amra was…

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1924-1992

Zuleika Sarojini Christopher

Zuleika (Zulei) Sarojini Christopher, the eldest daughter of Advocate Albert Christopher and Ghadija Gool, was born in 1924 in Greenwood Park, Durban, where…

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1921

Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein

… Errol Shanley . With the banning of the Communist Party in 1950, Arenstein was declared a listed person by the state. …

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1950

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

… Sathasivian “Saths” Cooper was born on 11 December 1950 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He …

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1929-2026

Leon Levy

Leon Levy was born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province), South Africa, to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania. Levy and…

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1919-1998

George Naicker

George Naicker, was one of six sons. He was born on 1 June 1919. He joined the Natal Indian Congress in 1941 and became an executive member in 1956 until his…

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1950-2012

Roy Padayachie

… Radhakrishna Lutchmana "Roy" Padayachie was born on 1 May 1950. He attended Tagore High School in Clairwood, Durban and …

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1929

Peter Hlaole Molotsi

Peter Hlaole Molotsi was born in Steinsrust, a municipal location, in the district of Kroonstad, (then Orange Free State) on July 18, 1929. His father was a…

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1912-2003

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

… Max (born 1945), Lungi (born 1948), Zwelakhe (born 1950), Lindiwe (born 1954) and Nonkululeko (born 1958). They … ANC into a mass-based militant national…

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1928-2007

Peter Moonsammy

Peter Moonsammy was born on 25 March 1928 in Market St, Johannesburg. Moonsamy was  the elder brother of Paul and Dasu Joseph who were Transvaal Indian…

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1924-2008

Zolile Malindi

… He was also involved in the Anti-Pass Campaigns of the 1950 and early 1960’s.Through his involvement with the …

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1942-2012

Kewpie

Kewpie was a hairdresser and iconic queer figure from District Six. A gender fluid individual who identified by female pronouns, Kewpie was a seminal nightlife…

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Boy Mvemve

Boy Adolphus Mvemve died a very violent death in exile in Zambia in 1974. He was 43 years of age at the time, operating under the nom de guerre John Dube (or…

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1921-2009

Livingstone Mqotsi

… career as a teacher started at Newell High School (1950) and continued at Healdtown Training College … in the struggle re-working his play written in the…

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1981

Julius Sello Malema

… in hospital, http://www.timeslive.co.za/politics/2011/10/06/stressed-julius-malema-in-hospital (6 April 2016). ↵ [xii] … Available: https://www.timeslive.co…

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1924-1969

Imam Abdullah Haron

… the time he got married to Galiema Sadan on 15 March in 1950. During his early years he completed Grade 6 at Talfalah …

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1950

Jacob Sello (Jackie) Selebi

… Jacob (Jackie) Sello Selebi was born on 7 March 1950 in Johannesburg.  Selebi was the African National …

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