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1875-1927

James E. Kwegyir Aggrey

… James E. Kwegyir Aggrey was born in 1875 into a family of chiefs. A Ghanaian-born educator and clergyman, and …

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1923-2004

Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi

… in Umkhonto We Sizwe. He was born into a peasant family near Middledrift in the Cape in 1923, and was the …

B-0008576

1920

Lorna Peirson

… She was born in Beckenham, London. The family emigrated to South Africa in 1927. She obtained a …

B-0008873

1916-1981

Mary Susan Malahlela-Xakana

… service for anti-apartheid activist and Nelson Mandela family physician, Dr Nthato Motlana . She was 65 years old. …

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1958-1985

Vernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng

… for reburial. The exhumation ceremony was attended by his family including his father, South Africa High Commissioner …

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1966-1987

Ashley James Kriel

… Youth Congress, CAYCO).” [3] Kriel was described by his family and friends as a natural born leader and very … in secrecy. As such, Kriel was not able to…

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1913-2009

Nöel Robb

… sunk.   When she was quite young, her father brought the family to Cape Town , her mother’s birthplace. The family stayed with her grandfather, the…

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1956

Patric Tariq Mellet

… Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working people from what was regarded as a … forced to place an advert in the…

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1945-2008

Phumzile John Gomomo

… School. He left school in standard 6 (grade 8), because of family poverty, and subsequently completed his matriculation …

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1973

Shaun Maclean Pollock

… moved to Durban at the age of five. Born to a cricketing family, his father Peter and Uncle Graeme represented South …

B-0008904

1957

Pansy Tlakula

… rather than adults. She married into the royal Tlakula family of Elim in Limpopo . …

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David Anderson

… one of them being Drum Magazine . Anderson left with his family for Canada, in 1990. He still does freelance work for …

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Vuyi Lesley Mbalo

… Vuyi Lesley Mbalo was born in Sophiatown into a Catholic family. He grew up in the suburb of Orlando, Soweto. He was …

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2012

Thabiso Johannes Thelejane

… and a grandson. He was the sole breadwinner for his family who were all financially dependent on him. Because Mr …

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2012

Nkosiyabo Xalabile

… buttock by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his wife, mother, sister and two …

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1925-1982

Ruth First

… ), Gillian (who based her novel, Ties of Blood , on her family history) and Robyn. Frequent house searches and the … and her role as a mother caused strains…

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1964-2004

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie

… voice of the future.' Brenda went to live with Lebona's family in Soweto , where she was supposed to finish school … held prayer services and supported her,…

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1922-1963

Solwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle

… Together they had six children. In order to support his family Ngudle returned to Cape Town. Sometime during the … township where he lived. During this time,…

B-0008782

1925-2020

Andrew Mokete Mlangeni

… Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the ninth child in a family of fourteen. Although Mlangeni started schooling at … at the age of 12 to assist his mother in…

B-0008579

1921-2012

Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho

… Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho was born to a peasant family in Maun Bechuanaland (now Botswana) on 3 February 1921. His family came from a non-Setswana-speaking…

B-0008685

1656-1734

Anna De Koningh

… Bergh took the former choice and left with his whole family for Ceylon, taking Anna with him. Although there is no … all colours and creeds, and in…

B-0122374

1943-2020

Devikarani Priscilla Jana

… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ), to a middle class Indian family. [i]  From an early age Jana developed an awareness of … an underground African National Congress…

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1922-2013

Vesta Smith

… with her four sisters. Her mother was a seamstress. The family’s stay in Vrededorp did not last long as the … of the security police who acted against her…

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1920-2018

Rica Hodgson

… regard for the possible consequences to herself and her family. She out rightly rejected the racial privilege that … She remained committed throughout her…

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1881-1965

Margaret Roach Killie Campbell

… was bequeathed to the University of Natal is housed in the family home, Muckleneuck, where Killie lived from 1916 until … several museums established by…

B-0007917

1939-2012

Sedick Isaacs

… Province (now Western Cape). He was the second eldest in a family of four children. His father, a businessperson in the … ultimately went bankrupt. His…

B-0080352

1919

M. J. M. Williams Shope

… of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received no formal schooling. He …

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1930-2015

Maggie Smith

… and its great beauty. Her ashes will be returned to the family plot at Westpark Cemetery Johannesburg, Gauteng . …

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1908

Thomas Selema Masekela

… In 1921 Masekela\'s father became an evangelist and the family moved to Randjesfontein near Halfway House, Masekela …

B-0008462

Unknown-1987

Cameron Mbulelo Madikizela

… law in Flagstaff and Bizana, the home of the Madikizela family.  He remained an outspoken critic of the homelands …

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