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1920-2005

Isaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch

… a hidden chapter in his life, which he rarely talked about, because he felt he and his family had sacrificed … enough and he had done all that he could to…

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1966

Pule Pheto

… Mabandu. Pheto has an appreciation and great knowledgeable about various forms of music on a global scale and often …

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Percival Mdala

… take over as head of St. Paul’s Caradoc, a tiny school of about 25 pupils that was housed in the church hall at Salt …

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Connie Mofokeng

… of the organisation. Through the organisation she set about addressing the problems facing the people, and …

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1939

Chief Malebogo

… Tswana peoples. Lebogo led the Bahananwa to the Blouberg, about 110 kms from Pietersburg and close to the Soutpansberg …

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1709-1785

Georg Schmidt

… plant and sow. After having baptized his first converts in about 1742, Schmidt faced criticism from some clergymen in …

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1931-2016

Lulu Dube

… year (Grade 1) up to matric (Grade 12). In reminiscing about her school days, Lulu recounted that  “…there was an …

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Mohammed Tikly

… media in particular. The idea was to maximise information about the Trial to highlight the possibility of the death … ANC campaigning at universities,…

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1817-1893

Theophilus Shepstone

… to the Secretary of State for the Colonies about Shepstone's scheme to resettle Zulus in the south of … outright. The Colonial Office vetoed his other ideas…

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1817-1893

Sir. Theophilus Shepstone

… to the Secretary of State for the Colonies about Shepstone's scheme to resettle Zulus in the south of … outright. The Colonial Office vetoed his other ideas…

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1795-1840

King Dingane ka Senzangakhona

… were not recorded. Very little is known or recorded about Dingane’s childhood or early career. Instead, Dingane … at Dingane’s Nobamba kraal, they were met…

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1954

Reggie Williams

… against the South African state.  While we know a lot about the countries that played an international role in the anti-apartheid struggle, much less is…

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1924-2019

Robert Gabriel Mugabe

… Katama, a Jesuit mission station in the Zimbambe district, about 60km from Harare. He was the son of Gabriel Matibili, a … by the Jesuits, Mugabe’s family…

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1874-1939

Charlotte Maxeke

… She was also involved in protests on the Witwatersrand about low wages and participated in the formation of the … a conference in the USA and became…

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1643-1674

Krotoa (Eva)

… by the English and then by the Dutch). A young Krotoa, of about 10 or 11 years old, was taken in by Jan van Riebeeck … her family returned to the Cape in…

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1905-1988

Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu

… during confirmation). Some had such a strong conviction about this that they left the church and joined other church … a member of the Zulu Royal Dynasty…

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1913-1990

Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng

… Maths and Physical Science at Orlando High School for about thirteen years. He conducted the senior school choir … African people. He was held in solitary…

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1941-1971

Ahmed Timol

… In 1956, at the age of 15, Timol made a speech in class about the nationalisation of the Suez Canal by President … recalls that Timol ‘always spoke with…

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1911-1991

Taubie Kushlick

… her time, Micheal MacLiammoir, wrote in his autobiography about enjoying dinner at her home in Johannesburg. He observed her ordering her husband about with…

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1932-2007

Sydney Sipho Sepamla

… in Soweto live is the subject matter. The second novel, about the uprising in Soweto, was banned at first but …

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1906-1980

Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi

… However, it is not known how or when this involvement came about. From 1941-1944, he was assistant secretary for the …

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1972-2009

Thabo Motene Marera

… series, including the hugely popular Yizo Yizo on SABC. About ten years ago, he approached Velocity Films (one of the …

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Nimrod Boyce Tantsi

… late 1920s, Tantsi became official Transvaal chaplain in about 1938. At the time of the  1952 Defiance Campaign , …

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1952-2006

Thozamile Richard (Thozi) Gqweta

… 1978 to from an East London branch, he began to read about unions in the public library and to discuss them with …

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1963

David Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane

… at Kmetcon Welding School. Around the same time he learned about the Community Arts Project (CAP) while reading the …

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1932-1997

Rissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai

… was co-author of The Killing of the Imam  (1978), about Abdullah Haron,and is the subject of a biography …

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1939-2019

Hugh Lewin

… he joined the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). At about this time he was approached by a friend who asked him …

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1955

Jimi Matthews

… Poverty and Development in South Africa) was a statement about the lives of nomadic trek-skeerders (sheep shearers) of …

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1990

Saul Sibusiso “Minus Khosing” Mashinini

… of teeth told of his remarkable brilliance. At the age of about 11, he helped his father find an ageing uncle in the … Mashinini left for exile, that his…

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1913-1996

George Gangen Ponnen

… Indian Immigration Department. His eldest brother, who was about 16 years old at the time, also took part in the strike … Two of his brothers worked in …

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