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1903-1973

Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams

… Christians and Jews, a member of the council of the South African Institute of Race Relations, and served on the board … Christians and Jews, a member of the…

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1927-1994

Mizream Maseko

… of the kitsch ‘ethnic portraits’ of the popular South African painter Vladimir Tretchikoff (born 1913) whose work …

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1905-1962

Goolam H. Gool

… founder and member of the executive committee of the  All African Convention  (AAC). He experienced defeat when most … Physician, member of the All African…

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1943-1980

Pierre Jacy Fourie

… Toweel, one of the most successful in the history of South African boxing, continued throughout the eleven years of …

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1921-2010

Gordon Mulholland

… named Percy Fitzpatrick. He also gained fame through South African soap opera The Villagers. He acted in many of the …

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1954

Marlene van Niekerk

… directed by Michael Raeburn, won the Best South African Film Award at the Durban International Festival in …

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1911-2002

Errol T. Shanley

… labour movement and also worked as a volunteer in the African National Congress's London office. Dorothy died on 4 …

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1925-2005

Fihla Christmas Tinto

… in Cape Town, where he joined the Langa branch of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in 1951. He was elected its …

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1941-2020

Joseph 'Headman' Shabalala

… region was a member of the internationally renowned South African vocal group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo. His parents, …

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1933-1993

Eschel Mostert Rhoodie

… Rhoodie was employed as the press officer of the South African embassy in The Hague in 1971 and he made a …

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1945-1988

Stanley Bongani Nkosi

… London, UK (solo). National Arts Society Johannesburg (African Art). Gallery International, Cape Town (group). …

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1875-1928

George Matthias Winkles

… Weekly Argus Edition of 2 January 1902 as a "Famous South African Artist". However, life for him in Cape Town was hard, …

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1936

Louis Charles George 'Loet' Douwes-Dekker

… for the TUCSA in the late 1960s,but left after it expelled African unions.He was co-founder of the Independent Mediation … Ensor L.  The Silenced - Bannings…

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1938-2011

Jannie “Jan Bek” Momberg

… accomplishments included, being President of the South African Athletics Association and President of the Boland … Party, Former ANC Member of Parliament and…

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1952

Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul

… Will Separate Us) in 1983. He was the first South African to receive the Eli Weinberg Scholarship for …

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1958

Jillian Edelstein

… traditional healers, the Sangoma, who train on the South African/ Lesotho border. The work was published in 2007.  She …

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1940

Ebrahim Ismail Asvat

… Zainab Asvat and Amina Cachalia were active in the South African liberation movement. Ebrahim Ismail Asvat died on 3 …

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1957

Dr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla

… he was appointed the Chief Executive Officer of the South African Sports Commission. He was appointed the …

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Amos Ndwalane

… the noose by seven days due to the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1990, was allowed out of … on April 25 1983. He was saved by the…

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Joseph (Anti-Pass) M. Kumalo

… he was brought to stand trial. He was chairman of the African National Congress (ANC) Evaton branch in 1953 and … Transvaal [now Gauteng], was the…

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1922-1998

Robert Mokxotho Matji

… He became an active trade union activist, and joined the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). One of the chief…

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1943-2017

Govin Reddy

… run in with apartheid authorities. When the then south African Prime Minister Hendrik Verwoerd was assassinated in … teacher at the prestigious, mission…

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1941-1978

Rick Turner

… in his second year. He joined the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) , and taught adult literacy classes … he was friendly with Alan Brooks and…

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1913-1999

de Villiers Graaff

… received his baronetcy in 1912, served briefly as South African High Commissioner in London in 1914 and in Botha's … he was admitted as an advocate in 1937…

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1932

Irene Menell (nee Manderstam)

… In honour of Suzman’s immense contribution to South African politics, Menell initiated the publication of a … trustees, the treasurer of the Medical…

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1945

Premanathan “Prema” Naidoo

… he was fifteen, while distributing leaflets of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), on the charge of … in 1981, led a very successful boycott…

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1919

Olive Peace Landman

… on ‘Educational Disabilities’ at the Federation of South African Women’s conference [v] in September 1961. After Lily … and Special Branch also swooped at…

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1908-1993

Dulcie Howes

… general training in creative movement, contemporary and African dance. The aspirant classical ballet dancer has to … classical ballet would always have a…

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1962-2007

Humphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza

… industries while yet keeping the aspirant and growing African middle class out of `white’ urban areas by housing … Msizi Dube and Florence Mkhize established…

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