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1959

Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi

Sydney Mufamadi was born on 28 February 1959 in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Mufamadi is the eldest of the four children of Masindi and Reuben, who are…

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1943-1987

John Ndevasia Muafangejo

John Ndevasia Muafangejo was born on 5 October 1943 in Etunda lo Nghadi, Ovamboland, Angola. In 1956 Muafangejo moved to die Anglican mission station at Epinga…

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1927-2007

Theo Mthembu

Theo Mthembu was born in Newcastle, KwaZulu Natal on 27 February 1927. Mthembu's boxing career started at the age of 16 at Inkamane College in Vryheid, KwaZulu…

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1948

George Msimang

George Msimang was born on 26 October 1948 in Durban. Msimang's interest in art began at school although art was not offered as a subject. He left Lamontville…

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1947

Henry Mshololo

Mshololo was born at Umzinyathi, Zululand. As a young boy he carved utilitarian objects such as wooden spoons and meat platters. One of his special interests…

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1860-1921

Ellias John Mqoboli

E. J. Mqoboli was born around 1860 in the Cape and educated at Healdtown, Mqoboli trained first as a teacher and then as a Methodist minister. Politically…

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1875-1945

Samuel E. K. Mqhayi

Samuel E. K. Mqhayi was born near Alice in the Cape in 1875. Mqhayi studied at Lovedale, worked as a teacher and journalist, was on the editorial staff of Imvo…

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Dr. Pholile Mpofu

Dr. Mpofu noticed that the field of dermatology tended to be neglected by black doctors, and felt she could have an effect in this field. She was sure that…

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1798-1872

King Mpande kaSenzangakhona

Mpande was king of the Zulu nation from 1840 to 1872, making him the longest reigning Zulu king. He was a half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, who both preceded…

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Harry Moyaga

Apart from interaction with artists such as Cyprian Shilakoe (qv.), Bill Ainslie and Fikile Magadlela, it was Moyaga’s mother who played the dominant role in…

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unknown-2011

Rev George Wauchope

Rev George Wauchope was born in South Africa. He joined the South African Student  Organisation (SASO) while studying at the University of Fort Hare in the…

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1921-2009

Dr Thamsanqa Wilkinson ‘Wilkie’ Kambule

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1919

Isaac Zakes Nkosi

Isaac Zakes Nkosi, known to his fans as Bra Zakes, was born in Alexandra Township early in 1919. He started his schooling in Alexandra at a Catholic primary…

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1949-2007

Henry “Black Cat” Cele

Henry “Black Cat” Cele was born on 30 January 1949 in KwaMashu, Durban, South Africa.  As a member of the Cele family he was referred to by his clan name Ndosi…

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1945

Luis Inácio Lula da Silva

Luis Inácio Lula da Silva was born on 27 October 1945 in the state of Pernambuco in Brazil. He was the 35th President of Brazil.President Lula had little…

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1850s-1911

Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba

Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba was born in the 1850s at Ngqakayi in the Eastern Cape. His father, Ntibane Mzimba, was educated in Lovedale and became a deacon in the…

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1947-2010

Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo

Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo, popularly known as Busi Mhlongo, was born on 28 October 1947 at Inanda, near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. She began her singing…

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1920-2002

Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert

Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert  was born in As Sallum in Egypt as Mohamed Faud Nasif to an Arab father and a Turkish mother on 7 December 1920. His parents…

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1954

Marlene van Niekerk

Marlene van Niekerk was born in 1954, on a farm in Tygerhoek near Caledon. An outstanding intellectual, philosopher and prodigious literary giant, van Niekerk…

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1941

Mannie Manim

Mannie Manim was born in June 1941, in Cape Town. With more than 50 years’ involvement in theatre, Manim has left indelible imprints in the arts and…

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1930-2007

Doc Bikitsha

Basil Sipho Neo Bridgeman Bikitsha, known as “Doc” Bikitsha, was born on 19 November 1930 at the Bridgman Memorial Hospital in Mayfair, Johannesburg. After…

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1954

Tony Sithembiso Yengeni

Sithembiso Tony Yengeni was born in Cape Town and grew up in two Cape townships, Gugulethu and Nyanga. He completed his matric at Fort Beaufort college in Cape…

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1933-2009

Anton Ndoda Xaba

David Anton Ndoda ‘Mfenendala’ Xaba was born in Sobantu Village in Pietermaritzburg.  He left school in the late 1940s and went to work in Durban.  He joined…

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Fani Mkhize

Fanio (also documented as Fanozi and called Chicken Man) Mkize was born in 1950. When Mkize was retrenched from Clover Dairies he earned a living dealing in…

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1812-1893

Johannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen

Johannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen was born in 14 May 1812, Winterhoek. Having moved from Oudtshoorn to the present Orange Free State in 1843, he settled near…

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1926-2009

Gerrit Viljoen

Gerrit Viljoen was born in Cape Town on 11 September 1926 to Helena and Hendrik Geldenhuys Viljoen. At the time of his birth his father was the editor of…

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1926-2007

Edgar Dumile Ngoyi

Edgar Dumile Ngoyi was born on 26 December 1926 in the Eastern Cape. He worked as a painter and builder. Ngoyi became politically active in the ANC as a member…

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Madi Gray

Madi Gray was born in Cape Town, where she grew up, attended school and went to university.  Her parents were immigrants from Germany, who came to South Africa…

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1967

Nkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo

Nkosinathi Christopher Mbuyabo was born at eCintas in East London on the 23 December 1967. Nko as he was popularly known was the fourth out of six children of…

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1920-2017

Violet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)

Violet Sarah Matlou (nee Phiri) was born on 4 April 1920 in Rustenburg. She started her schooling in Welgeval and completed it at Mmabeskraal under the…

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