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1932

David Phaswane Mogano

… was born on 2 September 1932 in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal, Mogano was educated at Mogano Higher Primary …

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1910-2002

Bettie du Toit

… Toit was born on 15 July in 1910, on a farm in the former Transvaal Province. She was orphaned at three when her father … of the Dutch Reformed Church at…

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William Mtsologane

… conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province). An order of 9 September … 1955, which banished him from…

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1963

Lennox Madikane

… Africa. They were hanged at the Pretoria Central Prison, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 1 November 1963. …

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1944

Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi

… 11 April 1944 at Ga-Nchabeleng in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). He was the first born to Maria and … Azanian People’s Organisation  …

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1961

Paul Shipokosa Mashatile

… Secretary of the United Democratic Front (UDF) , Southern Transvaal region and later became its General Secretary from … (PWV) region (of the former…

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1954

Vice Admiral Refiloe Johannes Mudimu

… deployed as a commander of the underground units in the Transvaal and Northern Transvaal Provinces. In 1992, he was appointed Deputy Chief …

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1899-1995

Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana

… as an organiser in 1931 but was deported back to the Transvaal. For most of the 1930s he was on the party's … J. B. Marks ,  S. S. Tema , and others in…

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1823-1888

Johannes Henricus Brand

… prevented Matlabe, a Rolong chief, from moving to Western Transvaal as part of an agreement made in the Keate Award. … of the Rolong ensued, with many moving…

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John Moshoeu

… Moshoeu was born on 18 December 1965 in Diepkloof, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Shoes or the ‘dribbling …

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1871-1936

Eugene Marais

… of the newspaper, Land en Volk and became controversial in Transvaal politics. He withdrew to a lonely life on a …

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1964-2007

Lucky Philip Dube

… Dube was born on a small farm near Ermelo in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). His mother, Sarah, considered his …

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1916

Philemon Mathole

… Defiance Campaign of 1952. He was elected secretary of the Transvaal ANC in 1955, he also served on the national … in the Defiance Campaign of 1952. Elected…

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Margaret Chuene Mncadi

… Margaret Chuene Mncadi was born in the Eastern Transvaal, she graduated from Fort Hare and the medical …

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1929-2017

Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada

… parents in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in Western Transvaal [now North West Province].  While he attended … brothers, who were leaders of the freedom…

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1947-2017

Raymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri

… in 1947 in Nelspruit (present-day Mbombela) in Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga ). He grew up with a passion for … Dark City Sisters when they performed in…

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1949

Michael Nkolo Maapola

… in 1949 in Hammanskraal , a township north of Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). He showed an interest in … in 1973. He participated in the…

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1878-1941

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

… the war he was employed as a coalminer in Middelburg, Transvaal, where he also learned a number of African … and Organizer of the ANC, and was also a member…

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1924-1994

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

… Phokoane in the Nebo District in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the third of … was one of several CPSA members…

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1918

Shapurji Sorabji

… inviting an educated Indian to cross the border into the Transvaal to claim the right to residence under that Act, … volunteered, and a committee chose…

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1937-2015

Mohamed Ismail Dinat

… with his Father, Ebrahim Dinat, who was a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the Communist Party of … In the 1950s Dinat became joint…

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1948

Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso

… in a meeting of 37 organisations that formed the Transvaal Regional Stayaway Committee in Johannesburg. The … the attack on the police. On 5 March 1986 metal…

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1932

Dr Essop Essak Jassat

… to his father and eldest brother. In 1947 he joined the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) and began to actively … Branch confirmed his suspicion.  Ahmed…

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1925-2020

John Kgwana Nkadimeng

… Nkadimeng was born in Sekhukhuniland in the rural eastern Transvaal in 1925 and after completing primary school he … subsequently became a full-time…

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1964

Petrus (Fanie) Stephanus De Villiers

… Vereeniging. In 1985 he started playing for the Northern Transvaal cricket team and in the 1992/93 cricket season he …

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1931-1994

Lucas Ted Sithole

… Lucas Sithole was born and grew up in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was one of ten sons of a Zulu lay …

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1859-1942

Lord William Waldegrave Palmer Selborne

… as High Commissioner in South Africa, and Governor of the Transvaal and Orange River Colony, in April 1905. He showed … High Commissioner in South Africa,…

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1869-1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

… representative of an Indian business firm situated in the Transvaal (now Gauteng ), South Africa offered him … Abdulla asked him to undertake a rail trip to…

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1870-1945

Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama

… Post Office. Unlike many other Indians, he remained in the Transvaal during the Anglo-Boer War of 1899-1902. He joined … required Asians – there were also…

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Levi Mabe

… conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province). In a banishment order … Mabe from Mabieskraal (Pilansberg),…

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