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1905-1994

Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels

… in detention of the Black Consciousness leader, Steve Biko . Advocate Maisels was an observant Jew and deeply …

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1906-1996

Laduma Ncwaba Mikaeli Madela

… was born in the Vryheid district in KwaZulu-Natal, into a family with a lineage of lightning doctors. He was unable to …

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1936-2011

Bafana Cyril Dlamini

… guerrre in exile was Edwin Ndlovu was born in 1936 to the family of a prominent political and trade union activist. His …

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1709-1785

Georg Schmidt

… in Kunewalde on 30 September 1709 as the son of a peasant family. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 16. In …

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Tu Nokwe

… Tu Nokwe was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Alfred, was in a jazz swing …

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Douglas G. Wolton

… his release in August 1933 he left South Africa with his family to live in Britain. In 1947 he published a book.  …

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1950-2012

Zwelakhe Sisulu

… When he was nine, he was taken to Swaziland to live with family while his father was an accused in the Rivonia trial …

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1923

Lutchmee Marie

… She had to assist her mother in supporting the family. Lutchmee got her political influence from her older …

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1930

Plaatjies Joseph Paul

… (later Botswana) in 1965,and subsequently settled with his family in Britain where  he worked for an insurance company …

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1953

Fanie Jason

… Town. Under the South African Group Areas Act, Jason's family was forced to move to the black township of Guguletu …

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1852-1917

Isaac Williams Wauchope

… narrative of “a man who straddled two worlds” . [4] Family Heritage and Upbringing The Rharhabe people migrated … born into a 3rd generation of Christian…

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1918-2016

Kobera Manual

… two children, Ellen and Tommy. Opposite was the Chinese family. His surname was Shangley, but we called him Mr … actually had no food, she would send food…

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1922-2004

Evelyn Ntoko Mase

… wife” – “well-behaved”, “quiet” and “devoted to her family and husband”. [10] A friend of the couple, Phyllis …   Mandela’s mother also frequented their home…

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1934

Abdullah Ibrahim

… and in 1973 he returned to Cape Town together with his family. During this time he continued to tour internationally … shortly after, he returned again to…

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1643-1674

Krotoa (Eva)

… Krotoa, who gave birth to her third child in 1666 - the family briefly returned to the mainland to baptize the baby. … named Eva after her grandmother…

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1929-2001

Johannes (Joe) Modise

… Johannes Modise, or Joe, as he is known to family, friends and comrades, was born in Doornfontein, … had to leave school in order to work and contribute to…

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Myron Peter

… photographs were published in Fatima Meer's , Factory and Family: The Divided Lives of South Africa's Women Workers … Separate Us ), Benteli Verlang, Bern,…

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1941

Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela

… Selema Masekela. Her mother was a social worker in a family centre in Alexander and her father was a health … in 1952. She was raised in a politically…

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1985

Bathandwa Ndondo

… his grandmother, his mother took him to her elder sister’s family, the Ntsebeza’s, in Cala, Transkei (now Eastern Cape) … whisper, she heard the words, “I am…

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1860-1930

Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo

… born of indentured stock in 1875 in Mauritius. His family, originally from Mattur, state of Madras, in Tamil … who were in need, Thambi Naidoo settled there…

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Vella Pillay

… was born on the 8th of October 1923, Johannesburg. My family, father, mother, sister and myself lived in two rooms … by the Boers in what came to be known as…

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1920-2004

Nimrod Sekeramane Nathale

… Ireland, remembering that his sister worked for an Irish family as a domestic servant. They treated her well and he … or his pension. In 1989, he spoke by…

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1945

Omar Badsha

… in June 1945. He grew up in a working-class Indian Muslim family, which is part of the country's small but influential … opening in New York. In the late…

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1961

Janet Mary Cherry

… in Cape Town , where she was raised. Janet comes from a family committed to social justice. Her father, Robin, the … 22 November. The only visitors Janet was…

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1920

Marutle Flag Boshielo

… Boshielo was born to a poor family in 1920 in Phokoane village, in the Sekhukhuneland …

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1926-2009

Gerrit Viljoen

… father was the editor of Huisgenoot Magazine. After his family relocated to Pretoria, Viljoen started his schooling …

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Nimrod Boyce Tantsi

… of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of times during his youth, first to …

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1976

Wellington Mlungisi Tshazibane

… of the Terrorism Act. On 11 December police informed his family that he had hanged himself. According to a statement …

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1926

Gerrit Van Niekerk Viljoen

… father was the editor of Huisgenoot Magazine. After his family relocated to Pretoria, Viljoen started his schooling …

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