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1886-1973

Maria Laubser

… Laubser visited Pretoria and subsequently moved to the Transvaal, taking a job as a governess on a farm for a short … the Klipheuvel farm but she made…

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1958

Jackson Mthembu

… for Black people between Hendrina and Carolina in the then Transvaal, where he went with his grandmother Sarah Mthembu … 1990 to 1994 Mthembu was the ANC…

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1919-1999

Phyllis Altman

… not afford university fees she accepted a loan from the Transvaal Education Department which was conditional on her … and three others, however, due to her…

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1934

Abdulhay Jassat

… Jassat became involved in politics as a member of the   Transvaal Indian Congress  (TIC), which was an affiliate of … He foiled the government’s attempt to…

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1927

S. J. J. Lesolang

… S. J. J. Lesolang was born and educated in the Transvaal, he taught at Kilnerton during the 1940s and was president of the Transvaal African Teachers'…

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1909

Josias Ratshilumela Madzunya

… Madzunya was born in the Sibasa area of the northern Transvaal in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe,the son … peasant farmer near Thohoyandou in the…

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Mabel Balfour

… of the African Food and Canning Workers Union (A-FCWU) in Transvaal. She was banned in 1963 and confined to house …

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1909-1984

Joan Hoskyn Davies

… the Cape Archives Depot and in 1944 she transferred to the Transvaal Archives Depot. In 1957 she was appointed head of …

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1904

Simon Tyeku

… his early life as a farm labourer in Bethal in the Eastern Transvaal. He later moved to Johannesburg, where he became a …

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1927-2015

Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson

… ministered to congregations in Natal,the Transkei and the Transvaal,gradually becoming aware of the contradictions …

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Mamolatela Seopa

… from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province] to Tabaans … [ Makhado ]), Sibasa District, [Tshivhase],…

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Vivienne Ncakeni

… Ncakeni was born in Brakpan, she was educated in the Transvaal and Natal and trained as a teacher. She returned to … 1930s and became one of the most…

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1886-1955

Richard Victor Selope Thema

… and in 1915 he was elected provincial secretary of the Transvaal branch of the SANNC. While Solomon T. Plaatje was … Council (NRC), representing the rural…

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1930-2018

Anne-Marie Wolpe

… Wolpe was born on 1 December 1930 in Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ), South Africa. She was the daughter … job was working as an assistant to Helen…

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1913-1990

Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng

… of Vrede. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to the Transvaal where his father had bought land. It was here that … in teachers associations including…

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Ntloe Mabe

… Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, [Western] Transvaal [now North West Province] was banished on 19 … 1955 to Driefontein Native Trust Farm,…

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Seth Moanakwena

… Mabieskraal [Pilansberg], Rustenburg District, [Western] Transvaal [now North West Province] was banished on 19 … 1955 to Driefontein Native Trust Farm,…

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1950-1990

Muntu Myeza

… he was the ameuter heavyweight boxing champion for the Transvaal and South Africa. Upon completion of his matric, … Biko Foundation, and as a board trustee…

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1894-1961

Hermione Stephanie Lombard Faure

… of Jacobus C. Faure who was a civil servant of the Transvaal Republic, and his wife Talitha Cumi Lombard. Faure … 1925 to 1960, Faure was a lecturer in…

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1927-2007

Theo Mthembu

… Welfare Centre in Alexandra Township, which produced three Transvaal Provincial Champions in its first year of … to found the first non-racial sports…

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1928-2008

Cleopas Madoda Nsibande

… was one of the leaders of the ‘Potato boycott’ in Southern Transvaal. This campaign was engineered by Gert Sibanda who was Chairperson in the Eastern…

B-0008817

1928-2008

Cleopas Madoda Nsibande

… was one of the leaders of the ‘Potato boycott’ in Southern Transvaal. This campaign was engineered by Gert Sibanda who was Chairperson in the Eastern…

B-0068273

1953-2022

Jessie Yasmin Duarte

… 1953, one of nine children, in Newclare, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) to Julie and Ebrahim Dangor. She … serving as the provincial secretary of…

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1932

Oliver Kgadime Matsepe

… mission school, Botshabelo High School in Middelburg, Transvaal. Here he was baptised and received full membership …

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1936

C. S. Mabaso

… National Congress  (ANC) newspaper. He was a member of the Transvaal Native Organisation before the founding of the ANC … He became one of the most prominent…

B-0149483

1880

Henry Daniel Tyamzashe

… 1925 and later became its provincial secretary for the Transvaal. With  Kadalie  he edited The Workers' Herald and … and journalist, provincial secretary of…

B-0009173

1922

Mary Goitsemang Ranta

… National Congress (ANC)  in 1948, was elected to the Transvaal executive of the  ANC Women’s League  in 1954, and … steward for the Garment Workers’ Union,…

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Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia

… Mohamed Cachalia  joined the Satyagraha struggle in the Transvaal. He was an extremely wealthy man and was used to a …

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1944-2009

Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini

… Chris Dlamini was born in Benoni, Transvaal, on 10 October 1944, one of the five children of … president of SFAWU (elected in 1979) and chairman of the…

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