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1861-1924

Rustomjee Jiwanji Ghorkhodu

Rustomjee Jiwanji Ghorkhodu, also known as Parsi Rustomjee (or “Kakaji”) was born in India in August 1861. He arrived in Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) at…

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Winston Field

Winston Field was born on 6 June 1904, in Bromsgrove, Worcestershire in the United Kingdom, where he was brought up. He moved to Southern Rhodesia in 1921. He…

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1953

Steven Eli Friedman

Steven Eli Friedman was born on 31 March 1953 in Johannesburg. In 1971 Friedman began studying at the University of Witwatersrand. While at University, he…

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Ishmael Mkhabela

Ishmael  Mkhabela began his political activism in the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). After the BCM was banned, he served as a member of the Soweto Action…

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1962

Joey Fourie

… seat on the Woodstock City Council during a history-making election which gave Woodstock three communist representatives … reality: Portraits of Women’s…

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1923-1986

Moses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida

… union federations. In 1963, however, following his re-election to the NEC at the ANC's Lobatse conference in … later served as the commander of MK. Mabhida's…

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1918-2013

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

… as the majority of the students had not voted in the election. This was due to a boycott of the elections over … Makaziwe would tragically pass away at 9…

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale

Mr GK Gokhale was the Founder of the Servants of India Society in Poona. On Ghandi's invitiation, he Toured South Africa in October of 1912. He was associated…

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1962

Jacob Koti Dikobo

… Zambia, a position he held until he relinquished it on his election as AZAPO President. Dikobo is also a member of …

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1917-1993

Oliver Tambo

… Tambo as its Secretary and Sisulu as the Treasurer.  In 1948, the National Party (NP) came into power. … as that of James Mpanza’s  Sofasonke movement.  At…

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1947

Aaron Mosibudi Mangena

… of the party and, after the 1999 country’s general election Mangena became AZAPO’s only Member of Parliament …

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1955

Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi

… Zimbabwe, he led the ANC delegations to oversee the whole election process on the invitation of the Zimbabwean …

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1930

Josiah Khiphusizi Jele

… Africa, he successfully lobbied UN member states for the election of South African candidates to various UN bodies, …

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1922-2001

Christiaan Neethling Barnard

… decision. Barnard was married and divorced three times. In 1948 he married his first wife, Aletta (Louwtjie) Louw. They …

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1892-1969

Bertha Solomon

Bertha Solomon was born on 1 January 1892 in Minsk, Russia. At four years, she and her older sister were taken by their mother, Sonia Schwartz, to join their…

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Emsley Manne Dipico

Emsley Manne Dipico, activist, politician and former Premier of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, was born in  Greenpoint, Kimberley. Emsley Manne…

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1930-2019

Hassim Mohamed Seedat

Hassim Seedat, was born in Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1930. His family came to Newcastle as traders in the late 1880s. He attended St Oswalds…

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William Mothipa (Willie) Madisha

Willie Madisha grew up in the Atteridgeville Township of Pretoria. He completed his high school education in Attridgeville and then studied to become a teacher…

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1924-2002

Makholeka Matthews Meyiwa

Matthews Meyiwa was born on 24 August 1924 in Georgedale, near Hammersdale in Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). He was born to George and Anne Meyiwa who were peasant…

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1850-1913

Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer

Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer was born in 1850 at Burgersdorp in the Cape Colony. He did his education at the South African College in Cape Town. After completing…

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1940

Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize

Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize was born on 12 April 1940 in Sophiatown, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). Her family’s forced removal from Sophiatown to Meadowlands…

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1851-1930

William Henry Beaumont

William Henry Beaumont was born in India on 24 February 1851. His father was a Lieutenant Colonel of the 23rd Madras Light Infantry. Beaumont attended…

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1939-2023

Essop Goolam Pahad

… then Deputy President Thabo Mbeki . In the 1999 general election, Pahad was appointed as the Minister in the …

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1941-2010

Eugène Ney Terre’Blanche

… contest the Rustenburg Parliamentary seat in the general election of September 1989 as an "independent white man" but withdrew when a right-wing election…

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1925-2013

Alan Robert Lipman

… joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in 1948 because “it was then the only organisation where people …

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1886-1982

Henry Selby Msimang

… also a confidant of the Natal leader  A.W.G. Champion . In 1948 he became a member of the Native Representative Council …

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1941

Sue Williamson

… England in 1941. Her family immigrated to South Africa in 1948. Williamson studied at the Art Students' League in New …

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1921-2020

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

… to search for the truth about his people. During 1946 and 1948 he travelled with Catholic priests and in 1958 with the …

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1917-2013

Mfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose

… the regime, which led to the historic first democratic election in 1994.Before returning to South Africa, Gqobose …

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1928-2016

Clarence Mlami Makwetu

… in order to unite the liberation movements. After 1994 election Makwetu was one of the three PAC members in …

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