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1871-1952

Dr. Hans Merensky

… of Mines in East Prussia. In 1904 Dr Merensky came to South Africa on leave from his employers. He wanted to … went bankrupt as a result of the Depression…

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1854-1925

Alfred Milner

… became Governor of the Cape and High Commissioner of South Africa in 1897. He pushed the Transvaal Republic to war, oversaw the war, and organised…

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1881-1951

Pixley ka Isaka Seme

… the bar at the Middle Temple in London before returning to South Africa on the eve of the creation of the Union of South … to the Land Act has not been…

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1925-2013

Alan Robert Lipman

… into a wealthy Jewish family. After he served in the South African Air Force during World War II, Lipman studied Architecture at the University of …

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1915-1984

Thelma Gutsche

… and 1950 Gutsche also wrote a series of articles on the South African film industry for the Cape Times. While living … 1946 and reflected her love for the…

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1919-2010

Ian David Kitson

… still a legal organization. After serving as a sapper in World War Two, he studied engineering at the University of Natal … and Allied Technician’s…

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1862-1919

Louis Botha

… was leader of the Transvaal army in the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) from March 1900, and he was one of the architects of the Union of South Africa. His…

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1935-2019

Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam

… indentured workers, came from India. His parents, born in South Africa, were flower sellers at the Durban Central … an area on the way to Pietermartizburg…

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1945

Graça Simbine Machel

… Graca Machel have two children of their own. During the war for independence from the Portuguese rule, FRELIMO set up … families and community, from…

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1888-1963

Bernard Lazarus Sigamoney

… 1888 after his indentured labourer grandparents arrived in South Africa in 1877. His grandfather, Frances Sigamoney was … School and St Aidan’s Boys’ School,…

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1924-2009

Dennis Brutus

… player in his youth, he was also a founder member of the South African Sports Association, an alternative to the White … critic of Washington Consensus…

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1905-1982

John Collins

… in his various struggles, becoming especially active on South African issues. John and Diana had four sons: Andrew, Peter, Mark and Richard.During World War…

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1932

Dr. Frene Noshir Ginwala

… the Rand were only one part of the mineral revolution in South Africa, the other part being the diamond mines, and … The control of the larger picture was…

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14 January1918-1999

Dimitri Tsafendas

… easily as white and was sent to a white boarding school in South Africa. However, he returned to Mozambique after two … who had fought against the Ottomans…

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Jomo Kenyatta

… for a nearby White settler. British East Africa during World War I In 1912, having completed his mission school education, … Kenyatta, Kwame Nkrumah (Ghana),…

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1910-1977

Percy John "Jack" Hodgson

… immigrant. In 1940 he joined the army to fight the war against fascism and in 1941 he joined the Communist Party of South Africa. In North Africa he served…

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1905-1992

Helen Joseph

… for girls in Hyderabad. She then came to live in Durban , South Africa c. 1930, where she met and married dentist … in the Women's Auxiliary Air Force during…

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1855-1920

Olive Schreiner

… a pacifist. She did not agree with British imperialism in South Africa or with the South African (Anglo-Boer) War 1899-1902  that was fought to achieve it…

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1922

George Edward Peake

… was a founding member and national Chairperson of the  South African Coloured People's Organisation  (SACPO) in the … apprenticed as a bricklayer. After…

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1919

M. J. M. Williams Shope

… in the African Laundry Workers' Union in the years after  World War II . In 1952 he was elected its chairman, a position he … Council of Non-European Trade…

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1918-1998

Mark Shope

… in the African Laundry Workers' Union in the years after World War II. In 1952 he was elected its chairman, a position he … Council of Non-European Trade…

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1882-1955

Mary Eveline Fincken

… Fincken's health, however, and she was advised to visit South Africa. She arrived in 1908 and eventually decided to … for which she organized the music…

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1929-2017

Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada

… age of 12 when he joined the Young Communist League of South Africa, distributing leaflets at street corners for the League.  During World War II, he was…

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1929

Günther Komnick

… of artists. He lived through the monumental events of World War II , digging anti-tank trenches in his youth, to spending … way with a friend to Donauesching…

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1939

Jonty Driver

… spent time fighting in North Africa during the Second World War until he was captured in Toruk and imprisoned in Germany … in Cradock. After his father was…

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1893-1962

Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma

… corner. Source: Alfred B. Xuma, African, American, South African by Steven D. Gish Hard Times: Studies in the … Xuma cemented his ties to South Africa’s…

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1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… she received her early education. Born into the privileged world of servants and country clubs, Benson’s early ambitions … happy home with all the racial…

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1909-1972

Dr Kwame Nkrumah

… including Jomo Kenyatta of Kenya and Peter Abrahams of South Africa (Shepperson, 1986)). The precedent set in the … develop further relationships with…

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1920-2000

Fred Carneson

… Communists and he decided to join the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in 1936 at the age of 16.Carneson met … Soon after, he enlisted in the army to…

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1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a century. … were cooperating in the struggle. During…

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