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1935

Durant Basi Sihlali

… was born on 5 March 1935 in an industrial area, Germiston, Transvaal, now known as Gauteng Province. Due to harsh living … of 14, staying with them in Moroka…

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Kgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa

… him from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico District, Transvaal [North West Transvaal, now North West Province].” A subsequent inquiry …

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1884-1933

Richard Msimang

… labour. This led to a series of protest meetings by the Transvaal division of the SANNC, the Transvaal Native Congress (TNC). Riots broke out in the …

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1954-1979

Selaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi

… Ramusi was born 14 November 1954 in Dube Village, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the first born son of the … and South Africa. He became the first…

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1894-1974

William George Ballinger

… a senator from 1948 to 1960, elected by Africans in the Transvaal and Orange Free State. He was the husband of Violet …

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1955

Michael Davis

… Michael Davis was born in 1955 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). On completing his schooling in …

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1920

Jacob Dumdum Nyaose

… 1940s he served with  Gana Makabeni  as an official of the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Unions. Nyaose … African Bakers and Confectioners Union,…

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1930

Joseph Sallie Molefi

… Natal, from Evaton Township, Vereeniging District, Transvaal. He was described as a ringleader.   Apart from …

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1946-2020

Eric Magamana Lubisi

… 11 October 1946 in Highlands, near Eastwood in Pretoria , Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the only son and had five … he and his family relocated to Mamelodi…

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1936-2016

Indres Naidoo

… activist, in 1953. Indres was an active member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and he became Secretary in … 1953. He was elected an Executive…

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Joseph (Anti-Pass) M. Kumalo

… resident in Evaton Township, Vereeniging District, Transvaal [now Gauteng], was the chairperson of the African … area,’ which was in the Letaba district of…

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1930-2014

Nelson “Nana” Mahomo

… resigned in late 1954 from the executive committee of the Transvaal Youth League in protest against the expulsion of  …

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1917-1997

Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje

… Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje was born in 1917, in the northern Transvaal, the son of semiliterate Bapedi parents. Studious …

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1870-1956

Honorine Margaret Withers

… places: "She has ranged over Kenya, Rhodesia, Uganda, the Transvaal, Natal, the Free State, our own Hermanus and …

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Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli

… Farm No. 92 in the Groblersdal district of the [Northern] Transvaal [now Limpopo Province], where she joined her …

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1983

Nyiko Floyd Shivambu

… was born on 1 January 1983 in Malamulele, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo ). He studied at Mphambo High School …

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Ramnie Dinat

… of Ama and Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo , worked in the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)  since her childhood. …   Political activist, political prisoner,…

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1924-1960

Ephraim Chaka

… the day of the Sharpeville Massacre , in Sharpeville, Transvaal (now Gauteng). Chaka rode his bicycle to the …

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1888-1956

Sonja Schlesin

… enrolled as an attorney in the Supreme Court of the Transvaal. He opened an office in central Johannesburg, and … training was to last three years.  On 26…

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1945

Premanathan “Prema” Naidoo

… and Thambi Naidoo, was born in Doornfontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) in 1945.   He attended the Government … Indian families to move to the…

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1914-1947

Anton Muziwakhe Lembede

… he was elected ANC Provincial Assistant Secretary in the Transvaal. Two years later Lembede was seconded to the ANC …  and  Oliver Tambo  almost succeeded in…

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Mme Makwena Matlala

… Location [Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal (now Polokwane , Limpopo )] because of the attitude … and told that she was being banished to…

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1927-2009

Harriet Bolton

… Harriet Bolton was born in 1927 in Makwassie in Southern Transvaal, the eldest of four children – a younger brother … eventually we made it into one national…

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1954

Lesedi Billy Masetlha

… was born on 21 November 1954 in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng).He was one of the six children in a family with roots in the northern…

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1901-1967

Alpheus Madaba Madiba

… Madaba Madiba born in 1901, in Nzhelele in the northern Transvaal, into a Venda peasant family.He emigrated to … he could see that the re-division of land in…

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Maphuti Molatela Seopa

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

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1952

Kagiso Patrick Mautloa

… Mautloa was born 24 September 1952 in Ventersdorp, Western Transvaal. Mautloa's family moved to Soweto in 1954. He …

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1904-2002

Ernest Methuen Mancoba

… Methuen Mancoba was born in Turffontein, Johannesburg, Transvaal (Gauteng) on 29 August 1904. From 1920 to 1924 …

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1951

Judus Mahlangu

… Judus Mahlangu was born on 14 January 1951 in Brakpan, Transvaal. Mahlangu matriculated at KwaPhakama High School in …

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1810-1872

Charles Du Val

… through Southern Africa, and personal reminiscences of the Transvaal War (2 vol.,1882), which remains a valuable source …

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