SAHO global search

1960

Ismail Vadi

… in 1976, and went on to study for a Master Arts degree in History at Witwatersrand. He taught as a senior History and English teacher in Lenasia from 1982 to…

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1915-2004

David Wilcox Bopape

… of 150 men. In his new occupation, Bopape organized ANC branches in virtually every town in the Transvaal (today, …

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1943-2008

Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo

… the University College of Zululand, completing his BA in History and Anthropology in 1965. In 1967 he obtained his … Representative Council. In 1967 Dhlomo…

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1908-1982

Monica Hunter Wilson

… daughter in Lovedale, Monica Hunter Wilson went on to read History and Anthropology at Girton College, Cambridge, and … with Leonard Thompson to produce the…

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1953

Penny Siopis

… of vulnerability'. The juxtaposition of associations, history, femininity, as well as the traces and the … Town. In the 80s, works like Melancholia, quoted…

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1904-1986

Jean van der Poel

… and declined a position at UCT as lecturer for a post as history teacher. She played a very important role in the … in 1954 and was offered the King George V…

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1933

Motsoko Pheko

… and Systematic Theology and minors in Sociology and History; a Bachelor of Law degree from the University of … of his own works. Pheko is the author of…

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1944

Julian Raymond Cobbing

… known for his contribution to the writing of South African history in the form of his controversial and groundbreaking … in Grahamstown (Eastern Cape) where…

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1892-1969

Bertha Solomon

… Cohn-Sherbok, L. 2002. “Who's Who in Jewish History”. Routledge: London. …

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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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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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5 June1958-2021

Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu

… South Africa in 1990. In addition, Mthembu led the local branches of the National Education Crisis and the Detainees …

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1937-1965

Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)

… studies. Nakasa's studies at Harvard included Intellectual History, Social Structure of Modern Africa, History of the American South and Negro History, which…

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1947-2006

Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga

… national champion and one of the greats in SA boxing history. On 27 June 1970, two years after turning … Natal province, now KwaZulu-Natal”. [v] In 1996 he…

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1940

Maggie Oewies-Shongwe

Maggie Oewies-Shongwe was born in 1940 in Namaqualand, Cape Province (now Northern Cape Province). As the youngest in the house, she often stayed at home with…

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1879-1924

Alfred Mangena

Alfred Mangena was born in Escort in present day Kwazulu Natal circa 1879. He managed to acquire little formal public education, and eventually began to study…

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Lot Kgagudi Maredi

Following widespread resistance, the Native Affairs Department (NAD) was forced to abolish the Bapedi tribal authority because of a lack of support.  This led…

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1926-2013

Maqashu Leonard Mdingi

Leonard Maqhatshu Mdingi was born on 2 February1926. He grew up at his family homesteads first near Bizana, and then in Amadiba Location towards the coast in…

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1922-2010

Lettie Malindi

Lettie Malindi was born in Firgrove, near Stellenbosch, on 26 March 1922, the fifth of eleven children. Her father, John Matibi, was a railway worker from the…

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