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1803-1894

Rev. Aldin Grout

… In 1830 Grout graduated from Amherst College and continued to study in theology at the Andover Theological Seminary. … the King in August 1936 allowed…

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1940-2006

Louis Problem Mkhize

… into MK later the same year. Thereafter, he was ordered to leave the country to undergo military training. He left in … Mkhize and his group were sent to…

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1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… servants and country clubs, Benson’s early ambitions were a far cry from where she would eventually end up. The younger … (now the Steve Biko Academic…

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1851-1897

Barney Barnato

… His original name was Barnett Issacs but changed it to Barney Barnatto when he was acting as a comedian. He followed his brother Harry to Cape Town in … came…

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1871-1946

John Langalibalele Dube

… American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal on 22 February 1871 to James and Elizabeth Dube. ‘Langalibalele’, his middle … Mission Station in Inanda, in the late…

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1935-1988

Dulcie Evonne September

… and grew up on the Klipfontein Mission Station (up to Std 4) and then moved to live with family in Gleemoor, a section of Athlone (a suburb in Cape Town )…

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1915-1995

Yusuf Cachalia

… Yusuf Cachalia was born in Johannesburg on 15 January 1915. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) … Defiance Campaign . He finished…

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1924-1978

Robert Sobukwe

… Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe was born to Hubert and Angelina Sobukwe on 5 December 1924 at … youngest of five boys and one girl. His father worked as a municipal…

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1939-2025

Sunny Girja Singh

… (uMkhumbane), Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1939 to a working-class family. His father, Girjabaksh, came to South … Gumte Singh, was born in Durban…

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1918-1996

Rowley Israel Arenstein

… Arenstein was born on 7th of July in 1918. Arenstein was a prominent Durban attorney,the son of immigrant eastern European jews and a leader of the  Congress…

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1866-1935

Henry Burton

… 1866 in Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa and went to school at St Andrews in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. He was the son of Henry Francis Burton, a…

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1938

Aubrey Levin

… Aubrey Levin was born in Johannesburg on 18 December 1938 to Jewish parents. Despite the National Party’s anti-Semitic … at the University of Pretoria where…

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1814-1882

King Sekhukhune

… of the Basotho people, was an illegitimate ruler who came to power using military force. As a result, his half brother, and legitimate heir, Mampuru was…

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1929-2009

Ronald “Ron” Press

… Ron Press  was born in 1929.  His father a cinematograph operator became the secretary of the Cinematograph Workers Union, a post he held for over 20 years. …

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1956

Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa

… in 1974 from St Chad's School in Ladysmith, and continued to study and received her National Secretarial Certificate at … Church Art and Craft Centre at…

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1773-1830

David Stuurman

… Thus, Stuurman found himself working for Johannes Vermaak, a  farmer. The brutal treatment meted out to Stuurman by Vermaak led him to abandon his role as a…

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1823-1888

Johannes Henricus Brand

… left the Cape Colony in the Great Trek. He was considered a model leader by the Afrikaners. Early life Brand was born … on 6 December 1823. He was the son of…

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1933-2020

Denis Theodore Goldberg

… of Lithuanian Jews who had left the Pale of Settlement to escape the Russian pogroms. Sam and Annie were active … Party. Denis and his older brother Allan…

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1876-1932

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

… Free State. His parents were Christians who belonged to the Setswana-speaking Barolong tribe. About the time he … was there that Plaatje received his only…

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1938-2005

Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka

… District. His father, Jacob Marwale Phokanoka worked as a teacher while his mother was a housewife who earned money through dressmaking. His family moved…

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1918-2009

Elizabeth Mafekeng

… Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in Cape Town in early 1930s. Mafekeng left … the age of 15 to support the…

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1815-1892

King Sarhili kaHintsa

… King Sarhili was the last King to rule over Xhosaland before it was fragmented by the … 3) lungsickness which spread rapidly among the cattle - a vital…

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1853-1917

Dr. Leander Starr Jameson

… Jameson and Christian Pringle. After his parents moved to London, he went to school at Goldolphin in Hammersmith. Jameson went for a medical profession at…

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1926-1982

Poomoney Moodley

… Moodley was born in Mooi River , Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who … years old, the family moved to Clairwood…

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1896-1948

Abdulla Ismail Kajee

… Abdulla Ismail Kajee was born about 1896; Kajee was a politically moderate Moslem businessman and the dominant … in the  Natal Indian Congress  (NIC) from…

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1928-2016

Clarence Mlami Makwetu

… Makwetu. His parents were peasant farmers who were related to the Matanzima family.After passing Standard Four at the … he completed Standards 5 and 6.From…

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Jomo Kenyatta

… Jomo Kenyatta was born Kamau to parents Moigoi and Wamboi ”” his father was the chief of a small agricultural village in Gatundu Division, Kiambu … Moigoi's…

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1942-2018

Gerald Patrick Kearney

… He was educated at Catholic schools and for some years was a brother in the Marist order and the son of a civil servant .As a young boy he heard pastoral…

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1930-1978

Sewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum

… “Papwa” Sewsunker Sewgolum was born in 1930, into a family of poor sugarcane labourers in Natal. He started working at an early age, and as a young boy,…

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1962

Greg Marinovich

… The first pictures Marinovich took of a news event were of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a church service in downtown Johannesburg in 1985 to protest…

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