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1892-1956

Manilal Gandhi

… Gandhi . He had three brothers, with whom he first came to South Africa in early 1897, when Gandhi's family joined … took place at home. For his entire youth…

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1934-2004

Dullah Mohamed Omar

… he enrolled at the University of Cape Town for a BA LLB degree. As a student he joined the Unity Movement … on campus. In 1955 he obtained his BA degree and…

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1955-1991

Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo

… both teachers. From an early age, they inculcated in Mzala a love for books and a disciplined approach to studying. Mzala attended school at Louwsburg, then…

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1958

Jack Mkhuseli

… youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice Jack, a domestic worker. When Jack was six years old, his family moved to the farm Klipdrift near Oyster Bay. …

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1958

Mkhuseli Khusta Jack

… youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice Jack, a domestic worker. When Jack was six years old, his family moved to the farm Klipdrift near Oyster Bay. …

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1935-2012

Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood

… 'Apmai' as he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. … later left school and started…

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1933-1986

Samora Machel

… 1933 and was raised in the village of Chilembene. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. Machel parents were forced to grow…

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1954

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu

… school in Swaziland . She studied Latin in preparation to the study of law at the Leeds University in London. … was shattered when the South African regime…

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1949

Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma

… studies 1971 at the University of Zululand . She obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Science (BSc) and left the country in 1976 to complete her MB ChB at the…

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1924-2021

Kenneth Kaunda

… He was the youngest of eight children. His father was a Minister and teacher who had left Malawi in 1904 and his mother was the first African woman to teach…

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1922-1988

Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada

… in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) where he was a member of the Progressive Forum. In 1951, two of Dundee’s … Movement of South Africa (NEUM). When Dr…

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1787-1828

Shaka Zulu

… Sigidi kaSenzangakhona commonly knows as Shaka was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of … founder but later military defeat and calculated…

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1911-1963

Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka

… near Fort Beaufort in the eastern Cape. He read for a Bachelor of Arts degree with the University of Fort Hare. … After completing his studies he began his…

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1943-1967

Basil Paul Petersen February

… was born in District Six in 1944.The son of clerk and a midwife. His family moved around several times, living  in … Bay before eventually settling back in…

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1929-2024

James Matthews

… was born on 25 May 1929 in District Six in Cape Town, to working class parents. After completing standard seven, Matthews began to work and held a variety of…

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1949-2001

Jeffry Dumo Baqwa

… the second child and oldest son (two younger brothers were to follow). His father worked as a school inspector while his mother worked as a nurse. He…

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1934-2010

Bertha Gxowa (Mashaba)

… School, both of which were in the location. Her father was a garment worker who had become the first Black person to work on the cutting floor - work that…

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1917-1979

Benjamin Magson Kies

… death in 1979. His major contribution as an activist was to the development of the political strategy of … an instrumental role in founding between 1943 and…

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1872-1940

Dr Abdullah Abdurahman

… (Cape Town ) on 18 December 1872 and graduated as a medical doctor from the University of Glasgow in 1893.He return to South Africa with his Scottish wife…

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1925-1961

Frantz Fanon

… He was fifth of the eight children; his family belonged to the middle class. His family were descendants of African … plantations. He lost his father Casimir…

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1940-1990

Ernest Cole

… Education was introduced, and unsuccessfully attempted to complete his Matric (Grade 12) via correspondence through … financial constraints. Cole therefore…

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Percival Mdala

… up near King Williamstown in the Eastern Cape. He came to the Garden Route in 1956, where he found work as a gardener for Bishop Stainton, the rector of St…

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1900-1976

Emil Sachs

… fourth of the five children of Abraham Saks, later changed to 'Sachs', and his wife, Hannah Rivkin. Sachs made up his … at the age of four his condition…

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1916-1976

Dawood Seedat

… Dawood Seedat (1916-1976) was the grandson of a Ladysmith, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) trader M.E. Seedat, who had nine children, one of whom, Ahmed, moved to…

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1927-2007

Theo Mthembu

… trained under the legendary Khabi Mngoma.  Mthembu became a professional boxer in 1948, after enrolling at the Bantu … Johannesburg. In 1950, he was…

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1917-1985

Jordan Kush Ngubane

… born 15 November 1917 near Ladysmith in Natal, the son of a policeman. After receiving his early education in … Ilanga lase Natal.  From that beginning, he…

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1959

Romeo Zamani Makhanya

… the trauma of losing his brothers one after the other to genetic heart-related conditions. The youngest in his … in 1985 with both an Honours Degree in Fine…

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1932-2005

Arthur Maimane

… Africa. Oliver Tambo taught Maimane Maths before becoming a lawyer and president of the African National Congress (ANC) … College. After completing matric,…

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1933-1986

Florence Barbara Ribeiro

… the fourth of five children. Her father, Henry Mathe, was a labourer in a Coal Mine at Hlobane. He died when Florence was 12 years old, leaving her mother,…

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1931-2020

Jürgen Schadeberg

… He was raised by his mother, Rosemarie, the only child in a single-parent family of limited means. He studied at the … Agency for two years. In 1950, at the…

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