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1883-1967

Ethel Ruth Prowse

… Ruth Prowse is known for her significant contribution to South African Art. She spent her childhood on the slopes of Devil Peak in Cape Town where she lived…

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1938-1990

Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana

… Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana was a renowned saxophonist born on 18 July 1938 in Walmer … Pukwana grew up studying the piano at his home and went on to play with…

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1927-2011

Professor Carel Boshoff

… Carel Boshoff was born on 9 November 1927, a second child from the second marriage of his father. He … During this time he had met  J G Strijdom  and  H F…

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1935-2019

Dorothy Masuka

… of KwaZulu-Natal ). Her maternal grandmother had been a sangoma. Masuka spoke later of the spiritual sources of inspiration for her songs that often came to…

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1915-2003

Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima

… Kaiser  Daliwonga Matanzima was a chief of the Thembus. Matanzima was born June 15,1915 in … rejected it. Matanzima, however, persuaded the Bunga to accept…

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1947-2010

Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo

… groups while still at school. Mhlongo was discovered by a Gallo Music (a recording company) talent scout. She then moved to Johannesburg, where she made a…

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1975

Mpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom

… in 1975, were he was raised by his grandparents. He was a year old when the student riots broke out on 16 June 1976. Grootboom was a pupil at MorutaThutho…

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1938

Ngoako David Thebehali

… were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at St. Mary’s school in Orlando and went on to attend … In 1957 Thebehali…

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1943

Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi

… near Hammanskraal,on 5th March in 1943. She developed a life-long love for the designs of traditional arts and craft as a young girl, thanks to her…

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1928-2004

Dolly Rathebe

… political milieu of Sophiatown in the 1930s and 1940s. As a young woman, Rathebe was drawn to the burgeoning and vibrant music scene in Sophiatown and ……

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1976

Dean Hutton

… Dean Hutton is a genderqueer artist living in Johannesburg interested in … and provocation. Dean is exploring ways in which to build a love revolution, from…

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1928-2010

Professor Fatima Meer

… Portuguese descent born in Kimberley , but she converted to Islam and took the name Amina. Fatima Meer's father, … the editor and publisher of Indian Views …

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1902-1978

Jan Bouws

… of Amsterdam and on completion of his studies became a lecturer at the Watergraafsmeerse Schoolvereniging in the east of Amsterdam. One of his…

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1957-2006

Monty Johannes Motloung

… School in 1965. Ten years later, in 1975, Motloung went to pursue his secondary education at Esibonelwesihle … the use of explosives and military combat. He…

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Connie Mofokeng

… Mofokeng was a member of the Soweto Student Representative Council (SSRC) … in detention she was beaten and tortured in an attempt to gain information, but…

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1931

Matsobane Morris Matsemela

… was born in 1931. He attended the Mashashane School up to Standard 6. Matsemela started working at his uncle’s dairy … Congress (ANC) in 1957 in Lady…

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1918-1973

Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus

… Barend Jacobus Erasmus was born to Barend Jacobus Gerrit Wessel Erasmus and Susara Catharina … Horak on 29 December 1918 in Johannesburg. His father was a…

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1888-1948

James M. Thaele

… M. Thaele was born in Basutoland in 1888 and was reputed to be the son of a Basuto chief and a Coloured mother. From 1906 until about 1910, he studied at …

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1906-1999

Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)

… English school . At the young age of 11, she became a pupil teacher, earning a salary of 10 shillings.Her parents, R.K. Naidoo and … and independent, so…

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1938-1999

Ezrom Legae

… in the Polly Street Art Centre, one of the first places to bring artists from different areas under one roof. During … at the Jubilee Art Centre from 1960 to…

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1932-2002

Soromini Kallichurum

… Kallichurum was one of the first 12 undergraduates to enrol at the ‘non-White’ section of the University of Natal. She obtained a medical degree (MB ChB)…

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1936

Willie Esterhuyse

… farm. From humble beginnings, Professor Esterhuyse rose to become a leading Afrikaner writer, philosopher and intellectual. He studied at the University of…

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1953-2008

Ivan Toms

… of Cape Town (UCT) in 1976. This was followed by a year-long medical internship at Kimberley Hospital, Northern Cape. In 1978, Toms was conscripted to serve…

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1955-2010

Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander

… the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where … Department of Manpower until 1981. In 1982,…

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1873-1936

Sidney Percival Bunting

… and editor of the Contemporary Review . His mother was a social worker serving the poor in London. Bunting was a talented intellectual who studied at…

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1932-2002

Curnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu

… Ndlovu was born in 1932 in Matatiele. His family moved to uMkhumbane settlement in Durban in 1941. After the … Durban pass office. This was followed by the…

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1916-1993

Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda

… bordering Lesotho. He was the first son of Mildred Mei, a school teacher and Gxumekelana Charles Mda, a headman, peasant farmer and shoemaker in their…

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1954-2019

Paul Grendon

… in public places with imagery that is totally accessible to everyone.” Paul Grendon was a prolific photographer and artist that used his art as a medium to…

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1941-2010

Eugène Ney Terre’Blanche

… Eugene Ney Terre'Blanche was born in Ventersdorp to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on January 31, 1944. The progenitor of the Terre'Blanche name was…

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