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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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1928-2009

Curtis Nkondo

… (now Maputo), Mozambique, then under Portuguese rule, to escape poverty and came to South Africa with her sons. She settled near Pretoria where she worked as…

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1932-2018

Roelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha

… on 27 April 1932 in Rustenburg, Transvaal.His father was a school principal. Pik as he is affectionately known attended the Hoer Volkskool, Potchefstroom,…

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1925-2012

Professor Emeritus Phillip Tobias

… Valentine Tobias was born on October 14, 1925. He went to St Andrew School and later moved to Durban High School in … across the globe. The skull is now seen…

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1941

Navanethem (Navi) Pillay

… - UKZN) where she graduated with BA in 1963 and then a LLB degree in 1965. At University she joined the Non … Durban under the guidance of Narainsamy Thumbi…

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1888-1942

Ruth Alexander

… Ruth Alexander was the daughter of a well-known Hebrew scholar, Solomon Schechter. She was … university, one biographer suggests that she “acquired a more…

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1937-1965

Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)

… children of Joseph Nakasa and his wife, Alvina Nakasa. As a child from a working-class family in an impoverished rural area, Nakasa was forced by poverty to…

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1928-2009

Suliman Moosa Esakjee

… Suliman Moosa Esakjee was born in 1928. He worked as a clerk, and was an active member of the  Transvaal Indian … Serving on the committee were Esakjee, …

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1935

Durant Basi Sihlali

… Germiston, Transvaal, now known as Gauteng Province. Due to harsh living conditions, his parents sent him to live with his paternal grandparents in a rural…

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1954-1979

Selaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi

… and social worker and Mary Jane Thabo (nee Morare) Ramusi, a professional nurse. He had two brothers Sekgweng “Junior” … Seshego (Limpopo), Vryburg, Mahikeng…

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1934-2006

Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make

… Linda Make was born in Boksburg in 1934, the son of a priest, and later moved to Evaton.the son of an African Methodist  Episcopal … the University of South…

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1956

Ndabenhle William Zulu

… He attended the Nsengeni Mission School. In 1968 he moved to Emondlo Township and attended the Ikhethelihle Lower … but was forced to leave as he had…

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Ramnie Dinat

… Congress leaflets, she was knocked down and stepped on by a constable. She married Mohamed Ismail (“Issy”) Dinat who … detained on 9 December 1964 and held…

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1924-2002

Gertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper

… she attained her Senior Certificate in 1941 and then went to the University of Cape Town from 1942 to 1944 where she graduated with a BA degree with her main…

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Bisho Jarsa

… University of Cape Town. When Neville Alexander used to visit his maternal grandmother Bisho Jarsa as a boy, he never suspected the extraordinary story of…

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1924-2009

Dennis Brutus

… day Zimbabwe) on 28 November in 1924.His parents moved to Port Elizabeth where he grew up,at the age of four he … cricket and table tennis player in his…

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1936

George Sewpersadh

… was born in Cato Manor on 7 October 1936. His father was a newspaper vendor and his mother a housewife. His family was forced to move to Reservoir Hills as…

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1825-1904

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger

… Paul Kruger is believed to have been born on 10 October 1825 on his grandfather's … the Voortrekkers and the Zulu, including the killing of a number of…

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1945-2025

David Hemson

… was born on 18 July 1945 in Durban, Natal. His father was a serviceman and by default Hemson was granted British citizenship. Hemson grew up in a very strict…

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1881-1969

Daniël Francois Malherbe

… was born on 28 May 1881 in Dal Josafat in the Cape Colony, to P. J. Malherbe, a founder of the Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners (Society for … he studied at…

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1940

Ebrahim Ismail Asvat

… Ismail Asvat (Aswat) was born in Surat, India. He was a committed passive resister from Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was a Member of the…

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1955

Adam Glasser

… September, 1955 in Cambridge, England, then later moved to Johannesburg, South Africa with his family where he spent … to play the harmonica 10 years later…

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1895-1983

Rev. James Arthur Calata

… James Arthur Calata was born into a poor farming family at Debe Nek near King Williamstown. His father James Calata was a Presbyterian and his mother Eliza,…

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1923-2013

Reginald (Reggie) September

… Wynberg in Cape Town on 13 June 1923, the son of Florence, a housewife, and Nicholas September, a carpenter. He first attended the Broad Road Primary School …

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1951

Frank Chikane

… born on 3 January 1951 in Johannesburg . His father was  a preacher in the Apostolic Faith Mission (AFM) church. … at the University of the North (Turfloop)…

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2012

Bonginkosi Yona

… son was only 7 days old when he was killed. According to his wife, Nandipha Gunuza, "Bonginkosi was an honest person. He loved soccer. We would go to the…

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1956

Anthony James (Tony) Leon

… 1956 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was born to Sheila Schulz and Ramon Leon. His father was an Advocate and later a judge. He enrolled for his…

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