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1810-1841

Rev. George Champion

… in 1834 was appointed along with five other missionaries to undertake missionary work in South Africa. The … the king in August 1936 allowed Champion and…

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Josias Madzunya

… the Sibasa area of the northern Transvaal in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe, Madzunya came to Johannesburg in 1931, eventually establishing himself…

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1929-1967

Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi

… in Richmond, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 18 June 1929, to Vunina (born Nxasana) and Jotham Mvusi, second generation … converts and prosperous farmers. Selby…

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1931-2011

Basil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira

… Hill, Cape Town of Indian-Portuguese heritage. According to South Africa’s racial laws, he was classifiedas a ‘Cape Coloured’. At 17, he played cricket for…

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2003

Stanley Mabizela

… at an early age when he first joined the ANC Youth League. A son to a farm worker, Mabizela did his primary education in Port … Congress member and first…

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1945-2013

Dirk Johannes Coetzee

… Dirk Johannes Coetzee was born in 1945. The son of a postmaster, he grew up in the Northern Cape. Coetzee and … followed his father and work in the post…

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1924-1999

Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia

… In 1936, faced with economic hardship, his family returned to India which was engaged in its own struggle for … Natal Indian Youth Congress (NIYC) and later…

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1938

Enos Molapo Makhubedu

… in 1951 at the Charles Max Secondary School. From 1951 to 1958 he attended the Kilnerton Training Institution at … In 1969 Jan Krige of Menlo Park arranged…

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1920-2002

Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert

…  was born in As Sallum in Egypt as Mohamed Faud Nasif to an Arab father and a Turkish mother on 7 December 1920. His parents relocated to … taken care of by…

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1937-1999

Marius Schoon

… He attended the University of Stellenbosch. Schoon moved to the University of Witwatersrand to continue with his … the Congress of Democrats . In 1964 Schoon…

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1870-1950

William H. "Bill" Andrews

… was  born in Suffolk, England, on 20 March in 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated to South Africa in…

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1879-1931

Stephen William Black

… time, he left The Owl and joined The Cape Argus in 1904 as a sports writer. Black’s series of articles in that newspaper … about the plight of the Cape…

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1886-1955

Richard Victor Selope Thema

… were Pedi speaking but not originally belonging to the Mamabolo tribe who, through early contact with … he went to Pretoria where he first worked as waiter…

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1916-1988

John Taolo Gaetsewe

… village in Ga-Segonyana, Northern Cape.His father was a migrant mineworker. He left a mission-run secondary school to work as a messenger at a local…

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1915-1974

Michael Alan Harmel

… was born on 7th of February in 1915 in Johannesburg ,to Irish immigrant parents, became a radical socialist, fiercely opposed to racism while … at Rhodes…

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1969

Jonathan Neil Rhodes

… in cricket from an early age. In 1992, Rhodes shot to cricket stardom when he ran out Pakistani batsman Inzamam Ul-Haq after a magnificent catch during the…

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1936-1973

Benni Gwigwi Mrwebi

… also called ‘Bra Gwigwi’, whose birth name was Benni, was a well known alto saxophonist in the 1950’s South African Jazz scene. He taught himself to play the…

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1919-1976

Dr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe

… of the  African National Congress (ANC) after its turn to mass action in the 1950s, Njongwe was president of the … He was born at Qumbu in the Transkei in…

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1947-1985

Twasile Champion Galela

… education at Hillskraal in Korsten. His family relocated to KwaZakhele in 1957 where he continued with his education … School. Galela married to Rita Siyoni…

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1931-2000

Ismail Mahomed

… was born in Prinsloo Street Pretoria on 25 July 1931, a second generation South African of Indian descent and first … Boys’ High School at the end of 1950,…

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1886-1982

Henry Selby Msimang

… He and his elder brother, Richard Msimang,were born to Joel Msimang and his wife Joanah Radebe. Joel Msimang was a well-known African preacher who founded…

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1950-2008

Yunus Ismail Mahomed

… Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 30 December in 1950 to Amina and Ismail Mahomed.Mahomed grew up in Jeppe, … School in Benoni from which he matriculated in 1967. …

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1947-1974

Abram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro

… Ramothibi Tiro was born on 9 November 1947 in Dinokana, a small village near Zeerust North West Province, South … Tiro had two brothers and one sister. His…

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1934-2015

Bob Hepple

… Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex Hepple , was a trade unionist and Labour Party member, Member of … attended Jeppe Boys High School in Johannesburg…

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1935-1988

Sydney Alex Kumalo

… , Johannesburg. He often accompanied his father, a house painter to work. During this time, the Black societies in South … for Kumalo to build his sculptural…

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1944-2017

Buchi Emecheta

… born in the  Nigerian  city of Lagos on 21 July in 1944 to Jeremy Nwabudinke, a railway worker and Alice (nee Okwuekwuhe).  Her Igbo … The family was very…

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1925-2000

Alfred Baphetuxolo Nzo

… Nzo was born on 19 June 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a clerk at Modder B mine, which was later changed into…

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1903-1979

Josie Palmer

… in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province ), to Georgina Garson and Stephen Bonny Mpama, an interpreter … would later adopt the surname ‘Mpama’…

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1941-2007

Hilary Mutch

… born on 4 November 1941 in Erith, south-east London into a Jewish family. Her father, a South African worked as a doctor at the time. Later in 1943 the…

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1939-1997

Enos Mabuza

… He attended the Sheba Mine School until Std 4 and moved to Barberton Community School until Std 6. He then attended … got his Junior Certificate in 1957. He…

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