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1948

Johannes Maswanganyi

… had no institutional art training; his father taught him to carve traditional and functional items such as utensils … of Maswanganyi’s work but also because…

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1941-2011

Ian Mkhize

… He attended Adams College in Amanzimtoti where he obtained a teaching diploma. He taught at Mthethomusha High before … Department of Education in…

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1911-1980

Lillian Masediba Ngoyi

… Lillian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria in 1911 to a family of six children, and obtained her primary schooling in Kilnerton. She later enrolled for a…

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1940-2010

Frederik van Zyl Slabbert

… his twin sister were born on 2 March 1940 in  Pretoria  to Barbara Zacharia Hagen and Petrus Johannes Slabbert. … rugby and cricket teams. In 1959 he began…

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1943-2009

Jan van Eck

… December 1943, the first born of five children.  He came to South Africa when he was five years old with his mother and father, a classical piano teacher. He…

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1914-1998

Archibald Jacob Gumede

… of Lillian (born Mgqogqoza) and Josiah Tshangana Gumede  a former ANC president. He attended various primary schools … of Fort Hare) at Alice, in the Eastern…

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1852-1917

Isaac Williams Wauchope

… “Rev Isaac Wauchope was truly handsome in appearance, a broad-faced man, in height a little more than five feet, of light brown complexion, which is to say…

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Yazeed Kamaldien

… Yazeed Kamaldien is a freelance journalist and photographer living and working in Cape Town, South Africa. In 1998 he embarked on a four-year journalism…

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1944-2009

Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini

… one of the five children of Anna and Gilbert Dlamini, a worker in an electro-planting factory. Dlamini's father … African authorities forced Dlamini's 16…

B-0008012

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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1913-1998

Father Trevor Huddleston

… was born on 15 June 1913 in Chaucer Road, Bedford, England to Ernest Huddleston and his wife. Soon after, the family moved to Golders Green, a suburb in…

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1944

Mongane Wally Serote

… 1944, just four years before the National Party (NP) came to power in South Africa. His early education took place in … the school in Jabavu, Soweto, which…

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1906-1996

Laduma Ncwaba Mikaeli Madela

… and pictures. SchlÁ¶sser’s collation of his texts into a Bantubibel in 1977 in part addresses Christianity and its … He was born in the Vryheid district in…

B-0008362

1938-2000

Margaret Singana

… in the Eastern Cape . In the 1950s Margaret moved to Johannesburg in search of fame but, due to the influx control laws, she ended up as a domestic worker…

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Tu Nokwe

… Tu Nokwe was born into a family of musicians. Her father, Alfred, was in a jazz swing band and her mother, Patty, was a soprano … and other functions he…

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1931-2016

Lulu Dube

… was born in Inanda in 1931. She was the third child born to John Langalibalele Dube and Angeline (neè Khumalo) Dube … also remembered well-known people like…

B-0123096

2012

Andries Ntsenyeho

… Sasolburg in the Free State. He had worked for Lonmin for a year and was one of the leaders of the strike. On 16 August … and left behind his wife and five…

B-0121596

1936-2017

Philip Ata Kgosana

… the northern Transvaal (current day Limpopo), the son of a minister.  He graduated from the Lady Selborne High School in  Pretoria  in 1958 and was awarded a…

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Nise Bulelwa Malange

… Cape Province ), South Africa and grew up in Clovelly. As a young teenager she became fascinated and involved in the … Elsies River then in Nyanga East, but…

B-0008413

1951

Patricia De Lille

… Patricia de Lille, a South African politician, was born the 17 February, 1951 in Beaufort West to Henry and Gertrude Lindt. She is the third of seven … in an…

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1916-1988

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld

… War II, when many of his neighbours were violently opposed to South African participation in the war against Hitler. After a time of active service in the…

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1949

Gill Marcus

… Gill Marcus was born in 10 August, 1949 to parents who were active members of the African National … their four children in 1969. Marcus went on to study for…

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1922

Michael Hathorn

… Pietermaritzburg, Natal in 1922.  After schooling, he went to Wits University in Johannesburg, and qualified with a BSc in Mining Engineering. He then…

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1942

Pitika Ntuli

… situated east of Johannesburg , Pitika Ntuli grew up with a keen interest in art. As a young man, he got involved in politics, and he was an … member of the…

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1945

Omar Badsha

… (now known as KwaZulu-Natal) in June 1945. He grew up in a working-class Indian Muslim family, which is part of the … Vhora Muslim community. His…

B-0007806

1925-1982

Ruth First

… immigrants Julius and Matilda (neé Levetan) First. Julius, a furniture manufacturer, was born in Latvia and came to South Africa in 1906 at the age of 10…

B-0008068

1961-1994

Feroza Adam

… was drawn into political activity in 1976 while she was a student at Lenasia’s Nirvana High School. While studying for a Bachelor of Arts at the University…

B-0007772

1911-1985

Susanna Helena Kok

… Free State . Her father Frederik Johannes Kok was a school principal in Brandfort, where she matriculated in … where she obtained her MB ChB in 1935. In 1936…

B-0008271

1931-2019

Isaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho

… in 1952. Maphotho left his home towards the end of 1952 to search for employment in Pretoria. He found a job at the City Council, working in the Department…

B-0068219

1917-1957

Henry ‘Mr Drum’ Nxumalo

… showed such promise that the missionaries arranged for him to board in Durban so that he could further his education. He … were very limited, the Post…

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