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1936-2007

Archie Mafeje

… in his life at the time was Livingstone Mqotsi , a history teacher. After completing high school, Archie …

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1932

Mimi Coertse

… a successful career. She became the youngest singer in the history of the State Opera to be appointed to the permanent …

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1913-2009

Nöel Robb

… as honorary life Vice President, in tribute to her long history of leadership and service to the organization. In …

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1918-1996

Rowley Israel Arenstein

… the longest period of banning (33 years) in South African history and endured the longest house arrest (18 years),he … T. (ed)(1977). From Protest to…

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1937

Fanele Mbali

… He graduated from Fort Hare with majors in English and History and in 1961, he obtained a teacher’s diploma … Sisulu University) where he taught Economics,…

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Mary Butcher Turok

… ↵ [7]Author Unknown, “Ben Turok”, South African History Online, (Uploaded: 15 October 2011), (Accessed: 19 … ↵ [8]Author Unknown, “Ben Turok”, South African…

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1780-1820

Makhanda Nxele

… but also known as Nxele, the itola, he is best known in history for leading the ‘Battle of Grahamstown’ in 1819. … the encroachment of African land and…

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1932-1997

Abdool Karrim Essak

… In 1943 he completed his matriculation with an A-symbol in history. That same year a public meeting was held in Dundee … in the Unity Movement in the…

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1945

Horst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt

… Ltd., in Cape Town since then. He is also writing the history of his family at the Cape. He serves in a voluntary capacity on the Boards of the South African…

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1866-1951

Robert Broom

… Africa" in Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History (1910) "Structure of Skull in Cynodont Reptiles" in … Sites: The Cradle of Humankind from …

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Elliot Shabangu

… members of the youth movement in the Transvaal on the history of the South African Communist Party  (SACP) and the … People and Freedom Charter: Transvaal”…

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1939-2023

Essop Goolam Pahad

… his Master of Arts in African politics and a PhD in history. The title of his thesis was “The Development of …

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1945

Graça Simbine Machel

… Armed Conflict on Children, the first of its kind in the history on the United Nations, demonstrated to the world …

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1936

George Sewpersadh

… is the solution but you have to go through stages in history. I am impressed by Karl Marx's statement when he …

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1945

Luis Inácio Lula da Silva

… administration became one of the most popular in the history of Brazil. According to the Washington Post, “Under …

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1938-2014

Patrick Vuyo Matshikiza

… role in the birth and evolution of our kind of jazz. History will also remember him as the creator of a township …

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1932-2016

Mewa Ramgobin

… of the most successful election boycott campaigns in the history of South Africa. Under the banner of the revived NIC …

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1957

Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma

… home, with his father often relating the political history of Port Elizabeth during the turbulent 1950s and …

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1946-2010

Paul Alberts

… of the War Museum. Paul Alberts wrote a chapter on the history of combat photography. Alberts compiled and edited an …

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1959

Cheryl Carolus

… She was detained for five months in 1976. Carolus became a History and English teacher and was involved in the 1981 …

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1945-2025

David Hemson

… years in Britain, Hemson moved to Tanzania where he taught history.  Hemson was part of a group of activists, along with …

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1943-2017

Govin Reddy

… leaders. Reddy was a bright student graduating in history and continued to excel at sports. With growing … and at the time subversive, version of South…

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1917-1979

Benjamin Magson Kies

… of the organisations as “the biggest conference in the history of the Coloured sector of the oppressed.” The major … social analysis. If Gramsci’s Notes on…

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1949-1991

Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo

… Seara-Robitaille  and forms part of the  SAHO Public History Internship . … Pietermaritzburg Local History. (2010) Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo , viewed 6 …

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1976

Pixie Benjamin

… “List of people banned under Apartheid”, South African History Online, (Accessed 5 February 2020), … 1956 Women’s March, Pretoria, 9 August”, South African…

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1949

Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe

… , a basic introduction on Marxist materialist view of history and class struggle, played a huge role in Motlanthe’s … 9 August 1987, NUM embarked on the…

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1948-2019

Stephen Joel Chifunyise

… new theatre forms that drew on the country’s cultural history, the onus fell on independent initiatives. Some rural … to stage struggle plays (drama about…

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1940-2009

Dr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang

… in the first democratic elections of South Africa’s history. She was appointed as Deputy Justice Minister in the … written by Jodi McNeil and forms part of…

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1913-1979

Mary Moodley

… to. Mary also had gratitude and was sensitive to the history of slavery that her mother’s family endured. During …

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1902-1996

Jane Gool

… were members of the second group of matriculants in its history. When it was time for her sister and herself to …

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