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1925-1983

Cassim Mohammed Bassa

… of Indians in Natal awakened Bassa's interest in the history of Indian immigrants in South Africa and their …

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1880

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer

… as Northern Rhodesia, or Zambia today. To access a social history of diamond and gold mining in South Africa, taking a …

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1933-1986

Samora Machel

… the things we have done, the most important - the one that history will record as the principal contribution of our …

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1954

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu

… but to enroll for a degree in Swaziland, majoring in history and politics. Her studies were briefly interrupted …

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1918-2000

Ismail Chota Meer

… educationist, politician, lawyer and author of the history of the squalid living conditions and struggles of the …

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1892-1950

Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal

… He was the author of considerable books in Hindi, namely History of passive resistance in South Africa, My experiences …

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1940

Gille De Vlieg

… Vlieg Photographic Collection is held by the South African History Archive. De Vlieg now lives on the kwaZuluNatal North …

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1949

Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma

… and trying to take more than just a military approach, history will judge her kindly,” [viii]  Dlamini-Zuma was …

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1952

Lesley Lawson

… she produced a series of slide and tape shows on the history of political resistance for HAP (the Human Awareness …

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1930-2019

Hassim Mohamed Seedat

… of Satyagraha, and chairman of the Freedom Park Trust History Durban Committee. Seedat has the most extensive … Mota Varachha Trust and chairman of the…

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1949-1991

Mhlabunzima 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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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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1928-2013

Judge Jan Hendrik Steyn

… He became one of the youngest judges in South Africa's history when, at the age of 36, he was appointed to the Cape … It grieved Steyn to see that a decade…

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1956-2020

Santu Mofokeng

… and researcher for the African Studies Institute’s Oral History Project, at the University of the Witwatersrand, and … Cultural Festival" - London, United…

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1898-1967

Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli

… their interests. During this period in South African history, the process of land dispossession was largely … which means continuous rain. Also see Albert…

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1961

Dali Tambo

… in search for knowledge about South African leaders and history. Tambo is also the founder and executive officer of …

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1943-2009

Jan van Eck

… obtaining a BA degree majoring in geography and history in 1964, a secondary teachers' diploma in 1965 and a …

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1944-1989

David Joseph Webster

… This led him to explore related issues such as the social history of tuberculosis and the social causes of …

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1937-1999

Simon Nkabinde

… He claimed that black Americans were unconscious of their history and needed to learn to appreciate their roots of …

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1957

Cedric Nunn

… 1988. Children. Johannesburg. South Africa. Group. 1987. History Workshop. Wits University. Johannesburg. South …

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1827-1903

Janet Burnside Soga

… to be ordained to the Christian ministry. Scottish social history shows that, just prior to this period, many weavers …

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1915-1974

Michael Alan Harmel

… Party on the occasion of its 50th anniversary, to write a history of the Party. The outcome, his book, Fifty Fighting …

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1980

Mmusi Aloysias Maimane

… first black male to hold the position in South Africa’s history. A year later, Maimane was elected leader of the DA …

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1860-1930

Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo

… Thambi Naidoo as one of the most important figures in the history of the Satyagraha Campaign in South Africa. In 1912, … Naidoo must ever remain as one of…

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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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1925

Lillian Diedericks

… for the event, was sung. In 1994, this iconic day in history was deemed to become National Woman’s Day.  However, … frontline of this significant occasion in…

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