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Molefe Pheto

… Molefe Pheto grew up in Alexandra, Johannesburg. As a talented young boy who displayed many interests in the arts, he was sent to London to study music and…

B-0122658

1933

Allister Sparks

… Allister Sparks was born to Harold Sparks and Bernice Stephen on 10 March 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape. This made him a fifth generation settler, with his…

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1913-1993

Hannah Margaret Stanton

… 1913, Teddington, Middlesex, England. In 1956 she went out to visit her brother, Fr Tom Stanton CR, in South Africa and … at the Tumelong Anglican mission in…

B-0095228

1929-2000

Esme Bodenstein

… was born on 6 July 1929 in Johannesburg . She trained as a physiotherapist at St Mary’s Hospital in London before moving to Cape Town . There she joined the…

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1936-2015

Letsau Nelson Diale

… police beat him brutally and he was imprisoned. This was to be the beginning of similar brutal treatment that he was … the police during most of his life. He…

B-0068675

1916

Job Patja Kekana

… Jon Patja Kekana was born on 1 January 1916. He grew up on a rural homestead outside of Potgietersrus, now known as Mokopane, in Limpopo province. Kekana’s…

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1908-1984

Frederick Hutchinson Page

… Page is best-known for his eerie images which, according to one critic, have made him known as ‘a kind of Hitchcock among painters’. Page always used a…

B-0008859

1947

Pandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe

… Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). Nefolovhodwe then went to the University of the North (also known as Turfloop), … where he continued with his political…

B-0070372

1935

Judge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs

… career in human rights activism started in 1952 , when as a 17 year old second year law student at the University of … the people he defended were facing the…

B-0008976

1942-1985

Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge

… King William’s Town, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape ) to Wilmot Goso and Nobantu Ntebe. After completing her … Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Province. She…

B-0008720

1945

Refiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe

… born at White River in Mpumalanga . Sedibe’s mother was a domestic worker and her father (whose surname was Mdluli) … parted when she was about six years old…

B-0093133

1915-2006

Hilda Bernstein

… in 1915. She was educated at state schools. Her father was a committed Bolshevik and non-religious jew,that had relocated in 1900 from Russia to England…

B-0007842

1921-1999

Baruch Hirson

… Joseph and Lily Hirson, were Jews who had immigrated to South Africa to evade the pogroms, persecution and … the age of four, Hirson was enrolled at the…

B-0008159

1859-1921

John Tengo Jabavu

… Healdtown district. His parents, though poor, were anxious to give him some education and sent him to the day school. He … he became one of the brightest…

B-0008192

1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… Province. He completed the tenth grade and found work as a construction labourer after coming to Johannesburg in 1951. Gqabi joined the  African National ……

B-0008120

1979

Alexander Leor Fattal

… of two children of Laura and Yacov Fattal. Alex moved to Boston Massachusetts where his younger brother Josh was … two of the SOL program, coordinating the…

B-0008057

1913-1994

Stephen J.C. Dlamini

… was born in 30 November 1913 in Natal (KwaZulu-Natal). As a factory worker, Dlamini became a trade union member and rose through the ranks, ultimately ……

B-0008010

1965

Phila Portia Ndwandwe

… by two former MK militants turned informants who requested a meeting with Ndwandwe at the George Hotel in Mazini, … of an elaborate plan by the Port Natal…

B-0073820

1928-2010

Jean Clarice Middleton

… of KwaZulu-Natal). Following this, she worked as a teacher. She was married to Harold Strachan , who was later imprisoned for his … Rand Daily Mail . Jean…

B-0074116

1950

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

… Durban in 1967. The following year, he enrolled for a B. A. degree at the at the University College - an affiliate of … which called for the imminent…

B-0007957

1929-2026

Leon Levy

… Transvaal (now Gauteng Province), South Africa, to Mary and Mark Levy, immigrants from Lithuania . Levy and … Food Canning and Allied Workers (NULCDW). Levy…

B-0008326

1948-2021

King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

… in traditional Zulu customs. In 1968 his father died and a regent was appointed to look after the administration of the Royal affairs while the young…

B-0068907

1911-1985

Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle

… the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a skilled builder and carpenter, and Salome Mororo-Mokgatle. … the need for a living wage, among…

B-0008609

1968

Rebecca Malope

… her early childhood. At an early age she was confined to a wheelchair after an illness and for a time, doctors believed that she would not walk again. Her …

B-0008424

1928-2009

Ahmed Essop “Quarter” Khota

… 1928. His friends affectionately knew him as “Quarter”, a name given to him by  Nelson Mandela  and  Walter Sisulu . It was a play on his surname and a…

B-0064874

1874-1965

Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood

… School for Girls in Grahamstown, Wood was trained as a teacher. Initially she acted as tutor for two cousins in … Epidemic of 1918 when she met Eleanor…

B-0009237

1929-2007

Adelaide Frances Tambo

… School in Johannesburg and Orlando High. She worked as a nurse at the Pretoria General Hospital and at an old … Tambo’s political life started at the age of…

B-0009120

1938-1979

David Sibeko

… 1963 Madibane High School). After leaving school he went to work for  Drum , initially as switchboard operator, but later as a reporter. In 1958 he became an…

B-0068453

1947-2006

Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga

… He was born on 09 November 1947 at Steadville, Emnambithi. A renowned South African boxer, Malinga’s career was inspired … who had boxed as an amateur. [i]…

B-0100310

1950

Martin Plaut

… parents were Erwin Plaut and Faith Plaut. His father was a furniture designer who had a shop on the Cape Town Foreshore [Plaut Interior Design] and … was…

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