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1918-1975

Thomas Patrick Murray

… Murray was the eldest of the three sons of Patrick Murray, a boiler-maker and trade unionist, and his wife, Florence … Technical College in Johannesburg,…

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1924

Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo

… attended the Ongwediva Industrial School and qualified as a teacher at St. Mary’s Mission School at Odibo. He was part … He then left for  Cape Town  in 1951…

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1937-2015

Mohamed Ismail Dinat

… Dinat was born on 14 October 1937 in Krugersdorp. As a child, Dinat would often attend meetings with his Father, Ebrahim Dinat, who was a member of the…

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1957-2011

Gisele Wulfsohn

… Gisèle Wulfsohn was a freelance photographer specialising in portraiture, … she joined The Star newspaper in 1979, where she worked as a staff photographer…

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1954-2008

John Matshikiza

… Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after demolished to make way for the White suburb of Triomf (Triumph). Matshikiza's father, Todd, was a renowned…

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1943-2009

Winston Monwabisi Ngozi

… June 1943, in Retreat, Cape Town. He was the first-born in a musical family. In the 1960’s the Apartheid government … the families that suffered from this…

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1930-2018

Anne-Marie Wolpe

… known as the Rivonia trialists. Her brother, James Kantor a lawyer, was later also arrested but acquitted in the … Party (SACP). Her first job was working as…

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1927-1978

Philemon Pearce Nokwe

… As a child he grew up in a working-class environment - his father was a shoemaker - … of the same name at Crown Mines.) Nokwe then proceeded to the South…

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1964

Berni Searle

… Artist Statement’ was, she replied, “I don’t have a ‘feminist artist statement’ as such. Being a woman is only one aspect of who I am.” This aversion to…

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1951-1985

Sparrow Mkonto

… and worked under trying conditions. The average wage of a railway worker in Cradock in 1983 was R242/month.  He lived in a house where there were no…

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1952

Glenn Moss

… in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a secretary. He went to Waterkloof Primary School and then attended…

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1952

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

… of the three children of Erdmuth and Samuel Ramaphosa, a retired policeman. He grew up in the South Western Native Township (Soweto), attending a local…

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Benjamin Ulenga

… (Ben) Ulenga was born in Owamboland. His father was a labourer, who from age 16 or 17 had to leave Owamboland to work on various English, Dutch, … Scottish…

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1949-1985

Sicelo Mhlauli

… in Cradock. After completing high school, he trained as a teacher at Lovedale College and upon completion taught at … intelligence services informed Mhlauli…

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1925-1961

Patrice Émery Lumumba

… ). . Lumumba’s tribe was the Batetela (Tetela) which is a dynamic branch of the Mongo-Nkutshu family of central Congo [1] . He grew up in a mud-brick house…

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1932-2016

Mewa Ramgobin

… was born in Inanda and from humble beginnings became a successful farmer. Ramgobin attended the Inanda Government … Council (SRC) at the University as it was…

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1945-2004

Sheila Weinberg

… and trade unionist. Together, the Weinberg family made a significant contribution to the building of non-racial democracy in South Africa. In … was placed…

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1932-2016

Diana Mary Mitchell

… was famous for many things, but was most noted for being a liberal politician opposing the White minority regime of … Diana Mary Coates [ii] . Her father,…

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1870-1943

Sir Patrick Duncan

… House, London, and was chosen as private secretary to  Sir Alfred Milner , who brought him to South Africa in March 1901. Duncan was the senior member ……

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1898-1914

Valliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar

… The participation of women passive resisters was a key element of the Satyagraha Campaign of 1913 - 1914. … judgement in March 1913, in which, Judge Searle…

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1663

Autshumao (Herry the Strandloper)

… and interpreter of the Gorinhaikonas. In 1630 he was taken to Bantam by the English and returned to the Cape a year later. He had learned to speak Dutch and…

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1908

Thomas Selema Masekela

… Masekela\'s parents moved from the farm where he was born to Dikgale where Masekela attended the Lutheran Mogabane … Officer of Health, who\' encouraged him…

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Unknown-1987

Cameron Mbulelo Madikizela

… Cameron Madikizela graduated from Fort Hare.  He was a member of the Cape African Teachers Association (CATA) and … members of CATA, was summarily dismissed…

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1920

Kwena Matlala

… Moabelo, the ntona of Madietane village, who was related to the royal family, and after his death, she became the ntona of Madietane. She was originally a…

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1950

Peter Hain

… Liberal Party activists,were banned in 1964,he acted as a liaison to facilitate their political work.In 1966 his family … himself against multiple legal…

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1931-2018

Samir Amin

… Samir Amin was a prominent Egyptian-French Marxist thinker. His work on … was one of the most important contributions to the discussion over the Third Worlds…

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1928-1993

Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli

… Kroonstad in the Orange Free State,where his father had a brick making business.He attended high school in Kroonstad ,then moved to Johannesburg in the…

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1910-1990

Gerard Bhengu

… life in Centecow. Kohler used some of these drawings to illustrate his ethnographic and medical publications. In … where he was commissioned by Bishop…

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1960-2015

Ohm Collins Chabane

… age of 17 he joined the ANC underground. Chabane was also a member of the  Azanian Student Organisation (Azaso) . He registered for a Bachelor in Science at…

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1919

Dr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco

… Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco, the son of a semi-literate but wealthy cattle farmer in the Ixopo district of Natal in 1919, Conco rose to become Luthuli's…

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