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1932-2010

Sheena Duncan

… School in Johannesburg, and in 1953 she went abroad to study domestic science at the Edinburgh College of Domestic Science. After she qualified as a domestic…

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1931-2018

Eric Mtshali

… which founded uMkhonto weSizwe  (MK). He was elected as a member of the command structure of MK’s Natal underground. … In July 1962 Mtshali left South Africa…

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1945

Luis Inácio Lula da Silva

… Lula had little formal education. He did not learn to read until he was 10 years old and quit school after the … help support his family.  His working life…

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1956-1985

Fort Calata

… General of the African National Congress (ANC) from 1936 to 1949. In 1956, when Fort was born, Canon Calata was one of … 1979, the couple lived in Dimbaza,…

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1959

Cheryl Carolus

… was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was employed as a printer’s assistant and her mother worked as…

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1957

Michael Madimetja Teffo

… Selborne was destroyed shortly after his birth. Teffo went to school in Hammanskraal up to Standard 8 before leaving to … no formal art training, but he was…

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1952

Tiyani Lybon Mabasa

… of mistreatment by the Security Police and having to produce a pass wherever he went, further awakened him to the reality … Christian Movement (SCM).In 1972,…

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1852-1918

Schalk Burger

… on the 6 September 1852. At the age of 21 he worked as a clerk at Lydenburg in the office of the field coronet. … king who was later imprisoned. Burger was…

B-0096010

1919-2005

Ntwaesele “Fish” Keitseng

… Keitseng was born in Kanye, Botswana in 1919, the son of a peasant,the oldest of six children. At the age of 23, he came to South Africa as a mineworker and…

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Violet Weinberg

… was born in Johannesburg,  South Africa, the daughter of a Jewish refugee who fled from Latvia, then a part of the Soviet Union, where Anti-Semitism led to…

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1921-1984

Peter Becker

… early years were of great significance, for being born to middle-aged parents and being considerably younger than his two elder brothers, he spent a great…

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1886-1963

Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn

… was born in Utrecht, Natal, 9 September, 1886. He was a Minister of the NG Kerk and secretary of the British and … time was still part of the Transvaal…

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1989-2001

Nkosi Johnson

… Nkosi Johnson was born Xolani Nkosi to an HIV positive mother in a township on the east rand. When his mother became too ill … to Nkosi Johnson. Johnson was…

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Alex Moumbaris

… Alex Moumbaris was born in Egypt to French parents and later became a naturalised Australian. He worked as a trade unionist and came to South Africa in 1973…

B-0068118

1950

Mandla Langa

… Mandla Langa was born in Stanger, or KwaDukuza , a town in the Natal Province, now known as KwaZulu-Natal Province . He is the son of a preacher, and he grew…

B-0099280

1972

Zanele Muholi

… by Artthrob in collaboration with SAHO. Zanele Muholi is a photographer and visual activist based in Johannesburg . … intersections in between. Her…

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1903-1966

Edward “Eddie” Roux

… He grew up in Johannesburg, where his father opened a pharmacy in 1907. Roux's father was a free-thinker and a convert to socialism, and Roux, while still a…

B-0068388

1896-1951

Clements Kadalie

… Institute with an honours and at age sixteen he was a qualified teacher, and he was already assigned by Dr. Laws to run district schools.After  teaching for…

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1954

Tony Sithembiso Yengeni

… matric at Fort Beaufort college in Cape Town.  Yengeni was a member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) under the … the banned African National…

B-0068905

1954

Lele Jacob Motaung

… Please note: This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Prisoners Of Apartheid , A biographical List of political prisoners  and banned …

B-0008660

1924-1968

Canodoise (Can) Themba

… He attended the University of Fort Hare, where he acquired a teaching diploma and a degree in English, which he completed with a first class pass. After…

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1818-1953

Emily Isabel Fern

… died Johannesburg, 1953. Fern arrived in Johannesburg as a child in 1890, and was taught oil painting by a nun at End Street Convent. From 1899 to 1904 her…

B-0008064

1907-1987

Richard Gert Sibande

… Richard  Gert Sibande was a leader among farm workers in the eastern Transvaal. He was … of the first-string accused in the  Treason Trial  of 1956 to 1961…

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Nombuso Mchunu

… union , while she looked for permanent work. Her exposure to union documents resulted in her familiarity with the … she went to work for an Adult Basic…

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1937-1965

Frederick John Harris

… John Harris was born in 4th of July in 1937. He was a teacher, a member of the executive committee of the Liberal Party  In … Resistance Movement (ARM) and…

B-0008145

1874-1939

Charlotte Maxeke

… live in the Dwaars River area under Chief Ramokgopa for a while. It is possible that Maxeke's birth place was … who was born in Fort Beaufort on 28 July 1873…

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1932-2008

Jeremiah Baden Leeuw

… Jeremiah Baden Leeuw was born in 1932. Originally a member of the African National Congress Youth League … Leeuw was one of the group of Africanists that…

B-0008308

1886-1977

Mary Agard Pocock

… studies in botany at the University of London and obtained a BSc in 1908. In 1913 she returned to South Africa, and four years later returned to England to ……

B-0008899

2012

Thabiso Mosebetsane

… and lived in Nkaneng informal settlement. He left behind a wife and 3 children. He was also financially supporting his … at scene 2 after being shot twice in…

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1895-1951

Dorothy Ruth Boxall

… Town , Eastern Cape , South Africa. She dedicated herself to the promotion of music in South Africa. She studied under … lecturer in music at the…

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