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1937-Cape Town,South Africa

Jacqueline Daane-van Rensburg

… In March 1988 Daane heard about the tragic and brutal death of her friend Dulcie September . She wrote her obituary … call from a person who told her, ‘You…

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1924-2002

Gertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper

… suffer fools easily. She was remembered years after her death by Tony Weaver, then Assistant Editor of the Cape … met in January 1974 and their friendship…

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1945

Graça Simbine Machel

… platforms all over the world. Following President Machel’s death in a plane crash on 19 October 1986, she resigned her … of South Africa, whom Machel has…

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1956-1985

Fort Calata

… Beyers Naude and Rev. Alan Boesak . At the time of his death, the Calata family were expecting a child as Nomonde … to harass Calata’s wife. A two-year…

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1936-1999

Ahmed Gora Ebrahim

… mobilising support for the 'Sharpeville Six', sentenced to death under a common purpose ruling for the death of a person killed during unrest in the Vaal…

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1942-2018

Gerald Patrick Kearney

… generally assisted the poor and downtrodden.Following the death of Joseph Mdluli from Lamontville in police detention, … Cathedral called “An Evening of…

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1961

Mhlupeki Hlongwane

… 22 of those responsible were apprehended and sentenced to death. According to Mdhluli, on 12 April 1957 the police took …

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1938

Enos Molapo Makhubedu

… his talent for drawing and colour. After his father’s death in 1964 he accepted full responsibility for the house …

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1863-1928

Edward Clark Churchill Mace

… which Mr Mace's friends felt on receiving the news of his death was rendered more poignant by the manner of his going - …

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1870-1938

Leo Rbc Francois

… His efforts were untiring but they came to nothing. His death in 1938 marked the end of one era and the start of a …

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1937-1999

Marius Schoon

… Bank. Schoon launched a lawsuit against Williamson for the death of his wife and daughter in August 1995. However, in …

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1955-2008

Bhekumuzi Hyacinth Mseleku

… . He would go on to produce five more albums before his death. One of these was released in 2003 and titled Home at …

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1870-1950

William H. "Bill" Andrews

… remained on the Central Committee until 1950 before his death the same year. He died in December 1950. His biography, …

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1926-2017

Helen Kies

… Journal , and lived in Bo-Kaap up to the time of her death in January 2017. Throughout her teaching career, Helen …

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1914-2011

Jean Bernadt (nee Alkin)

… She resided in Kenilworth , Cape Town until her death at the age of 96. She was also a recipient of the Order …

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1924-2008

Zolile Malindi

… former Transkei. His mother, Makhesa, raised him after the death of his father, Mbulawa Malindi, an elder in the Bantu … Unions. Order of Luthuli in silver…

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1915-1989

Cassim Mahomed Lakhi

… 1940 due to his father';s illness. After his father';s death in 1941, he joined the family business in Greytown.  … Lakhi was a keen photographer and loved…

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Boy Mvemve

… Boy Adolphus Mvemve died a very violent death in exile in Zambia in 1974. He was 43 years of age at … itself. Mvemve had been one of the many cadres marked…

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1921-2016

Elizabeth Komikie Gumede

… She lived in Chiawelo in Soweto, Gauteng, right until her death. Gumede is remembered for her extraordinary bravery in … free and democratic South Africa…

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1948-2003

Magwaza Alfred Maphalala

… Congress. He remained a member of the SACP PEC until his death. Maphalala was elected as a member of the National … elections. He remained a Member of…

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1915-1983

B J Vorster [John Vorster]

… out penalties for sabotage ranging from five years to the death sentence, and also provided for the State to ban people … it had been. In March 1973 the…

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1964-2025

Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels

… available sources, she was 60 years old at the time of her death in November 2025, placing her birth around 1964-1965. … severe breathing difficulties on the…

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1843-1920

Sammy Marks

… as a senator in the Union Parliament from 1910 until his death in 1920 in Johannesburg …

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Gubuzela Ngubane

… In June 1953, fighting broke out and resulted in the death of a number of people, for which the Bomvu Chief …

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1948

Hemant Kumar Waghmarae

… Medical College at Wentworth, Durban. Here he met Steve Biko . Immersed in the Congress traditions, he was reluctant …

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1942-1993

Chris Hani

… right wing, linking the assassination to the ANC. Hani's death came at a critical time for South Africa. The SACP was … six months) of the assassination…

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1905

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld

… Northern Rhodesia, on 18 September 1961 . Hammarskjöld’s death occurred amid a post-colonial race for resources in …

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1897-1974

Leo Marquard

… passed away on 27 March 1974. About two months after his death, the University of Natal also posthumously conferred …

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1918-1973

Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus

… in the Transvaal Rugby Football Union. At the time of his death in 1973 he was still an executive member of SACTW and …

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1936-2009

Dawood Parker

… a separate “own affairs” municipality. At the time of his death he was an active member of the South Peninsula branch …

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