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1886-1946

Franciscus Jacobus Ludovicus De Vriendt

… in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium. He was the son of a famous sculptor Jan Frans de Vriendt and his wife, … Vriendt first achieved recognition in Europe as a…

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1949

Michael Nkolo Maapola

… Michael Nkolo Maapola was born in 1949 in Hammanskraal , a township north of Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). He showed an interest in art as a…

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1931-2018

Alexander Lionel Boraine 'Alex'

… at the age of nineteen, Boraine started his career as a Methodist minister. In 1956, Boraine was ordained and … from Rhodes University. Later that year…

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1924-1994

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

… third of eight children. At the age of 17, Motsoaledi came to Johannesburg. His first brush with the law in Johannesburg … to produce his pass book – he was…

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1942-2020

George Hallett

… was born in 1942   District Six , Cape Town. He then moved to Hout Bay, Cape Town to live with his grandparents. … Peninsula High School. His early…

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1928

John Hlatywayo

… 1928, Chipinge, Rhodesia. Hlatywayo originally trained as a carpenter. He studied under Cecil Skotnes at Polly Street … Art Centre and later under George…

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1804-1856

Chief Kgosi Sekonyela

… Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later … the area he had conquered. In 1821 his father…

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1903-1973

Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams

… of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah Sherman. As a young boy Abrahams emigrated with his parents to England where he was educated at the Jews College…

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1905-1962

Goolam H. Gool

… son of Yusuf Gool, born in India, in 1864. He made his way to Cape Town in 1885 and married a local Malay woman, Wagieda Ta’al. Yusuf started out as a hawker…

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2006

Daniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi

… first involved in the political struggle in the 1970s as a high school student. He completed his high school education … at Sekano Ntoane, Soweto, in 1976…

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1786-1870

King Moshoeshoe I

… His name was allegedly changed from Lepoqo after a successful raid in which he had sheared the beards of his … united various groups of refugees during the…

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1952

Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul

… family was uprooted from Clairwood and they were forced to go live in Chatsworth, Durban — an area designated for … then attended Chatsworth High School. He…

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1957

Mohammed Valli Moosa

… about debate and constructive criticism. He soon perceived a need for the struggle to be broader than Black Consciousness allowed. He saw the … of the United…

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1909

Isaac Bangani Tabata

… attending Fort Hare for some time, he left the university to seek work in Cape Town in 1931. He became employed as a truck driver and joined the racially…

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1891-1965

Dr Silas Modiri Molema

… was born in 1891 in Mafikeng, South Africa. His father was a member of the Royal family of the Barolong chieftaincy and was secretary and chief advisors to…

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1891-1970

Arthur William Blaxall

… Arthur William Blaxall was born in 1891 in Britain. He was a clergyman who was convicted of aiding the African National … Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in…

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1929-1985

Simon Moroke Lekgetho

… Mpumalanga. On completion of his training, he moved to Pretoria where he worked as a clerk for the Provincial Administration. While there he … the incense …

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1881-1963

Frank Wiles

… Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles . Prior to his arrival in SA in 1902, he studied in 1901 at the … Frank Wiles married Mabel Spencer Troughton and…

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1922-2004

Sheila Cussons

… of Natal (now University of kwaZulu-Natal ). She went on to study graphic art in Amsterdam. Cussons has stated that she considers herself a fine artist first…

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Laurence Neill Nathan

… Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape ) in 1959 to Jewish South African parents. He grew up in Sea Point … to South African College High School …

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1937

Bennie Bethuel Albert RaKhoapa Khoapa

… Hofmeyr School of Social Work in Johannesburg from 1957 to 1959.After four years as a personnel manager with a rubber company in Natal, he became national…

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1944

Kaizer Motaung

… was born on 16 October 1944 in Orlando East, Soweto , a township South West of Johannesburg. Motaung began playing soccer at a young age and turned…

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1933

Adams Farid Ahmed

… Born in 30 November  1933, in India he came to South Africa with his family in June 1935. Adams joined … the 1952 Defiance Campaign.He was drawn to politics…

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1918-1982

Bartholomew Hlapane

… Ficksburg distric of the Orange Free State. Hlapane was a factory worker. A traitor to the African National Congress (ANC)and the South … Bugg-Levine, Thomas…

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1975

Nicholas Hlobo

… Born in 1975 in Cape Town , Nicholas Hlobo grew up in a Xhosa family and attended university at the former Technikon Witwatersrand. Though originally…

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1897-1963

Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool

… the African Peoples Organisation (APO) which he had helped to form in 1902. Abdurahman was also the first black South … degrees from the University of Cape…

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1948

Conny Braam

… some others, broke away from the Comite Zuid-Afrika (CZA) to form the more radical Anti-Apartheidsbeweging Nederland … of this organisation. This…

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1940-1984

Gabriel Kee Kuboni

… He was born in Durban. From 1950 to 1959 he attended the Lourenco Marques High School, which … Jabu, recalls that her grandfather, Julius, wrote a book of…

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1986

Luvuyo Mgobhozi

… in September 1986. The three policemen went into KwaMushu to arrest the MK operatives whom were consequently held under … 7, 1986, as they were allegedly…

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1935-2007

Gaus Shikomba

… on 26 August 1966 and was shot, captured and taken as a prisoner to Pretoria. He was later brought back to Namibia for his … only daughter, Ndilipo-Ndinealgo…

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