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1949-2009

Henry Eric Isaacs

… Isaacs was born March 21 in 1949,He grew up in Raisethorpe,a peri-urban area of Pietermaritzburg.His family was of … were Indian.In 1966 he completed high…

B-0080351

1954

Wendy Schwegmann

… in 1954 in Zululand, where she spent her youth. She has a diploma in Interior Design from Natal Technical college and is a graduate of the Michaelis School…

B-0008998

1920

Jaydew Nasib Singh

… Africa about 1920 and graduated in the mid-1940s with a law degree from the University of the Witwatersrand, where he was a contemporary and friend of …

B-0009066

1955

Gana Makabeni

… Gana Makabeni  was born in the Transkei.  He attended a Communist night school and joined the  Communist Party of South Africa  (SACP) as a young worker in…

B-0008391

1889

Bertha Mkhize

… was about four years old, after his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first students to attend the … and thereafter went to Ohlange…

B-0067956

1944

Julian Raymond Cobbing

… University. In 1977, at the age of 33, Cobbing came to South Africa and became an active photographer in the … Afrapix, in and produced an extensive negative…

B-0093742

1954

Eric Anthony Abraham

… Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape). He was a University of Cape Town graduate who had worked as a correspondent for the South African News Agency…

B-0079862

1942

Ben Wa Mokoena Arnold

… Cecil Skotnes at Poly Street Art Center and later was a pupil of Sydney Kumalo. From 1961 to 1968 he was an assistant an teacher at Jubilee Art Center. … to…

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1863-1928

Edward Clark Churchill Mace

… Mace was born in Leicester, England, 1863. He emigrated to Australia when he was eighteen and made a fortune from mining. Rendered insolvent there, he came…

B-0008356

1954

Vice Admiral Refiloe Johannes Mudimu

… Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) in 1975. A student leader in 1976, he left South Africa on 14 August … co-ordinator of the ANC Youth Radio Programs…

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1899-1995

Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana

… Orange Free State in 1899. He worked at various times as a teacher, a miner, and a full-time political organiser and journalist. … in Potchefstroom in the…

B-0067969

1918-1967

Patrick Baker Duncan

… A controversial White champion of African rights, Patrick Duncan played a conspicuous role in opposition politics for over a decade, … in the British…

B-0008027

1914-2011

Jean Bernadt (nee Alkin)

… She was the eldest of four children. Jean’s family moved to South Africa when she was about six years old. She … many if not all were anti-fascist socialists…

B-0094343

1956

Dikobe Ben Martins

… must teach people the ways and give them the means to take control over their own lives, art must teach people, … how to link these with the struggle for…

B-0008455

1930-2012

Alfred Khumalo

… Institute in Evaton. Khumalo began his working career as a journalist in 1951, freelancing for Bantu World , where he took photographs to illustrate his…

B-0008284

1853-1907

William Luscombe Searelle

… Luscombe Searelle was born Isaac Israel and later adopted a professional name formed from Luscombe (in South Australia) and an imperfect anagram of “Israel.”…

B-0009001

1950

Yvonne Mokgoro

… Justice Yvonne Mokgoro was a judge of the Constitutional Court of South Africa from its … of Pennsylvania in the USA, where she was awarded a second LLM…

B-0008610

1921-1993

Andries Treurnicht

… School where he matriculated in 1939. After being awarded a B.A. he enrolled in 1942 for an M.A degree at the University of … the Sharpeville Massacre , he…

B-0009155

1966

Jodi Bieber

… photography at the Market Theatre photographic workshop, a non-profit organisation founded by David Goldblatt. Her photographic career began in September…

B-0007853

1932-2007

Sydney Sipho Sepamla

… and Wally Mongane Serote, the group is often referred to as the ‘poets of the big cities’. These are not … the ‘Black’ cities of Soweto, Langa and Kwa Mashu…

B-0068943

1909-2005

Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier

… wishes. It was, however, through him that he was exposed to it, as well as a host of artistic personalities. Gregoire left SA in 1935 to … His work was seen…

B-0007867

1899-1980

Reverend Walker Stanley Gawe

… St. Matthew's College in Keiskammahoek where he obtained a post-primary teacher's qualification and later trained in … Worker’s Union (ICU) ,1920s and in…

B-0008095

1956

Dr Hersheela Narsee

… born in Durban on the 23 of March 1956. Narsee grew up in a family of eight children. She attended the Gandhi Desai High School from 1967 to 1973. In 1974,…

B-0008747

1958-2004

Khotso Seatlholo

… Khotso Seatlholo was born on 5 November 1958. He was a student at Naledi High School in Soweto when the 1976 … of the SSRC when Mashinini went into exile…

B-0074550

Dr. Pholile Mpofu

… Dr. Mpofu noticed that the field of dermatology tended to be neglected by black doctors, and felt she could have an … would feel more comfortable sharing…

B-0008686

John J. Skomolo

… Congress (ANC) in the 1940s and 1950s, Skomolo was also a member of the ANC national executive committee from 1949 to 1955 and acted as ANC chaplain at…

B-0009076

1904-1983

Alex Hepple

… Hepple (1869-1942), an immigrant from Sunderland, was a shop steward of the Amalgamated Society of Engineers and … the South African Labour Pa   rty (SALP)…

B-0066278

1930-1994

Elijah Barayi

… in 1949.Barayi joined the ANC Youth League in 1952 as a teenager and became an efficient organiser and an able … was in the forefront of administering…

B-0007823

1897-1974

Leo Marquard

… He served in the Royal Air Force until his departure to further his education. In 1920 he was awarded a scholarship to study at Oxford University where he…

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