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1937

Fanele Mbali

… on 1 December 1937 in a village called Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana Mkhonto and his brother William … Queenstown in 1941 then moved to…

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1940

Reginald Dudley Forde

… Reginald Dudley Forde was born in Johannesburg on 20 April 1940. He completed his schooling at Clifton School …

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1947-1976

Mapetla Frank Mohapi

… with several other leaders of SASO and the Black People's Convention , was detained November 1974. He was released in … of Communism Act and confined to the…

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1979

Lewis Baker

… nationalist movement that strongly opposed South Africa’s involvement in World War II and later the National Party … Practitioners Act of 2002. The…

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Joseph Fansio Mati

… He was also involved in organising bus boycotts, but Mati’s main focus, as he stated in Coetzee, Gilfillan and Hulec … ANC conference, Mati was elected as a…

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1955

Adam Glasser

… gigs and cruise chips. Adam returned to England in the 70’s to study and graduated with a BA (Hons) in European … as a jazz pianist and forming a trio and a…

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1952

Oupa Joshua Gqozo

… Force . He worked as a soldier and chief clerk of the SADF’s 21 Battalion based in Lenasia next to Johannesburg. In 1981 … and offices connected to the…

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1870-1947

Horatio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle

… West at Kimberley””a post which he held for more than 20 years while he was promoting the expansion and improvement … such as the Earl of Athlone and his…

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1945

Paul Stopforth

… of evil”. The Interrogators was continued by a series of 20 drawings based on the death of Biko. His works around this … objects and memories on the island,…

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1937

Adriaan Vlok

… began work for the Department of Justice in the magistrate’s offices of Keimoes and Upington. Between 1959 and 1966 he served as an under-secretary at the…

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1911-1999

Harry Snitcher

… decision, and many another similar cause celebre. Snitcher’s political life brought him into contact with people like Dr … for various terms, for an almost…

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1853-1917

Dr. Leander Starr Jameson

… For some time, Jameson was an Induna of the Matabele King’s favorite regiment, the Imbeza. Using his relationship with … Jameson influenced the granting of…

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1926-1982

Poomoney Moodley

… duties were considered to be less taxing. [iii] Poomoney’s passion for fighting injustice was first ignited in the … when she accompanied her father to…

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1930-2019

Hassim Mohamed Seedat

… is one of many around the world, representing about 20 million Indians living outside India. Seedat contributed … pamphlets, magazines, brochures and…

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1965

Lesetja Kganyago

… in development economics at the University of London’s school of Oriental and African studies where he completed … switches and strip financing. He led South…

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Elliot Mngadi

… affected by removals in April 1957. By May 1957 Mngadi’s work reached areas such as the Dannhauser districtthat were … an honorary citizen. Mngadi died in…

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1979-2019

Leigh Davids

… Support Group, which is the largest transgender women’s support group in Africa. Davids also received the award for … about the differences between sexuality…

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Nontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho

… lamenting the death of her mother, she gives her mother's as Emmah Jane Mgqwetto, the daughter of Zingelwa of the … near Queenstown. Abner Nyamede recognizes…

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1953-2005

Prince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu

… any trucks attempting to resettle his people. His father's resistance to the homeland system made a great impression … and began shooting at him. Fortunately…

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1945-2013

Dirk Johannes Coetzee

… the unit in an interview with Pauw and confirmed Nofomela’s story.Coetzee told Pauw about the two years that he had … to Mauritius and then to London where…

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1930-2018

Billy Modise

… YSS leaders would later play critical roles in the country’s transition to a democracy. They included Billy Modise, Joe Nhlanhla who would later become Mbeki…

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1905-1985

Douglas Chadwick Thompson

… two accused people. On 30 March 1960, Godfrey, Thompson’s son, who was in London at the time, wrote to his parents … Thompson was arrested and detained and…

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1908-1993

Manonmoney "Ama" Naidoo

… adopted the Freedom Charter . In 1956, she was among the 20,000 marchers to the Union Buildings in Pretoria to protest … and taking in students as boarders…

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1918-2011

Judge Erns Jansen

… practising as an advocate in 1943. Jansen became a Queen's Counsel in 1955,  a judge in Natal in 1957 and also in the … were appointed on merit.  He was an…

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Lot Kgagudi Maredi

… his influence was reported to be widely felt. Maredi’s banishment order was served by a colonel of the South … in a closed police van to Mnxesha Location,…

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1947-1985

Matthew Goniwe

… They had two children, Nobuzwe and Nyaniso.  Matthew’s political views had been influenced by the Rev Canon James … After the launch of the United Democratic…

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1945-2025

Theresa Solomon

… from the 1970s to the 1990s before being elected Cape Town’s first black woman mayor from 1996 to 1998, after serving as … the previous year. In 1975,…

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1841-1898

Nongqawuse

… to have been an orphan and the niece of Mhlakaza. Mhlakaza’s father was the councillor of Chief Sarhili. After Mhlakaza’s mother died, he went to the Cape…

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