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1929

Günther Komnick

… of World War II , digging anti-tank trenches in his youth, to spending the end of the war in a Russian labour camp, from the ages of 15 to 18, together with…

B-0097872

1956

Trevor Andrew Manuel

… Cressy High School and matriculated in 1973. He moved on to work for a construction company for nearly 8 years. He was promoted to civil engineering…

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1852-1927

Elizabeth Maria Molteno

… views early in life. Betty (as she preferred to be called) quickly became a leftist vegetarian with a … her life. After her home-schooled matriculation, she…

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1922-1992

Hassan Howa

… of the SA Cricket Board of Control (SACBOC) which worked to promote cricket among the dispossessed and the oppressed. … of Cape Town before financial…

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1913-1979

Mary Moodley

… Free State). She was the second eldest of 10 children born to Tom Anderson, a miner of Danish descent, and Katherine … wife and children from the racism that…

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1949-2004

Matome Maponya

… and selling sweets and useful knick-knacks, such as combs, to his fellow pupils. As much of his trade happened during class time, he did not endear himself…

B-0008440

1934

Abdullah Ibrahim

… South Africa. Born Adolph Johannes Brand, he converted to Islam in 1968 during his pursuit for a more peaceful and … a school teacher, however he soon quit…

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1961

Dali Tambo

… in West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and later went on to study at the American University of Paris where he … happening in Apartheid South Africa. The idea…

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1903-1988

Alan Stewart Paton

… James Paton, a Scottish immigrant and civil servant, came to South Africa in 1895 and his mother, Eunice Warder James, … and controlling parent that used…

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1931-1964

Suliman “Babla” Saloojee

… eastern Transvaal, now Mpumalanga. Babla was compelled to leave home in order to gain a basic education. After completing his education he … comrades were in…

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1933

Rita Alice Ndzanga

… in Sophiatown . At the age of seven her mother returned to Mogopa so that the children could attend school in their … completed standard six (Grade Eight),…

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1945

Achmad Cassiem

… teacher, Sadiq Isaacs, was arrested. Isaacs was considered to be the mastermind behind the manufacturing of bombs and … was interrogated by the security…

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1925-2015

Ruth Mompati

… passed Standard 6.  After completing standard 6, she had to work for a year in Vryburg before going to the college. She worked for a white family, looking…

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1881-1965

Margaret Roach Killie Campbell

… up a private collection of Africana, particularly relating to Natal and the Zulu people.  The collection started by her … of both Mahatma Gandhi and John…

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1952

Oupa Joshua Gqozo

… At his young age Gqozo was sent away by his parents to stay with his relative living in Witgatboom in Northern … five. After completing his standard five…

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1945

Paul Stopforth

… “Drawing is one way of articulating my relationship to the world.” Paul Stopforth is a painter and graphic artist … Art at the Natal Technical College in…

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1927-2023

Blanche la Guma

… each one got her share without doing herself more. We had to go two, three o’clock in the morning to get our place in the queue to get our two cups of sugar…

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1945

Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak

… in Somerset West.  As a child he worked as a labourer to help support his family. At fourteen, he became a sexton … especially after the government cited…

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1920-1991

Jonas Dinous Matlou

… he was very active in the ANC'S unsuccessful campaign to forestall the removal of Africans from the area, which whites find to be too near the central city…

B-0008490

1944

Subbiah Moodley

… Club and his mother was a housewife. His mother lived to a ripe age and was able to vote in South Africa’s first democratic elections in 1994. … of Moodley’s…

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1923-1986

Moses Mabhida

… Mabhida's last year of school, who introduced his students to socialist ideas. Mabhida was drawn to trade unionism and joined the Communist Party in 1942. ……

B-0008353

1957-1990

Teboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini

… started at the Amajeli crèche in 1963. He went on to Seoding Lower Primary, after which he proceeded to Itshepeng Higher Primary. In 1971 he became a student…

B-0008474

1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… sanctions against South Africa and assistance to struggle for freedom. Mr E.S. Reddy was born in 1924 to a politically active family in Andhra Pradesh, South…

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1919-2000

Jim Bailey

… upper class, but later rebelled against what he perceived to be the pretentious snobbery of that environment. Bailey … footsteps of his mother, who had been…

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Esmé Berman

… an honours degree in Psychology. Upon completion she went to London to study Drama at the Trinity College. She returned to South Africa and started writing…

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1956

Murphy Morobe

… family. He began school in Ermelo, but in 1996 returned to his parents in Soweto. He completed Primary School in Soweto and went on to Orlando North…

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1953-2022

Jessie Yasmin Duarte

… in Newclare, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) to Julie and Ebrahim Dangor. She completed her Standard Ten … Accountant. In 1979 Albertina Sisulu…

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1921-2005

Mahomed “Chota” Motala

… doctor in 1947 and doing his internship, he returned to South Africa to set up a medical practice in Pietermaritzburg. He was the second Black doctor to do…

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