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1880

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer

… his employer and in 1902, at the age of 22, he was sent to South Africa to represent the company as a buyer in Kimberley. On 19 June … was active in civil…

B-0008856

1944

Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)

… in 1944* in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng) to a middle-class Orthodox Jewish family. Her aunt and uncle … (SACP) and as a result, her parents…

B-0080454

1934

Reverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu

… the local primary school and in Standard Six he went to live with a white missionary couple to continue his schooling at the All Saints Mission near ……

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1897-1962

Richard Granville Baloyi

… forced out of the market by a combination of legislation to entrench the position of South African Railways and … was often involved in disputes concerning…

B-0007816

1950

Charles Nupen

… a medical degree at the University of Natal, he switched to studying for a Bachelor of Arts with Political Science as … a huge influence on my thinking and…

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1922

Sir Sydney Kentridge

… African forces in World War II for four years and went on to attend Exeter College in Oxford on an ex-serviceman’s … Fellow of the College. In 1949,…

B-0086256

1917-2013

Mfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose

… at Kwa Mdingi Lower Primary School before going on to Kwa Mdingi High School. He later attended a technical … served in South Africa, Egypt, Libya and Italy…

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Nomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela

… Institute in Moscow in October 1980. From September 1986 to August 1988, she managed to acquire a Post Graduate Diploma in Administrative Studies … Relations…

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1956

Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

… , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) in 1956, and then moved to Soweto . Manzini suffered from polio as a child and as a result spent close to four years in the…

B-0096368

1851-1931

Rev. Mangena Maake Mokone

… was killed in the Swazi – Pedi war. In 1870 he went to work in Pietermaritzburg's sugar plantation in order to buy a rifle. He found work in Mr. Acutt. After…

B-0008615

1709-1785

Georg Schmidt

… 1709 as the son of a peasant family. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 16. In 1726, Schmidt set off on foot for Herrnhut in Saxony and started…

B-0008995

1910-1984

Annie Silinga

… only a few years of primary school. In 1937 she moved to Cape Town , where her husband was employed. In 1948 she … brief jail term for civil disobedience…

B-0009054

1908-1996

Jean Sinclair

… National Party’s segregationist bills. She was opposed to all forms of injustice, especially the Group Areas Act (1950) which enabled the apartheid…

B-0068468

1922-1985

John Nyathi Pokela

… the African National Congress Youth League who broke off to found Pan Africanist Congress in 1959. In 1966 he was sentenced to thirteen years imprisonment in…

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1925

Gertrude Shope

… up in Zimbabwe . She was trained as a teacher, and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto . When she was 29 years old she decided to join the  African National…

B-0068449

1917

Elijah Thomas Zondi

… Zondi was born on 22 October 1917 in Pietermaritzburg to Thomas Zondi, an evangelist and Bellinah Mchunu.  He … attended the Burnside Community School in…

B-0097662

1942

Zweledinga Pallo Jordan

… States of America and Britain. He left the country in 1962 to study at the University of Wisconsin in the U.S. He has … became involved in training…

B-0008215

1881-1971

Reverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane

… his primary school education in Thaba Nchu he was send to Morija Mission Institute in Basotholand (Lesotho) where he … at Bensonvale near Herschel. From…

B-0008376

1935

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

… leaders for the 1956 treason trial, Maharaj was asked to take over the running of the New Age newspaper. He decided to leave for the United Kingdom in August…

B-0065611

1944

Graeme Pollock

… his cricket skills. While at the school he was selected to play for the Eastern Province. In 1961, he visited London … was ready for test cricket. Pollock…

B-0096457

1932-1988

Johnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini

… Bantu Education he resigned from teaching and went on to pursue further studies part time at the University of … Makhathini joined politics and devoted his…

B-0094854

1866-1942

James Barry Munnik Hertzog

… In 1881, together with his three brothers, he was sent to Stellenbosch for further education. Here he developed an … England, and in August of the same year…

B-0008156

1922-1999

Julius Nyerere

… born on the 13th of April 1922 in Butiama village, next to Lake Victoria, in Tanganyika (name given to the British colony in Tanzania’s territory from 1919…

B-0125265

1980

Lindiwe Mazibuko

… on 9 April 1980 in Swaziland . At the age of six she moved to KwaZulu-Natal with her parents. Her father was a banker … Music at the University of KwaZulu…

B-0096424

1959-2011

Zimasile Ngqawana

… children, and grew up with his grandparents. He was forced to leave school before completing his high school education. … in traditional gatherings and…

B-0095544

1936-2016

Hermanus Gabriel Loots

… which culminated into the ‘ Stuart Report .’ [i] According to political journalist Martin Plaut, ‘there would have been … and integrity, in the face of…

B-0120752

1949-2015

Clive Edward Butler Rice

… His education started at St. Johns College and from there to Damelin College in Johannesburg and later the University … glimpses of a fine all–rounder, which…

B-0008956

1948

Zanemvula Kizito Mda

… was born in Herschel, Eastern Cape, South Africa, in 1948 to Rose Nompumelelo, a nurse, and Ashbey Peter Solomzi Mda , … a pupil at primary school, the…

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