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1927-2011

Professor Carel Boshoff

… Dept. at the University of Pretoria. He later left there to join the South African Bureau of Race Relations. The South African Bureau of Race Relations was…

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1935-2019

Dorothy Masuka

… sources of inspiration for her songs that often came to her in dreams. She would immediately sing them to somebody else in the house, so that elusive memory…

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1947-2010

Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo

… Music (a recording company) talent scout. She then moved to Johannesburg, where she made a recording under the name … famous Early Mabuza’s Big Five. In 1968…

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1975

Mpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom

… MorutaThutho Primary School, Meadowlands, from grade one to grade seven. His Grandmother was the Principal and had a … two years; grade eight and nine. His…

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1938

Ngoako David Thebehali

… were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at St. Mary’s school in Orlando and went on to attend St.Peter’s (now St…

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1943

Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi

… of traditional arts and craft as a young girl, thanks to her grandmother, who was a traditional wall and floor … of obtaining formal education, circumstances…

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1928-2004

Dolly Rathebe

… the 1930s and 1940s. As a young woman, Rathebe was drawn to the burgeoning and vibrant music scene in Sophiatown and … scout and was offered the lead female…

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1976

Dean Hutton

… and provocation. Dean is exploring ways in which to build a love revolution, from their more personal work, to creating relationships and gathering…

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1928-2010

Professor Fatima Meer

… Portuguese descent born in Kimberley , but she converted to Islam and took the name Amina. Fatima Meer's father, … scholarship, religious tolerance and…

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1902-1978

Jan Bouws

… in the east of Amsterdam. One of his responsibilities was to conduct a children's choir. During this time he married … They had two sons, Niels and Jan…

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1957-2006

Monty Johannes Motloung

… School in 1965. Ten years later, in 1975, Motloung went to pursue his secondary education at Esibonelwesihle … left for Swaziland with his friend Sam Kenneth…

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1931

Matsobane Morris Matsemela

… was born in 1931. He attended the Mashashane School up to Standard 6. Matsemela started working at his uncle’s dairy … Ntsoane and Moses Makitla Molefe. …

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1918-1973

Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus

… Barend Jacobus Erasmus was born to Barend Jacobus Gerrit Wessel Erasmus and Susara Catharina … During the Great Depression of the 1930's he was forced to…

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1888-1948

James M. Thaele

… M. Thaele was born in Basutoland in 1888 and was reputed to be the son of a Basuto chief and a Coloured mother. From … of dress marked him out as a showman…

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1906-1999

Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)

… and independent, so eventually persuaded her father to allow her to train as a medical doctor. As there was no medical school open to Indian women in South…

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1938-1999

Ezrom Legae

… in the Polly Street Art Centre, one of the first places to bring artists from different areas under one roof. During … and Sydney Kumalo at the Jubilee Art…

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1932-2002

Soromini Kallichurum

… Kallichurum was one of the first 12 undergraduates to enrol at the ‘non-White’ section of the University of … into lung diseases in the Black population, and…

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1953-2008

Ivan Toms

… Hospital, Northern Cape. In 1978, Toms was conscripted to serve in the South African Defence Force (SADF). Although vehemently opposed to the then South…

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1955-2010

Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander

… Department of Manpower until 1981. In 1982, Benny moved to Johannesburg where he worked in the youth  ministry of a … national advisory committee. In 1986,…

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1873-1936

Sidney Percival Bunting

… the Chancellor’s Prize in 1897.In 1900 Bunting volunteered to serve in the British army in the Second Anglo-Boer War . When the war ended he decided to stay…

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1932-2002

Curnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu

… Ndlovu was born in 1932 in Matatiele. His family moved to uMkhumbane settlement in Durban in 1941. After the … subsequent forced removals in the 1950s, his…

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1916-1993

Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda

… devoted Anglicans. From his local school, Mda proceeded to further his studies at the Catholic institutions of St … of Matatiele. After he qualified as…

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1941-2010

Eugène Ney Terre’Blanche

… Eugene Ney Terre'Blanche was born in Ventersdorp to staunchly Afrikaner nationalist parents on January 31, … in France along with many other Huguenot…

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1925-2012

Professor Emeritus Phillip Tobias

… Valentine Tobias was born on October 14, 1925. He went to St Andrew School and later moved to Durban High School in 1939 where he matriculating in 1942. … of…

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1956

Ndabenhle William Zulu

… He attended the Nsengeni Mission School. In 1968 he moved to Emondlo Township and attended the Ikhethelihle Lower … attended the Thabani Higher Primary…

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Ramnie Dinat

… detained on 9 December 1964 and held for three weeks due to his political activities. He was detained again in 1966 and called to give evidence at the trial…

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1888-1942

Ruth Alexander

… he was twenty-three. They corresponded after his return to South Africa, and eventually in June 1907 they married in … including Mohandas Gandhi . Olive…

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1928-2009

Suliman Moosa Esakjee

… with SACPO. Initially groups of volunteers would go out to distribute 'advanced propaganda' and to discuss the campaign with residents on a house-to-house…

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1934-2006

Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make

… in Boksburg in 1934, the son of a priest, and later moved to Evaton.the son of an African Methodist  Episcopal … township of Randfontein.His family…

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