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1940

Ebrahim Ismail Asvat

… Acting Chairman of BIA when Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia went to prison. He served three terms of imprisonment in 1908–09: … for hawking without licence; sentenced…

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1881-1969

Daniël Francois Malherbe

… was born on 28 May 1881 in Dal Josafat in the Cape Colony, to P. J. Malherbe, a founder of the Genootskap vir Regte … a teacher in Montagu for two and a half…

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1895-1983

Rev. James Arthur Calata

… in  the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1930s to 1940s.After primary school Calata trained to become a teacher while also studying for the Anglican ……

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1956

Anthony James (Tony) Leon

… 1956 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was born to Sheila Schulz and Ramon Leon. His father was an Advocate … at Clifton Preparatory School in Durban…

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1926-2004

Ethel de Keyser

… David de Keyser, a marriage that lasted 10 years. She went to Britain to study further, and it was there that she learned of the … immediately returned home,…

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1910-1977

Max Gordon

… he fell in with swtudent radicals who introduced him to Trotskyism.Gordon soon moved to Johannesburg where he worked to revive the faltering African Laundry…

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1810-1841

Rev. George Champion

… in 1834 was appointed along with five other missionaries to undertake missionary work in South Africa. The … and their wives sailed from Boston,…

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Josias Madzunya

… in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe, Madzunya came to Johannesburg in 1931, eventually establishing himself as a peddler. He joined a night school to…

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1931-2011

Basil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira

… Hill, Cape Town of Indian-Portuguese heritage. According to South Africa’s racial laws, he was classifiedas a ‘Cape … walk about 10 miles (about 16km) on the…

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1945-2013

Dirk Johannes Coetzee

… followed his father and work in the post office.From 1980 to 1981, Coetzee was a commander at Vlakplaas police … Cape who was interrogated and beaten then…

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1938

Enos Molapo Makhubedu

… in 1951 at the Charles Max Secondary School. From 1951 to 1958 he attended the Kilnerton Training Institution at … In 1969 Jan Krige of Menlo Park arranged…

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1920-2002

Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert

…  was born in As Sallum in Egypt as Mohamed Faud Nasif to an Arab father and a Turkish mother on 7 December 1920. His parents relocated to South Africa in…

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1937-1999

Marius Schoon

… He attended the University of Stellenbosch. Schoon moved to the University of Witwatersrand to continue with his post-graduate studies. While at the … ,…

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1879-1931

Stephen William Black

… about the plight of the Cape Coloureds appeared from 1904 to 1905. Through his work as reporter, Black became fully … zestful, tangy style of dialogue…

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1956

Kay Hassan

… images classified as ‘township art’ inspired Hassan to become an artist himself. Hassan first pursued his … The organisation provided participants with a…

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1886-1955

Richard Victor Selope Thema

… were Pedi speaking but not originally belonging to the Mamabolo tribe who, through early contact with … War 2) . After the declaration of peace he went to…

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1916-1988

John Taolo Gaetsewe

… migrant mineworker. He left a mission-run secondary school to work as a messenger at a local magistrate's court before going to Johannesburg in the early…

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1915-1974

Michael Alan Harmel

… was born on 7th of February in 1915 in Johannesburg ,to Irish immigrant parents, became a radical socialist, fiercely opposed to racism while studying at…

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1969

Jonathan Neil Rhodes

… in cricket from an early age. In 1992, Rhodes shot to cricket stardom when he ran out Pakistani batsman Inzamam … acrobatics in pursuit of the ball are…

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1936-1973

Benni Gwigwi Mrwebi

… in the 1950’s South African Jazz scene. He taught himself to play the saxophone and the clarinet, and is said to have had a big showman personality as he was…

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1919-1976

Dr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe

… of the  African National Congress (ANC) after its turn to mass action in the 1950s, Njongwe was president of the … Fort Hare. In 1945 he became one of the…

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1947-1985

Twasile Champion Galela

… education at Hillskraal in Korsten. His family relocated to KwaZakhele in 1957 where he continued with his education … School and Zikweni Primary School…

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1931-2000

Ismail Mahomed

… Boys’ High School at the end of 1950, he was accepted to do a BA at the University of Witwatersrand. On attaining … Council and the Transvaal Indian Congress…

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1934-2015

Bob Hepple

… attended Jeppe Boys High School in Johannesburg from 1945 to 1952 and then the University of Witwatersrand where he … as an attorney in South Africa in 1958…

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1935-1988

Sydney Alex Kumalo

… He often accompanied his father, a house painter to work. During this time, the Black societies in South … which merged with racial segregation. Kumalo went…

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1944-2017

Buchi Emecheta

… born in the  Nigerian  city of Lagos on 21 July in 1944 to Jeremy Nwabudinke, a railway worker and Alice (nee … have a formal education. The family only had…

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1939-1997

Enos Mabuza

… He attended the Sheba Mine School until Std 4 and moved to Barberton Community School until Std 6. He then attended … School and got his Junior Certificate…

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1938

Noria Mabasa

… She received formal education for only one year, having to walk three hours a day to the nearest school. She carried out household chores … throughout her…

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