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1908-1970

Paul Herman Robinson

… Mercury where he worked as editorial cartoonist until his death. He was against the policies of the ruling National …

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2012

Thabiso Johannes Thelejane

… Lonmin refused to acknowledge responsibility for his death and would not provide support for his dependents' …

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2012

Nkosiyabo Xalabile

… the police shot the workers which resulted in my son’s death.” …

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1943-1989

Dr. Abu Baker Asvat

… a period of intense state repression. The arrest and death of Steve Biko in 1977 deprived the movement of its … safe, appeared unusually nervous in the weeks…

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1922-1963

Solwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle

… treatment in jail. To prevent this, four days after his death, the state banned him, as a banned person cannot be … Ngudle became the first person to be…

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1656-1734

Anna De Koningh

… Reformed Church. In 1712 Simon van der Stel died. With his death came the division of his great and beautiful farm, … of the greatest properties of the Cape…

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1936-2011

Lawrence Schlemmer

… was that one could not run one’s life on the basis of death threats and therefor he simply ignored it. Schlemmer’s … was the culprit and that he had fled…

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1924-2009

Richard Owen Dudley

… High School. He remained at the school for 39 years. In 1948, Dudley married Iris Atkins, a fellow teacher at …

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Benjamin Johnson Langa

… President Thabo Mbeki also apologised for Ben Langa’s death at the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, when he … The two assassins ... were later arrested…

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1881-1965

Margaret Roach Killie Campbell

… called 'Muckleneuk', was to be Killie's home until her death, sharing it first with her parents and later with her … home, Muckleneuck, where Killie lived…

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Amos Ndwalane

… Central Prison for leading a mission that led to the death of the person who assassinated Lamontvile-based … of his fellow comrades who were hanged while he…

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1913-1967

Louis Washkansky

… so that his body slowly starved of food and oxygen. His death became imminent, and a donor, Denise Darvall was …

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1907-1946

Rosamund Everard-Steenkamp

… of Bertha Everard, had a brief career cut short by her death in a Spitfire accident in England. She received most of …

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1883-1970

Daniel William Alexander

… degree of Doctor of Divinity.At the time of Alexander's death the African Orthodox Church(AOC) had 20 congregations …

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1920

Kwena Matlala

… who was related to the royal family, and after his death, she became the ntona of Madietane. She was originally …

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1989-2001

Nkosi Johnson

… succumbed to the virus on 1 June 2001. At the time of his death, he was the longest-surviving child born with HIV in …

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1910-1977

Max Gordon

… adopted by a family named Gordon after his father's early death.In 1932 he earned a bachelor's degree at the University …

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1889

Bertha Mkhize

… died when Bertha was about four years old, after his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first …

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1904-1996

Nokukhanya Luthuli

… from the American Board of Commissioners, following his death in 1894. It was formerly known as the Umvoti Mission … very ill at the time, with the necessary…

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1921-2001

Athol Edwin Thorne

… and soon afterward he was transferred to Cape Town and in 1948 he started working for the City of Cape Town. When Athol …

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1909-1985

Moses Josiah Madiba

… and a sense of responsibility among students. In 1948 Madiba returned to Potgietersrus as founder principal …

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1931-2000

Hendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee

… primary school and matriculated from Ladybrand School in 1948 as Dux scholar and prefect. Following his high school …

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1889-1946

Alexander Macaulay Jabavu

… at Lovedale, he taught briefly, then on his father's death in 1921 took over  Imvo Zabantsundu,  which he edited …

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1906-1947

Benedict Wallet Vilakazi

… literature. He died on 26 October 1947 in Johannesburg. If Death Bury me where the grasses grow Below the weeping willow …

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Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo

… 1 in his birthplace, Durban, South Africa. He was 75. His death was reported on Saturday by the British newspaper The …

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1888-1942

Ruth Alexander

… sent on 6 December 1920, just a few days before her death. Ruth Alexander’s political involvements continued and developed after Schreiner’s death. Alexander…

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1917-2004

Villa Baker

… continued his political activities, and following his death in 1979, Beryl took up Lewis` mission. In 1983 Villa … dropped all charges. Her health went down…

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1955-1983

Thabo Marcus Motaung

… passed resolution 533 which expressed concern on the death sentences. Marcus was executed on 9 June 1983. The death sentence was roundly condemned by the…

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1935

Durant Basi Sihlali

… remained largely in his personal collection until his death, in part due to the concerns of subjects who did not … the Wits Technikon and the Funda Art…

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