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1936-2016

Adam Small

… only for Afrikaans-speaking White people. Throughout his life, he upheld the idea that one of apartheid’s greatest … he actively used his voice to capture…

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1814-1882

King Sekhukhune

… sent to subdue Sekhukhune, was routed with heavy loss of life and barely escaped with his life at Magnet Heights. Immediately after this first British … to…

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1924-1968

Canodoise (Can) Themba

… “”¦ the harsh and depressing conditions of African life in the Johannesburg townships.” Themba’s Sophiatown … [Accessed 20 July 2009]|Snyman, M. “Can Themba:…

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1818-1953

Emily Isabel Fern

… painting style. Fern played an active role in the artistic life of Johannesburg for nearly 50 years, exhibiting her work …

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Sylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa

… in Cape Town. She became part of the BBC production o the life of Bishop Desmond Tutu. She presents Voice of Jazz, a …

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Dr Gomolemo Mokae

… Elizabeth Mokae. His parents migrant missionary life took him across Limpopo Province. Mokae's tertiary …

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Nise Bulelwa Malange

… was that I’m going to have very fresh food and live a life where I won’t see a policeman, no thugs, no harassments. … collaboration with Ari Sitas from the…

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1953-1982

Dr. Neil Hudson Aggett

… to a weak and trembling shell.in the last week of his life and also he underwent an interrogation session that … condition of Dr Aggett which led him to take…

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1880

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer

… a cigar merchant. Oppenheimer began his working life at 17, when he entered Dunkelsbuhler & Company, a … of a knighted Briton. Oppenheimer was active in…

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1931-2012

Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson

… African National Congress (ANC) leaders were sentenced to life imprisonment. As  founding member  and director of an … advocate, Jeremy Gauntlett, …

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1798-1872

King Mpande kaSenzangakhona

… were prepared to meet his request if he spared Umtonga’s life and Mpande signed a deed giving the Boers the additional … 1872, although he withdrew…

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1918-2000

Ismail Chota Meer

… the involvement of Indians in the social and political life of South Africa.He was an active participant in the 1946 … enormously to the national liberation…

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1950

Biddy Partridge

… in several projects which included documenting exile life in Harare and working with rural communities in … combined the AIDS song with still images of…

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1929-2014

Sadie Forman

… of her daughter, spending the remaining years of her life there. Forman wrote a memoir in 2008 entitled, Lionel Forman: A Life Too Short. In 2012, she…

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1953

Penny Siopis

… quoted grand history paintings and the traditions of still life into overabundant, layered compositions, allegorising … the changing South Africa. Siopis…

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1892-1950

Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal

… keenly felt as his name was closely associated with public life in South Africa and his service to the Indian community … Africa, My experiences of South…

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1974-2005

Kabelo Sello Duiker

… that he had to deal with some identity issues in his own life. His great-grandfather had changed his African name to … he struggled to write. Disillusioned,…

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1927-2021

Thembi Shange Nobadula

… on 23 December 1927. She was a woman who dedicated her life to the fight for racial and gender equality for all … a few days after the massacre. Thus, began…

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1914-2016

Selloane Ethel Leisa

… organisation which aimed to unite women from all walks of life regardless of race or political affiliation. It was here … of all the selfless work she did…

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Percival Mdala

… in the fight for black education for the rest of his life.His memory was honoured in 1992 when the new school at …

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1939

Chief Malebogo

… Boers as intruders who were trying to change his way of life and refused to have his territory demarcated in 1888; …

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1906-1996

Laduma Ncwaba Mikaeli Madela

… he learnt to write. In 1957 he began to record his life story and his visionary revelations in ink, pencil, …

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1902-1972

Dezso Koenig

… figurative painter, concentrating on figure studies, still life, landscape and especially the urban landscape. A few of …

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1847-1932

Harriette Emily Colenso

… Natal Native Congress.  Sol Plaatje  dedicated his Native Life in South Africa to her. She continued her missionary …

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1936

Luli Callinicos

… trilogy of books, namely Gold and Workers (1981), Working Life: Factories, Townships and Popular Culture (1987), which … [Accessed 24 August 2009]|Oliver…

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Anna Tempo

… sent there by the police, health clinics and by the Child Life Protection Society. Most of the women were stranded and …

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1795

Sobhuza I

… Swazi people with a legacy that influenced their way of life and philosophy a great deal. Apparently, one night …

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1910-1984

Annie Silinga

… during the state of emergency. She spent the rest of her life in Langa township where she died in 1984. Although she …

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1931-2016

Lulu Dube

… unknown, but image from The First President: A Life of John L. Dube, Founding President of the ANC by …

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Siva Pillay

… Apartheid Prison: Robben Island: Flash Backs of an earlier life: Siva Pillay learnt to play the guitar quite well and in … Apartheid Prison: Robben Island:…

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