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1948-2026

Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota

… , and when the full-time organiser, Abaham Tiro , had to flee the country in 1973, Lekota took over this position.  … under the Terrorism Act , found guilty…

B-0008313

1794-1879

Thomas Maclear

… on 17 March 1794 in Newton Steward, Ireland. He trained to be a medical doctor. He was a keen amateur astronomer and … Maclear arrived in South Africa on 5…

B-0008359

1917-1958

Christopher W. M. Gell

… captain.In 1947 he and his South African-born wife moved to Rustenburg and later in Port Elizabeth. Although totally paralyzed and confined most of the time…

B-0008097

1804-1856

Chief Sekonyela

… Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later … Natal. The Batlokwa people fled taking along…

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1924-1961

Petros Molefe

… Petros Molefe was born in Kroonstad and moved to Johannesburg and worked as a truck driver. He married … 1961 was a unit from Dube, in Soweto, who attempted…

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Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo

… Mr. Naidoo, who was widely known as M. D. Naidoo, belonged to the South African Indian Congress, the South African … at the University of Natal and in London…

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1894-1961

Hermione Stephanie Lombard Faure

… Muriel Alexander, in Johannesburg. From December 1921 to August 1923, Faure was in Antwerp where she studied under … she passed her examination with…

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1959

Thandi Modise

… that joining the struggle was paramount. She decided to leave the country and join Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in … exile. In 1976 she slipped over the border…

B-0008591

1905-1977

Hyman Meir Basner

… Hyman M Basner was born in Russia in 1905, and moved to South Africa at an early age. Basner  and his mother  … other family members in South Africa in 1912…

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1931-1972

Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane

… Christian Church (ZCC)  in 1910. He attended school up to standard six and later a junior certificate (standard … driver for his father. This position…

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1847-1932

Harriette Emily Colenso

… of his Digest of Zulu Affairs and in his efforts to protect the Africans of Natal and Zululand against the … through her London-based brother, Francis…

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c 1880s

Mweli Skota

… editor in the late 1920s. He failed at two other attempts to launch African newspapers. South African Native National … the shortened name in the mid-1920s)…

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1882-1962

Florence Louise Zerffi

… Zerffi was born in 1882, London, England. She came to Cape Town in 1916 after studying art in London and at the … and an embroidered cushion all prompted a…

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1927-2013

Francois Roux

… He attended the Boys High School, Stellenbosch from 1940 to 1946. In 1946, he studied at the Camberwell School of Art, … he participated in several group…

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1938

Dorothy Hazel Alexander

… disabled, the Cape Education Department allowed her mother to become a permanent teacher. (At the time, married women were not usually permitted to hold…

B-0079873

1923

Lutchmee Marie

… was a factory worker. All of Lutchmee’s siblings went to school, though the youngest, she was never given that opportunity. She had to assist her mother in…

B-0064868

1922-2005

John O’ Malley

… serving as a navigational instructor in George, he went to Italy where he flew photo-reconnaissance Mosquitoes. After … and government misbehaviour. He was…

B-0008853

1931-1998

Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe

… The daughter of peasant farmers who were later forced to become farm workers and to give up their livestock.Dorothy attended mission schools … until Standard…

B-0008843

1949

Joseph Alfers

… military service system in 1969 (which allowed conscripts to move from school to university without serving a continuous 12 months in … in the first year. …

B-0007787

1923

Zamazulu Thembekile Nkosi

… Administration and in  KwaZulu-Natal . Her decision to nurse was motivated by a wish to help the sick. She worked hard to reach her goal, and was first…

B-0008807

1905

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld

… relations, and global international affairs. From 1936 to 1948, Hammarskjöld held the post of undersecretary in the … Minister. Hammarskjöld represented…

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1895-1972

Neville Allan Lewis

… Lewis was in born Cape Town, 1895. Considered in the 1940s to be South Africa’s premier society portraitist, Lewis was … in the tradition of British painting…

B-0008328

1944

Kevin Dowling

… ministers and security force personnel, he was asked to explain why he was allowing church property to be used by anti-apartheid activists. He explained that…

B-0008019

1863-1928

Henry Reed Ngcayiya

… Native Congress. Two years later, after he had moved to the Transvaal, he served on the executive committee and … an African political organization was…

B-0008768

1936-2009

Dawood Parker

… in Cecelia Court was under regular surveillance. According to Basil Brown, the New Unity Movement President, Dawood first rose to prominence in the 1950s as…

B-0068299

1903-1957

Dr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo

… Jacob Nhlapo was born in 1903 to Isaac Hulumeni and Catherina Maseko. He received primary … Higher Diploma with the same results. Nhlapo returned to Reitz to…

B-0008789

1873-1917

Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube

… the African National Congress  ANC). As an equal partner to John Langalibalele Dube, Nokutela Dube contributed to building everything that we know today as…

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