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1938-2018

Keorapetse William Kgositsile

… (popularly known as Bra Willie) was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He attended Matibane High School. …

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1963

Robert John McBride

… oil parastatal Sasol at its Secunda plant in the eastern Transvaal. There he met Thomas Matjeke a trade unionist who …

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1951

Frank Chikane

… Democratic Front (UDF) becoming the vice president of the Transvaal region from 1983 to 1985. Subsequently, he was …

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1939-2013

Pius Nkonzo Langa

… Pius Nkonzo Langa was born in Bushbuckridge in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South Africa, on 25 March 1939, …

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1932

Amy Thornton

… by the police in Beaufort West on its way to Kliptown, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). She was a delegate from …

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1905-1978

Moses Mauane Kotane

… at Tamposstad in the Rustenburg district of the western Transvaal on 9th of August in 1905, Kotane came from a …

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1935

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

… was unable to obtain a permit to study law in the Cape or Transvaal. In 1959 he became a part-time student at the …

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1948-2020

Achmat Dangor

… novelist and poet,  was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng), South Africa in 1948. He …

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Stephen Zelwane Nkadimeng

… National Congress (ANC) in Sekhukhuneland [Northern Transvaal, now Limpopo Province].  It was feared that the …

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1958-1991

Bheki Mlangeni

… born on 28 December 1958 at Jabulani, Soweto Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), and he was the fourth child of five …

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Douglas Ramokgopa

… community of Ramagoep Location, Zoutpansberg District, Transvaal [now Limpopo Province]. On 14 May 1958, he was …

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1948-1980

Oupa Ronald Madondo

… was born on 20 May 1948 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). With the advent of forced removals …

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1932-2021

James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo

… already familiar. After spending a year in Venda, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), Prof Khumalo continued with his schooling at the Fred Clarke High School…

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Nontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho

… Peddie, possibly at Tamara, before moving to the former Transvaal. The first poem that Mgqwetho contributed to …

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1798-1872

King Mpande kaSenzangakhona

… cession for an area on the border between Zululand and the Transvaal Republic. This area was to become the Republic of …

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1918-2000

Ismail Chota Meer

… the African National Congress (ANC), Dr Yusuf Dadoo of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and Dr Monty Naicker of the …

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1938-2005

Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka

… security forces of the former regime, in the then-Northern Transvaal. After the first democratic elections, he rejected …

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1929-2014

Sadie Forman

… of a Special Branch interrogation room in Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). This, coupled with having …

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1893-1962

Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma

… presided over the opening of Wilberforce Institute in the Transvaal in 1908. Seeing that Xuma was interested in … Institute’s Board of Trustees, a school in…

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1929-2000

Appiah Saravanan (AS) Chetty

… was transferred to Modder Bee Prison in Benoni, East Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng). On 12 June 1986 he was detained at …

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1866-1951

Robert Broom

… “southern ape of Africa”. In 1934, upon the request of Transvaal Museum, Pretoria. It was there that he began to …

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1977-2008

Eudy Simelane

… Simelane was born on 11 March 1977 in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (Gauteng). An active LGBTQI+ activist, she was one …

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1918-2011

Judge Erns Jansen

… Counsel in 1955,  a judge in Natal in 1957 and also in the Transvaal in 1961. He was appointed to the Appellate Division …

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Kenneth Mosenyi

… banished from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico District, Transvaal [North West Province]  to the Msinga district in …

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1876-1964

Charles Llewellyn

… 1895, he was chosen to make his first class debut agaisnt Transvaal, a privilege that other non-white cricketers did …

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Lot Kgagudi Maredi

… from Geluks Location, Sekhukhuneland, Lydenburg District, Transvaal [now Lydenburg, Mpumalanga]in November 1957. His …

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1926-2013

Maqashu Leonard Mdingi

… sugar fields in Natal and in the mines in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He then settled in Durban, Natal …

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1955-1985

Jacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake

… Michael Mohlabane and Joseph Tsotsetsi in a bout for the Transvaal junior lightweight title. He retained his title in … Iland Matthews in the eighth round to…

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1957-1988

Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka

… transported over the Swaziland border into Piet Retief, Transvaal ( Mpumalanga ), where they were ambushed by Eugene … was the first of three ambushes along…

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Matsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]

… as Angie Motshekga) was born on 19 June 1955 in Soweto, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). She received her … attended the University of…

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