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1933-2019

Jennifer Davis

… and inspired countless activists and organizers. In 1948, when the National Party came to power in South Africa, …

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1949-1991

Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo

… was attacked and he was assassinated at gunpoint. His death shocked many and his funeral was attended by 30,000 …

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1780-1867

King Faku ka Ngqungqushe

… an upper hand over a neighbouring Bomvana territory. The death of Ngqungqushe in the campaign led to King Faku being … King to succeed his father in this…

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1953

Nomadhlangala Cosy Europa Ndabezitha

… Language Committees (PLCs), the eleven National language Bodies (NLBs) and was part of the establishment of the eleven … Language Committees (PLCs), the…

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1921-1984

Peter Becker

… enterprise and was its chairperson at the time of his death in 1984 In addition to continuing his trips to rural … with King Cyprian was recognized after the…

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1913-1998

Father Trevor Huddleston

… his anti-apartheid work. In April 1981, after the death of Bishop Ambrose Reeves, he was elected President of … the successor to the AAM, and held this…

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1976

Ernest Mamashila

… and had received no visits.At the inquest into his death in Balfour on 10 March 1977 the magistrate gave a …

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1851-1931

Rev. Mangena Maake Mokone

… Church that he helped found in South Africa until his death in 1931. His long-term service earned him in the church …

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1935-2008

Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)

… village of Lady Frere in the former Transkei . After the death of his first wife, her father, Daniel married his …

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1885-1961

Anna Victoria Mangena

… took charge of the hospital services. After her husband's death in 1924 Mangena returned to Johannesburg and was …

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1949-1984

Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)

… Schoon launched a lawsuit against Craig Williamson on the death of Jeanette and Kathryn. In 1998 Williamson and his …

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1930-1985

Molly Blackburn

… Party but also by some liberals. She started to receive death threats and was arrested a couple of times. In 1985, …

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Traci Mackie

… crimes, to find out if he had been involved in the death of Mathew Goniwe , Nieuwoudt instead revealed that he … to bring light to a missing piece of the…

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1935-1988

Dulcie Evonne September

… approached the French police for protection (After her death, the French Minister of Police disputed claims that … Massacre in 1960 , six activists had been…

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1937-Cape Town,South Africa

Jacqueline Daane-van Rensburg

… In March 1988 Daane heard about the tragic and brutal death of her friend Dulcie September . She wrote her obituary … call from a person who told her, ‘You…

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1961

Graeme Williams

… - VU’ Galerie, Paris. A curated collection of images from bodies of work produced over 25 years. 2012 -  Singapore …

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1961

Mhlupeki Hlongwane

… 22 of those responsible were apprehended and sentenced to death. According to Mdhluli, on 12 April 1957 the police took …

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1924-2002

Gertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper

… suffer fools easily. She was remembered years after her death by Tony Weaver, then Assistant Editor of the Cape … met in January 1974 and their friendship…

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1945

Graça Simbine Machel

… platforms all over the world. Following President Machel’s death in a plane crash on 19 October 1986, she resigned her … of South Africa, whom Machel has…

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1936-1999

Ahmed Gora Ebrahim

… mobilising support for the 'Sharpeville Six', sentenced to death under a common purpose ruling for the death of a person killed during unrest in the Vaal…

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1938

Enos Molapo Makhubedu

… his talent for drawing and colour. After his father’s death in 1964 he accepted full responsibility for the house …

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1863-1928

Edward Clark Churchill Mace

… which Mr Mace's friends felt on receiving the news of his death was rendered more poignant by the manner of his going - …

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1870-1938

Leo Rbc Francois

… His efforts were untiring but they came to nothing. His death in 1938 marked the end of one era and the start of a …

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1937-1999

Marius Schoon

… Bank. Schoon launched a lawsuit against Williamson for the death of his wife and daughter in August 1995. However, in …

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1955-2008

Bhekumuzi Hyacinth Mseleku

… . He would go on to produce five more albums before his death. One of these was released in 2003 and titled Home at …

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1914-2011

Jean Bernadt (nee Alkin)

… She resided in Kenilworth , Cape Town until her death at the age of 96. She was also a recipient of the Order …

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1924-2008

Zolile Malindi

… former Transkei. His mother, Makhesa, raised him after the death of his father, Mbulawa Malindi, an elder in the Bantu … Unions. Order of Luthuli in silver…

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1915-1989

Cassim Mahomed Lakhi

… 1940 due to his father';s illness. After his father';s death in 1941, he joined the family business in Greytown.  … Lakhi was a keen photographer and loved…

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Boy Mvemve

… Boy Adolphus Mvemve died a very violent death in exile in Zambia in 1974. He was 43 years of age at … itself. Mvemve had been one of the many cadres marked…

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1921-2016

Elizabeth Komikie Gumede

… She lived in Chiawelo in Soweto, Gauteng, right until her death. Gumede is remembered for her extraordinary bravery in … free and democratic South Africa…

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