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1939

Wopko Jensma

… responsibility, and receiving a disability fund. At this time he was leaving in the Salvation Army Men's Home, a …

B-0008203

1848-1916

James Mata Dwane

… with its South African affiliate became a sore point over time, and in late 1898, after Dwane had paid a second visit … Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis, Nimrod…

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1896-1966

Bertram Dumbleton

… lived intermittently in England and SA before 1938. At the time that these works were exhibited in Cape Town, he was a …

B-0008026

1883-1967

Ethel Ruth Prowse

… to South African Art and she furthermore became a life time member of the Simon van der Stel foundation. Prowse died …

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1932

Nkosinathi Benson Fihla

… Youth League (ANCYL). He attended Healdtown for a short time in 1953 for its physical education course but was … Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis, Nimrod Mkele …

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2016

Juda Ngwenya

… as London Times, The Observer as well as magazines such Time Magazine and Newsweek. Ngwenya photographed conflict …

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1931-2015

Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena

… was a trained nurse before she became involved full time in the liberation struggle.   In the late 1960s and …

B-0096510

1949-1984

Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)

… bomb was meant for Marius, however he was not home at the time, so it was open by Jeanette. The bomb killed Jeanette …

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1915-1979

Vera Ponnen

… join their children. However, she had been ill for a long time and she was hospitalized in Edmonton, Canada, where she …

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1930-1985

Molly Blackburn

…  She was the daughter of Elgar Bellhouse who was at one time the chairperson of the Progressive Party (PP) in Port … Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis, Nimrod Mkele …

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1949

Norman Catherine

… which was finally published in 1995. Catherine spent time overseas, in New York and Los Angeles, working on …

B-0007927

1955

William Kentridge

… around Johannesburg, which represent the legacy of a time of abuse and injustice. In a talk with art critic Okwui …

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1895-1960

Sorabjee Rustomjee

… was charmed with the young man’s courage and gave him time to try his method of love. Sorabji reasoned with the …

B-0068389

1938

Nana Henrietta Moabi

… the few women who defied the gender impediments of the time to assert the right for the people of South Africa to be …

B-0093134

1934-2003

Buzwe Stanley Mabizela

… of the ANCYL at the University of Fort Hare. At that time the ANC was operating underground as it was banned in … unfortunate thing. I was seeing Matanzima…

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1932-1968

Benson Tsele

… National Congress (ANC) . This was no mean feat at a time when any political activism was interpreted by the … ANC acting president and supreme commander-in…

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1912-2003

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

… He was so taken with Albertina "that in a short space of time the question of marriage came up". Walter and Albertina … apartheid laws. James Moroka, ANC…

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1847-1914

Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey

… of the Riet, east and west of the Modder Bridge, the first time trench warfare was ever used. On 28 November, Methuen's … the advance of General French's…

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Magasvarie Govender

… of the political struggle in South Africa was at that time very limited, but that experience piqued her interest in … active from her second year onwards…

B-0150852

1948

Hemant Kumar Waghmarae

… in Doornfontein in Johannesburg. His manager at the time, who used to be a Major in the South African Army, asked … toiletries and food. When the clothes…

B-0073822

1940-2011

Wangari Maathai

… only one term. [xlii] In 2009, Maathai released The Challenge for Africa, a book provided a detailed analysis of …

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1892-1969

Bertha Solomon

… African women were allowed to practise law for the first time, she began to study for an LLB degree (law degree) at … was the first of its kind in…

B-0150747

1958-1991

Bheki Mlangeni

… firm Cheadle, Thompson and Haysom, Johannesburg. At the time, Mlangeni and his law firm were investigating the … Mlangeni had been in frequent contact with…

B-0149380

1924-1998

Alan McLeod Cormack

… 1976. Cormack focused on particle physics during this time, but had an interest in X-ray technology, which he pursued on a part-time basis. He published some…

B-0144660

1966-2019

Sandile Dikeni

Sandile Dikeni was born in Victoria West, Northern Cape in 1966. He began writing poetry while in detention for his anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s. He…

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Bisho Jarsa

… sailed back to Ethiopia in 1909. The rest had by this time married or found careers and opted to stay in South … , were fascinated by his part-Ethiopian…

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Benjamin Ulenga

… Namibia's northern border was open for the first time since South African mandate had begun. A massive wave of … 1986. One month earlier, John Pandeni , who…

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1944

Mongane Wally Serote

… violent dissention. Serote’s later novel,  Gods of Our Time  (Ravan, 1999), outlines the growing militancy of … think about what being in this place at this…

B-0068945

1901-1968

Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews

… history in its most crucial period. He was at the same time South Africa's, and perhaps the continent's, most … the scope for this type of leader might have…

B-0008500

1830-1913

Gordon Sprigg

… the territory. He applied the act in Basutoland, at the time administered by the Cape, and sparked the Basuto Gun War … (1896-1898) Sprigg became prime…

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