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1886-1973

Maria Laubser

… cottage “Altyd lig” at Strand, where she lived until her death in 1973. Much of her early artwork work proved ‘too …

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1910-1974

Raymond Francis (Ray) Budd

… Budd the national Chair. Budd held this position until his death. From 1949 to 1950, Budd was the vice-president of the …

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1952

Tiyani Lybon Mabasa

… Consciousness Movement (BCM) were banned, following Biko’s death, Mabasa managed to evade banning and continued his …

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1911-2002

Dr. Percy Yutar

… Mandela during the Rivonia Treason Trial and wanted the death sentence for him. Mandela was sentenced to life …

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1933-1986

Fabian Defu Ribeiro

… of a new practice in Mamelodi, where he worked until his death on 1 December 1986. Although Ribeiro had decided …

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1931-2019

Isaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho

… forces captured him. He was duly tried and sentenced to death on 9 August 1968 before being imprisoned at the Khami …

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1933

Allister Sparks

… Apartheid opponent, Steve Bantu Biko , had been beaten to death by the police in 1977. He later exposed how the …

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1906-1979

Cecil Williams

… left South Africa for Britain where he lived until his death in 1979. In 1998 a film about Williams titled ‘ The man …

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1966

Fred Khumalo

… Kunene and Paddy Harper), The Longest March, Dancing the Death Drill, and the short story collections, Talk of the … in 2007 for the Alan Paton Award and in…

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1795-1840

King Dingane ka Senzangakhona

… from which he reigned until 1840. Following the death of both Shaka and Mhlangana and Dingane’s subsequent … due to return shortly to receive the news of…

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1901-1966

Hendrik Frensch Verwoerd

… water’. Verwoerd became Prime Minister in 1958 after the death of J.G. Strijdom, realising his republican dream two … at his desk in the House of Assembly…

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1948

Sumboornam Pillay

… Pillay, who later became known as Sam Moodley, was born in 1948*. She grew up in the multi-cultural community of Dundee, …

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1969

Jacob Monakgotla

… after his detention. A district surgeon certified that his death was from natural causes(thrombosis) and no inquest was …

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Vincent Mbamama Hlamandana

… in the burning down of approximately 193 huts, one death and several injuries between 30 April and 3 May 1960. …

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1949

Lex Mpati

Lex Mpati was born in Durban. His maternal grandparents were from the Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, and this is where his parents sent him when he was a baby…

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1928-2007

Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)

… acting Chief of the Ndebele on three occasions until his death on 6 June 1964, bought Leeuwkraal on behalf of the … the most trying times of the incessant…

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Esmé Berman

… Los Angeles but returned to Johannesburg in 2003 after the death of her husband. Another book of note by Berman is …

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1862-1944

Mohamed Hajee Joosub

… build a rest house for wayfarers in his memory after his death in 1904. His wife passed away in 1905. Joosub never had …

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1930-2005

Hamilton Naki

… apparently hinted at Naki's involvement shortly before his death in 2001, and Naki himself claimed, at one stage, to …

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Dawid Kruiper

… of the North Council, Gordon Cassim, said Kruiper's death was a great loss to the Khoi San nation and South …

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1950

Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli

… qualities. Saoli continued producing work until his death on the night of 20 May 1995. Saoli’s works can be found …

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1941-1995

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

… referred to as the Ogoni Nine. Saro-Wiwa was sentenced to death. And despite international protestation regarding the …

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1921-1985

Florence Mophosho

… she died in Lusaka on Women's Day, 9 August 1985. Her death was a great loss to the ANC and liberation struggle in …

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1803-1894

Rev. Aldin Grout

… in Natal following the  Great Trek . Following Dingane’s death in 1840, Grout set out to obtain permission from Mpanda …

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1915-1983

B J Vorster [John Vorster]

… by Vorster and his wife. He was the AP candidate in the 1948 election, but because of his association with the OB and … out penalties for sabotage ranging…

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1934-2011

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal

… was a fearless fighter for freedom, human rights and his death had weakened South Africa’s democracy, political … said on Wednesday [22 June 2011] after the…

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1850-1933

Walter Ernest Stanford

… out in the Drakenberg and other area resulting in the death of Magistrate in Qumbu. Stanford was forced to flee to … sent to negotiate the annexation of…

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1956-2017

Barend de Wet

… Wet was born in Boksburg in 1956, and towards his untimely death had long become an emblematic figure of the artist, the …

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1923-2016

Daniel Kunene

… he remained in exile for 30 years. Ten years after the death of his first wife Selina, Kunene married his second …

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1963

Justice Sfiso Mkame

… Smith Collection show his engagement with matters of life, death, survival and the relationships between people. Homage …

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