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1937-2015

Mohamed Ismail Dinat

… Early Years and Politicisation Mohamed Ismail (‘Issy’) Dinat was born on … who was a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the Communist Party of…

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1932

Dr Essop Essak Jassat

… mother, Khadija Jassat (nee Haffajee), was born in Bardoli and his father, Essack Jassat, came from Takoli. His father was at various times a hawker and a…

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Jomo Kenyatta

… Jomo Kenyatta was born Kamau to parents Moigoi and Wamboi ”” his father was the chief of a small … Africa (now Kenya). Moigoi died when Kamau was very young…

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Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

… in India in the 1840s. PR's father was born in Mauritius and his mother was a Mauritian citizen. His father made his first trip to Natal in 1891 and worked…

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1924

Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo

… Namibia. He attended the Ongwediva Industrial School and qualified as a teacher at St. Mary’s Mission School at … African Defence Force in the Second World…

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1927-1974

James Kantor

… February 1927 in Johannesburg to Abraham Kantor, a lawyer and Pauline ‘Polly’ (Braude) Kantor. James Kantor was one of Johannesburg’s best-known and…

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1920-1964

Vuyisile Mini

… father was a Port Elizabeth dockworker active in labour and community struggles, which inspired Mini, at 17, to take part in bus fare and rent increase…

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1930-2018

David Goldblatt

… (now Gauteng). David was the third son of Eli Goldblatt and Olga Light, both of whom came to South Africa as children … camera. His brother, Dan, had served…

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1939-2022

Francis Wilson

… Wilson is the oldest son of the anthropologists, Monica and Godfrey Wilson. He was born in May 1939 in Livingstone, … 1941 Godfrey Wilson was forced to…

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1917-2004

Villa Baker

… to save a fellow miner’s life. Her young mother later met and married her step-father, Robert Jefferson Webster, who adopted her. They had three other…

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1935-2009

Cassim Saloojee

… After he was married, Saloojee’s father moved with him and his family to Roodepoort. At first he worked as a jewellery salesman, and had to rent rooms in his…

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1919-1987

James Madhlope Phillips

… 11 December 1919. His father died while he was still young and this had negative socio-economic repercussions for the … family. The young Phillips was forced…

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1922-1988

Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada

… at Sastri College in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and Witwatersrand University (Wits) in Johannesburg, … Forum. In 1951, two of Dundee’s sons, Karrim…

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1934-2006

Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make

… Make was born in Boksburg in 1934, the son of a priest, and later moved to Evaton.the son of an African Methodist  … moved to Evanon near Vereening.Make…

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1938-1999

Ezrom Legae

… Johannesburg in 1938. He attended school at St. Cyprians and Madibane High School. In 1959, Legae studied in the Polly … settlements. Legae then studied with…

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1952

Barbara Anne Hogan

… Barbara Hogan was born on 28 February 1952 and grew up in Benoni. After completing her primary school education, Hogan enrolled and completed her matric at…

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1893-1975

Allison Wessels George Champion

… His father had been adopted by American Body Missionary and was given the surname, Champion. His original surname was … standard seven. Champion left the…

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1892-1985

Dr James Sebe Moroka

… was planning to educate young Black students in Scotland, and although Moroka’s parents were not keen to send him … Piet Steytler, a friend, agreed to take…

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1916-2006

Anton Edward Rupert

… even in difficult financial times, the sale of tobacco and alcohol did not diminish, and that decided the direction his main undertakings would … had…

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1931-1998

Justice John Mowbray Didcott

… the University of Cape Town where he obtained a BA in 1951 and an LLB in 1953. At university he involved himself in student politics and gained a reputation…

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1792-1852

Andries Hendrik Potgieter

… 1792. He was the second child of Petronella Margaretha and Hermanus Potgieter. He fought in the Fourth and Fifth Frontier Wars and was a wealthy sheep farmer…

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1918-2016

Kobera Manual

… into our kitchen, which led onto the garden at the back. And we could distinctly hear the call. That is one of my first recollections, the call of the Adham…

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1898-1967

Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli

… his death in 1967. Chief Luthuli was the most widely known and respected African leader of his era. A latecomer to … Adventist mission. His father died when…

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1897-1962

Richard Granville Baloyi

… Richard Granville Baloyi was born on 1897 and lived in Alexandra north of Johannesburg in 1922. His … became a taxi owner. In 1927 he purchased his first…

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1930-2007

Elize Botha

… Elizabeth Botha (née Lindes) was born on 19 November 1930 and grew up in Krugersdorp , West Rand, Transvaal (now … at the University of Stellenbosch, Western…

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1941-2011

Ian Mkhize

… in Pietermaritzburg. He spent his formative years in Ixopo and matriculated at Sobantu High in Pietermaritzburg, where … Tongaat Hulett (a sugar company) as…

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1938

Elza Miles (Botha)

… a BA Honours in Afrikaans-Nederlands (cum laude) in 1962 and a Masters degree in Fine Arts in 1964. She completed her … taught Art History at the Rand…

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1972

Zanele Muholi

… collaboration with SAHO. Zanele Muholi is a photographer and visual activist based in Johannesburg . Muholi’s work has … South Africa, exploring queerness,…

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1958

Jackson Mthembu

… in Kromkrans, a reserve for Black people between Hendrina and Carolina in the then Transvaal, where he went with his … work in the mealie fields, at age…

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Molefe Pheto

… in the arts, he was sent to London to study music and eventually became a music teacher. In 1970, as a young … He was the director of a Black Theatre group…

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