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1922-1999

Julius Nyerere

… 1919 until 1961). He was the son of Chief Nyerere Burito and his 22nd wife, Christina. Julius studied in missionary schools in Tabora and later on went to…

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1795-1875

Abraham Faure

… was one of the leading personalities of his tune in church and intellectual circles at the Cape. As a preacher he was famous for his impressive style and…

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1964

Ntela Richard Sikhosana

… Island prisoner, member of the African National Congress and South African Communist Party and South African National Defence Force Ntela Richard … where he…

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1902-1996

Jane Gool

… – Tabata was born in Cape Town on 19 March 1902 to Yusuf and Wageda Gool, the sixth of nine children. Her father, an … child. Her eldest brother A.H. Gool…

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1924-2004

Peter McKenzie Brown

… Michaelhouse , where he excelled. He joined the army at 17 and served in Egypt and then Italy. Following World War 2 he began studies in … he studied African…

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1932

Mimi Coertse

… opera company. It signifies a vocalist of high reputation and earning power. For seventeen years she held that position … a singer of temperament; capricious…

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1920-2000

Fred Carneson

… on 13th January 1920 in Goodwood, Cape Town to Anthony and Annie Carneson, a poor Catholic working class family, the … an altar boy in Pietermaritzburg. He…

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1940

Sindiso Mfenyana

… Background and Childhood Sindiso Mfenyana is descended from the Bhele … His paternal grandparents, Isabella (nee Ntshaba) and Samuel Mfenyana, received…

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1918-2000

Ismail Chota Meer

… to Durban to work for an older brother who made shirts,and to attend school,graduating from Sastri College in 1939. … University of the Witwatersrand which…

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Madi Gray

… was born in Cape Town , where she grew up, attended school and went to university.  Her parents were immigrants from … similarities between Hitler's…

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1931-2011

Isaiah Stein

… a Coloured family in Durban in 1931, the son of a pastor and property developer. After both his parents died, during … time for fighting a White opponent. He…

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1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… Aliwal North, Cape Province. He completed the tenth grade and found work as a construction labourer after coming to … Gqabi joined the  African National…

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1874-1965

Richard Feetham

… William Feetham, Vicar of Penrhos, Raglan, England and his mother, Mary, the eldest daughter of the Venerable … parsonage, Feetham was educated at…

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1944-1998

Basil Coetzee

… Cape Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up in the area, and as a teenager showed keen interest in music. This was … instrument was the penny-whistle which he…

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1936-2011

Lawrence Schlemmer

… Eminent sociologist and political analyst Professor Lawrence Schlemmer was born … of Pretoria. Schlemmer then went on to study sociology and social work at…

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Chief Maqoma

… to his father's ceding of the land between the Fish and Keiskamma Rivers to the Cape Colony, Maqoma became … position, Maqoma was hounded continually by…

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1850-1916

Lord Kitchener

… recruitment posters bearing his heavily moustachioed face and pointing hand over the legend, "Your country needs you", … War I Kitchener organized armies on…

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1900-1976

Emil Sachs

… five children of Abraham Saks, later changed to 'Sachs', and his wife, Hannah Rivkin. Sachs made up his own birthdate … known. Until the age of three Sachs…

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1944

Subbiah Moodley

… His paternal grandfather, was versed in electricity, and gave classes in electrics at the sugar mill at Mount … father was a poorly paid waiter at the Durban…

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1942-2020

George Hallett

… would be thinking about the camera angles, composition and dramatic lighting that impressed him in the films. At the … began a correspondence course in…

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1959

Gideon Mendel

… of Cape Town  where he majored in African Economic History and Psychology. Gideon began photographing in the 1980s, … response to peaceful protest, ‘marked…

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1870-1947

Horatio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle

… in the Herschel district in the Eastern Cape where Sotho and Nguni languages were spoken. He was educated at the Wesleyan Methodist Primary School and from…

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1937

Adriaan Vlok

… December 1937 in Sutherland, Cape Province to Betty Oliver and Nicolaas Vlok. He grew up on a smallholding close to the Orange River, attending Neilerdrift…

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1938-2018

Keorapetse William Kgositsile

… Influenced by European writers such as Charles Dickens and D.H. Lawrence, Kgositsile began writing as a hobby. He … job at the newspaper, New Age, where he…

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1926-1982

Poomoney Moodley

… , Natal on 28 June 1926 to Ramsamy Dharamalingam Moodley and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were children of Indian … the family moved to Clairwood. Her…

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1923-1986

William “Bloke” Modisane

… suburb in Johannesburg. His father was murdered and sister died from malnutrition at a very young age. His … means. Modisane wrote that: My mother accepted…

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1932

Nkosinathi Benson Fihla

… by students from the nearby University of Fort Hare, and in 1954 he joined the African National Congress Youth … athlete, he later helped organize non-racial…

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1955-1985

Qaqawuli Godolozi

… was born in Durban 26 of July 1955 to Mbuyiselo Godolozi and Nobubele Jafta. His family relocated to Peddie in the Eastern Cape where he grew up and spent…

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1860-1926

Emily Hobhouse

… policy regarding South Africa. Hobhouse was a humanitarian and pacifist who came to visit South Africa in December 1900, … Three months later she founded the…

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1947

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke

… He is the eldest of the four children of Karabo Mabel and a school headmaster Samuel John Sedise Moseneke. He attended primary and secondary school there. At…

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