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2012

Anele Mdizeni

… He never liked violence. He always wanted to be successful one day and wanted a better life for his children.” …

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1871-1936

Eugene Marais

… Marais was one of the most innovative Afrikaans writers and a pioneer of …

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1911-1991

Taubie Kushlick

… Rarely in realms beyond the scope of politics does one encounter personalities of the stature of Taubie … the contraction of a longer name. It was her given…

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1910

Lawrence Nkosi

… in the campaign to draw up the Freedom Charter. Nkosi was one of the accussed in the infamous Treason Trial of 1956, … Trade Unionist and one of the accussed…

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1918

Mangisi Pheneas Nene

… in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg in the 1950s and one of the accused in the  Treason Trial . He was born in … in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg in the…

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1916

Philemon Mathole

… the national executive committee in the mid-1950s and was one of the accused in the Treason Trial, from 1956 to 1961. …

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1861-1951

Sefako Mapogo Makgatho

… he, together with other teachers in the Transvaal, formed one of the first teacher unions, the Transvaal African … distinctly hostile to British missionaries…

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1949-2004

Matome Maponya

… existence on their small rural homestead. At school, where one of his classmates was the future Gauteng premier Dr … He rose from an extremely poor…

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1964

Joseph Manana

… He also participated in art residencies including one at the Caversham Press, Howick, with master printer … seems to point at exciting cultural developments…

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1897-1974

Leo Marquard

… Marquard became the organization’s founding president. One of Marquard students was Bram Fischer whom he recruited … was published in 1950. He veered into…

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1918-1973

Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus

… was married to Magdalena Pelser and they had two sons and one daughter. In 1964 he divorced Pelser and married Cynthia … Francis Snyman in 1967. Their…

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1886-1946

Franciscus Jacobus Ludovicus De Vriendt

… impersonations, often changing parts up to six times in one performance. At the beginning of 1927, De Vriendt and his … He died on 27 July 1946 in Springs,…

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1953-1982

Dr. Neil Hudson Aggett

… he became the secretary of the growing Transvaal (AFCWU). One of Aggett’s first tasks was to help successfully organise … The presiding magistrate Pieter…

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1918-2000

Ismail Chota Meer

… , then, also, a law student at Wits University.Meer was one of the people behind the signing of the “ Doctors’ Pact ” … Naicker of the Natal Indian Congress …

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1938-2005

Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka

… bodies and the administration. He was later elected as one of the two delegates to represent Fort Hare at the launch … a student body affiliated to the ANC…

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1944

Virgile Joseph Bonhomme

… private upholstery work. In 1969, Bonhomme became one of the founder members of the Coloured Labour Party in … Jerry Coovadia and Archie Gumede . He was…

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1952

Lesley Lawson

… One of the founding members of Afrapix , Lesley Lawson was … inviting them to his home in turn for a meal and a one-on-one printing session. Later when the…

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1964

Petrus (Fanie) Stephanus De Villiers

… started his career for the South African team, playing in One Day Internationals. In the next season he also made his …

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Peter Engblom

… on the website www.cdromshop.com. He has held a number of one person exhibitions and has participated in various group …

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Keable Mote

… for the Orange Free State. With Clements Kadalie, he was one of the first Africans prosecuted under the Native …

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1948-2002

Bonginhlanhla Plummer Mbokazi

… He exhibited on group shows in Durban. In 2001 he held a one person exhibition at the BAT Centre, Durban. He is …

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Dilizantaba Mji

… to serve his internship in the Cape. In 1953 he was one of the first African doctors appointed to Baragwanath … Congress (ANC) national executive committee…

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Paul Landau

… Professor Landau took part in the "One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories …

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1923-1960

Howard S. Ngcobo

… S. Ngcobo was born in 1923 in Natal, he studied law for one year at the University of Natal and by correspondence …

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2012

Andries Ntsenyeho

… Free State. He had worked for Lonmin for a year and was one of the leaders of the strike. On 16 August 2012 Andries …

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2012

Patrick Akhona Jijase

… Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in July 2012, one month before the massacre. On 16 August 2012 Patrick was …

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1915

Yusaf Ahmed Cachalia

… for them to obtain government permission to speak to one another. …

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1903-1960

Ida Fiyo Mntwana

… of the Congress of the People. In 1956, Ida was also one of the defendants in the marathon  Treason Trial . Ida …

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1926-2021

Maniben Sita

… Dadoo ’s group were attacked – some were badly injured and one died. Sita, who was thirteen at the time, overheard her … face of intensifying repression. In…

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1908-1975

Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer

… home, regarded himself as an Afrikaner - a proud one. Bram initially was a vocal Nationalist. His schooling … At the subsequent trial for sabotage and other…

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