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1925-2013

Colin Wells Eglin

… Western Cape) on 14 April 1925. His parents, Carl August and Elsie May Eglin were religious. He grew up in Pinelands, … learner. The tension between the…

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Reverend Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile

… Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile, the son of Simon Stofile and Miriam Ngcongcobela, was born on 27 December 1944, in the … of Fort Hare an obtained a Bachelor of…

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1978

Sibusiso Robert Duma

… mark within the Durban art scene. His talent was noticed and nourished by the late Trevor Makhoba (qv.) through his … house. For four years Duma was under…

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1935

Judge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs

… at the age of six, on the eve of the First World War, and his mother, Ray, had arrived as an infant. Both of his parents were involved in the Communist Party…

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1933

Rita Alice Ndzanga

… was born on 17 October 1933, the third child of Isaac and Alina More in a village called Mogopa near … North West Province ). Her father worked in…

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1945

Achmad Cassiem

… Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He became politicised … to be the mastermind behind the…

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1925-2015

Ruth Mompati

… West Province . She was the daughter of Seli Seichoko and her father was Khaonyatse/Gaonyatse Seichoko. She stayed … child because Ruth’s father had died…

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1940-2009

Dr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang

… in St. Petersburg of the USSR. She graduated in 1969, and learned to speak fluent Russian during her studies. She … enrolled at the University of Dar es…

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1885-1970

Kerr Alexander

… Kerr was the first of six children born to William and Elizabeth Findlay Kerr. When he was six years old the … Kerr attended the Mearns Street Primary School…

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1915-1976

Johanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers

… Trade union leader and organizer Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers was one of the four daughters of Sarel Gerhardus Breitenbach and his wife, Johanna…

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1930-2013

Professor Bernard Magubane

… KwaZulu-Natal. His father, Xhegwana Elliot, was illiterate and his mother, Ella Magubane, had been to school only for … Apparently, his father had an…

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1935

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

… the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, Natal. He matriculated at St Oswald's School and enrolled for a BA…

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1922

Greenwood Dumisa Ngotyana

… Western Cape. Ngotyana was born in the Transkei in 1922 and completed a few years of secondary schooling. He came to Cape Town as a labourer, worked as a…

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1922

Michael Hathorn

… schooling, he went to Wits University in Johannesburg, and qualified with a BSc in Mining Engineering. He then … he married Margaret Cormack, a medical…

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Yazeed Kamaldien

… Yazeed Kamaldien is a freelance journalist and photographer living and working in Cape Town, South Africa. In 1998 he embarked … photography included a short…

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1938

Aubrey Levin

… African Defence Force (SADF). Levin was vocally right-wing and gained a reputation amongst his peers for sabotaging … by showing them pornographic images of…

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1969

Vicky Sampson

… Vicky Sampson was born in 1969, to Faye and Victor Sampson. Her father, Victor, was a member of the … issues. This put huge strain on her parent’s marriage,…

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1942

Letta Mbulu

… Letta Mbulu was born in Soweto and, during her teens, she toured South Africa and then England with the musical  King Kong . She returned … the states she…

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1884-1953

John David Rheinallt Jones

… in 1884 in Carnarvonshire, Wales, the son of a minister, and immigrated to South Africa in 1905, imbued with his family's ideals of liberal reform and social…

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1956

Dr Hersheela Narsee

… Westville. During her studies she took a year off to work, and came back to complete a BSc. Degree in 1977. She proceeded to post-graduate level and obtained…

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1896-1951

Clements Kadalie

… presently Malawi . He was the second born son of Mr and Mrs. Musa Kadalie Muwamba.He was born into chiefly … from Livingstonia Missionary Institute with an…

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1932

Harold Athol Fugard

… 1932, grew up in Port Elizabeth. His father was Afrikaner and his mother English-speaking. Fugard enrolled at the … not finish his studies, dropping out to…

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1937-1999

Marius Schoon

… the bomb. As a result the bomb went off harmlessly and all those involved were arrested including Mike Ngubeni and Raymond Thoms. Schoon spent 12 years at…

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1958

Michael Sedgwick

… career started at Rosmead Primary School in Hanover Park and then he proceeded to Oaklands High and Livingstone High. Here he had contact with a teacher, ……

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1927-2019

Ben Turok

… Congress of Democrats (CoD). He was born in Latvia in 1927 and came with his family to South Africa in 1934. After … University of Cape Town in 1950, he…

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1927-2007

Theo Mthembu

… age of 16 at Inkamane College in Vryheid, KwaZulu Natal and later at the Adams College at Amanzimtoti where he … year when he was caught in the crossfire of…

B-0008699

1957

Kate O’Regan

… obtained her B.A. from the University of Cape Town in 1978 and her LL.B. (cum laude) from the same university in 1980, … the University of Sydney with first…

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1917-1985

Jordan Kush Ngubane

… intensified. He renewed his acquaintance with Lembede and through Lembede met  A. P. Mda . The three subsequently … architects of the Youth League's emerging…

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1953-2022

Jessie Yasmin Duarte

… Newclare, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) to Julie and Ebrahim Dangor. She completed her Standard Ten (Grade 12) … period, she worked with Reverend…

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1938

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

… The academic and social activist, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the greatest … of British colonialism. He attended Kamandura, Manguu and Kinyogori primary…

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