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1859-1921

John Tengo Jabavu

… though poor, were anxious to give him some education and sent him to the day school. He liked school and put his whole heart into his lessons. It was not…

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1933-2009

Anton Ndoda Xaba

… in Pietermaritzburg.  He left school in the late 1940s and went to work in Durban.  He joined the African National … Sobantu branch of the ANC.  Xaba was…

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1929-2011

Arthur Goldreich

… including some of their political leaders, hoped and believed that Hitler would win the war. When Goldreich's … himself staring at a Hitler Youth magazine…

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1950

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

… South Africa. He was the eldest child of Alimal and Appasamy Cooper. Cooper matriculated from Sastri College, … with  Steve Biko , Harry Nengwekhulu, Strini…

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1961

David Hartman

… speaking liberal home. His mother was born in England and came to South Africa after the Second World War and married and settled down in Grahamstown where…

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1953-2005

Prince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu

… of the Ndebele, Ndzundza-Mabhoko King Mabusabesala II, and Queen Johanna Selepi, was born on 3rd  February 1953 in … (Weltevrede), Groblersdal. The Prince…

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1944

Virgile Joseph Bonhomme

… Virgile Joseph Bonhomme was born in Durban on 15 March 1944 and his parents were Patricia and Francoise Virgile Bonhomme.He attended St Augustine’s Junior…

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1923-2003

Maggie Resha

… Cape. She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia Mamodise Tsiu, who had nine children in total. She … they were taught reading, writing,…

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1923-2003

Magdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha

… Cape . She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia Mamodise Tsiu, who had nine children in total. She … they were taught reading, writing,…

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1934-2004

Dullah Mohamed Omar

… Omar was born in Observatory, Cape Town on 26 May 1934 and grew up in District Six. He attended the Kipling Street Muslim primary school in Salt River and…

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1914

Josepha Selhorst

… at UN(P) 1941-47 under Rosa Hope gaining a BA(FA) 1947 and 1956-57 at Düsseldorf State Academy attaining a testat. … of study tours to Europe, living there…

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1945

Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak

… he studied at theological institutions in Kampen, Holland, and New York, gaining a PhD, in ethics,in 1975. On his return … beyond the 2.8 million "Coloured…

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1925-1961

Patrice Émery Lumumba

… up in a mud-brick house. The Congo was a colony of Belgium and, as such, he attended both Protestant and Catholic schools run by white Belgian missionaries. …

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1915

Reverend Beyers Naudé

… his father, Jozua Naudé.  Naudé was one of eight children and was born into a family that was fully committed to the … father was a minister of the Dutch…

B-0068227

1941-2010

Hotep Idris Galeta

… ‘Cecil Galeta’ was born on 7 June 1941 and grew up in Cape Town, South Africa.  However, he was more … he embarked on a personal spiritual quest.  He…

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1913-1990

Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng

… Anglican School, Daggakraal, in the district of Amersfoort and then went to St Chatswold Training College. In 1933, he moved to Johannesburg and continued…

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1955-2017

Peter McKenzie

… (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended Melbourne Road Primary and Parkhill High Schools in Durban,…

B-0008529

1930-2017

Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba

… 1961 also went under military training in the Soviet Union and was involved in its first sabotage units. By 1962, he was … to platoon commander of MK. Owing…

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1958-2004

Martin Tose

… The quiet and yet temperamental Martin Qgibinsizi Tose was born in … the compulsory carrying of pass books for Black people and the breakaway of the…

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1939-2024

Breyten Breytenbach

… milestone in the development of Afrikaans poetry, formally and politically. His literary reputation is international, … work having been translated into…

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1941

Azaria Mbatha

… for eight years. In 1961 he left Ceza Secondary School and began working as a clerk in Vryheid. In 1962 Mbatha met Peder Gowenius and 'asked if he could…

B-0008510

1886-1973

Maria Laubser

… at the impressionable age of 17 she visited Cape Town and its cultural life inspired artistic ambitions, she … offer at 3 guineas. Around 1912 Laubser…

B-0008300

1940-2006

Louis Problem Mkhize

… Mkhize first into the trade union movement in 1962, and into MK later the same year. Thereafter, he was ordered … He left in the company of Winston Sindane,…

B-0067867

2016

Juda Ngwenya

… to join the organisation. In a career spanning over two and half decades, Ngwenya has covered some of South Africa’s hotspots and also travelled extensively…

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1902-1972

Dezso Koenig

… which allowed him to study further in Germany, France and Italy. Although he exhibited frequently in South Africa, as well as in New York, Paris, Milan,…

B-0008269

1958

Zubeida Jaffer

… who was active in the South African anti-apartheid and the trade union movements. She obtained a bachelor's … detention, she was held in solitary confinement…

B-0008193

1882-1962

Florence Louise Zerffi

… She came to Cape Town in 1916 after studying art in London and at the Arts and Crafts Academy in Berlin. A friend of Nita Spilhaus ,  she joined SASA and was…

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Siva Pillay

… Ebrahim Ebrahim , Billy Nair , Ganesan “Coetsee” Naicker, and Siva Pillay. They provided training in making and using explosives and other materials for…

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1809-1882

Bishop Nathaniel James Merriman

… 1882. Educated at Marlborough, at Winchester College and Oxford (where he formed a lifelong friendship with W. E. … in 1840. In 3847 he offered his services…

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1917-1997

Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje

… the son of semiliterate Bapedi parents. Studious and able, he made his way to Fort Hare, where he graduated … obtaining advanced degrees in anthropology,…

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