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Autshumao (Herry the Strandloper)

… as Herry the strandloper (beach walker), he was chief and interpreter of the Gorinhaikonas. In 1630 he was taken to Bantam by the English and returned to the…

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1909-1944

Samuel Makoanyane

… Teyateyaneng district near Maseru. His early clay animals and figures were made with the aid of book illustrations. He later began modelling from life and…

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1949-2010

Robert Edward Jansen

… most celebrated alto saxophonist, composer, arranger and flautist, with a career spanning three decades. In the … to fame as an original member of the…

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1883-1970

Daniel William Alexander

… 1883 in Port Elizabeth, the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican minister, he … was founded in 1921,in the United…

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Stephen Bernard Lee

… for 30 years. During 1974/75 he spent time in the UK and was a member of the Transport General Workers’ Union … tried in the Cape Town Supreme Court from 7 –…

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1962

Chris Kirchhoff

… in Johannesburg, Kirchhoff spend his early years in Norway and Massachusetts before returning to Johannesburg to … schooling.  He studied Land Surveying at…

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1951

Patricia De Lille

… was born the 17 February, 1951 in Beaufort West to Henry and Gertrude Lindt. She is the third of seven children in an … her primary education at the…

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1955

Vedant Nanackchand

… in 1978 he gained an Honours Degree from that University and in 1979 he was awarded a British Council Scholarship to study art and design at the Middlesex…

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1895-1983

Rev. James Arthur Calata

… Williamstown. His father James Calata was a Presbyterian and his mother Eliza, an Anglican. He trained as a teacher at St.Mathews College and as a priest in…

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1927-2023

Blanche la Guma

… would organise the queues in Athlone as the lorries came and saw that each one got her share without doing herself … of sugar. It was largely women: Katie…

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1967

Francois Pienaar

… in mind, he would regularly watch the Transvaal side train and then tomorrow return to put himself through the same … the provincial team. He featured 100…

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1936-2009

Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils

… of a Natal MK network that included the late Billy Nair and Eleanor's future husband, Ronnie Kasrils. She joined the … dynamite. Eleanor drove the getaway…

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1935-1988

Sydney Alex Kumalo

… which was under Emperor Haile Silassie . The sculptor and painter, was born on 13 April 1935 in Sophiatown , … societies in South Africa were challenged by…

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1934

Samson Ratshilumela Mudzunga

… He began experimenting with moulding clay as a child, and at around age fifteen began to teach himself how to … completing Standard Five, Mudzunga moved to…

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1927-2011

Professor Carel Boshoff

… the Waterberg. During this time he had met  J G Strijdom  and  H F Verwoerd  who frequently visited his father. In … H F Verwoerd’s daughter. In 1948 he was…

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1921-1993

Andries Treurnicht

… Chairman of the Students’ Christian Association (SCA) and chairman of Polumnia (for theological students). In 1946 … Treurnicht was appointed travelling…

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1944

Graeme Pollock

… 1944 in Durban. His father was a first-class cricketer and editor of the Port Elizabeth Herald. Pollock attended … Province. In 1961, he visited London with…

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1928-2017

Edward 'Eddie' John Daniels

… October 1928 in District 6, Cape Town where also grew up and attended Sydney Street School. District 6 was one of the … areas as classified by the Apartheid…

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1943-1967

Basil Paul Petersen February

… February was born in District Six in 1944.The son of clerk and a midwife. His family moved around several times, living  in places like Elsies River,…

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1940-2012

Matlakana Philemon Tefu

… Philemon Matlakana Tefu was born in 1940 and grew up in the township of Riversdale in Pretoria. In … under Kwame Nkrumah. The news of its independence and…

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1964

Joseph Manana

… He has been working as an artist since the mid 1980s and is largely self-taught. A few years ago he received an … this he had been featured in group…

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1949

Michael Nkolo Maapola

… Province). He showed an interest in art as a child, and by the age of 17 he was working as an artist, … of his paintings to the South African Association of…

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1956-1985

Andries Raditsela

… a shop steward based on his vocal criticism on wage issues and working conditions within the company. Shortly after his … was elected to the position of a…

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1932-1995

Barney Simon

… behind the growth of indigenous South African black drama and served as the artistic director of the non-racial Market … Theatre , South Africa's first…

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1878-1941

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

… interpreter for 12 years. Matseke returned to Pretoria and soon came to play an important role in social, educational and political areas. He was elected to…

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1925-1968

Patrick Mosell Molaoa

… in Johannesburg in 1925, he grew up in Alexandra Township and attended schools in Basutoland, Johannesburg, and Kimberley until matriculation. He was one of…

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1895-1951

Dorothy Ruth Boxall

… child’s education. She dedicated her life to promoting and encouraging talent among the less privileged. In 1932 she … for children. In 1945 she formed a…

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1933-1993

Eschel Mostert Rhoodie

… Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information … abroad, Rhoodie hatched secret projects with the knowledge…

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1977

Makhaya Ntini

… the game to rural boys. Ntini was given a pair of boots and packed off to Dale College in King William’s Town, one of … country's best regarded cricketing…

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1875-1928

George Matthias Winkles

… influence on his work, as was a study trip to Paris and Antwerp in 1888. Between 1877 and 1888 he showed regularly with the Royal Birmingham Society of…

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