SAHO global search

1924-2011

Henry Mutile Fazzie

… exile in the early 1960s. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and underwent military training in Ethiopia. On his way back … to South Africa, he was captured in…

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1941-2007

Hilary Mutch

… lecturer. She graduated in 1960 with a degree in history and politics. Claire became politically active in the 1960s, … government cracked down heavily on…

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1949-2001

Jeffry Dumo Baqwa

… of July 1949 in Pinetown, Natal. He was the second child and oldest son (two younger brothers were to follow). His … mother worked as a nurse. He attended…

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1971

Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba

… . Gigaba is the second born to Reverend Jabulani Gigaba and Nomthandazo Gigaba. He has three sisters and a brother. Gigaba did his primary school education…

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1942-1985

Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge

… Town, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape ) to Wilmot Goso and Nobantu Ntebe. After completing her primary education at … She qualified as a nurse at Victoria…

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1946

Malcolm Payne

… of the game." Malcolm Payne majored in printing and printmaking at the Tshwane University of Technology … (TUT). He then followed his studies in sculpture…

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1955-2016

Emile Maurice

… Born in 1955 and based most of his life in Cape Town, Emile Maurice was an artist, curator, author educator and Nation builder. He received an Advanced…

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1973

Shaun Maclean Pollock

… Shaun Pollock was born on 16 July 1973 in Port Elizabeth and moved to Durban at the age of five. Born to a cricketing family, his father Peter and Uncle…

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1953

Vukile Ntuli

… School, Richmond, at the Ndaleni Secondary School and from 1972 - 1975 at the Dlangezwa High School where he … in art. He taught at schools in KZN between…

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1867-1957

Maria Wilman

… her Master of Arts. In 1888 she returned to South Africa and began work at the South African Museum in Cape Town in … . The museum focused on researching…

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1953-1989

Anton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski

… (now known as Namibia), the second child of Wilfried Franz and Molly Lubowski. He was the first boy in the fifth … went to study law first at the University…

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1926-1995

Joe Slovo

… where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a Bachelor of Laws degree. He volunteered for the South African forces during World War II and was…

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1946-2011

John James Issel

… in a constant state of numbness. Barely 13 years old and in short pants, he organised a strike against the low pay and he was chased from the farm at…

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1860-1921

Ellias John Mqoboli

… E. J. Mqoboli was born around 1860 in the Cape and educated at Healdtown, Mqoboli trained first as a teacher and then as a Methodist minister. Politically…

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1810-1906

Inkosi Sigananda Shezi

… In 1906 he joined Chief Bambatha (also Bambata) and other chiefs in the rebellion against the imposition of … During the rebellion, Sigananda\'s kraal was…

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1957-2006

Monty Johannes Motloung

… their childhood friends George Mazibuko, Lucky Mahlangu and Sipho Thobela before they were driven to Maputo by the … Jacob Zuma . Motloung, together with his…

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1931-1972

Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane

… (ZCC)  in 1910. He attended school up to standard six and later a junior certificate (standard nine). Joseph … This position brought him closer to various…

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c 1880s

Mweli Skota

… Mweli Skota was born in Kimberley in the 1880s and attended school there. He worked at various times as a clerk, journalist, court interpreter, and…

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1709-1785

Georg Schmidt

… In 1726, Schmidt set off on foot for Herrnhut in Saxony and started preparing to become an evangelist. On his first evangelistic mission in 1728, he was sent…

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1953

Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor

… 1953  Durban . She received most of her education in exile and matriculated at Gaborone Secondary School in Botswana. She obtained a BA in History and…

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Robert Moffat

… to the missionary-explorer, David Livingstone and father to John Smith Moffat, who was also a missionary and later imperial agent used by Cecil John Rhodes…

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1949-2004

Matome Maponya

… business. Although extraordinarily bright academically, and particularly good at maths, Maponya was less interested … By the age of 13 he was doing a roaring…

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Veerammal Naidoo

… Naidoo was the sole breadwinner of the family. His wife and seven children had to find ways to survive during his … her husband’s substantial business as a…

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Professor Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu

… began in the 1960s. Nengwekhulu alongside Steve Biko and others broke away from National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) and formed the South African…

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1931-2018

Alexander Lionel Boraine 'Alex'

… as a Methodist minister. In 1956, Boraine was ordained and received his Bachelor of Arts from Rhodes University. … University of Natal (now the University of…

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1927-2005

Kalushi Drake Koka

… Party of South Africa  (LPSA). He later left the LPSA and worked alongside Steve Biko  and became a founding member of the Black Consciousness …  (BCM). He…

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1953-2008

Ivan Toms

… SACLA Clinic Committee with residents of Crossroads and Rev John Freeth of the St John's Parish, Wynberg, Cape … confrontation erupted between the Crossroads…

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1947

Dr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy

… worked as a builder at the local Huletts Sugar Mill and his mother, Shanbagavalli, was a housewife. Kistnasamy … children in the afternoon; so there was a …

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1935-2019

Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam

… at the Durban Central Cemetery.  Eventually his parents and sisters became peddlers.  Later his parents farmed in … schooling. Together with his cousins he…

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1961-1988

Johannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape

… aware. He joined  South African Students’ Organisation  and the local African National Congress Youth League branch. … After matriculating he became involved…

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