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1931-1989

Richard Rive

… Richard Rive was born on 1 March 1931 in Cape Town, and grew up in District Six, which was a Coloured, or “mixed … of a scholarship, Rive attended high…

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1844-1934

Francis William Reitz

… was born in Swellendam in 1844. He became an advocate and from 1874 was the President of the Orange Free State … who worked on the  Cape Argus . He wrote…

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1960

Khela Ngobese

… KwaZulu Natal. He attended the Dumani Lower Primary School and later continued his studies through the Intec … College.He started painting at the age of…

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1858-1936

Dr. Walter Benson Rubusana

… which Rubusana was born witnessed the military defeat and economic destruction of the Xhosa kingdom. It was … to study Theology under the guidance of Dr…

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1949

Siziwe Nosimo Balindlela

… in the Eastern Cape . She matriculated at Middledrift and obtained a Junior Secondary Teaching Diploma at Lovedale … Balindlela taught in 1973-74 at Gasela…

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1947-2006

Eric Molobi

… Company of South Africa as an insurance underwriter and was subsequently recruited by the South African Council … of Kagiso. He co-founded Kagiso Trust…

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1952

Kagiso Patrick Mautloa

… Higher Primary School, Leratong Higher Primary School and Morris Isaacson High School all in Soweto. While still at … Mautloa studied art at the Jubilee Art…

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1853-1915

Heinrich Egersdorfer

… often in a humorous vein, recorded daily life in the Cape and appeared in his own as well as other local publications. The SA Illustrated News collapsed in…

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1937-2004

Daniel Sefudi Rakgoathe

… South Africa. Rakgoathe completed his junior certificate and in 1959 completed a two-year primary teachers training … In 1963 he taught at a primary school…

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1911-1963

Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka

… Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka was born in Johannesburg and received his early primary education there. His secondary … After a while in Thaba Nchu he returned to…

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1967-2005

Buyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi

… Art at the Community Arts Project in Cape Town in 1986, and also studied as a non-degree student at the Michaelis … Cape Town in 1987. He has exhibited both…

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1915-2003

Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima

… African authorities granted Transkei self-government, and Matanzima was elected as chief minister. Soon afterwards, … pressing the South African government…

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1920-1977

Elmon Malele

… (Transvaal) in 1920. Malele came to Johannesburg in 1943, and stayed in Alexandra township. He was one of the residents … security forces. He was later put…

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1931-2018

Eric Mtshali

… in Durban in the 1950s. His organising began with the Dock and Harbour Workers Union in 1951. He later moved into … 1955 he assisted in established Southern…

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1938

Noria Mabasa

… would marry in 1955. She settled in Vuwani for a few years and returned to Venda after her divorce. In the early 1970’s, … because I didn't understand it…

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1960

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

… Cape Town . She received her primary education in Wynberg and matriculated at Livingstone High School in Claremont , … Town. She took part in student…

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Lucas ‘Masterpieces’ Moripe

… between the Lucas Moripe Foundation, family members and the former player in May 2010. It was agreed that no … be attached to the renaming, as it was an…

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1913-1999

Yetta Barenblatt

… born on 24 September 1913, in Dublin, Ireland, to Basna and Solomon Malamed.  In 1925, a friend encouraged her to … to her circumstances, further education…

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1937

Sylvia Neame

… one of four children. She had two older brothers, Peter and Graham, as well as a twin sister named Jennifer. She grew … completing high school, Neame…

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1926-2016

Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens

… music. He got his first accordion at the age of 13 and won an adult music competition six months later. He … His music is variously classified as boeremusiek…

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1959

Andrew Michael Boraine

… 18 February 1959.He is the eldest of four children of Alex and Jenny Boraine.His father was the President of the Methodist Church of South Africa and later a…

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1907-1988

Sushila Gandhi

… Sushila Mashruwallah was born in India and grew up in Akola, a city in the state of Maharashtra … of a rich, land-owning family who gave much support and…

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1906-1947

Benedict Wallet Vilakazi

… assistant at the University of Witwatersrand in 1935 and was capped in March last year. He held the BA degree of the University of South Africa and was a…

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1804-1856

Chief Sekonyela

… next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His father … conquered. In 1821 his father…

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1930

Matthew Nkoana

… a job selling newspapers. In 1952 he came to Johannesburg and got a job on the  Bantu World,  working his way up to … antipass campaign, he emerged as a…

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George Montsioa

… Born at Mafeking in 1885, grandson of the great and distinguished Natural Ruler of the Barolong Tribe. He received his early education at his home and later…

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1954

Bheki Myeni

… Natal. Myeni's parents died when he was a young boy and he and his brothers moved to Matyana, a village near Empangeni … in Natal. Myeni started carving…

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1960

Dumisani Andrew Phillip Phungula

… He is a graphic artist who studied at Fort Hare University and obtained a BA(FA) (1982) from that university. In 1989 he … an Advanced Diploma in Adult…

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1958

Victor Shange

… Victor showed keen interest in art at the tender age of 6 and his talent developed as he grew until he could paint. … time artist. His work depicts…

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1928-2010

Jean Clarice Middleton

… was born in Durban . She attended Durban Girls' College and received an MA in English from Natal University (now the … , South Africa, in July 1964, she…

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