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1925-2012

Professor Emeritus Phillip Tobias

… decided to study medicine after his sister, Val, who was 21, died of diabetes.  He asked the family doctor why his …

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1934-2015

Bob Hepple

… of Clare in 2003. In 2004, Hepple was Knighted. He died on 21 August 2015. …

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1929-2000

Appiah Saravanan (AS) Chetty

… Prison in Benoni, East Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng). On 12 June 1986 he was detained at New Prison, Pietermaritzburg, …

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1780-1820

Makhanda Nxele

… a part of the British force that held Makhanda captive. [12] However, he also wrote years after the experience. There … during preparation through the sins…

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1639-1712

Simon van der Stel

… but their marriage was allegedly an unhappy one.  On 12 October 1679 Van der Stel arrived at the Cape where he … to the Company were compelled to attend…

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1939-2025

Sunny Girja Singh

… so he ended up going to primary school at about 11 or 12 years. He completed his primary schooling (Standard six - … on the Island, Singh enrolled for his…

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Shirish Nanabhai

… Shirish was born one of eight siblings on 1 March 1938 at 51 Commercial Rd, Fordsburg. Jasmath Nanabhai, …

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1932-1968

Benson Tsele

… Benson Tsele died on 21 March 1968 in combat against the then white supremacist …

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1953-1989

Anton Theodor August Wilfried Lubowski

… death he was elected to the SWAPO Central Committee. On 12 September 1989, bullets fired from a passing car struck …

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1773-1830

David Stuurman

… Makana (Nxele), drowned. Of the prisoners 14 drowned, 12 were recaptured (including Stuurman), two killed by …

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1943-2009

Jan van Eck

… right. Van Eck left Parliament in 1994 and for the next 12 years worked tirelessly on peace efforts in the Great …

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1916-1988

John Taolo Gaetsewe

… and placed under 24-hour house arrest, later reduced to 12 hours, and his effectiveness in the trade union movement … (last accessed 21 November 2018) …

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1643-1674

Krotoa (Eva)

… to Christian usage with a native.” As it was only 12 years after van Riebeeck’s landing at the Cape, marriages …

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1941-1971

Ahmed Timol

… His father came to South Africa in 1918, at the age of 12, from India. He was one of six children, with two sisters, … the Timol family was also arrested…

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Bisho Jarsa

… Bisho and the rest of the children reached Lovedale on 21 August 1890. The missionaries recorded detailed histories …

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1949-1985

Sicelo Mhlauli

Sicelo Mhlauli was born on 25 May 1949 in Cradock. After completing high school, he trained as a teacher at Lovedale College and upon completion taught at…

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1932-2016

Mewa Ramgobin

… protests organised by the NIC, TIC and the UDF.  On 21 December 1984, The “Consulate Six” (as they were referred … at http://whoswho.co.za/mewa-ramgobin-7666…

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1908-1964

Molly Fischer

Susanna Johanna Fischer (nee Krige) was born on the 23rd of February, 1908 on the family’s smallholding in Silverton, near Pretoria. Her father, P.S. ‘Tottie’…

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1825-1904

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger

… Lord Roberts occupied it in May of the same year. On 21 October 1899, Kruger boarded the Dutch warship Die …

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Edward Sineke Tyaliti

… for some time, but E.S Tyaliti is still active.’ On 12 October 1959, an order was signed by the Governor-General …

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1940-2020

Paul David

… However, the State issued him with a passport for only 12-days, in 1979,  to receive medical treatment in London and …

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1959

Mzwakhe Mbuli

… May 1998 as lots of contrary evidence began to mount.  On 12 June 1998, Mbuli blamed his arrest on his knowledge of the … from recording in South Africa on…

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1892-1985

Dr James Sebe Moroka

… day of 1950. In October 1948, Xuma called a meeting of 12 African leaders to end the divisions between the ANC and … passive resisters had been arrested. On…

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1928-2010

Professor Fatima Meer

… Fatima Meer was born in Grey Street, Durban on 12 August 1928, the daughter of Moosa Meer and Rachel Farrel … of whom died tragically. Fatima Meer herself…

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1969

Vicky Sampson

… put huge strain on her parent’s marriage, and when she was 12, they divorced. Victor Sampson would be admitted into …

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1954-2019

Paul Grendon

“I am interested in making large-scale paintings that can be used in public places with imagery that is totally accessible to everyone.” Paul Grendon…

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1893-1988

Raymond Arthur Dart

… labouring in the same area that Raymond Dart had worked 12 years before. In 1947, the world-renowned anatomist …

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1966-1987

Norman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen

… was shot in his bedroom by the apartheid Riot Squad; 12 shotgun pellets to his chest killed him. He was 22 years …

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