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1911-1986

Esther Susanna Mentz

… After this she spent some time making Afrikaans records and teaching singing. In 1934 she went to Germany to study singing and acting and returned to South…

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1936

Mama Beshenga

… of the Native Law Amendment Act , there was great panic and confusion within the community. Women, children and the aged were being taken away from urban…

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1948

Eric Mbatha

… training in art in 1971 at Evangelical Lutheran Art and Craft Centre at Rorke`s Drift . He had a longer … a greater emphasis on intaglio printmaking at the…

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1864-1977

Oscar Hollander

… in Cologne, Germany, 1864. He lived in SA from 1889; date and place of death not known. Information on Oscar Hollander, who apparently studied in Amsterdam…

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1875-1945

Samuel E. K. Mqhayi

… in 1875. Mqhayi studied at Lovedale, worked as a teacher and journalist, was on the editorial staff of Imvo Zabantsundu, and published numerous books of…

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1926

Leonora van den Heever

… complete her MA in English at the University of Pretoria , and started to work at the normaalkollege in Bloemfontein. … She then became a clerk for Mr…

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1862-1945

Anton van Wouw

… move to the developing city of Pretoria at the age of 28 and waited for ten years to receive his first commission. … development a great deal. He identified…

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1958

Paul Konings

… in Cape Town , he worked as a freelance graphic artist and photographer during the 1980s. Konings produced an … result of the legislation by the white…

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1900-1972

Vernon Celliers Berrange

… 25 November 1900 in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). His lived and worked all his life in Johannesburg, having been admitted … to do it though this body…

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Connie Mofokeng

… the hundreds detained. While in detention she was beaten and tortured in an attempt to gain information, but she kept … helped in the forming of the Vaal…

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1902-1972

Rosa Hope

… was shown on the SASA 35th Annual Exhibition in 1937, and acquired by the SANG, as noted by critic Melvin … ( Cape Time s 23.8.1937).  Hope had trained at…

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1948-2007

Bill Flynn

… was born on 13 December 1948 in Cape Town.  He was a stage and screen actor, known for his roles in films like  Heel Against the Head  and  Running Riot . He…

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1795

Sobhuza I

… we know the group today. He was born in Swaziland in 1795 and succeeded his father, Ndvungunye, as king of the Dlamini … in central Swaziland, where he…

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1920-1969

Eduardo Mondlane

… son of a tribal chief, Eduardo Mondlane worked for the UN and was also a History and Sociology Professor at Syracuse University, New York. As … a B.A. from…

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1966

Andreas Vlachakis

… who has been involved in the local newspaper and magazine industry since 1995. His work has been published both locally and internationally. He is currently…

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1970

Heidi Saayman

… on old age homes in Port Elizabeth called " Autumn Years" and the other on life in the colored townships of Missionvale and Helenvale. In 1990 she won the…

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1956

Willie Bester

… Bester’s sustained preoccupation with apartheid’s legacy, and the empathy and dignity with which he represents the dispossessed. … (Cape Town, Johannesburg,…

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1897-1986

Gertrud Theiler

… the youngest daughter of sir Arnold Theiler KCMG, founder and first director of the Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, and his wife, Emma Sophie Jegge. She…

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1936

Louis Charles George 'Loet' Douwes-Dekker

… an honors degree at University of South Africa,and later master's degree in sociology at the University of … from 16 November 1976 until 31 October 1981…

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1938-2011

Jannie “Jan Bek” Momberg

… was born in Cape Town, Stellenbosch on the 27th July 1938 and matriculated at Paul Roos Gymnasium. He later studied at … he is reputed to have been a ladies’…

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1952

Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul

… Durb   an. In 1961 his family was uprooted from Clairwood and they were forced to go live in Chatsworth, Durban — an … Group Areas Act . He attended the…

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1920-2009

Amina Desai

… as an underground base. This was a second home to Timol, and in return for running errands, Desai would allow Timol … her car.  Timol also worked with Hilmi,…

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Unknown

Bransby Ndobe

… National Congress  (ANC) branches between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth and also to radicalise Coloured farm workers. A member of the Industrial and…

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1945

Professor Raymond Suttner

… sentenced for ANC underground activities between 1975 and 1983. He was detained without trial under state of … 1986 to 1988. He was restricted in 1988 but…

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1938

David Nthubu Koloane

… the Federated Union of Black Artists (FUBA) Gallery and became its first curator. This was the first art gallery … participated in the Thupelo Workshops in…

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1961

Paul Shipokosa Mashatile

… He co-founded the Alexandra Youth Congress (AYCO) in 1983 and was elected as its first President. At the age of 23, … United Democratic Front (UDF) ,…

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1960-1999

Sifiso Nkabinde

… in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal. His father was a policeman and a local chairman of  Inkatha Freedom Party  (IFP). Nkabinde attend the local primary school and…

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1969-2019

Philemon Masinga

… attended coaching clinics by legendary player Jomo Sono and was recruited to his team, Jomo Midas Cosmos. In 1992 … The Pretoria team Mamelodi Sundowns…

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