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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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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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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…

B-0009135

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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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) ,…

B-0064867

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…

B-0068252

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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1945-2008

Phumzile John Gomomo

… one of seven children born to the late Ndabeni (Mnzotho) and Nonga Stofile (Mpondo). He received his primary education from Ntlaka lower Primary School and…

B-0008111

1904-1986

Jean van der Poel

… Jean van der Poel was born in Cape Town in 1904, and went on to become a prominent historian. Her studies began at the University of Cape Town (UCT) , and…

B-0009200

1886-1964

Charles Kwelemthini Sakwe

… Sakwe was born about 1886 in Idutywa in the Transkei and educated at Clarkebury Institution. After a period of … chief, he was elected to the district…

B-0008979

2012

Nkosiyabo Xalabile

… was killed at scene 2 after being shot in his thigh and buttock by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind his wife, mother,…

B-0121639

1962-2013

Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala

… Nene later dethroned him for the title. Between 1986 and 1988 he suffered four successive defeats against Vuyani … Federation (IBF) flyweight title in…

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1889-1916

Harold Cressy

… KwaZulu Natal. He was one of the five children of Bernard and Mary Cressy. The local Roman Catholic Mission School provided Cressy's primary education and at…

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1852-1918

Schalk Burger

… de Villiers. Burger was elected as field cornet in 1881, and became part of the campaign against Nyabela, the Ndebele … on the Volksraad, he was appointed…

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Cijimpi Mnyandu

… Cijimpi Mnyaundu, a trade union leader and African National Congress (ANC) member, who worked in … only one permitted entry. He was told, ‘This is the paper,…

B-0094271

1966-1986

Andrew Sibusiso Zondo

… Kwazulu-Natal). He attended Ngazane Lower Primary School and went on to Phakama Higher Primary School in KwaMashu. … He developed an interest in politics at…

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1930-2014

Nelson “Nana” Mahomo

… After working for some time as a clerk for Arthur Blaxall and attempting a business venture with Joe Molefi, Mahomo … build a  Pan Africanist Congress  (PAC)…

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1917

Peter Nkutsoeu Raboroko

… president of the Transvaal African Students' Association and also joined the  African National Congress  (ANC). He was in the group that launched the Youth…

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