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1924-1968

Canodoise (Can) Themba

… of Fort Hare, where he acquired a teaching diploma and a degree in English, which he completed with a first … multi-racial community. Themba then worked as a…

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1939

Allina Ndebele

… in Zululand, she was engaged as an interpreter for Peder and Ulla Gowenius, Swedish Missionaries who had been sent to … assisted them as an unqualified…

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1956-2003

Muziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba

… His art is uniquely grounded in his experience of life and contemporary events in KwaZulu-Natal. He reflects on this … that reflects a “popular language that…

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1878-1914

Jopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie

… was born in the Pretoria district in 1878. He was a scout and dispatch rider during the  South African War , and was wounded and captured in an action north…

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1894-1982

Madie Hall-Xuma

… A. B. Xuma 's wife, Madie Hall-Xuma and a prestigious figure in middle-class social circles, she … was born Madie B. Hall in Winston-Salem, North Carolina,…

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1922

Mary Goitsemang Ranta

… Ranta was born in 1922 and grew up in the  Pretoria  area. After leaving school, she worked as a ‘tea girl’ at the Pretoria mint, and later took employment…

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1951

John William Roome

… Northern Province. He studied at Rhodes University and obtained a BA(FA) in 1974 and an MA(FA) in 1975. Roome then became a lecturer in painting and history…

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1940

Patrick O’Connor

… he obtained a BA(FA). In 1964 he was a lecturer at UDW and in 1971 he became a senior lecturer in painting at the … O'Connor has participated in many group…

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1952

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

… 1952. He is the second of the three children of Erdmuth and Samuel Ramaphosa, a retired policeman. He grew up in the … Native Township (Soweto), attending a…

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1965

Tracy Payne

… completing her degree, Payne spent a few years working and travelling throughout Europe and England. Exploring new cultures to Payne and in 2002 she traveled…

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1921-2005

Mahomed “Chota” Motala

… June 1921. In 1938 Motala matriculated at Sastri College and studied medicine in Bombay, India, from 1939. It was at … politics. After qualifying as a…

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1955

Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi

… while his mother a housewife. He was nicknamed “Montsho” and had five siblings, two sisters and three brothers. Ramatlhodi completed his secondary ……

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1828-1917

Andrew Murray

… of four parishes, Bloemfontein, Rietpoort, Rietrivier and Winburg. From 1849 to 1852 he travelled extensively to service and baptize people. He mitigated the…

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1931-1964

Suliman “Babla” Saloojee

… the whereabouts of detainees, obtain legal assistance and arrange for essential provisions to be delivered to them. Babla joined the Transvaal Indian…

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1926-1977

Viola Hashe

… elected Assistant Secretary of the Chemical Workers Union and the Dairy Workers Union. Hashe also joined the  African … National Congress  (ANC) in the early…

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1940-2002

Caiphas Nxumalo

… Caiphas Nxumalo graduated from Rorke's Drift in 1971 and during the 1970s was a free-lance artist in Pomeroy. He uses indigenous woods for his sculpture and…

B-0008834

1953-1993

Sam Tambani

… 1953. Sam was the first child of Kutama Fridah Tambani and Nkhumeleni  Jack Tambani. He enrolled at Mukhudura Junior Primary School and later went on to…

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1851-1897

Barney Barnato

… Africa penniless, but within 10 years he was a millionaire and the Barnato Diamond Mining Company that he helped set up … rival of Cecil John Rhodes’ De…

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1870-1950

William H. "Bill" Andrews

… to South Africa in 1893. He became a railway fitter and in 1902 helped found the first trades and Labour Council.In 1905 he became Amalgamated Society of…

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1804-1856

Chief Kgosi 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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2012

Mgcineni Noki

… in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2009 and was a leader of the strike. On 16 August 2012 Mambush was … including in his head, neck, legs,…

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John Gomas

… Gomas was born in Cape Town. He was a tailor by profession and a member of the Garment Workers' Union. He served as … Communist Party of South Africa  (CP)…

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1927-1994

Mizream Maseko

… He was inspired by the artworks in the houses he painted and took up painting designs and pictures on scarves in a small shop. He was discovered … there by…

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1967

Nkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo

… known was the fourth out of six children of Nokuna and Kanana Mbuyabo. He received his early education at Msundulu Primary School and Nkwenkwezi Secondary…

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1940

Ebrahim Ismail Asvat

… of the Committee of British Indian Association (BIA) and Secretary of its Johannesburg branch. On 1 February 1909, … of his determination to resist the anti…

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1889-1981

Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize

… one of the first students to attend the Inanda Seminary and thereafter went to Ohlange Institute. Bertha was a … until she was about thirty years old,…

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1939

Percy Ndithembile Konqobe

… before leaving to work. He was employed at several jobs and spent some years in prison until around 1976, when he … Khumalo . Konqobe credited Khumalo with…

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1905-1977

Hyman Meir Basner

… Hyman M Basner was born in Russia in 1905, and moved to South Africa at an early age. Basner  and his mother  joined other family members in South Africa ……

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