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1937

Benjamin Mzimkulu Macala

… Macala tended cattle on a farm in the Orange Free State and passed the time drawing on the rocks with stones. He is … for a few months under Cecil Skotnes at…

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1909-1984

Joan Hoskyn Davies

… In 1935 she started work at the Cape Archives Depot and in 1944 she transferred to the Transvaal Archives Depot. … 1957 she was appointed head of the new…

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1904

Simon Tyeku

… Sophiatown  African National Congress  in the mid-1950s and a first-string accused in the  Treason Trial of 1956-1961 . Tyeku was born in 1904 and worked in…

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1944

Wiseman Mbambo

… born at Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. He is a sculptor of figures and he works in wood. He attended school at the Umgeni Mission Station and trained as a teacher at…

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1870-1938

Leo Rbc Francois

… to nothing. His death in 1938 marked the end of one era and the start of a new with the founding of the New Group. Francois was educated at Leipzig…

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1955-2008

Bhekumuzi Hyacinth Mseleku

… A self-taught pianist, saxophonist, guitarist, composer and arranger, he was born to a musician father who did not … Senior, would come to appreciate his son…

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1916-1988

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld

… Pieter Beyleveld was born in 1916 in the Orange Free State and educated at farm schools. He joined the army at the … Legion (an organisation of World War II…

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1914-2011

Jean Bernadt (nee Alkin)

… Book Club organised monthly meetings amongst intellectuals and trade union leaders in Cape Town many if not all were … formally joined the CPSA. She then…

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1980

Mmusi Aloysias Maimane

… Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 6 June 1980 to Ethel and Simon Maimane but grew up in Dobsonville, Soweto, … Witwatersrand, with a Masters in Public…

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1909-1969

Dr. Philip Blaaiberg

… War Blaaiberg joined the South African Army Medical Corps and as a captain, led a dental unit in Abyssinia and Italy. In 1954 Blaaiberg had his first heart…

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1878-1942

Paul De Groot

… His directors were two famous men, Eduard Verkade and Louis Bouwmeester. De Groot travelled with repertory … of Cor Ruys in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and…

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Chauke Family

… that the family is not dependent on sales for survival and that they were following a local trend. Albert Chauke is the best known and the oldest member of…

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1879-1959

Marion Gill

… She first studied at the Slade School of Art, London, and at the Art School in Newcastle-on-Tyne, where she experimented with sculpture and craftwork. She…

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1786-1870

King Moshoeshoe I

… off attacks from many enemies, including Shaka’s Zulus and Mzilikazi’s Ndebele . In 1833 he encouraged missionaries … Evangelical Missionary Society to come…

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1924-1993

Cornelius Judah Fazzie

… Youth League (ANCYL) in East London in the late 1940s and secretary of the Cape Youth League during the  1952 … 1952 he continued his political activities…

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1912-1964

Daniel R Koza

… Daniel Koza was born 1912 near Pietersburg and in the mid-1930s came Johannesburg where his path somehow crossed  Gordon's.Drawn into trade union work and…

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1913-1970

Debi Singh

… He was born in 1913 and became a teacher and later a farmer near  Durban . As secretary of the … mid-1940s he was instrumental in bringing  Yusuf Dadoo  and …

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2012

Pumzile Sokanyile

… shot in the head by the police. He left behind his wife and 5 children. He was also financially supporting his two brothers, his sister and his nephew. On…

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1981

Isaac Mofokeng

… was born in Rustenburg in 1981. He attended the Mokutuli and Seipone primary schools in Sebokeng and Orange Farm respectively. Later he attended the…

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1951

Frank Chikane

… Frank Chikane, the son of James and Erenia Chikane, was born on 3 January 1951 in … obtaining a Master of Arts degree from Harvard University and a Master of…

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1900-1963

Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe

… of his father, John Knox Bokwe , in Ugie, East Griqualand, and then studied at Lovedale high school from 1911 to 1917.His father was reverend and his mother…

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1951

Patricia Horn

… her days as a university student. In 1975 she raised funds and started a literacy project involving factory workers in … order was lifted, she went back into…

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1916-1968

Leng Dixon

… the Camberwell School of Art in London from 1937 to 1938 and a period in Paris in 1939. He subsequently became its … Vice-President. Despite the hostilities…

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1919

Isaac Zakes Nkosi

… he formed his first music group.  Zakes Nkosi and Elijah Nkwanyane formed the cornerstone of the mbaqanga … a blend of various styles, of which American jazz…

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1980

Clive Zamani Xaba

… at the Durban Institute of Technology under Langa Magwa and Thando Mama. Barely out of high school, Xaba in one of … the thin line that exists between…

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1931

Abednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo

… Born in Natal in 1931, he studied at Adams College and Ohlange Institute, where he matriculated in 1950. After … Council he pressed for a break between black…

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Abner S. Mtimkulu

… he testified before two parliamentary select committees and was a leading participant at many conferences, including …  (AAC). He served on the  Africans'…

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1915-1971

H. A. Naidoo

… H. A. Naidoo was born in Durban in 1915 and was recruited into the Communist Party in the mid-1930s … by Edward Roux. He became an active trade unionist, and…

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1958-2004

Khotso Seatlholo

… Council (SSRC) , with Mashinini as President and Seatlholo as Deputy. Seatlholo took over the Presidency … Police. Khotso survived being shot at in December…

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Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo

… Party (SACP), the African National Congress (ANC) and its military wing, uMkhonto weSizwe (MK). He was … resistance. After studying at the University of…

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