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1869-1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

… move out of doors after 9 p.m. without a special permit. One day Gandhi, who had received from the State Attorney a … on for another month. He agreed little…

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1943

Sindiwe Magona

… University in the United States of America. Magona is one of many internationally prominent South African writers … during the years of struggle in South…

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1862-1944

Mohamed Hajee Joosub

… returned to India eight times between 1878 and 1930. One of his brothers, Hajee Cassim returned to South Africa … to expand his company and in 1914 bought…

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1940

Dawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers

… Dawie de Villiers was born on 10 July 1940 in Burgersdorp, one of three children of Elsa and Coenie de Villiers. Dawie’s … for a Democratic South Africa …

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1950

Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli

… Shilakoe at Preston in the United Kingdom (UK). He was one of four artists selected to design for the Graphic Club … H.E. Winder called Saoli’s fifth Goodman…

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1957

Kate O’Regan

… a digest of labour arbitration decisions. She was also one of the authors of A Charter for Social Justice, a … administration of justice within the United…

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1928-2008

Cleopas Madoda Nsibande

… African Congress of Trade Unions  (SACTU). He was also one of the key campaigners who mobilised people for the … Luthuli, Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo. In…

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1941-1995

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

… Nigeria due to his newspaper writing. Saro-Wiwa served in one presidential administration in the late 1980s. But his … the principal opposition leader in…

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1888-1963

Bernard Lazarus Sigamoney

… socialist and Indian trade unionist. He is considered one of the few Indian leaders of his day who attempted to … the African and coloured cricket boards to…

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1928-2008

Cleopas Madoda Nsibande

… African Congress of Trade Unions  (SACTU). He was also one of the key campaigners who mobilised people for the … Luthuli, Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo. In…

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1803-1894

Rev. Aldin Grout

… Seminary. Upon completing his studies, Grout was appointed one of six missionaries to South Africa by the American Board … January 1934. He married Hannah…

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1940

Mary Maria Burton

… was born on 19 January 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of three children of Molly and Peter Ingouville, Burton … democratic elections in 1994, Burton…

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1919-2020

Florence Elizabeth Mnumzana

… social system and health problems in the country on the one hand, and apartheid on the other. She joined the African … was unbanned, she was instrumental in…

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1952

Gert Petrus Swart

… and has held a number of solo exhibitions, including one at the TAG. He is represented in the collection of that …

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1914

Josepha Selhorst

… from 1949 in South Africa and Italy and held a number of one-person exhibitions, here and abroad. She undertook a …

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2012

Mongezeleli Ntenetya

… His younger brother works in the mines. There is no one supporting the family, because even his brother supports …

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1913-1996

George Gangen Ponnen

… the provincial barriers.  George  had seven brothers and one sister. In the area where their farm was situated the … for Coloureds in Sydenham, where he…

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Madi Gray

… a project in which she was able to get weekend work one day a week for some high school pupils in Soweto . They … and was able to exploit this beyond the…

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1909-1961

David Pratt

… and farmer in Magaliesburg. He owned four farms, one of which had a manganese mine. He also bred Ayrshire stud … ‘the attack on the Prime Minister was not an…

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1935-2026

Shanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo

… to give evidence against friends. Your excuse is a moral one but, in my opinion, is not a just one”. He sentenced her to two months' imprisonment and warned…

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1960

Khela Ngobese

… talent, his mother’s brother having been Arthur Buthelezi, one of the earlier generation of African artists along with …

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1922

Mary Goitsemang Ranta

… to women in the mid-1950s . In December 1956 she was one of the 19 women charged with treason, but charges against …

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1947

Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele

… High School for her matriculation where she was one of only two girls in her class.  On completion of her … in Zinyoka, a village outside King William’s Town…

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1927-2020

Advocate George Bizos

… father was a prominent citizen, having been the mayor at one time. In 1941, when Bizos was thirteen years old, seven … with Mandela: I said you know this…

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1944-2009

Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini

… Dlamini was born in Benoni, Transvaal, on 10 October 1944, one of the five children of Anna and Gilbert Dlamini, a … they were able to challenge certain…

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1921-2020

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

… and his mother was chased out of his grandfather’s house. One of her aunts took her in and the child was born in her … as a builder meant that they never…

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1995

Enver Hassim

… handwriting; it was as “methodical as his thinking” was one comment. His social contacts included people of the … African Convention Hassim was asked to…

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1964

Berni Searle

… ‘feminist artist statement’ as such. Being a woman is only one aspect of who I am.” This aversion to being strictly … by a desire to belong, yet not to be…

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1944-2017

Buchi Emecheta

… the time she was twenty two years old they were separated. One of the first works that Emecheta wrote was burned by her … Nigerian woman struggling to fit…

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1917-1998

Winnie Motlalepule Kgware

… protests against the Government’s restrictions on campus. One of her early acts at the university was to organise a … BPC was amongst the organizations that…

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