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1920

Lorna Peirson

… From 1941 to 1950 she taught at schools in South Africa and from 1951-1952 at the L.C.C. schools in London. On her … art at the Umpumulo Training College,…

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1916-1981

Mary Susan Malahlela-Xakana

… had been ostracized by the BaPedi for becoming a Christian and for refusing to have his twin children put to death, as … from 1941 at the University of the…

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1911-1990

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk

… in 1942 to fight against Nazi Germany during World War II and, on returning home, became a member of the Springbok Legion and the Congress of Democrats (CoD)…

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1932

David Phaswane Mogano

… in Pietersburg. He arrived in Johannesburg in about 1950 and worked as a cook in a hotel. During 1959 he studied with Cecil Skotnes and Sydney Kumalo at…

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Unknown-Unknown

Samuel Chibane

… Samuel Chibane was born in Pretoria and became involved with the PAC as a student at Wilberforce … was arrested for arson, but the evidence was inconclusive…

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1932-2013

Louis Luyt

… Louis Luyt was born on 18 June 1932, and grew up in modest circumstances in the Karoo. In the … he took over the Presidency of the Transvaal Rugby Union and…

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1926-2017

Helen Kies

… involvement in the Teachers League of South Africa  (TLSA) and other political activities. His firing prompted Helen to return to teaching after a four year…

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1930

Stella Madge Damos

… of Coloured people, she organised a protest meeting and was charged with assaulting the police and fined £20. She was a member of the South African Congress…

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Logan K. Ntlabati

… committee in the 1940s, he was born in the Transkei and educated at Fort Hare. He taught in the Cape and the Orange Free State, becoming principal of the…

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1928-1993

Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli

… moved to Johannesburg in the mid1940s,living in Alexander and later in Soweto.He became  a trade unionist and an African National Congress (ANC) member, and…

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1937-2011

Sizakele Sigxashe

… joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959 and became involved in its anti apartheid activities. He left the country in 1964 and joined ANC ranks of…

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1950-2008

John Alfons Pandeni

… Army of Namibia (Plan) SWAPO fighters who were captured and imprisoned on Robben Island. After his release in 1985, … became the founding General Secretary…

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Joseph Nkatlo

… the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) before 1950 and was known in Cape Town as an active organiser and public speaker. He was placed under ban in…

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1930-2005

Hamilton Naki

… Ngcangane in the Eastern Cape in 1930. His family was poor and after completing primary school he left for Cape Town to … barred from working in the Whites…

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1922

George Edward Peake

… George Edward Peake was a founding member and national Chairperson of the  South African Coloured … in the Cape in 1922. He finished 10 years of schooling…

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1909

Selby Bangani Ngcobo

… son of a mine compound foreman who later became a teacher and saddler, Ngcobo studied at Adams College, Fort Hare, the University of Natal, and Yale…

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1957

Pansy Tlakula

… went on to study further at Wits, where she got her LLB and later Harvard, where she obtained her Masters.   From … South African Human Rights Commission…

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1941-1997

Welcome Mandla Koboka

… in 1941. At age twenty he studied art under Cecil Skotnes and Ephraim Ngatane at the Polly Street Art Centre . He worked in charcoal, inks, watercolours and…

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1918

Charles Makhohliso

… National Congress (ANC) , Makhohliso had a powerful voice, and was appointed the official leader when they sung Nkosi … 1956, Makhohliso was arrested on…

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1871-1936

Eugene Marais

… Marais was one of the most innovative Afrikaans writers and a pioneer of the usage of free verse in Afrikaans. He was an editor of the newspaper, Land en…

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1909

Godfrey I. M. Mzamane

… Mzamane was born near Matatiele in the Transkei in 1909 and obtained B.A. and M.A. degrees from Fort Hare. He taught at St. Peter's Secondary School in…

B-0008722

1947

Nhlanhla Benjamin Nsusha

… He is a sculptor and painter who studied at Edendale Technical College in 1972, ELC 1975-1977 and at the Slade School of Art, London, from 1983 to 1985.  ……

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1945-1988

Stanley Bongani Nkosi

… the Transvaal. He attended school in Gerpiston, Swaziland and Newcastle and attained his Junior Certificate. Nkosi studied sculpture … in 1962 he studied…

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Nelson Mukhuba

… to Tshakuma where he started producing wooden sculptures and household utensils, including tourist trade objects. He … Vha-Venda wood sculptures. He worked…

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1959

Kiren Thathia

… of Durban Westville (UDW); in 1988 an MA(FA) cum laude and in 1989 a Higher Diploma in Education from UDW. He was a … Witwatersrand. He has held a number of…

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John J. Skomolo

… in the Cape African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s and 1950s, Skomolo was also a member of the ANC national executive committee from 1949 to 1955 and…

B-0009076

1916

Philemon Mathole

… Born in 1916 in Johannesburg Mathole was a miner and an organiser for the African Mineworkers' Union. He was … opened a grocery store in Moroka Township,…

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2012

Babalo Mtshazi

… by police. He left behind two young children, his mother and three siblings. He financially supported his entire … family. According to his mother: "He…

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