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1903-1960

Ida Fiyo Mntwana

… Ida was born in 1903 and worked as a dressmaker. She was the first president of the  African National Congress Women’s League  and a leader of many mass…

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1935-2008

Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)

… her post before it reached her. She met Ramothibi Joseph and they were married in 1955. In that marriage were thirteen … her sons went into political exile,…

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1885-1961

Anna Victoria Mangena

… She was a daughter of John Cobela Ntuli and his wife, and was born at Mapumulo Mission Station (between Stanger and Kranskop), Natal , probably between 1885…

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1869-1948

Franklin Kaye Kendall

… whose interests led him to join SASA as both artist and administrator. Born in Melbourne, Australia, 1870. He was … firm for five years, he qualified as an…

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James Ford

… in 1899. Its foreground contains images of the aged artist and Constance Penstone (qv.) active in front of their easels. … ago, to become first master of the…

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1889-1946

Alexander Macaulay Jabavu

… edited until 1940. In about 1925 he joined the  Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union  of  Clements Kadalie  and soon became one of its vice-presidents…

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1956

Christopher Nceba Faku

… Faku received his education at the Cowan High School and Lovedale College in Alice. He completed his matric in … of the Eastern Cape  African National…

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1846-1921

James Smith Morland

… He came to SA with much experience of art societies, and this was to serve him well. Primarily a water colourist, he was elected to the Liverpool Academy and…

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1910-1974

Raymond Francis (Ray) Budd

… in Mowbray, Cape Town. He was the only child of Robert and Ada Lea Budd. His father, originally from England, was in … trade. Budd was educated at Rondebosch…

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1878-1964

Charles Sidney Groves

… teaching in early twentieth-centur British schools of art and design, which aimed at giving a foundation 11 both the fine and the applied arts. This was…

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1906-1979

Cecil Williams

… worked as a theatre director producing plays using black and white actors and by the 1950’s, he had become a well known figure … Williams was active member…

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1897-1974

Victor Poto

… in 1897 at Libode in western Pondoland, attended Healdtown and the' South African Native College (later Fort Hare), and was installed as paramount chief of…

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1955-1985

Malesella Benjamin Moloise

… was born in 1955 in Alexandra. he was a black upholsterer and poet. He was executed by apartheid government on 18 … National Congress claimed responsibility…

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1890-1978

Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe

… in Kimberley. He obtained his Senior Teacher's Diploma and drawing Teacher's Diploma by studying privately between 1913 and 1924, while teaching at the Tiger…

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Alex Moumbaris

… Alex Moumbaris was born in Egypt to French parents and later became a naturalised Australian. He worked as a trade unionist and came to South Africa in 1973…

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2012

Michael Ngweyi

… at scene 1 after being shot twice, once in his chest and once in his right arm. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife and two…

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2012

Sitelega Meric Gadlela

… in Swaziland. He began working for Lonmin in 1989 and was with the company for 23 years. Mr Gadlela was killed … shot twice in the back. He left behind his…

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1948

Berney Perez

… in 1948 in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) and raised here. He worked as an office machine technician … to work as a freelance photographer,…

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1936

Michael Cassidy

… South African Christian leader, writer and founder of Africa Enterprise, renowned for his initiatives at ecumenism, and reconciliation on personal, church…

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1966

Bellington Mampe

… the Worcester police station.The Act he was detained under and the cause of death were undisclosed. Although Mr Mampe … March 1983 regarding Mr Mampe's death…

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1966

James Hamakwayo

… The early records that were kept by the Black Sash and South Africa Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR),Mr JH … 1965). He was  detained for14 days at the…

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Wycliffe MIungisi Tsotsi

… Born in the Transkei, he graduated from Port Hare in 1935 and first taught school, then later practised law at Lady Frere. He was involved in the AAC from…

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1886-1977

Mary Agard Pocock

… started her studies in botany at the University of London and obtained a BSc in 1908. In 1913 she returned to South Africa, and four years later returned to…

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1963

Alson Ntshangase

… has exhibited on a number of group exhibtions between 1984 and 1992, including the African Arts Festivals organised by … University of Zululand. He won…

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2012

Makhosandile Mkhonjwa

… by the police. He was the sole breadwinner in the family and left behind a wife and two young children. His customary law wife, Nokwanele … without my…

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2012

Thabiso Mosebetsane

… in the Eastern Cape. He started working at Lonmin in 2008 and lived in Nkaneng informal settlement. He left behind a wife and 3 children. He was also…

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1974

Herschelle Herman Gibbs

… education at Diocesan College where he played soccer and rugby, but cricket soon became his first choice. His … national team. He established himself as a…

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1947

Peter Hans Paul Gastrow

… a politician shaped by the liberal politics of 1960s and 1970s South Africa. In 1971, his political views were … for some time. In 1975 he opened his own…

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