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1749-1823

Jacob Abraham de Mist

… he became the junior secretary for the Kampen town, and later promoted to a position of a second secretary. At … of his wife de Mist married Elisabeth…

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1958-1985

Vernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng

… in 1958 to the  African National Congress (ANC) activist and trade unionist  John Nkadimeng .    Nkadimeng skipped the … in exile. He went to Angola to…

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Anneke Laurie

… England, back to Botswana, to Bloemfontein, Vanderbijlpark and Kimberley. Anneke has lived in the Vaal Triangle since she was 15 and have recently completed…

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1890-1958

Gerard Moerdyk

… the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, some churches and public buildings. On churches he replaced the traditional … formation, incorporated domes, crescent…

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1923

Lucas Mangope

… 1947 to 1949 he worked in the Department of Native Affairs and in 1951 commenced studying for the Higher Primary … the teaching profession, specialising in…

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1923

Zamazulu Thembekile Nkosi

… first Black matron in the Natal Provincial Administration and in  KwaZulu-Natal . Her decision to nurse was motivated … wish to help the sick. She worked…

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1952

Willis Nxumalo

… an award in 1972 at the Bulawayo Art Exhibition, Zimbabwe, and currently works and teaches art in Empangeni.  Nxumalo's work is represented in the Durban Art…

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1927-2005

Rev. Helenard Joe (Allan) Hendrickse

… Eastern Cape, as the fifth of the seven children of Maria and Charles William Hendrickse, both school teachers. … rising to prominence - including membership…

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1926-2007

Edgar Dumile Ngoyi

… December 1926 in the Eastern Cape. He worked as a painter and builder. Ngoyi became politically active in the ANC as a … (MK), the armed wing of the ANC. In…

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Max Coleman

… .He was married to Audrey Coleman, they had four sons, and became active members of the Detainees Parents Support … of parents that was formed to provide…

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1977

Samuel Malinga

… had been detained at his home in Soweto on 31 January 1977 and taken to Pietermaritzberg where he was held in terms of … telephoned the Pietermaritzburg…

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1912-1957

Gladstone Xala Tshume

… to Port Elizabeth where he was employed in a pharmacy and became local chairman of the party. Turning to trade … workers, then took up the organisation of…

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S. S. Tema

… S. S. Tema was a Dutch Reformed minister who was a founder and later president of the quasipolitical Interdenominational … Pixley Seme's  leadership. With…

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1840-1888

William Wellington Gqoba

… Cirha clan, who was in turn the son of Peyi, a disciple and close associate of Ntsikana, a seminal figure in the conversion of the Xhosa to Christianity and…

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Ben Khoapa

… to South Africa, Khoapa became involved with Steve Biko and other youth in the Black Consciousness Movement. He then … of his suspected involvement with the…

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2012

Thabiso Johannes Thelejane

… shot 3 times by the police – twice in the back of his head and in his buttock. He left behind his wife, two children and a grandson. He was the sole…

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1923-1966

Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal

… 1923 in Piet Retief.  He was accused in the Treason Trial, and the trial that was run parallel to this, namely the … bus boycotts. He was charged with public…

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Mkhuseli Joseph Kettledas

… ) in 1961. He was arrested on 8 April 1963 for sabotage and sentenced to ten years in prison. He served his sentence on Robben Island and was released on 7…

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1946-2012

Professor Gert ‘Jakes’ Johannes Gerwel

… secondary school at London Missionary Society Institution, and he eventually matriculated at Paterson High School in … to study in Belgium, he completed a…

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1920-2002

Lionel Rusty Bernstein

… both joined the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and both got elected as Distric Committee in 1941. In 1942 Bernstein enrol in the South Africa…

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1847-1911

Jacobus du Toit

… a prolific author, wrote the first Afrikaans history book and as an Afrikaner nationalist he became one of the founders … Patriot , he pushed for the…

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1958

Rooha Variava

… 16 December 1958. She completed a BA degree in Philosophy and Arabic at the University of South Africa in 1979. Variava finished her Honours degree in…

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Chief Vuna Miya

… Between 1953 and 1957, there was conflict around Bantu Affairs (BA) and various other issues in the Bergville area, [Natal, now … first deposed in 1949 after…

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1922-1978

Shulamith Muller

… 1922. She studied law at the University of Pretoria, and was admitted as an attorney in 1948. She joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) in the…

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1880

Daniel William

… 1880 in  Port Elizabeth , the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican minister, he … Pretoria branch of the African People…

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1935-2016

Lionel Morrison

… Born in 1935, he became a clerk and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the … branch of the South African Coloured People's Organisation and in…

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