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1869-1944

Kasturba Gandhi

… Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba had two brothers, one younger and one older than her. Her father was a friend of Karamchand … the Modh Vania caste…

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1887-1968

Frances Herman Gow

… enlisted in the American army in World War One and fought inFrance,then returned to the U.Sand taught …

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1945-2008

Phumzile John Gomomo

… born on a farm in Adelaide on 25 October in 1945. He was one of seven children born to the late Ndabeni (Mnzotho) and …

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1886-1964

Charles Kwelemthini Sakwe

… with influence throughout the Transkei, he was known as one of the "fathers of the Bunga" and served successively on …

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Jean Powell

… of Architecture, University College, London and for a one year’s post Diploma in two dimensional and applied design …

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1973

Shaun Maclean Pollock

… has won the ‘man of the match’ title several times in both One Day International and Test Matches. He lives with his …

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1942

Pitika Ntuli

… of art movements and institutions, namely Apples & Snakes, one of Europe’s leading poetry circuits based in London [4] , … set of ideas that often cannot be…

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1961

Janet Mary Cherry

… was elected to the Arts Students Council and in 1981 was one of the poll-toppers in the SRC election. She served as … in detention without having been…

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1905-1994

Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels

… to a mental institution where he committed suicide one year later. Advocate Maisels was a judge of the High … as “pre-eminent among his generation of…

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1942

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

… (ANC) in the Eastern Cape. Thabo Mbeki was named after one of his father’s best friends, Thabo Mofutsanyana , a … Bantu Education Act was passed by the…

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1938

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

… The academic and social activist, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was born … of Language in African Literature,…

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1859-1921

John Tengo Jabavu

… heart into his lessons. It was not long before he became one of the brightest boys in school and only a boy when he … son was sent to England for education,…

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1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… experience in investigative journalism. Gqabi was one of two thousand political detainees after the 1960 … of the Congress of South African Students. In 1979…

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1964-2004

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie

… to finish school before beginning a music career. But when one of the singers of the singing trio Joy went on maternity … Sello “Chicco” Twala, a partnership…

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1913-1994

Stephen J.C. Dlamini

… SACTU inside the country, in the interest of having one country and one federation, because by then the Congress of South African …

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1917-2009

Helen Suzman

… of the Witwatersrand (WITS). Helen was to become one of South Africa's most famous white parliamentarians and … unpopular issues. Visiting political…

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1955

Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi

… in jail for a possession of unlicensed firearm. During one of his visitation Ramatlhodi was made to squat for the … government. He is married to Ouma…

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1942

Feziwe Bookholane

… with five other people, two from Johannesburg  and one from Port Elizabeth. At the same time she also helped … the quality of food in that prison also…

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1965

Phila Portia Ndwandwe

… plastic bag was found around the waist of her remains. One of her perpetrators recalled that she had worn it as a … her importance in the armed struggle but…

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1919-1984

Cassim Amra

… wrote many of the articles for the paper. Peter Abraham , one of South Africa’s best known poets of this period, … of the Nationalist Bloc of the NIC ." It…

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1924-1992

Zuleika Sarojini Christopher

… as I.B. Tabata ,  Jane Gool and Minnie Gool, and became one of its key members.  It was during this period that she … Committee in response to those who…

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1929-2026

Leon Levy

… as the Congress Alliance. As SACTU's President, he was one of the signatories of the Freedom Charter , along with … with high treason and eventually…

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1924-2002

Gertrude Hope (nee Posthumus) Cooper

… she joined the Cape Times in 1945 and as a cub reporter, one of her first coups whilst covering fringe social events … local and international restaurateurs…

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Benjamin Johnson Langa

… them orders to carry out the murder was not Raymond, but one "Leonard". According to the ANC Submission to the TRC: In … in which dedicated cadres lost their…

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1855-1920

Olive Schreiner

… Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also … for more rights for Black people and for women…

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1920-1977

Marimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker

… of the left-wing newspaper New Age . In the 1940s he was one of those responsible for bringing militant leadership … of the People campaign in Natal in 1954…

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1937

Sylvia Neame

… Neame (also known as Sylvia Neame-Jahn) was born in 1937, one of four children. She had two older brothers, Peter and … communicating with each other through…

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1942-2018

Gerald Patrick Kearney

… near the Seminary. When his banning order was lifted, one of the first things Ramgobin did was to come to address … laugh. When she got back to Germany she…

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1928

Michael Kitso Dingake

… Bus Boycott of 1957, Potato Boycott, Sophiatown removals, One Pound-a-Day, the Women Anti-Pass Campaign of 1959, the … Unilateral Declaration of Independence…

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