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1918

Charles Makhohliso

Charles Makhohliso was born in 1918.  As a trade unionist he was responsible for organising better conditions for brick workers.    The Chairperson of the…

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1909

Godfrey I. M. Mzamane

  Godfrey I.M. 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…

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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.  In…

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Nelson Mukhuba

Mukhuba\'s stay in Sophiatown lasted until 1958. He returned to Tshakuma where he started producing wooden sculptures and household utensils, including tourist…

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1959

Kiren Thathia

He was born in Durban. In 1983 he obtained a BA(FA) from University of Durban Westville (UDW); in 1988 an MA(FA) cum laude and in 1989 a Higher Diploma in…

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John J. Skomolo

John J Skomolo was an Anglican clergyman prominent in the Cape African National Congress (ANC) in the 1940s and 1950s, Skomolo was also a member of the ANC…

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1916

Philemon Mathole

Born in 1916 in Johannesburg Mathole was a miner and an organiser for the African Mineworkers' Union. He was active in the 1946 mineworkers' strike. He later…

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2012

Babalo Mtshazi

Babalo Mtshazi (26) was from Lebode in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2006. On 16 August 2012 Babalo was killed at scene 1. He was in the…

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1926-1959

Lionel Forman

Born in 1926 in Rosettenville Forman was a barrister and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, 'You Can Hang For Treason'. Forman headed…

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1945-1988

Stanley Bongani Nkosi

Stanley Bongani Nkosi was born on 25 November 1945 in Newcastle, Natal. When Nkosi was three years old his family moved to Dukhatole tear Germiston in the…

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1818-1953

Emily Isabel Fern

Born Ballarat, Australia, 1881; died Johannesburg, 1953. Fern arrived in Johannesburg as a child in 1890, and was taught oil painting by a nun at End Street…

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Nombuso Mchunu

On her completion of Matric in 1972, Nombuso did casual work such as typing documents for the Garment Workers union, while she looked for permanent work. Her…

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1926-2008

Michael Gagashe Zondi

Michael Zondi was born on 10 March 1926 in Msinga in Greytown, Natal. Zondi spent his childhood at a Swedish Lutheran mission station at Mtulwa, Natal. He…

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Sylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa

Sylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa was born in the township of Langa in Cape Town. Mdunyelwa started her singing career in the 1970s when she joined Victor Ntoni’s…

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1922-2003

Fatima Seedat

Fatima Seedat was born in the Strand, Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High school up to what was standard 8 in those days. Together with…

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Diana (Di) Bishop

Diana Bishop was born in Cape Town. She made her first political statement at age eleven in 1961 when South Africa became a republic. During the celebrations,…

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1943-1987

John Ndevasia Muafangejo

John Ndevasia Muafangejo was born on 5 October 1943 in Etunda lo Nghadi, Ovamboland, Angola. In 1956 Muafangejo moved to die Anglican mission station at Epinga…

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1931-1994

Lucas Ted Sithole

Lucas Sithole was born and grew up in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was one of ten sons of a Zulu lay priest in the Zion Christian Church,…

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1945

Joel Sibisi

He was born at Rorke's Drift. After leaving school he worked on farms in the Dundee area. In 1970-71 he attended the ELC Centre where he trained in the Ceramic…

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1859-1942

Lord William Waldegrave Palmer Selborne

Lord William Palmer, the second Earl of Selborne was born in 1859. He studied history at the University of Oxford. He was Under-Secretary for the Colonies from…

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1817-1887

Jan Gerritze Bantjes

Jan Gerritze Bantjes was born in Graaff-Reinet district. He was a member of Voortrekker leader Jacob de Clercq's group who arrived at Blesberg, in the present…

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Unknown-1929

Hermanus Lethebe

Towards the end of 1929, the Minister of Justice, Oswald Pirow, announced a new bill, an amendment to the Riotous Assemblies Act, which would give him the…

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1920

Kwena Matlala

Kwena Matlala, born in 1920, was the first daughter of Chief Sekgwari Matlala and Mme Makwena Matlala. She married Nelson Ngakana Moabelo, the ntona of…

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1950

Peter Hain

Peter Gerald Hain was born on 16 February in 1950 in Nairobi Kenya but he grew up in Pretoria after his south african born parents returned home in 1951.His…

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1949-2009

Henry Eric Isaacs

Henry Eric Isaacs was born March 21 in 1949,He grew up in Raisethorpe,a peri-urban area of Pietermaritzburg.His family was of diverse racial composition:one…

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1959-1985

Nomkhosi Mary Mini

Nomkhosi  Mary Mini was born in 1959, the daughter of Vuyisile Mini, South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) activist and first African National…

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1966

Andrew Tshabangu

Andrew Tshabangu was born in Soweto, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africain 1966. Andrew has studied at a number of institutions, amongst them…

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1947-1972

Mthuli ka Shezi

Mthuli ka Shezi was a leading Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) intellectual. He was also a playwright and a cultural activist. He was president of the…

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Josias Madzunya

Josias Madzunya was born in the Sibasa area of the northern Transvaal in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe, Madzunya came to Johannesburg in 1931,…

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