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1847-1911

Jacobus du Toit

… history book and as an Afrikaner nationalist he became one of the founders of the Afrikaans language movement. In a …

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Chief Vuna Miya

… KwaZulu-Natal]. As a result, four people were banished. One of them was Chief Vuna Miya, who was first deposed in …

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Jack Monamudi Matsepe

… but were all acquitted.  Scott apparently ‘played a major part in negotiations with the authorities when it was … the group should be moved’ from Groblersdal…

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1924-1999

Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti

… two-shilling fee was never levied. In 1951, Kondoti was part of the organising team for the Defiance Campaign in East … and spent a month in prison. On 9…

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1935-2016

Lionel Morrison

… African Coloured People's Organisation and in 1956 became one of the accused in the Treason Trial. After leaving South …

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Pious Goodman Mei

… the South African Congress of Trade Unions in 1956. He was one of the accused in the Treason trial from December 1956 …

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1932-2016

Mewa Ramgobin

… for 17 years. Despite his banning, Ramgobin became one of the leading figures in the growth and the revival of … of Durban. In 1975 he was banned for another…

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1955

Adam Glasser

… to pursue and study jazz piano. After only completing one semester at Berklee College in 1981, he moved back to … alto player Dudu Pukwane and his…

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1947-2006

Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga

… Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga, was one of South Africa’s most gifted and beloved fighters in the … to Enoch Nhlapho, a three-time national champion and one of the…

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1954-1982

Topsy Madaka

… a close friend and comrade of Siphiwo Mthimkhulu. He was a one of the founder members of Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organization (PEBCO). Madaka became one…

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1927-2009

Harriet Bolton

… thirty years odd years and so eventually we made it into one national union, it was the Transvaal garment workers and … and the Natal, the furniture workers,…

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1868-1928

Enoch Mgijima

… most significant prophecy came in early 1919 during one of his church services. He stood in front of his … Charles, who was his right-hand man in the Church,…

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Sibongile Susan Mkhabela

… (Bongi) Susan Mkhabela (nèe Mthembu) grew up in Zola, one of the poorest areas in Soweto , Transvaal Province (now … (who at the time was eighteen about to…

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1963

Lennox Madikane

… in Paarl, Cape Province (now Western Cape), Madikane was one of three PAC members sentenced to death for sabotage. The …

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1851-1897

Barney Barnato

… of the Rothschilds and Alfred Beit, to get control of one-fifth of Kimberley Central Mine for himself. Share prices … De Beers Consolidated Mines Ltd. by…

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1969-2019

Philemon Masinga

… international games scoring 18 goals. In 2003 he was named one of the South Africa Bid 2010 ambassadors and was present … he has a considerable following,…

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1924-1972

Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson

… requirements. From December 1956 until late 1958 he was one of the accused in the Treason Trial. Following his … person under South Africa law he was not…

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1939

Manfred Zylla

… in "Interaction" 1982 Source: starship-magazine.org One of his most controversial displays was "Inter-Action". … and social imbalances. Zylla has exhibited…

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1931

Raymond Ackerman

… stores that sold much of their merchandise for "one and eleven" - so many yards of calico, so many pairs of … This man had a huge influence on me. In those…

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Dawid Kruiper

… used by the San people as an appetite suppressant as part of their indigenous knowledge about survival in the …

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1927-2011

Elsie Nair

… Nair then got a job at a clothing factory, and worked part-time as a dressmaker to supplement her income. She …

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1955

Jabulani Sam Nhlengethwa

… After graduating from Rorke’s Drift, Nhlengethwa taught part-time at the Johannesburg -based Federative Union of …

B-0008790

1950-2008

John Alfons Pandeni

… Namibian John Pandeni was one of hundreds of People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) …

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2012

Anele Mdizeni

… He never liked violence. He always wanted to be successful one day and wanted a better life for his children.” …

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1911-1991

Taubie Kushlick

… Rarely in realms beyond the scope of politics does one encounter personalities of the stature of Taubie … the contraction of a longer name. It was her given…

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1871-1936

Eugene Marais

… Marais was one of the most innovative Afrikaans writers and a pioneer of …

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1918

Mangisi Pheneas Nene

… in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg in the 1950s and one of the accused in the  Treason Trial . He was born in … in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg in the…

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1916

Philemon Mathole

… the national executive committee in the mid-1950s and was one of the accused in the Treason Trial, from 1956 to 1961. …

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1931-2021

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu

… Arts degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA).  One of the people that helped him with his University studies … On 2 July 1955, Tutu married…

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1949-2004

Matome Maponya

… existence on their small rural homestead. At school, where one of his classmates was the future Gauteng premier Dr … He rose from an extremely poor…

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