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Ronald (Ronnie) Britten

… with a teaching diploma, Britten could only obtain a post in the Karoo town of Middelburg. Undeterred he organised for the Teachers League of South Africa …

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1909-1985

Moses Josiah Madiba

… Moses Josiah Madiba was born 22 November 1909 in Seshego, Pietersburg District. He was one of the seven … a communication medium. He received his primary…

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1932-2008

Miriam Makeba

… Miriam Makeba was born in March 4th, in 1932 Johannesburg , during a time of economic depression. … prison with her as she was just 18 days old. She grew up…

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1894-1966

Irma Stern

… Irma Stern was born in 1894 in Schweizer-Reneke , Transvaal. She studied in Weimar and Berlin and had her inaugural exhibition in …

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1963

Roger Meintjes

… Roger Meintjes was born in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) in 1963. Meintjes was very interested in photography and bought a second-hand…

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1952

Barbara Anne Hogan

… Barbara Hogan was born on 28 February 1952 and grew up in Benoni. After completing her primary school education, … University of Witwatersrand where she…

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1893-1975

Allison Wessels George Champion

… at Sans Souci School near the mouth of the Tugela River in Natal. His father had been adopted by American Body … became Adams College, but was suspended for…

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1953-2008

Ivan Toms

… Ivan Toms was born in Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape ) on 11 … his medical degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1976. This was…

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1957

Michael Madimetja Teffo

… Michael Madimetja Teffo was born in 1957 in the Pretoria township of Lady Selborne . The Township of … destroyed shortly after his birth. Teffo went to…

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1919-1976

Dr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe

… National Congress (ANC) after its turn to mass action in the 1950s, Njongwe was president of the Cape ANC and chief organiser of the Defiance Campaign in the…

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1947-2007

Neville Wilson Curtis

… miner.His father, John (Jack) Curtis left Australia in 1930, at the height of the depression when he could not find employment. He lived in South Africa for…

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1851-1932

Joseph Booth

… Joseph Booth was born in 1851 in Derby, England. A unique figure in the missionary history of central and southern Africa, …

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1956

Ben Mclennan

… Ben Mclennan was born in 1956 in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Mclennan moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early…

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1943-2008

Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo

… College, (formerly Adams College) where he matriculated in 1962. At Amanzimtoti, he was a prefect and played first team soccer. In 1963 Dhlomo went to the…

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1925-1992

Yvonne Bryceland

… Actress Yvonne Bryceland, née Heilbuth, was born in Cape Town on 18 November 1925. She worked as a newspaper librarian before her theatre debut in Stage Door…

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1894-1974

William George Ballinger

… William George Ballinger was born on 21st of September in 1894 in Britain. In 1928 he was sent to South Africa by the British … the Joint Council movement, a…

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1879-1940

Charles Templeman Loram

… Charles Templeman Loram was born in Pietermaritzburg in May 10 in  1879. He studied at Cambridge,University of Cape Town and … to challenge: A documentary…

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Gaur Radebe

… Gaur Radebe was born in 1908 and completed about seven years of schooling. As an activist in both the Communist Party of South Africa and the  African…

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1954

Michael Barry

… Michael Barry was born in 1954 in Port Elizabeth , Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). After receiving his schooling in Port Elizabeth, Barry worked as a…

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1874-1965

Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood

… Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown . She was one of the six children of the first … After matriculating at the Diocesan…

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1914-2004

Ray Alexander Simons

… Simons née Alexandrowich was born on 12 January 1914 in Latvia. While at school, she displayed little fear in challenging authorities. Her independent…

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1949

Joseph Alfers

… Joseph Alfers was born in 1949 in Umbumbulu, where his father was the Assistant Native Commissioner. He attended school and university in Pietermaritzburg,…

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1916-1987

Margaret Mary Smith

… was born Margaret Mary MacDonald on 26 September 1916 in Indwe, a small village in the former Transkei . [i] Her father, Chisholm MacDonald, who was born in…

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1912-1974

Johanna Catharina Cornelius

… Johanna was born in Licthtenburg on 27 February 1912 to an Afrikaner family … with both their father and grandfather fighting in the Anglo Boer War , their…

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1883-1967

Ethel Ruth Prowse

… Born in Queenstown in 1833, Ruth Prowse is known for her significant … Art. She spent her childhood on the slopes of Devil Peak in Cape Town where she lived…

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1961

Brett Murray

… Brett Murray was born in Pretoria in 1961. From 1985-1989 he studied at the Michaelis School at … Town (UCT) where he obtained a Bachelor and Masters Degree…

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1938

Nana Henrietta Moabi

… Nana Henrietta Moabi (nee Radadi) was born in Lichtenburg, Western Transvaal (now North West Province ) … Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal (now known as…

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1941

Ray Berman

… Born and bred in Johannesburg, Ray Berman left South Africa in 1966 to go into voluntary exile in Swaziland and has since become a national household name ……

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1903-1988

Alan Stewart Paton

… Alan Stewart Paton was born in Pietermaritzburg in KwaZulu Natal on 11 January 1903. His father, James Paton, … Scottish immigrant and civil servant, came to…

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1933

Rita Alice Ndzanga

… 17 October 1933, the third child of Isaac and Alina More in a village called Mogopa near Ventersdorp, western … Transvaal (now North West Province ). Her…

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