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1885-1970

Kerr Alexander

… his father represented a Glasgow-based family engaged in tea blending. Kerr attended the Mearns Street Primary School in Greenock and then, in pursuance of a…

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1910-1978

Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker

… his wife Dhanalutchmee Pillay. The Naiker family arrived in South Africa when Monty's grandfather came from India to … labourer. Monty matriculated at the…

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1945-2025

David Hemson

… David Hemson was born on 18 July 1945 in Durban, Natal. His father was a serviceman and by default … Hemson was granted British citizenship. Hemson grew up…

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1922-2001

Sonia Beryl Bunting

… Born Sonia Isaacman in 1922, she joined the Communist Party in 1942 and gave up her university studies to do full-time … the banning of the Communist Party…

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1922-1985

John Nyathi Pokela

… Pokela was one of the Africanist in the African National Congress Youth League who broke off to found Pan Africanist Congress in 1959. In 1966 he was…

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1949

Michael Nkolo Maapola

… Michael Nkolo Maapola was born in 1949 in Hammanskraal , a township north of Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). He showed an interest in art as a…

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1924

Ben Baartman

… The son of a farm worker, Kopi Ben Baartman was born in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) town of Molteno on … the African Mineworkers Union (AMU) and…

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1874-1965

Richard Feetham

… Archdeacon William Crawley. After spending his early years in an English country parsonage, Feetham was educated at … and New College, Oxford, England where…

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1944-1998

Basil Coetzee

… B’ or 'Manenberg' as he was affectionately known) was born in District Six, Cape Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up in the area, and as a teenager showed…

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1950-2008

Yunus Ismail Mahomed

… Yunus Ismail Mahomed was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 30 December in 1950 to Amina and Ismail Mahomed.Mahomed grew up in Jeppe, attending…

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1917-1978

Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh

… Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh was born in Durban , Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 12 June 1917. She … of their daughters to the Durban Indian Girls’ School in…

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1886-1963

Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn

… Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn was born in Utrecht, Natal, 9 September, 1886. He was a Minister of … Jan Daniel and Louisa Steyn. Steyn spent his early youth…

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1943

Bonisile John Kani

… Bonisile John Kani was born on 30 August 1943 in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth. He matriculated from Newell High School where he performed in numerous school…

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1884-1953

John David Rheinallt Jones

… John David Rheinallt Jones was born in 1884 in Carnarvonshire, Wales, the son of a minister, and immigrated to South Africa in 1905, imbued with his family's…

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1964

Pitso John Mosimane

… Pitso John Mosimane was born on 26 July 1964 in Kagiso Township in the Krugersdorp area, west of Johannesburg . He is a … player and currently the coach of…

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1955

Jimi Matthews

… Jimi Matthews was born in 1955 in Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape) and raised … between several jobs including working as a dockworker and in…

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1949

Lefifi Tladi

… The thinker, poet, and painter, Lefifi Tladi, was born in 1949 in the culturally vibrant township of Lady Selborne in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now…

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1967-1991

Vuyani Mabaxa

… Vuyani Mabaxa grew up in Diepkloof, Johannesburg. His parents were members of the … Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu). In the 1980s, he was…

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1908-1981

Eli Weinberg

… Eli Weinberg was born in 1908 in the port of Libau, in Latvia on the Baltic Sea. He experienced the First World … of the South African Trades and Labour…

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1916-1965

Dr Arthur Elias Letele

… Arthur Elias Letele was born on 2nd October 1915 in Maseru, Lesotho. His father, Elias Letele, was a school … South Africa shortly after Arthur's birth and…

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1938-1979

David Sibeko

… David Maphgumzana Sibeko was born on 26 August 1938 in Sophiatown,  Johannesburg . He received his schooling at the St Cyprian's Anglican School in…

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1921-1985

Florence Mophosho

… Florence Mophosho was born in 1921 Alexander Township , Johannesburg . She was the first … siblings. She first worked as a domestic worker and later in a…

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Myron Peter

… Myron Peter was born in 1954 in  Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He studied at … of KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN]. Following the student boycotts in the…

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1941

Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela

… Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela was born on 18 July 1941 in Johannesburg . She was the second of four children born to … and Thomas Selema Masekela. Her mother…

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1927-1978

Philemon Pearce Nokwe

… As a child he grew up in a working-class environment - his father was a shoemaker - and attended primary schools in Evaton. He matriculated at St Peter's…

B-0068272

1952

Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul

… Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul was born in November 1952, in Dundee, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He grew up in Clairwood, Durb   an. In 1961 his family was…

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1903-1979

Josie Palmer

… Josephine ‘Josie’ Palmer (Mpama) was born in 1903 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province ), to … for the Potchefstroom resident magistrate. She…

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1926-1977

Viola Hashe

… Viola Hashe was born in 1926, in Gabashane in the Orange Free State (now Free State Province ). Hashe … Labour Pains: Women’s leadership and gender…

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1939

Jonty Driver

… Jonty (C.J) Driver was born in Cape Townin 1939 and grew up with his mother and younger brother in Kroonstad.  His father spent time fighting in North Africa…

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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 … her other…

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