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1959

Thandi Modise

… the youngest of six children, was born on 25 December 1959 in Huhudi township near Vryburg in the North West . Her father, Frans Modise, a railworker, ……

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1911-1980

Lillian Masediba Ngoyi

… Lillian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria in 1911 to a family of six children, and obtained her primary schooling in Kilnerton. She later enrolled for a…

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1861-1951

Sefako Mapogo Makgatho

… Sefako Mapogo Makgatho was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of Chief Kgorutlhe…

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1920-2010

Robert Hodgins

… my aspirations." Robert Hodgins was born on 27 June 1920 in Dulwich, London. In 1938, he immigrated to South Africa, and joined the Union Defense Force in…

B-0008165

1940-2012

Matlakana Philemon Tefu

… Philemon Matlakana Tefu was born in 1940 and grew up in the township of Riversdale in Pretoria. In 1954 his family was forcibly removed from the …

B-0085151

1957

Saleem Badat

… Dr Saleem Badat holds Bachelors and Honours degrees in the Social Sciences from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Certificate in Higher Education and…

B-0099279

1897-1961

Elias Phakane Moretsele

… Native National Congress (SANNC, since 1923 the ANC) in 1917. He was the owner of an eating-house in the city, which in due course became a popular…

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1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… Joe Nzingo Gqabi was born in 1929 in Aliwal North, Cape Province. He completed the tenth grade … as a construction labourer after coming to Johannesburg in…

B-0008120

1979

Alexander Leor Fattal

… Alex Fattal was born in Austin, Texas. He is the first of two children of Laura … where his younger brother Josh was born. He grew up in Elkins Park,…

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1929-2026

Leon Levy

… Leon Levy was born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province), South … the Wall Street Crash of October 1929, he was educated in…

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1879-1958

Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha

… was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission Station in the County of Victoria, Colony of Natal (now … his primary education at the Sidumbini Mission…

B-0068221

1895-1983

Rev. James Arthur Calata

… trained as a teacher at St.Mathews College and as a priest in the Anglican Church.Calata served as a minister at St. … at Cradock. During that time he took…

B-0007914

1903-1938

Wolf Kibel

… Wolf Kibel was born in Grodzisk, near Warsaw, Poland on 16 December 1903. As a … boy Kibel was preoccupied with carving. His father’s death in 1911 brought…

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1942-2002

Alfred Temba Qabula

… Alfred Temba Qabula was born on 12 December 1942 in Flagstaff, Bhalasi in Pondoland to Solomon and Nonkhululeko Qabula. Qabula’s father worked as a machine…

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1920-2005

Isaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch

… Isaac 'Ike' Osler Horvitch was born on 9 October 1920, in Cape Town, South Africa. Ike Horvitch's politics were … His grandfather, a Talmudic scholar, had…

B-0087605

1893-1962

Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma

… Alfred Bitini Xuma was born on 8 March 1893, in Manzana, Ngcobo District, in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the … plough. Horses were an…

B-0009245

1879-1931

Stephen William Black

… Black was the son of Henry and Sarah Black. He was born in September 1879 in Claremont, Cape Town and was brought up and educated under extremely poor…

B-0007859

1944

Mongane Wally Serote

… Mongane Wally Serote was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg on 8 May 1944, just four years before the National Party (NP) came to power in South Africa. His…

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1928-1980

Kate Dinkwetsi Molale

… Kate Dinkwetsi Molale was born in 1928 and died in 1980 after a car accident. In 1954 she was elected as Secretary General of the …

B-0067991

Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg

… Professor Sir Raymond (Bill) Hoffenberg was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 16 March 1923. He went to school in Port Elizabeth…

B-0095464

1929

Peter Hlaole Molotsi

… Peter Hlaole Molotsi was born in Steinsrust, a municipal location, in the district of Kroonstad, (then Orange Free State) on … and his mother a housewife…

B-0068076

1871-1946

John Langalibalele Dube

… Inanda Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal on 22 February 1871 to James and Elizabeth Dube. … became the first convert of the Lindley…

B-0070060

1927-2005

Rev. Helenard Joe (Allan) Hendrickse

… (better known as Allan) was born on 22 October 1927 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the fifth of the seven … Hendrickse, both school teachers. Hendrickse was…

B-0008153

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…

B-0068443

1940-2023

Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia

… Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia was born in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN) on 2 August 1940. … India to South Africa. His grandfather had…

B-0007958

1917

Peter Nkutsoeu Raboroko

… Peter Nkutsoeu Raboroko was born in 1917 in the Orange Free State where his father was employed as a farm laborer.  He grew up in the slums of Sophiatown in …

B-0068365

1893-1975

Max Yergan

… Max Yergan was born about 1893 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the grandson of a slave, he … and Springfield College. From about 1920 to 1936 he lived in South…

B-0009252

1900-1963

Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe

… Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe was born in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father, John Knox Bokwe , in…

B-0007865

J. Congress M. Mbata

… J. Congress M. Mbata was born in Johannesburg in 1919 and studied at St. Peter's Secondary School, at Fort Hare, and at the University of the Witwatersrand…

B-0008509

1804-1856

Chief Sekonyela

… Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the …

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