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1926-2004

Anthony Sampson

… was educated at Westminster School and Christ Church in Oxford, and served on the Royal Navy from 1944-7. In 1951, due in part to his connection with then…

B-0008981

1938

Ngoako David Thebehali

… David Thebehali was born on 3 June 1938 in Orlando East,  Soweto . His parents were among the … From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at St. Mary’s school in…

B-0009134

1907-1995

Professor Harold Jack Simons

… Harold Jack Simons was born on 1 February 1907 in Riversdale in the Cape. He was educated in South Africa and for a few years was attached to a law … at the…

B-0009059

1879-1935

Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos

… Tielman Roos was born in Cape Town on 8 May 1879. He was educated at the South … when he was only 23 years old. He opened a law practice in Cape Town, but…

B-0067328

1915-1976

Johanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers

… Johanna Hendrina Strydom.  Johanna Scheepers was born in 1915. During the depression of the 1930s Scheepers and her … the case with many Afrikaans women, she…

B-0008992

1930

Matthew Nkoana

… Matthew Nkoana was born about 1930 in the rural northern Transvaal near Pietersburg. After … elementary school he took a job selling newspapers. In 1952 he…

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1906-1947

Molly Wolton

… Born Molly Selikowitz in Lithuania in 1906, she came to South Africa as an immigrant in 1919. Petite, excitable, forceful, and a brilliant public …

B-0008629

Pauline Podbrey

… Pauline Podbrey was born as Pauline Podbrez in Lithuania. She arrived with her family in  Durban  in 1933 at the age of eleven, although her father had come…

B-0068314

1950

Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli

… Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli was born on 3 January 1950 in the town of Acornhoek, Eastern Transvaal, now known as … his father was headmaster. When his…

B-0008985

1917-1985

Jordan Kush Ngubane

… Kush Ngubane was born 15 November 1917 near Ladysmith in Natal, the son of a policeman. After receiving his early education in Ladysmith, he entered Adams…

B-0068246

1922-1998

Robert Elias Mokxotho Matji

… Robert Elias Mokxotho Matji was born on 22 August 1922 in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He later moved to the Eastern Cape, settling in Port Elizabeth,…

B-0008487

1891-1955

Dora Nginza

… children. She laid the foundation of health services in New Brighton location, Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Sister Nginza was born Dora Jacobs in Cradock,…

B-0124047

1852-1918

Schalk Burger

… 1852. At the age of 21 he worked as a clerk at Lydenburg in the office of the field coronet. During this period he … Claudina de Villiers. Burger was elected…

B-0096010

1919-1999

Phyllis Altman

… at the University of the Witwatersrand she took part in student demonstrations against the Greyshirts and the … her undergraduate degree she completed an…

B-0007788

1922-2005

John O’ Malley

… John O'Malley was born on 6 October 1922 in what was then called Robert Heights, later Voortrekkerhoogte, in Pretoria. His father was a colonel in the army…

B-0008853

Nicholaas Frederic de Waal

… Born in Rotterdam in 1853, De Waal was the son of a banker who received a commercial education in Brussels and studied law. He travelled to Europe and…

B-0123406

Ambrose Makiwane

… Ambrose Makiwane was born in Soweto. He attended Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student strike. This, coupled with that his…

B-0069129

1928

Michael Kitso Dingake

… Michael Kitso Dingake was born on 11 February 1928 in Bobonong Village, Bechuanaland Protectorate (now … secondary schooling at St Ansgars Institution,…

B-0064882

1945-2008

Phumzile John Gomomo

… Phumzile John Gomomo was born on a farm in Adelaide on 25 October in 1945. He was one of seven children born to the late … Primary School and Marry Mount…

B-0008111

1941-1997

Welcome Mandla Koboka

… Welcome Mandla Koboka was born in Johannesburg in 1941. At age twenty he studied art under Cecil Skotnes and … Ephraim Ngatane at the Polly Street Art Centre…

B-0098965

1911-1991

Taubie Kushlick

… Rarely in realms beyond the scope of politics does one encounter personalities of the stature of Taubie Kushlick. In South Africa they are most likely to…

B-0008289

1925-1982

Ruth First

… Levetan) First. Julius, a furniture manufacturer, was born in Latvia and came to South Africa in 1906 at the age of 10. Matilda came to South Africa from ……

B-0008068

Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

… Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather (PR) was born in Mauritius in 1895.  His grandfather settled in that country after emigrating from Tanjore in India in the …

B-0068301

1863-1928

Henry Reed Ngcayiya

… a Methodist boarding school near Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape. Ngcayiya left the teaching profession after a few years, and became an interpreter in the…

B-0008768

1888-1948

James M. Thaele

… James M. Thaele was born in Basutoland in 1888 and was reputed to be the son of a Basuto chief and a … and affected manners of dress marked him out as a…

B-0068553

1959-2011

Zimasile Ngqawana

… Zimasile Ngqawana affectionately known as ‘Zim’was born in New Brighton a township in Port-Elizabeth on 25 December 1959. He was the youngest of … education…

B-0095544

1929-2005

Isaac Bokala

… Isaac Bokala was born in 1929 in Newclare, Johannesburg. Bokala qualified as a teacher at the Wilberforce Institute, and in 1950 he began working at Total,…

B-0007863

1908-1975

Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer

… Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer was born on 23 April 1908 in the Orange Free State. He was born into a prominent … was entirely English speaking. Bram, who was…

B-0008069

1952

Willis Nxumalo

…   Nxumalo was born in Magud, Natal in 1952. He is a self-taught sculptor who has participated in numerous group exhibitions.  He won an award in 1972 at …

B-0008838

1966-1987

Ashley James Kriel

… two sisters, Michel Assure and Melaney Adams. He grew up in Bonteheuwel, Cape Town. Bonteheuwel is a township on the Cape Flats and was predominantly working…

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