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1948-1996

Vuminkosi Zulu

… colleagues his work was shown at the Brooklyn Museum's 'Black South Africa: Contemporary Graphics' exhibition in 1976 … DAM (Art SA Today). 1974: Diakonia…

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1948-2020

Ntongela Masilela

… articles and newspaper clippings highlighting the works of Black South African scholars and writers. This is reflected … articles he authored throughout his…

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1905

Ray Harmel (nee Adler)

… - separate lifts, separate washrooms, and so forth, for black and white garment workers.  Sachs believed it was the … In the early 1960s, hers was the first…

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1918-2002

Wolfie Kodesh

… conditions for soldiers deteriorated particularly for black soldiers and Kodesh took up their cause and demanded … with Ruth First to expose the appalling…

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1912-2002

John Jack Curtis

… in a rural and mining constituency that was opposed to black people having the vote. He lost his deposit. Curtis was … which he often said unnecessarily…

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1974

Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo

… Basetsana Makgalemele, former Miss Soweto and Miss Black South Africa, was crowned Miss SA in 1994. The event is … with the first democratic elections…

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1931-2000

Ismail Mahomed

… [iii] Mahomed forged ahead to become South Africa’s first black Senior Counsel, using his intellect and education to … was an outcome of his experience in…

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1931-2017

Thandi Klaasen

… domestic worker, she grew up in Sophiatown at the heart of black urban culture and resistance politics, discovering her … you're dirty… you must be strong."…

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Mary Malete

… Malete took over the presidency portfolio of the Black HOSPERSA Congress, which later merged with their white …

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1913

Manasseh Tebatso Moerane

… (ASSECA), and in the early 1970s he helped to found the black People's Convention. …

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1929-1967

Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi

… at Fort Hare, which was the only university opened to Black, Indian and Coloured South Africans as well as students … was the only teacher training art…

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1953

Diana Ferrus

… 1999. She then pursued her Masters; her thesis topic was Black Afrikaans women writers: the joy and frustration of the … stories on fathers and daughters – a…

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1851-1930

William Henry Beaumont

… defining boundaries for territorial segregation between black and white people. In March 1916 the Commission … to white people and which ones were to be…

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1940

John Maxwell Coetzee

… story which, through the experience of a mentally disabled black man, traces the tensions of a ravaged country, and … of times past to explore the perpetual…

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1944

Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)

… growing up, she had had very little to no interaction with Black people, therefore, her opinions on Black people were largely based on what she had been…

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1941-1997

Welcome Mandla Koboka

… several group exhibitions as well as solo shows. The 1981 ‘Black Art Today Exhibition’, held in Soweto, included his … In the 1990s Koboka taught art at the…

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Ben Khoapa

… became involved with Steve Biko and other youth in the Black Consciousness Movement. He then became director of … years. He returned to South Africa and…

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1932-2002

Soromini Kallichurum

… same university for her research into lung diseases in the Black population, and went on to pursue a career in … by academic medicine and a salary…

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1948

George Msimang

… (solo). NSA, Durban (solo). 1971: Washington, DC, USA (Black Artists from Africa). 1973: DAM (Art SA Today). 1975: … Awards: 1970: UCLA African Art Magazine…

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Dr Aubrey Maitshwe Mokoape

… and returned to South Africa.  A founder member of the Black Peoples Convention (BPC), Dr Mokoape was detained in … On 13 September 2008, he was elected…

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Paul Ramadiba Mokgathle

… characterised, ”even in poor clothes” by the “dignity of a Black nobleman,” he says “he resisted what he believed to be …

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1963-2023

Tiego Moseneke

… was the President of the University of the Witwatersrand’s Black Students Society (BSS). The ANC says it will remember …

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1990

Nancy Graham Dick

… of Women (NCW)’s African Affairs committee and the  Black Sash.  As a result of her activism, the security police … Member of the Textile Workers Union,…

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1919-2000

Jim Bailey

… brief was to focus on non-political issues reflecting black urban life. Drum covered sport, crime, sex and the … challenging the apartheid system, the…

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1936-1988

Morgan Gonaseelan Naidoo

… support his mother and two sisters. Naidoo was the first Black person to present a radio broadcast on the then SABC’s … his efforts, swimming was soon being…

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1871-1946

John Langalibalele Dube

… kind of initiative aimed at advancing the rights of Black people when he returned to South Africa. In August 1900 … action. The aim of the NNC was to find a…

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1956-2003

Muziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba

… on his work locates it within the traditions of black art in KwaZulu-Natal, as an extension of the work of … lucid”. At the same time his work is a good…

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1943-1989

Dr. Abu Baker Asvat

… attempt to integrate the sport in South Africa, allowing Black teams to play White teams on White playing grounds. … Transvaal Indian Congress, while Asvat…

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1919-2017

Peter Henry Abrahams

… that was a byproduct of the early contact between black and white.” His father, James Henry Abrahams Deras was … paper intrigued him, as he had never seen a…

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