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Mme Makwena Matlala

… Affairs Department (NAD) report for 1949-50 noted that ‘in the Matlala Location [Matlala's Location, Pietersburg … initiatives did not endear her to…

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1853-1917

Dr. Leander Starr Jameson

… parents moved to London, he went to school at Goldolphin in Hammersmith. Jameson went for a medical profession at the University College Hospital, London in…

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1939-2001

Laurent Kabila

… Kabila was born on 27 November 1939 into the Luba tribe in the Katanga Province in the Belgian Congo. In 1960 Kabila became a leader of a youth wing of an…

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1857-1941

Baden Powell

… Charterhouse School during which time he took part in a number of activities including acting, singing and cadet corps and art. In the woods near the school…

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1897-1976

Helen Elizabeth Martins

… Helen Elizabeth Martins was born on 23 December 1897 in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern Cape. She was the youngest of six children and…

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1885-1961

Anna Victoria Mangena

… (Mangena apparently used her father's name for a surname. In all her correspondence she is referred to as 'Victoria … did train Africans as nurses Victoria…

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1923-1986

William “Bloke” Modisane

… 'Bloke' Modisane was born on 28 August 1923. He grew up in Sophiatown, a multiracial suburb in Johannesburg. His father was murdered and sister died from … a…

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1848-1916

James Mata Dwane

… Dwane was born in the Eastern Cape in 1848 and was raised as a Wesleyan. Ordained as a minister in 1881, he proved to be a man of great ability and strong …

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1947-1976

Mapetla Frank Mohapi

… Mapetla Frank Mohapi was born in the rural village of Jozanashoek, Sterkspruit in the former Transkei (now Eastern Province) on 2 September … of the North …

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1937-2019

Zubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet

… Zubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet was born December 27,in 1937 in Fietas, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ). Mayet began writing in the mid-1950s…

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1930-1985

Molly Blackburn

… Molly Blackburn was born in 1930.  She was the daughter of Elgar Bellhouse who was at one time the chairperson of the Progressive Party (PP) in Port…

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1965

Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko

… Moroka. Mazibuko then attended Marianhill High School, in Pinetown, KwaZulu-Natal , and completed her high school … at the University of South Africa (UNISA)…

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1911-1963

Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka

… Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka was born in Johannesburg and received his early primary education … secondary education was at Headltown near Fort Beaufort in the…

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1947-2010

Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo

… was born on 28 October 1947 at Inanda, near Durban in KwaZulu-Natal. She began her singing career in choirs and concert groups while still at school. Mhlongo…

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1930-1978

Sewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum

… “Papwa” Sewsunker Sewgolum was born in 1930, into a family of poor sugarcane labourers in Natal. He started working at an early age, and as a young … and…

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1908-1984

Frederick Hutchinson Page

… among painters’. Page always used a limited colour range in his work, mostly employing either tempera or acrylic. The … passed from relative to relative,…

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1966

Jodi Bieber

… Jodi Bieber has lived in Johannesburg for the past 35 years. She studied … founded by David Goldblatt. Her photographic career began in September 1993 as a…

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1945

Achmad Cassiem

… Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He became politicised in the 1960s when the Pan Africanist…

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1941-2010

Hotep Idris Galeta

… ‘Cecil Galeta’ was born on 7 June 1941 and grew up in Cape Town, South Africa.  However, he was more commonly … used the name Cecil Barnard until he left…

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1928-1986

Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo

… was an infant when his father passed away, which resulted in his brother Jongintaba Dalindyebo acting as King. … at the ‘Great Place’ Mqhekezweni when his…

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1951-1985

Sparrow Mkonto

… Sparrow Mkonto was born on 24 December 1951 in Cradock. He left school after Standard 8 (Grade 10) and … union. Mkonto married his wife Sindiswa also from…

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1897-1962

Richard Granville Baloyi

… Richard Granville Baloyi was born on 1897 and lived in Alexandra north of Johannesburg in 1922. His first job was that of a taxi driver but in 1925 he became…

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1947-1974

Abram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro

… Abram Onkgopotse Ramothibi Tiro was born on 9 November 1947 in Dinokana, a small village near Zeerust North West … one sister. His mother was a domestic…

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1934-2015

Bob Hepple

… Professor Sir Bob Hepple was born on 11 August 1934 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Alex … Aid Fund The young Hepple attended Jeppe…

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1852-1927

Elizabeth Maria Molteno

… siblings, she accompanied her father on diplomatic trips in Europe and Africa, and developed an avid interest in current affairs. Her parents also greatly…

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1927-2011

Elsie Nair

… Elsie Nair (nee Goldstone) was born in Newcastle, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ) in 1927. After completing her primary school education, she joined her mother…

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1954

Marlene van Niekerk

… Marlene van Niekerk was born in 1954, on a farm in Tygerhoek near Caledon. An outstanding intellectual, … of Stellenbosch, where she completed a Masters’…

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2006

Daniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi

… Dan Mohapi grew up in Soweto.  He was first involved in the political struggle in the 1970s as a high school student. He completed his high … 2011|Mail and…

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1974

Wim Botha

… Wim Botha is a contemporary artist working mainly in the mediums of sculpture and installation. He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban…

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