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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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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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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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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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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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1958

Rooha Variava

… Rooha Variava was born in Pietersburg, South Africa on the 16 December 1958. She completed a BA degree in Philosophy and Arabic at the University of South…

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1911-2002

Dr. Percy Yutar

… Dr. Percy Yutar was born on 29 July 1911 in Cape Town. He was one of eight children in a family of Lithuanian immigrants. His father originally spelled his…

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1966-1986

Andrew Sibusiso Zondo

… Andrew Sibusiso Zondo grew up in KwaMashu , Durban , Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). He attended … School and went on to Phakama Higher Primary School in KwaMashu…

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1906-1979

Cecil Williams

… Cecil Williams was born in Cornwall, England in 1906. Williams whose father was a blacksmith left Cornwall for Johannesburg in 1928. After his arrival, he…

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1940

Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali

… Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali was born on 17 January 1940 in Vryheid, Natal, where he attended Inkmana High School. His … and Authorship. At the same time, he…

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1938

Aubrey Levin

… Aubrey Levin was born in Johannesburg on 18 December 1938 to Jewish parents. … While Levin only formally became a qualified psychiatrist in 1969, he entered…

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1875-1927

James E. Kwegyir Aggrey

… James E. Kwegyir Aggrey was born in 1875 into a family of chiefs. A Ghanaian-born educator and … the most eminent Africans of his day, he was a prime mover…

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Rosalie van der Gucht

… Van der Gucht moved to South Africa in 1939 and took up a position at the Grahamstown Training College where she started a career in speech and drama…

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1935-2007

Gaus Shikomba

… Born on January 27 1935, at Onashiku shaLaban near Oshakati in Oshana Region, Shikomba joined OPO in 1959 and subsequently Swapo in 1960. He joined the South…

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1958-1985

Vernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng

… Vernom Nkadimeng was born in 1958 to the  African National Congress (ANC) activist and … after the  1976 Student Uprisings  to join the ANC in exile. He went…

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1897-1974

Victor Poto

… Victor Poto was born in 1897 at Libode in western Pondoland, attended Healdtown and the' South … and was installed as paramount chief of western Pondoland in…

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Alex Moumbaris

… Alex Moumbaris was born in Egypt to French parents and later became a naturalised … He worked as a trade unionist and came to South Africa in 1973. His wife…

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1922-2003

Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker

… Born 4 April 1922 in Pinetown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Attorney prominent in the South African Indian Congress . He was active in Natal politics as a…

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1899-1996

Mary Agnes Stainbank

… Mary Agnes Stainbank was born in 1899 on the farm Coedmore in Bellair, Durban. She was educated at St. Anne's DSG at … woman artist, she experienced the…

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1932

David Phaswane Mogano

… David Phaswane Mogano was born on 2 September 1932 in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal, Mogano was educated at Mogano Higher Primary School in Pietersburg. He…

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1922-2004

Evelyn Ntoko Mase

… Little is available in the public to construct a thorough biography of Evelyn … with Nelson Mandela. She may have been averse to being in the public eye,…

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1910-1987

Mattheus Uys Krige

… Die Burger. Besides his native Afrikaans, he communicated in perfect English and had command of Dutch, Spanish, Italian, German, French and Portuguese. [i]…

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1957

Anna Zieminski

… Anna Zieminski was born in Cape Town , South Africa in February 1957. She schooled at St Mary's Dominican Convent and the University of Cape Town. In 1983…

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1902-1978

Jan Bouws

… musician, composer, lecturer and author, was born in the Netherlands in Purmerend on 28 July 1902. He trained in Musicology at the University of Amsterdam…

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