SAHO global search

1957-2006

Monty Johannes Motloung

… his primary schooling at Mmuso Lower Primary School in 1965. Ten years later, in 1975, Motloung went to pursue his secondary education at … his matric as he…

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1931-1972

Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane

… Joseph Lekganyane was born in 21 January 1931 in Moria. His father is the founder of the  Zion Christian Church (ZCC)  in 1910. He attended school up to…

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1893-1947

Sir Shafa’at Ahmad Khan

… Born in Moradabad, Khan was, like Raza Ali, an unofficial Muslim … from U.P. After attending the Government High School in Moradabad, he studied at Trinity…

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1948-2007

Bill Flynn

… Bill Flynn was born on 13 December 1948 in Cape Town.  He was a stage and screen actor, known for his roles in films like  Heel Against the Head  and …

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1920-1969

Eduardo Mondlane

… Born in Manjacaze, Mozambique, the son of a tribal chief, Eduardo … different independence movements on the 25th of July 1962 in Tanzania.  He attended…

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1935-2015

André Philippus Brink

… Cape Town.  André Philippus Brink was born on 29 May 1935, in Vrede one of the small towns in Orange Free State. His writing began at the age of nine with a…

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1908-1996

Jean Sinclair

… Jean Sinclair was born in 1908 and became involved in politics after the Springbok Legion protested against the  … the apartheid government to enforce racial…

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1915-1974

Michael Alan Harmel

… Michael Alan Harmel was born on 7th of February in 1915 in Johannesburg ,to Irish immigrant parents, became a radical … opposed to racism while studying at…

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1927

Joseph Morolong

… Born in 1927 in the Northern Cape, Morolong participated in ANC campaigns in the Cape Town area and was a member of the South African … African Congress of…

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1956-2003

Muziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba

… Trevor Makhoba was born in Umkhumbane, Durban in 1956. His art is uniquely grounded in his experience of life and contemporary events in …

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1932-2009

Aidan Walsh

… Aiden Walsh was born in Durban in 1932. He studied at the Natal Technical College from 1948 … to 1957. Between 1959 and 1966 he taught art at schools in…

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1931

Abednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo

… Born in Natal in 1931, he studied at Adams College and Ohlange Institute, where he matriculated in 1950. After working some time in a Durban textile plant,…

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1939

Manfred Zylla

… reality. I use art as a tool to get to know the world in which I live. And I use art as a tool to experience my own reality within the world in which I live…

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1966

Bellington Mampe

… Bellington Mampe was a Poqo activist, He died in hospital while in custody.Mr Bellington Mampe died in September 1963 after being detained for 140 days at…

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Wycliffe MIungisi Tsotsi

… the  All African Convention  (AAC) from 1948 to 1959. Born in the Transkei, he graduated from Port Hare in 1935 and first taught school, then later practised…

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1981

Isaac Mofokeng

… Isaac Mofokeng was born in Rustenburg in 1981. He attended the Mokutuli and Seipone primary schools in Sebokeng and Orange Farm respectively. Later he…

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1928-2013

Judge Jan Hendrik Steyn

… Jan Hendrik Steyn was born in Cape Town, Western Cape on 4 March 1928. His mother, Zerilda Steyn, was a pioneer of social welfare in South Africa, founding…

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1923-2016

Daniel Kunene

… by his beloved family, Kunene died peacefully at his home in Madison, America.  He was 93 years old. [i] Daniel Kunene was born in Edenvale, South Africa on…

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1915-2003

Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima

… a chief of the Thembus. Matanzima was born June 15,1915 in Qamata in Eastern Cape. When the South African government introduced the Bantu Authorities Act in…

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1915-1984

Thelma Gutsche

… Thelma Gutsche was born in 1915 in Somerset West , Cape Province to Dr. And Mrs. J Gutsche. … tutoring at home. She matriculated at the age of 14 in 1929…

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1943

Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi

… Mmapula Mmakgoba Helen Sebidi was born in Marapyane, near Hammanskraal,on 5th March in 1943. She developed a life-long love for the designs of … forced…

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1950-2014

Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba

… Deborah Nikiwe Matshoba was born in Munsieville, Krugersdorp , western Gauteng , in December 1950. She was the second eldest of four daughters … Sect that…

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1915-2003

Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat

… Docrat was born in the village of Kathor, India on 15 September 1915. His grandfather was a pioneering businessman who traded in Burma and South Africa. Upon…

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1950-2015

Virginia Engel

… Virginia Engel was born on 27 April 1950 in Cape Town . She married Desmond Engel and they have three … exploitation as a child influenced her to take part…

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1943

Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin

… was born at the Bridgeman Memorial Maternity Hospital in Johannesburg . Her parents lived in Orlando West, Soweto where she grew up as a child. Her father…

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1814-1882

King Sekhukhune

… men under the authority of 'appointed' headmen to work in white farms and diamonds mines. The money they earned in these employments was taxed and used to…

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1947

Phillmon Velangetshe Sangweni

… Sangweni was born in Vryheid, Natal in 1947. He worked for many years for a carpet company in Durban, but left during the workers’ strikes of 1976. …

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1928-2009

Suliman Moosa Esakjee

… Suliman Moosa Esakjee was born in 1928. He worked as a clerk, and was an active member of … Transvaal Indian Congress.  Esakjee played a major role in the…

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Kgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa

… Kgosi [Chief] Abram Ramotshere Pogiso Moiloa, a key figure in the Bahurutshe resistance of the 1950s, took office in 1932 at the age of 22. He went up ‘to…

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Jafta Kgalabi Masemola

… The family moved to Marabastad and then to Atteridgeville in 1942 where he enrolled at De Jong Primary School and completed standard six in 1947. He…

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