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1868-1913

King Dinuzulu

… kaCetshwayo succeeded Cetshwayo as king of the Zulu nation in 1884. At the time, Zululand was experiencing a process of … civil war. Cetshwayo's brothers,…

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1868-1928

Enoch Mgijima

… labour but served only two years. Enoch Mgijima was born in 1868 at Bulhoek, the youngest of nine children – five … studied at Lovedale Institute and…

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1935-1988

Sydney Kumalo

… praise singer, commissioned for the NAPAC Opera House in Durban, KwaZulu-Natal. Installed in 1987, the sculpture is appropriate because it is a modern…

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1795-1840

King Dingane ka Senzangakhona

… Dingane ka Senzangakhona was born in 1795 to father Chief Senzangakhona and mother Mpikase … wife'. [i] Chief Senzangakhona married sixteen women in total…

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1955-2016

Emile Maurice

… Born in 1955 and based most of his life in Cape Town, Emile Maurice was an artist, curator, author … and Nation builder. He received an Advanced Diploma in…

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1943-2001

G. S. (Smart) Gumede

… He was born and died at Ndwedwe, Natal. He attended school in the Ndwedwe district, excelling at craftwork. He went to … Ndaleni Teacher Training College. He…

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1909

Selby Bangani Ngcobo

… Selby Bangani Ngcobo was born in 1909 in Pietermaritzburg, the son of a mine compound foreman who … and Yale University, where he obtained an M.A. degree in…

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1933-1987

Eric Ngcobo

… He was educated to secondary school level at Inkamane. In 1953 he attended Ndaleni Educational Training Centre, … worked as a teacher at Glencoe and Loram…

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1886-1964

Charles Kwelemthini Sakwe

… Charles Kwelemthini Sakwe was born about 1886 in Idutywa in the Transkei and educated at Clarkebury Institution. After … for election to the Transkeian…

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1923-1966

Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal

… Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal was born in 1923 in Piet Retief.  He was accused in the Treason Trial, and the trial that was run parallel to …

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1865-1940

Jan Celliers

… moved to Cape Town where he attended an English school. In 1874 the family moved to Pretoria, where his father had … then Meneer Dely se skool op Kerkplein…

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1921

Richard Ernest van der Ross

… Richard Ernest Van der Ross was born in 1921, he studied at the University of Cape Town where he … principal of a teacher training school. He became inactive…

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1920

Isaac Osier Horvitch

… Born in Cape Town in 1920. In the late 1930s while still at school he became an active … at the University of Cape Town and became an architect. In 1946 he…

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1939

Allina Ndebele

… Allina Ndebele (nee Khumalo) was born on 10 December 1939 in Ekuhlengeni mission, on the Swart Mfolozi near Vryheid, Natal. Ndebele attended school in the…

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1962

Lucky Shabalala

… Lucky Shabalala was born in 1962 in Inanda, Natal. He first developed an interest in art at school. From an early age he started carving …

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1932-2007

Sydney Sipho Sepamla

… Sydney Sipho Sepamla spent most of his life in Soweto, the enormous township southwest of Johannesburg. … work is not entirely focused on political themes…

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1977

Benedict ‘Bennie’ Saul McCarthy

… Benedict 'Bennie' Saul McCarthy was born in Cape Town in November 12, 1977. His soccer career began with the Cape … He made his first national appearance for…

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Chief Maqoma

… "Without question Maqoma was the most renowned Xhosa chief in South Africa's 19th-century frontier wars. Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand Son of Ngqika,…

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1863-1928

Edward Clark Churchill Mace

… Edward Clark Churchill Mace was born in Leicester, England, 1863. He emigrated to Australia when … mining. Rendered insolvent there, he came to Cape Town in…

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1943-2002

Duke Ketye

… Duke Ketye was born was born on 6 June 1943 in Orlando east, Soweto. Ketye attended Ematsheni Primary School in Orlando East, Soweto. He completed Standard…

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1938

Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn

… Sophia Theresa Williams-de Bruyn was born in 1938, in Villageboard, a mixed area that had different … nationalities living side by side. She was raised in…

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1920-2013

Zainab Ebrahim Asvat

… Zainab Ebrahim Asvat was born 1920 in Johannesburg , daughter of EI Asvat, came under the … and became fully conversant with the political situation in the…

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1947-1985

Matthew Goniwe

… Matthew Goniwe was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were ……

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Bisho Jarsa

… of a group of Ethiopian slaves freed by a British warship in 1888 off the coast of Yemen, then taken round the African coast and placed in the care of…

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1881-1965

Margaret Roach Killie Campbell

… Campbell. She was educated at St. Anne's Diocesan College in Natal and at St. Leonard's School in Scotland where, in her own words, she acquired "an…

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1817-1893

Theophilus Shepstone

… Theophilus Shepston was born near Bristol in 1817, the son of the Reverend J William Shepstone, who … and he acted as interpreter for Colonel Harry Smith in…

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1817-1893

Sir. Theophilus Shepstone

… Theophilus Shepston was born near Bristol in 1817, the son of the Reverend J William Shepstone, who … and he acted as interpreter for Colonel Harry Smith in…

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1937-1965

Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)

… Ndazana Nathaniel (Nat) Nakasa was born on 12 May 1937 in Lusikisiki, Eastern Cape. Nakasa was the second of three … Alvina Nakasa. As a child from a working…

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