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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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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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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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1912-2001

Milwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba

… Mnyaluza Pemba was born on 2 April 1912 at Hill’s Kraal in Korsten, Port Elizabeth. Although art classes were not … drudgery of schoolwork into his private…

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1927

Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood

… Ayesha Bibi "Asa" Dawood was born in Worcester , Cape Province on the 31 January, 1927 to an … Laws, especially the Group Areas Act and the Pass Laws . In…

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1933

Allister Sparks

… born to Harold Sparks and Bernice Stephen on 10 March 1933 in Cathcart, Eastern Cape. This made him a fifth generation … amongst Xhosa people. Sparks studied…

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1870-1946

Anna 'Sister Nannie' Tempo

… as children off the coast of Mozambique . She was born in the late 1870s and grew up in Worcester. One day in 1884, a Christian lady by the name of Miss…

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1938-1990

Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana

… Pukwana was a renowned saxophonist born on 18 July 1938 in Walmer Township in Port Elizabeth . The young Pukwana grew up studying the … to play with the…

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1955-1985

Qaqawuli Godolozi

… Qaqawuli Godolozi was born in Durban 26 of July 1955 to Mbuyiselo Godolozi and Nobubele Jafta. His family relocated to Peddie in the Eastern Cape where he…

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1915-1979

Vera Ponnen

… Vera Ponnen (nee Vera Gwendoline Alberts) was born in 1915 in England. She came to South Africa in 1938 as a governess. The next year, she went to …

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1936

Luli Callinicos

… Luli Callinicos was born in Johannesburg, and is of Hellenic descent. She began her involvement in the struggle for democracy at an early age. She began her…

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Robert Moffat

… Robert Moffat was born on 21 December 1795 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland. His parents were not wealthy. He was father-in-law to the missionary-explorer…

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1787-1828

Shaka Zulu

… as Shaka was a great Zulu king and conqueror. He lived in an area of south-east Africa between the Drakensberg and … reign more than a hundred chiefdoms were…

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1961-1988

Johannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape

… Stanza Bopape was born on 26 April 1961 in Mamelodi East. He began high school studies at Rebalelaka … League branch. After matriculating he became involved…

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1923-2010

Jackson Mbhazima Hlungwani

… Jackson Mbhazima Hlungwane was born in Nkanyani Village, Gazankulu. The son of a Shangaan migrant … items for his community. He spent time as a migrant…

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1956

Ndabenhle William Zulu

… He was born at Nsengeni in the Vryheid district. He attended the Nsengeni Mission School. In 1968 he moved to Emondlo Township and attended the … Lower…

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1917

Elijah Thomas Zondi

… Elijah Thomas Zondi was born on 22 October 1917 in Pietermaritzburg to Thomas Zondi, an evangelist and … Mchunu.  He attended the Burnside Community School…

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1910-1977

Max Gordon

… Max  Gordon was born in 1910,he was adopted by a family named Gordon after his father's early death.In 1932 he earned a bachelor's degree at the University…

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1962

Chris Kirchhoff

… Born in 1962 in Johannesburg, Kirchhoff spend his early years in Norway and Massachusetts before returning to Johannesburg … Surveying at Wits University,…

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Josias Madzunya

… Josias Madzunya was born in the Sibasa area of the northern Transvaal in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe, Madzunya came to Johannesburg in 1931,…

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1961

Jo Ractliffe

… This biography was written by SAHO in collaboration with Artthrob MODUS OPERANDI Jo Ractliffe is … captures the traces of violence, displacement and struggle…

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1952-2008

Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa

… Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the  African National Congress’  military wing,  Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)  in 1977, Mbongwa…

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1895-1985

Cythna Lindenberg Letty

… Letty began her first work in the art field in 1925 when she began work at the Onderstepoort Veterinary laboratory. Here she had to record in detail the post…

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1952-2008

Colonel Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa

… Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa was born in 1952. After joining the  African National Congress’  military wing,  Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK)  in 1977, Mbongwa…

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1894-1982

Madie Hall-Xuma

… B. Xuma 's wife, Madie Hall-Xuma and a prestigious figure in middle-class social circles, she headed the African … (ANCWL) from 1943 until 1948. She was born…

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Piet Retief

… Piet Retief was born on 12 November 1780 in the Wagenmakersvallei, (known as Wellington today), Cape … Debora Retief. His ancestors were from Provence in…

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1939-2018

Hugh Masekela

… Hugh Ramopolo Masekela was born on 4 April 1939 in Witbank, near Johannesburg . Masekela showed musical … At Huddleston’s request, Masekela then received…

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