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1912-1957

Gladstone Xala Tshume

… he joined the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in the late 1930s while working for a coal dealer in Grahamstown. He later moved to Port Elizabeth…

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S. S. Tema

… the periphery of organised politics over many years, Tema in 1937 served as chairman of a committee in the Transvaal charged with reviving the  African…

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1973

Shaun Maclean Pollock

… Shaun Pollock was born on 16 July 1973 in Port Elizabeth and moved to Durban at the age of five. … he was signed up by the Natal Dolphins as opening batsman…

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1909

Frank Modiba

… Born in 1909 Modiba was a cabinetmaker. While a youngster in the Tzaneen district, he refused to tend the sheep of a … and received eight cuts. Modiba came…

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Harry Moyaga

… it was Moyaga’s mother who played the dominant role in his formation as an artist. She kept alive their … Moyaga believes that her influence still sustains…

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1904-1983

Alex Hepple

… Alex Hepple was born in the Johannesburg suburb of La Rochelle on 28 August 1904. … Society of Engineers and was blacklisted for his part in the 1913 strike…

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Veerammal Naidoo

… imprisonments of her husband, a leading political activist in the Transvaal (now Gauteng ). Thambi Naidoo was the sole … left. Her brother, Narainsamy Pillay…

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1947-2013

Victor Mhleli Ntoni

… Victor Mhleli Ntoni was born in Langa in 1947, Western Province (now Western Cape) learning music … production of the musical “Meropa” as musical director…

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1870-1943

Sir Patrick Duncan

… Sir Patrick Duncan was born on 21 December 1870 in Fortrie (Aberdeen-shire). Duncan first educated in Edinburgh, he entered Balliol College, Oxford, where he…

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1810-1906

Inkosi Sigananda Shezi

… In 1906 he joined Chief Bambatha (also Bambata) and other chiefs in the rebellion against the imposition of the Poll Tax by … attacked by Zululand police…

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1890-1983

Magdalena Gertruide Sauer

… was the first woman to practice as a qualified architect in South Africa. She mainly practiced in South Africa, and was also interested in restoring and…

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1922-1978

Shulamith Muller

… Shulamith Muller (nee Movshowitz) was born in Pretoria in December 1922. She studied law at the University of Pretoria, and was admitted as an attorney in…

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1954-1979

Selaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi

… Selaelo Charles "Dan" Ramusi was born 14 November 1954 in Dube Village, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the … the North (Turfloop) (now Limpopo…

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1913-1993

Hannah Margaret Stanton

… born on 30 November 1913, Teddington, Middlesex, England. In 1956 she went out to visit her brother, Fr Tom Stanton CR, in South Africa and decided to stay…

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1901

John Stephen Gomas

… Stephen Gomas was born on 8th April 1901 near Malmesbury in the Western Cape.He was the only child of divorced … his school before moving with his mother to…

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Ramnie Dinat

… the daughter of Ama and Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo , worked in the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)  since her … due to his political activities. He was…

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1925-1988

Dr. Connie Mulder

… Arts degree and obtained the Transvaal Education Diploma in 1945. He started teaching History, Afrikaans and German in Randfontein. He also studied with the…

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1925-1988

Cornelius Petrus Mulder

… Arts degree and obtained the Transvaal Education Diploma in 1945. He started teaching History, Afrikaans and German in Randfontein. He also studied with the…

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Pious Goodman Mei

… Born in 1912, he joined the African National Congress in 1936. As an organiser for the Congress of the People and … was elected to the Natal executive…

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1962

Molatodi Thomas Lehupela

… Molatodi Thomas Lehupela was born on 7 September 1962 in Paradys Location, Thaba' Nchu in the Free State Province. He attended Penyang Primary … to fame came…

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1908

Thomas Selema Masekela

… Thomas Selema Masekela was born on 16 December 1908 in Madibeng farm near Dikgale near Pietersburg, Transvaal. … Mogabane mission station school and passed…

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1909-1944

Samuel Makoanyane

… Samuel Makoanyane was born in 1909, Parys, Orange Free State. For most of his life Makoanyane lived in the village of Koalabata, in the Teyateyaneng district…

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1952-1985

Ruben Xulu

… Ruben Xulu, born deaf on 10 May 1952 and attended school in Mgangatho from 1955 to 1961. He began carving with Bernard … career of producing religious…

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1959-1985

Nomkhosi Mary Mini

… Nomkhosi  Mary Mini was born in 1959, the daughter of Vuyisile Mini , South African … 7,2000. Their mother, Wesilo Mini was a active member in the ANC and…

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1966

Andrew Tshabangu

… Andrew Tshabangu was born in Soweto, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South … them at the Institute of Advancement for Journalism in 1998 and at the…

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1840-1887

Johannes Jane Tane Kekana

… Johannes Jane Tane Kekana was born in 1840 in Moletlane, near Zebediela. A chief of the Lebelo clan of … tradition. Shortly after the arrival of the…

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1951

Sabata Manaka

… Sabata Manaka,  also known as Tsepo Nkosi,  was born in 1951.  He lived in Phiri, Soweto, Johannesburg. Manaka left the country in 1978. His brother, …

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