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1841-1926

John Xavier Merriman

… before the four provinces became the Union of South Africa in 1910. He was considered a liberal in the South African context but he also held fairly … saw…

B-0008546

1945

Barry “Anderson” Richards

…   Barry Anderson Richards was born on 21 July 1945 in Morningside, Durban in Natal. Richards played cricket for Natal at his early … teens and was rewarded…

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1924-1994

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

… Elias Motsoaledi was born on the 26 July 1924 in Phokoane in the Nebo District in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), South …

B-0095282

1922

Sir Sydney Kentridge

… Sydney Kentridge was born in Johannesburg in 1922. He matriculated in 1938 at the King Edward VII High School. In 1941, he … and Recipient of the South…

B-0086256

1923-1989

Bonakele Milner Ntsangani

… Bonakele Milner Ntsangani was born in 1923 in Middledrift in the Eastern Cape. He was one of six children and had a … Musician, charged in the 1956 Treason…

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1928-1993

Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli

… "Solly Smith" Khunyeli was born on 18th of Septenber 1928 in Steynsrus,near Kroonstad in the Orange Free State,where his father had a brick making business…

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1870-1947

Horatio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle

… Horatio Isaiah Budlwana (Bud) Mbelle was born in Burgersdorp, Cape Colony on 24 June 1870. He grew up in the Herschel district in the Eastern Cape where…

B-0067925

1882-1962

Florence Louise Zerffi

… Florence Louise Josephine Zerffi was born in 1882, London, England. She came to Cape Town in 1916 after studying art in London and at the Arts and Crafts…

B-0009256

1935

Esther Mahlangu

… Esther Mahlangu was born in 1935 on a farm outside Middleburg , in what is now the Mpumalanga province. She was the first of … painting and beadwork as a…

B-0098967

2013

Ronald (Ronnie) Britten

… with a teaching diploma, Britten could only obtain a post in the Karoo town of Middelburg. Undeterred he organised for the Teachers League of South Africa …

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1909-1985

Moses Josiah Madiba

… Moses Josiah Madiba was born 22 November 1909 in Seshego, Pietersburg District. He was one of the seven … a communication medium. He received his primary…

B-0008363

1959

Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi

… Sydney Mufamadi was born on 28 February 1959 in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Mufamadi is the eldest … and Reuben, who are now both pensioners. He grew…

B-0008704

1948

Timothy Peter Jenkin

… Timothy Peter Jenkin was born in 1948, in Cape Town and educated at Rondebosch Boys' Prep and Boys' … variety of jobs for two years, with no particular…

B-0008202

1963

Roger Meintjes

… Roger Meintjes was born in Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) in 1963. Meintjes was very interested in photography and bought a second-hand…

B-0093854

1952

Barbara Anne Hogan

… Barbara Hogan was born on 28 February 1952 and grew up in Benoni. After completing her primary school education, … University of Witwatersrand where she…

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1893-1975

Allison Wessels George Champion

… at Sans Souci School near the mouth of the Tugela River in Natal. His father had been adopted by American Body … became Adams College, but was suspended for…

B-0007933

1919-1976

Dr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe

… National Congress (ANC) after its turn to mass action in the 1950s, Njongwe was president of the Cape ANC and chief organiser of the Defiance Campaign in the…

B-0068251

1851-1932

Joseph Booth

… Joseph Booth was born in 1851 in Derby, England. A unique figure in the missionary history of central and southern Africa, …

B-0007868

1956

Ben Mclennan

… Ben Mclennan was born in 1956 in Edinburgh, Scotland.  Mclennan moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early…

B-0093701

1942

Zweledinga Pallo Jordan

… Pallo Zweledinga Jordan was born on 22 May 1942 in B Location, Kroonstad, in the Orange Free State. His father, Dr Archibald Campbell … Jordan's family was…

B-0008215

1948

Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso

… Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso was born on 21 October 1948 in Askeaton, Cala district, Transkei. He was the eldest of 12 … Secondary School and later Mfundisweni…

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1925-1992

Yvonne Bryceland

… Actress Yvonne Bryceland, née Heilbuth, was born in Cape Town on 18 November 1925. She worked as a newspaper librarian before her theatre debut in Stage Door…

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1894-1974

William George Ballinger

… William George Ballinger was born on 21st of September in 1894 in Britain. In 1928 he was sent to South Africa by the British … the Joint Council movement, a…

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Gaur Radebe

… Gaur Radebe was born in 1908 and completed about seven years of schooling. As an activist in both the Communist Party of South Africa and the  African…

B-0008925

1954

Michael Barry

… Michael Barry was born in 1954 in Port Elizabeth , Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). After receiving his schooling in Port Elizabeth, Barry worked as a…

B-0093743

1874-1965

Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood

… Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown . She was one of the six children of the first … After matriculating at the Diocesan…

B-0009237

1949

Joseph Alfers

… Joseph Alfers was born in 1949 in Umbumbulu, where his father was the Assistant Native Commissioner. He attended school and university in Pietermaritzburg,…

B-0007787

1916-1987

Margaret Mary Smith

… was born Margaret Mary MacDonald on 26 September 1916 in Indwe, a small village in the former Transkei . [i] Her father, Chisholm MacDonald, who was born in…

B-0100307

1947

Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer

… Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer was born in Port Elizabeth on 16 July 1947, the son of Hudson and Hannah Meyer. His father was a farmer in the Humansdorp…

B-0008549