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… As a child he grew up in a working-class environment - his father was a shoemaker - and attended primary schools in Evaton. He matriculated at St Peter's Secondary School in Johannesburg. (This was probably the Anglican school …

… Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela was born on 18 July 1941 in Johannesburg . She was the second of four children born to … and Thomas Selema Masekela. Her mother was a social worker in a family centre in Alexander and her father was a health inspector and … Gastrow, S. (1992) Who's Who in South African Politics , Number 4. Pp 171-173| …

… Amy Rietstein (now Thornton) was born in 1932 in Cape Town, Cape Province (now Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the struggle, and it did not take long for Thornton to … 1001 SA Stories South Africa. (2016). Amy Thornton, [online …

… Vice Admiral J. Mudimu was born on 6 March 1954 in Sophiatown (Johannesburg). He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto We Sizwe (MK) in 1975. A student leader in 1976, he left South Africa on 14 August 1976 for exile. He …

… Arthur William Blaxall was born in 1891 in Britain. He was a clergyman who was convicted of aiding … Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in the early 1960s.  He came to South Africa in 1923 to work …

… Mandla Langa was born in Stanger, or KwaDukuza , a town in the Natal Province, now known as KwaZulu-Natal Province . He is the son of a preacher, and he grew up in the KwaMashu township outside Durban . He is one of nine … ‘ Mandla Langa (1950”“): The Order of Ikhamanga in Silver ’ (2007). Available on www.thepresidency.gov.za . …

… Chris Dlamini was born in Benoni, Transvaal, on 10 October 1944, one of the five children of Anna and Gilbert Dlamini, a worker in an electro-planting factory. Dlamini's father came from … and was frequently arrested for illegal residence in South Africa. These arrests, together with an incident …

… 1930 Born in Randfontein, South Africa, in 1930, the third son of Eli … out of the country to magazines. I did a photograph of a black man walking up the steps of Johannesburg station. At … Boksburg , Gallery Press, Cape Town 1983 Exhibited at the SA National Gallery, Cape Town Started on the 15-year …

… and headmen. Holomisa joined the Transkei Defence Force in 1976 and was commissioned in 1978. He was one of the first blacks to undertake the … African staff and management course at the Army College in Pretoria . He became Commander of the Transkei Defence …  [Accessed on 10 July 2012]|Gastrow, S. (1995)  Who's Who in South African Politics , Number 5. …

… Tshwete was born in Springs, just outside Johannesburg, on 12 November 1938. He grew up in the village of Nkonkqweni, in King William's Town and in East London. Both of Tshwete’s …

… president of the Transkei when it assumed independence in 1976. As the daughter of a paramount chief, Sigcau was … from childhood and this was reinforced at Lovedale College in Alice where she attended school in the early 1950s. While a student at the University of Fort …

… Portia "Bashin" Modise was born on 20 June 1983 in White City Soweto , Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). … soccer at the age of seven. She grew up playing football in the street with the boys in her neighbourhood, and began playing with the Soweto …

… George Bizos was born in 1927 in Vasilitsi, near Koroni in the south of Greece. During World War II, when the Germans … Daily Maverick. (2020). In memory of George Bizos (1928-2020) , from Daily Maverick, … at https://www.dailymaverick.co.za/article/2020-09-10-in-memory-of-george-bizos-1928-2020/?utm_  Greek City Times. …

… Dirk Johannes Coetzee was born in 1945. The son of a postmaster, he grew up in the Northern Cape. Coetzee and Generals Jan Viktor and Jac … unit working for the Apartheid Government in South Africa.In 1963 he followed his father and work in …

… Ismail Chota Meer (known as IC) was born September 5, 1918 in the small town of Waschbank in Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father was a … work at an early age when his father’s business collapsed in 1930. Meer  moved to Durban to work for an older brother …

… Gertrude Shope was born in  Johannesburg , but grew up in Zimbabwe . She was trained as a teacher, and went on to teach in Natal and Soweto . When she was 29 years old she decided …

… Naledi Pandor was born on 7th of December, in 1953  Durban . She received most of her education in exile and matriculated at Gaborone Secondary School in Botswana. She obtained a BA in History and English at the …

… Francois Roux was born in 1927 at Fort Victoria, Masvingo, Southern Rhodesia (now … the Boys High School, Stellenbosch from 1940 to 1946. In 1946, he studied at the Camberwell School of Art, London and travelled in Europe completing his studies in painting at the Royal …

… Matsobane Morris Matsemela was born in 1931. He attended the Mashashane School up to Standard 6. Matsemela started working at his uncle’s dairy farm in Lady Selbourne, and later joined the staff of the Pretoria … Hospital. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1957 in Lady Selbourne after having been a member of the …

… Sedick Isaacs was born in 1939 and grew up in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape). He was the second eldest in a family of four children. His father, a businessperson in … Isaacs S. (2010). Surviving in the Apartheid Prison . XLibris, (Cape Town).| Hartley A. …

… Florence Grace Mkhize, widely known as 'Mam Flo', was born in 1932 in Natal . At a young age she decided she wanted to fight … and so joined the Congress Movement. She participated in the Defiance Campaign  in 1952, which led to her being …

… Hersheela Narsee was born in Durban on the 23 of March 1956. Narsee grew up in a family of eight children. She attended the Gandhi Desai High School from 1967 to 1973. In 1974, she enrolled as a student with the University of …

… Geraldine Fraser was born in 1960 in Lansdowne, Cape Town . She received her primary education in Wynberg and matriculated at Livingstone High School in …

… the son of a semi-literate but wealthy cattle farmer in the Ixopo district of Natal in 1919, Conco rose to become Luthuli's second-in-command in the Natal African National Congress (ANC)in the …

… Dawie de Villiers was born on 10 July 1940 in Burgersdorp, one of three children of Elsa and Coenie de … to Bellville. He matriculated from Bellville High School in 1959. In 1960 he began studies at the University of Stellenbosch …

… Brian Bunting was born on the 9th of April in 1920, at  the buntings Regent St home in Johannesburg.he is the son of  Sidney Percival Bunting … the Sunday Times – while completing his honours thesis. In 1942 he joined the army and served in North Africa and …

… Sir Julius Gottlieb Ferdinand Jeppe was born in Rostock, Mecklenburg- Schwerin, Germany in July 1859. Jeppe and his family immigrated to South Africa in 1870, and settled in Pretoria. Jeppe began his career as a …

… Adam Glasser was born on the 20th September, 1955 in Cambridge, England, then later moved to Johannesburg, … small time gigs and cruise chips. Adam returned to England in the 70’s to study and graduated with a BA (Hons) in European Literature, and afterwards decided to move to …

… Lembede was born into a peasant family living on the farm in Eston in Natal. He was baptised as an Anglican. His father, … him at home until he completed his elementary education. In 1927 after completing his elementary education his family … Lodge, T. Black Politics in South Africa since 1945 , p 21|Gail M. …

… Johnstone “Johnny” Mfanafuthi Makhathini was born in Durban on 8 February 1932. He attended school at Adams College in Durban where he trained as a teacher before teaching in Mzinyathi in the Inanda area. When the apartheid …