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… Albert Louis Sachs was born in Johannesburg in 1935. His father, Emil Solomon (Solly) Sachs , had arrived in South Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on the eve …

… I like the seriousness of the game." Malcolm Payne majored in printing and printmaking at the Tshwane University of Technology (TUT). He then followed his studies in sculpture and mixed media at St Martins School of Art in London, and in painting at The University of Cape Town …

… Dorothy Masuka was born and raised in Bulawayo, Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe ), in 1935. Her father was originally from Zambia , and her … of inspiration for her songs that often came to her in dreams. She would immediately sing them to somebody else …

… Frederik Willem de Klerk was born in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 18 March 1936. F.W. de Klerk grew up in a political family, with both his father and grandfather … founders of the  Democratic Party . After finishing school in Krugersdorp, F.W. de Klerk graduated in 1958 from …

… Nkosinathi Christopher Mbuyabo was born at eCintas in East London on the 23 December 1967. Nko as he was … At Nkwenkwezi Secondary School, Nko was at the forefront in the struggle to get the Students Representative Council established and recognised in the school. In and outside school he fought gallantly …

… Hestrie Cloete (née Storbeck) was born in 1978 in Germiston, Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She grew up in the small town of Coligny , Western Transvaal (now North …

… Edgar Harry Brookes was born in England on February 4th,1897 and emigrated to South Africa with his family in 1901.In 1920 he was hired to teach at the University of Pretoria … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - …

… Zola Budd was born on 26 May 1966 in Bloemfontein, Free State, South Africa. Budd burst into national prominence in 1983. In 1984 she gained international recognition when, at the age …

… Joseph Albert Mashite Mokoena was born in 25 November 1919 in Johannesburg, he was educated at St. Peter's Secondary School, where he matriculated in 1938, setting academic records. In 1941 he graduated from …

… Garth Erasmus was born on 12 April 1956 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Erasmus was raised in Port Elizabeth and from an early age expressed an interest in art. He matriculated in 1974 at Paterson High School in …

… Walton Zacharias  Fenyang was born in 1877 in Thaba 'Nchu distric in the Orange Free State. An early treasurer of the  African …

… M Mokone was born at Bogaga, Sekhukhuneland (Transvaal) in 1851. His mother was daughter of Sephate and was from a royal lineage. In 1863, his father, a junior chief of Bogaga, was killed in the Swazi – Pedi war. In 1870 he went to work in …

… Virgile Joseph Bonhomme was born in Durban on 15 March 1944 and his parents were Patricia and … of the Furniture and Allied Workers Trade Union in 1973. Whilst employed at the furniture factory, Bonhomme became involved in politics.An affiliate of the Trades Union Council of South …

… his primary education at Moruleng and Mabieskraal, both in the Rustenburg district. In 1931 he entered the Stofberg Gedenkskool (Stofberg … School) of the Dutch Reformed Church near Viljoensdrift in the Orange Free State, where he completed his Junior …

… Mgxaji Mslaba “Dumile” Feni was born on 21 May 1942 in Worcester, Western Cape. His mother died when he was only … five or six years old and he went to live with relatives in Cape Town until the age of eleven. He then began working … to exercise his childhood passion for carving and drawing. In the early 1950s he moved to Johannesburg and began working …

… Sydney Brenner was born in Germiston, close to Johannesburg, to Jewish parents on 13 … repairman who had moved to South Africa from Lithuania in 1910, while his mother had emigrated from Latvia in 1922. Although his father was illiterate he could speak …

… Ronald Kasrils was born in Yeoville, Johannesburg, on 15 November 1938.  His … from the King Edward VII High School (KES), and excelled in athletics and history. His initial career was as a script … and Film Director for their advertising division in Durban, until 1962.   The  Sharpeville massacre  prompted …

… Edward Roux was born in the northern Transvaal in 1903, the son of an English mother and. an Afrikaner father. He grew up in Johannesburg, where his father opened a pharmacy in 1907. … to challenge: A documentary History of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 ”“ …

… Louisa Ida (Minna) Freund was born on 17 March 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest child of John Freund and Metha Mentzel, German immigrants who met in Philippolis and married and settled there in the late 1870s. The family was on a visit to Schleswig …

… Abraham  Faure was born on 29 August 1795 in Stellenbosch. Faure was one of the leading personalities of his tune in church and intellectual circles at the Cape. As a preacher … capacity for work, his methodicalness, his wide contacts in the highest circles, and for the versatility, integrity …

… Vicky Sampson was born in 1969, to Faye and Victor Sampson. Her father, Victor, was … A year later, she went to live with her grandmother in Bishop Lavis due to her parents having issues. She would … was 10 years old. Her mother had a job as a housekeeper in Bishopscourt . At this time, Sampson was attending school …

… Dawood or 'Apmai' as he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was brought to South Africa by his father to live with relatives in Prinsloo Street, Pretoria. He was admitted to Pretoria …

… Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the  African National Congress  in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he helped establish …

… leader of the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Regional Command in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), recruited Louis ‘Problem’ Mkhize first into the trade union movement in 1962, and into MK later the same year. Thereafter, he was … to leave the country to undergo military training. He left in the company of Winston Sindane, Samson Mbatha and Cyril …

… Freda Levson was born on 21 November 1911 in Pretoria , South Africa. Her father was a prominent physician in Johannesburg . She was educated in England from the age of 13, and studied geography at St …

… van Riebeeck (Jan van Riebeeck) was born on 21 April 1619 in Culemborg, Netherlands to a surgeon. He spent his youth in Schiedam, Netherlands where, on 28 March 1649, he married … Oost-Indische Compagnie - also referred to as VOC) in 1639 where he began as an assistant surgeon on a voyage to …

… James Barry Munnik (JBM) Hertzog was born in Soetendal Wellington on the 6 th of April 1866. Hertzog … Maria Jacoba Hamman. The first school he attended was in Kimberley, where he developed a dislike for foreign … diggers on the mines, especially those from Britain. In 1881, together with his three brothers, he was sent to …

… Peter Brown was born in Durban on 24 December 1924 to a wealthy family. While the … , where he excelled. He joined the army at 17 and served in Egypt and then Italy. Following World War 2 he began studies in agriculture at Cambridge. He left this university in his …

… Oscar Mpetha was born at Mount Fletcher in the Transkei in 1909 and in 1934 sought work in Cape Town, where he was employed as a …

… Zachius Botlhoko Molete was born in 1930 in Winburg in the Orange Free State of mixed Tswana-Ndebele parentage. …