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… Born in 1922, Jerry Dibanhlele Khumalo was a clothing designer and cutter. He served prison sentences as a volunteer in the 1952 Defiance Campaign in Germiston and Wolmaransstad. He was active in the African …

… Adriaan Vlok was born on 11 December 1937 in Sutherland, Cape Province to Betty Oliver and Nicolaas … School and Keimoes High School, where he matriculated in 1956. Following three months of military training in Pretoria during 1957, he began work for the Department of …

… Harry (Mphephethwa) Themba Gwala was born on 30 July in 1920 near Piettermarizburg.He was a politician and … known as Munt'omdala or The Lion of the Midlands, grew up in the Pietermaritzburg area. After completing his teacher's diploma at Adams Colege, Amanzimtoti in 1941, he taught at Slangspruit, in the Pietermaritzburg …

… trained as a teacher at St.Mathews College and as a priest in the Anglican Church.Calata served as a minister at St. … at Cradock. During that time he took an active part both in Xhosa cultural affairs and in national church affairs, serving as president of the …

… of apartheid, from the colonial occupation of the Cape in 1652 through the creation of the Union of South Africa and … and gain immense profits from the diamonds and gold that black miners extracted from the earth.  Most African miners … of the Union of South Africa. Most rural and urban Black people tried to stay neutral during the war.  At the …

… Peter Nkutsoeu Raboroko was born in 1917 in the Orange Free State where his father was employed as a farm laborer.  He grew up in the slums of Sophiatown in  Johannesburg . He made his way …

… Max Yergan was born about 1893 in Raleigh, North Carolina, the grandson of a slave, he … and Springfield College. From about 1920 to 1936 he lived in South Africa as a representative of the Young Men's Christian Association, based at Alice in the Cape. A Communist by conviction at this time, he …

… Manonmony Pillay was born in Pretoria , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) on 30 November 1908. … Her family was originally from the Thanjavur district in India and her maternal grandparents were indentured … only daughter. Mononmony married Narainsamy (Naran) Naidoo in 1934. She became known as "Ama" or “Amma” (mother) not …

… Alfred Temba Qabula was born on 12 December 1942 in Flagstaff, Bhalasi in Pondoland to Solomon and Nonkhululeko Qabula. Qabula’s father worked as a machine-handler in the mines in Johannesburg. His father died in 1949 after … 2002. “ Obituaries: Qabula RIP (1942-2002) ” in 3rd Ear Music News Forum [online]. Available online  …

… Wolf Kibel was born in Grodzisk, near Warsaw, Poland on 16 December 1903. As a … boy Kibel was preoccupied with carving. His father’s death in 1911 brought sudden insecurity to Kibel as a child. He studied briefly in Poland under the guidance of Appelbaum, a painter visiting …

… Kobie Coetsee was born on 19 April 1931 in Ladybrand in the Orange Free State. His father, Johannes, was a … primary school and matriculated from Ladybrand School in 1948 as Dux scholar and prefect. Following his high school … Gastrow, S. (1987). Who\'s Who in South African Politics, no 2 , Johannesburg: Ravan.|Joyce, …

… Phyllis Naidoo was born in Estcourt, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ) on the 5 January … agnostic.’ As a result there were many interesting debates in the house and Phyllis developed a questioning attitude. … took her to an Institute of Race Relations Conference in Pietermaritzburg at which she was to serve tea. At the …

… Fatima Seedat was born in the Strand, Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High school up to what was standard 8 in those days. Together with her twin sister, Rahima Moosa … a teenager on noticing the impact the segregation laws had in South Africa. She joined the  Communist Party  in Cape …

… (better known as Allan) was born on 22 October 1927 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the fifth of the seven … Hendrickse, both school teachers. Hendrickse was involved in the fight against apartheid for more than three decades, … of the cabinet and chairmanship of the Ministers' Council in the former Tricameral Parliament House of Representatives …

… Van Eck was born in Holland on 18 December 1943, the first born of five … piano teacher. He matriculated at Bonnievale High School in 1961, after which he studied at the University of Stellenbosch, obtaining a BA degree majoring in geography and history in 1964, a secondary teachers' …

… Professor Sir Raymond (Bill) Hoffenberg was born in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) on 16 March 1923. He went to school in Port Elizabeth and excelled at sport. Later in life, he excelled at squash and golf. He was a bright …

… Born 1930. Clerk. Lived in Alexander. Was a popular amateur boxer and lost the use of his right eye in the ring. Active in Congress since the Defiance Campaign. Secretary of the …

… In the 1930s various trade unions from different backgrounds … workers’ Trade Union Council of South Africa (TUCSA) . Black workers were denied membership. Nineteen trade unions … passed repressive legislations that made it imperative for Black workers to organise workers across the colour line. …

… Cooper, the second-youngest of eight children was born in King Williamstown but grew up Worcester where her father, … Worcester where she attained her Senior Certificate in 1941 and then went to the University of Cape Town from … and Afrikaans.  After graduating she joined the Cape Times in 1945 and as a cub reporter, one of her first coups whilst …

… Graça Simbine Machel was born on 17 October 1945, in Gaza, Mozambique , the last in a family of six children. Her father, a Methodist minister … it possible for her to attend Lisbon University (Portugal) in 1968, to major in languages. Under surveillance from the …

… David Dabede Mabuza was born 25 August, 1960 in Brondal, Mpumalanga. He matriculated from Khumbula High … Teacher’s Certificate from Mngwenya College of Education in 1985. He furthered his studies at University of South Africa (UNISA) with Bachelor of Arts degree in 1989. Mabuza has been involved in politics from his …

… When Tambo was a baby, his parents were exiled. He arrived in England on 15 September 1960 with his mother. Tambo attended Lancing College in West Sussex in the United Kingdom, and later went on to study at the …

… Born in Port Elizabeth, Stanley Mabizela joined the liberation … A son to a farm worker, Mabizela did his primary education in Port Elizabeth where he also became politicised. After … passed Standard 6, he was sent by his father to Mariazel in the Transkei, near the border of Lesotho where he did form …

… Justice Arthur Chaskalson was born in Johannesburg on 24 November 1931. In 1952 he graduated from the University of the Witwatersrand with a B.Com, and in 1954 he obtained his LLB Cum Laude. Two years later he was …

… University of Zululand . She obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Science (BSc) and left the country in 1976 to complete her MB ChB at the University of Bristol in 1978. During the 1970s Dlamini-Zuma became active in …

… worked as a cook at Tolstoy Farm and Thambi Naidoo was in charge of marketing and sanitation. As she grew up, her … used to tell her stories of the struggle for freedom in South Africa. He took her to meetings to protest … Congress African Indian Congress(Transvaal), 37/1919. In 1913, Seshammal, a toddler, had been in prison with her …

… was born on 1 May 1950. He attended Tagore High School in Clairwood, Durban and then went to study for a B.Sc. … joined the underground African National Congress (ANC) in 1972.  He worked as a microbiologist at Reckitt & Colman in the 1970s and then joined Shell Chemicals as a research …

… Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane was born in Maseru, Lesotho (then Basutoland) in 1938. He moved to Johannesburg in about 1943, where he was educated at the Mooki Memorial …

… Mutch (née Hilary Claire) was born on 4 November 1941 in Erith, south-east London into a Jewish family. Her father, … a South African worked as a doctor at the time. Later in 1943 the family moved back to South Africa. Claire went to … where her mother worked as French lecturer. She graduated in 1960 with a degree in history and politics. Claire became …

… Basil February was born in District Six in 1944.The son of clerk and a midwife. His family moved around several times, living  in places like Elsies River, Saldanha Bay and Stompeus Bay …