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1933

Adams Farid Ahmed

… Born in 30 November  1933, in India he came to South Africa with his family in June 1935. Adams joined South African Indian Congress …

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1938

Dorothy Hazel Alexander

… Dorothy Alexander was born on 7 August 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape , the third of six children [1] . One of … were not usually permitted to…

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1910-1984

Annie Silinga

… Annie Silinga was born in 1910 at Nqqamakwe in the Butterworth district of the Transkei where she completed only a few years of primary school. In 1937 she…

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1966

Andreas Vlachakis

… is a professional photojournalist who has been involved in the local newspaper and magazine industry since 1995. His … agency "South Photographs". He…

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1970

Heidi Saayman

… Heidi Saayman was born on 3 February 1970, Umtata in Transkie. She matriculated in 1988 from Queenstown Girls High School. After leaving … studied at Port…

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1950-2012

Zwelakhe Sisulu

… Zwelakhe Sisulu was born in Soweto on 17 December 1950, to liberation struggle icons … to live with family while his father was an accused in the Rivonia…

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1930

Plaatjies Joseph Paul

… Plaatjies Paul Joseph was on 1st of June in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined the Transvaal … After few years he became a leather-worker by…

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1928-2013

Phyllis Naidoo

… 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…

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Nimrod Boyce Tantsi

… Nimrod Boyce Tantsi was born in  Johannesburg  in 1895, the grandson of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of times…

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1939-2019

Hugh Lewin

… Hugh Lewin was born in 1939 in Lydenburg, Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), South … at the Natal Witness , Drum and Golden City Post . In July 1964 he was…

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1927-1994

Mizream Maseko

… his career as a house painter after completing his studies in Transvaal. He was inspired by the artworks in the houses he painted and took up painting…

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1869-1945

Thomas Mtobi Mapikela

… Thomas Mtobi Mapikela born  in 12th of November 1869,in the Eastern Cape, he trained as a carpenter in Grahamstown and later established a successful…

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1915-1995

Yusuf Cachalia

… Yusuf Cachalia was born in Johannesburg on 15 January 1915. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress (SAIC) in the 1940s and 1950s, who was…

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1958

Jillian Edelstein

… Jillian Edelstein was born and grew up in South Africa. In 1975, after her final year of high school, she took a ‘gap' year and studied in the USA. She…

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1860-1926

Emily Hobhouse

… In 1899 Emily Hobhouse was appointed secretary of the South … a humanitarian and pacifist who came to visit South Africa in December 1900, during the  Anglo…

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1961

Paul Shipokosa Mashatile

… Paul Mashatile was born on 21 October 1961 in Geraldsville, Pretoria (Tshwane). Mashatile was an active participant in the liberation struggle from his…

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1916-1988

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld

… Pieter Beyleveld was born in 1916 in the Orange Free State and educated at farm schools. He … were violently opposed to South African participation in the…

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1922-1999

Julius Nyerere

… Julius Nyerere was born on the 13th of April 1922 in Butiama village, next to Lake Victoria, in Tanganyika (name given to the British colony in Tanzania’s…

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1959

Thandi Modise

… the youngest of six children, was born on 25 December 1959 in Huhudi township near Vryburg in the North West . Her father, Frans Modise, a railworker, ……

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1920-2010

Robert Hodgins

… my aspirations." Robert Hodgins was born on 27 June 1920 in Dulwich, London. In 1938, he immigrated to South Africa, and joined the Union Defense Force in…

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1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… Joe Nzingo Gqabi was born in 1929 in Aliwal North, Cape Province. He completed the tenth grade … as a construction labourer after coming to Johannesburg in…

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1979

Alexander Leor Fattal

… Alex Fattal was born in Austin, Texas. He is the first of two children of Laura … where his younger brother Josh was born. He grew up in Elkins Park,…

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1929-2026

Leon Levy

… Leon Levy was born on 7 August 1929 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province), South … the Wall Street Crash of October 1929, he was educated in…

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1879-1958

Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha

… was born on 19 July 1879 at the Noodsberg Mission Station in the County of Victoria, Colony of Natal (now … his primary education at the Sidumbini Mission…

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1930-2017

Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba

… Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba was born on 5 November 1930 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), South Africa where … his family. The 1956 Treason Trial…

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1895-1983

Rev. James Arthur Calata

… 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…

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1937

Adriaan Vlok

… 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…

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1920-1995

Harry Themba Gwala

… 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…

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1903-1938

Wolf Kibel

… 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…

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1931-2000

Hendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee

… 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…

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