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… Dr Hans Merensky was born on 16 March 1871 in Botshabelo. His father was the famous missionary and … passed with honours. He completed his practical training in coal mines in the Saar region and in Silesia and began work for the …

… Johannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen was born in 14 May 1812, Winterhoek. Having moved from Oudtshoorn to the present Orange Free State in 1843, he settled near Winburg, where he joined the … with five others from among the Voortrekker element in Transorangia, he was imprisoned at Colesberg in 1846 for …

… the Wynberg Civic Association. He played a prominent role in local civic affairs. He was a leading voice in the struggle against apartheid, injustice and oppression. … into regular confrontation with the police and his home in Cecelia Court was under regular surveillance. According to …

… Hammarskjöld was a Swedish citizen born 29th July, 1905 in Jönköping City, Southern Sweden. He was the youngest of … his day at Uppsala University where he earned his degree in linguistics, literature, and history in 1925..Hammarskjöld studied an economics degree in 1928, a …

… Alexander Erwin (Alec Erwin) was born on 17 January 1948 in Cape Town to Dennis and Rosamund Erwin. Alec, as he became known, matriculated from Durban High School in 1965. He then went to study at the University of Natal and received a B.Econ Honours degree in Economics in 1970. After receiving his degree he became a …

… a medical doctor. He attended the Bishops Diocesan College in Rondebosch from 1963 to 45. He completed an MB ChB degree at the University of Cape Town for in 1951. While at UCT his political career began to take shape. He became active in the affairs of the United. In 1949 he stood for Student …

… Elijah Barayi was born in Lingelihle, (Cradock ) Eastern Cape, on 15th of  June  in 1930. He was one of eight children of working class … High School.  He matriculated at Healdtown Institute in 1949.Barayi joined the ANC Youth League in 1952 as a … Gastrow, S. (1990). Who\'s Who in South African Politics Vol 3. Johannesburg: Ravan Press …

… the South African Congress of Democrats (CoD). He was born in Latvia in 1927 and came with his family to South Africa in 1934. After graduating from the University of Cape Town in …

… Marius Schoon was born on 22 June 1937 in Johannesburg. He attended the University of Stellenbosch. … at the University he joined the Congress of Democrats . In 1964 Schoon helped plant a bomb at the Johannesburg Police … spent 12 years at Pretoria Local Prison for his part in the bomb attempt. Schoon’s father, a member of the …

… Louis Luyt was born on 18 June 1932, and grew up in modest circumstances in the Karoo. In the 1940s Luyt was employed as a railway clerk. During his …

… Clements Kadalie was born in April 1896 in Nkhata Bay District at Chifira village near the Bandawe Mission Station in Nyasaland, presently Malawi . He was the second born son … to Challenge: A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa, 1882 ”“ 1964, Vol. 2, Hope and challenge , …

… Johannes de Klerk was born on 22 July 1903 in Burgersdorp. He was the eldest son of Reverend Willem de … and Higher Education Diploma. He was actively involved in student politics. From 1925 to 1926 De Klerk was chairman … Workers’ Protection Union aimed at fighting communism in workers’ circles on the Rand. He was appointment in …

… William H."Bill" Andrews was  born in Suffolk, England, on 20 March in 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated to South Africa in 1893. He became a railway fitter and in 1902 helped found …

… Sorabji Rustomjee, son of Parsee Rustomjee, was born in Durban on 25 December 1895. He went to India to study and … crossed the Natal-Transvaal border and was sentenced in January 1911 to six weeks in prison. He requested to join his father in the first batch …

… Tabata (known as  I.B. Tabata)  was born near Queenstown in the Cape in 1909 and received his secondary schooling at Lovedale. … Hare for some time, he left the university to seek work in Cape Town in 1931. He became employed as a truck driver … to Challenge: A Documentary History of African Politics in South Africa 1882-1964. Vol 4. Hoover Institution Press, …

… Mathume Joseph Phaahla was born on 11 July 1957 in Ga-Phaahla, Limpopo. Phaahla studied for a Bachelor of … Council from 1979 to 1981. The following year in 1980, he served as an Executive Member of the Release Mandela Campaign Committee in KwaZulu-Natal. Phaahla was also a founding member of the …

… and his wife, Emma Sophie Jegge. She was born in Pretoria on 11 September 1897.  After matriculating at … School Theiler spent a year at Rhodes University College in Grahamstown and from there went to the South African College in Cape Town, from where she graduated with a BSc degree in …

… Bertha Mkhize was born in 1889 in Embo, near Mkhomazi. Her father, an ox wagon driver, died … trained as a tailor and then started a tailoring business in Durban with her brother, also a tailor. She stayed in …

… Dorothy Ruth Boxall was born on 19 July 1895 in King William's Town , Eastern Cape , South Africa. She dedicated herself to the promotion of music in South Africa. She studied under Prof. P.R. Kirby of the … Department of Music at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ). In 1934 she was …

… Gerrit Viljoen was born in Cape Town on 11 September 1926 to Helena and Hendrik … to 1939. He also attended the Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool in Pretoria and matriculated in 1943. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria, where he …

… Gerrit Viljoen was born in Cape Town on 11 September 1926 to Helena and Hendrik … to 1939. He also attended the Afrikaanse Hoer Seunskool in Pretoria and matriculated in 1943. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria, where he … Gastrow, S. (1992).  Who’s who in South African Politics, Vol 4 . Johannesburg: Ravan, pp. …

… Helen Beatrice May Fennell was born in Easebourne, United Kingdom, in 1905. She grew up in London, with her parents and brother, Frank. She graduated … M. (2004) Every Step of the Way: The Journey to Freedom in South Africa. Cape Town. pp.173, 174, 210|South African …

… Lutchmee Marie (popularly known as Aunty Doris) was born in 1923 in Mooi River but grew up in Clairwood. Her mother worked as a domestic worker, washing …

… Georg Schmidt was born in Kunewalde on 30 September 1709 as the son of a peasant … family. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 16. In 1726, Schmidt set off on foot for Herrnhut in Saxony and started preparing to become an evangelist. On …

… Percy Ndithembile Konqobe was born in 1939 in Nigel, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng Province). He … work. He was employed at several jobs and spent some years in prison until around 1976, when he felt called to become a … E.J. (1992) Images of Man: Contemporary South African Black Art and Artists , Fort Hare University Press, …

… Zubeida Jaffer is a journalist who was active in the South African anti-apartheid and the trade union movements. She obtained a bachelor's degree in journalism, from Rhodes University in Grahamstown in 1979. The South African authorities …

… Born in the Orange Free State, Tloome became involved in trade union work in the 1930s and joined the Communist Party. In 1941 he was …

… Paul Konings was born in Tokoroa, New Zealand in 1958. Konings came to South Africa in 1975 to study at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts at the …

… Vincent Oliphant was born on 8 April 1954 in Alicedale, a small Eastern Cape town close to Port … Methodist Primary School, and his secondary education in Uitenhage and the Hoërskool (High School) Patterson in Port Elizabeth, where he matriculated. He then went to the …

… Jonas Dinous Matlou was born 2 June 1920 in Diepsloot north of Johannesburg. He became an early member … National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) when it was found in 1944. In the 1950s he was very active in the ANC'S unsuccessful …