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1943-1967

Basil Paul Petersen February

… 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,…

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1941-2007

Hilary Mutch

… 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…

B-0095214

1991

Mokgadi Caster Semenya

… 1991 to her parents Dorus and Jacob Semenya. She was born in Ga-Masehlong, a village near Polokwane. As a child, … Semenya went to live with her grandmother,…

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1905

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld

… 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…

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1930-1994

Elijah Barayi

… 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…

B-0007823

1948

Alec Erwin

… 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…

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1928-1999

Dr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer

… 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…

B-0007979

1936-2009

Dawood Parker

… 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…

B-0068299

1932-2013

Louis Luyt

… 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 …

B-0008347

1896-1951

Clements Kadalie

… 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…

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1903-1979

Johannes (Jan) de Klerk

… 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…

B-0007986

1937-1999

Marius Schoon

… 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 …

B-0076354

1870-1950

William H. "Bill" Andrews

… 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…

B-0007791

1927-2019

Ben Turok

… 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…

B-0068644

1895-1960

Sorabjee Rustomjee

… 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…

B-0068389

1895-1951

Dorothy Ruth Boxall

… 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…

B-0007882

1897-1986

Gertrud Theiler

… 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…

B-0009135

1957

Dr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla

… 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…

B-0067723

1909

Isaac Bangani Tabata

… 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…

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1889-1981

Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize

… 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…

B-0008574

1926-2009

Gerrit Viljoen

… 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…

B-0068727

1926

Gerrit Van Niekerk Viljoen

… 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…

B-0009204

1905-1992

Helen Joseph

… 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. …

B-0008217

1930

Chief Mshiywa Henry Tshabalala

… 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…

B-0068640

1939

Percy Ndithembile Konqobe

… 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…

B-0099633

1958

Zubeida Jaffer

… 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…

B-0008193

1709-1785

Georg Schmidt

… 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,…

B-0008995

1923

Lutchmee Marie

… 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 … of…

B-0064868

1936-1999

Ahmed Gora Ebrahim

… Ahmed Gora Ebrahim was born in Durban on 29 May 1936.  Ebrahim cut his political teeth in Trotskyite circles while studying at Sastri College and Natal…

B-0096554

Dan Tloome

… 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 …

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