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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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. …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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1932-1997

Abdool Karrim Essak

… Abdool Karrim Essak was born in 1925 in India.  He was the third child of Fathima and Ishaq … was an adventurer and left his family to seek his fortune in…

B-0008052

1944

Subbiah Moodley

… the African National Congress (ANC), recruits. He was born in Umgeni Road in 1944, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His grandparents … indentured workers…

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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 …

B-0068613

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…

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1908-1993

Dulcie Howes

… through all adversity, of Dulcie Howes ... She achieved in her lifetime what she set out to do:  to present to her … it all." (From Marina Grut's book T he…

B-0008179

1956

Stephen Marais

… Stephen Marais was born in Stellenbosch in 1956. My mother-tongue is English, my ouma-taal Afrikaans. He was nine when Verwoerd was assassinated in 1966 and…

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1930-2018

Anne-Marie Wolpe

… Ann-Marie Wolpe was born on 1 December 1930 in Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ), South Africa. She … her future husband, the late Harold Wolpe . They…

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1920-1991

Jonas Dinous Matlou

… 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…

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1954

Vincent Oliphant

… 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…

B-0008852

1958

Paul Konings

… 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 …

B-0093745

1950

Peter Hain

… Peter Gerald Hain was born on 16 February in 1950 in Nairobi Kenya but he grew up in Pretoria after his south african born parents returned …

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1810-1841

Rev. George Champion

… Reverend George Champion was born in the state of Connecticut, United States in 1810. After graduating from Yale University, Champion … joined the American…

B-0007934

1955

Gana Makabeni

… Gana Makabeni  was born in the Transkei.  He attended a Communist night school and … Communist Party of South Africa  (SACP) as a young worker in the 1920s…

B-0008391

1889

Bertha Mkhize

… Bertha Mkhize was born in 1889 in Embo, near Mkhomazi. Her father, an ox wagon driver died … as a tailoress and then started a tailoring business in Durban…

B-0067956

1944

Julian Raymond Cobbing

… Julian Cobbing was born in 1944 in London. He studied at the University of London where he … and later obtained his PHD from Lancaster University. In 1977,…

B-0093742

1935

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

… of the separate graduation ceremonies held at the time. In addition he edited the students newspaper, Student Call, from1955-56. Maharaj completed his BA in…

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Joel Joffe

… Joffe was born to a Jewish family on 12 May, 1932 in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His father, Abraham … Joffe studied law at the University of the…

B-0066325

1924

Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo

… Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo was born on 22 August 1924 in Omangundu near Ondangwa in the Oshikoto Region in northern Namibia. He attended the Ongwediva…

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