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1926-1982

Poomoney Moodley

… Poomoney Moodley was born in Mooi River , Natal on 28 June 1926 to … themselves were children of Indian indentured labourers in Natal. In 1930, when Poomoney…

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1922

Thomas Titus Nkobi

… Thomas Titus Nkobi was born in 1922, the son of a taxi driver, he grew up in  Johannesburg . Member of the national executive committee …  (ANC) from 1958…

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1908-2000

Jock Leyden

… He was born in Grangemouth, Scotland. He settled in Durban which was to be his home for the rest of his life.  … of Art, Durban, and he decided to advance…

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1955

Shirley Gunn

… Gunn enrolled for a degree in social work in 1977 and after completion proceeded to study for her … While studying for her Honors degree, she became involved…

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Thoko Phillip Mamogobo

… known as ‘Thoko’, was born on 6 May 1933 and raised in a village situated about 110km from Polokwane, Northern … (now known as Limpopo), at a place named…

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1928-2011

Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi

… secondary school education at St Peters Secondary School in Rosettenville 1947.  He then went on to Fort Hare College in the Eastern Cape, where he graduated…

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1921

Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein

… As a young person, Arenstein joined the left wing Book Club in Durban where, among other authors, Marx and Lenin were … Africa , where meetings were held at…

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1918

Mangisi Pheneas Nene

… African National Congress branch chairman in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg in the 1950s and one of the accused in the  Treason Trial . … African…

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1916

Philemon Mathole

… Born in 1916 in Johannesburg Mathole was a miner and an organiser for the African Mineworkers' Union. He was active in the 1946 mineworkers' strike. He later…

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1963

Justice Sfiso Mkame

… Justice Sfiso (called Sfiso) Mkame was born on 3 May 1963 in Durban. As a child Mkame drew on sand walls. In Standard 1 he did handicrafts and drawing at…

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1930-2006

Mazisi Raymond Kunene

… Mazisi Raymond Kunene was born in Durban on May 12, 1930, at McCord's Hospital. His mother … and later Kwa-ahluzingcondo High.  After matriculating in…

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1971

Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba

… his primary school education at Mathonsi Primary School in Mandeni around 1983. He then proceeded to do his high school education at Vryheid State High…

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1920-1977

Elmon Malele

… Elmon Malele was born in Mapulaneng in the Limpopo Province (Transvaal) in 1920. Malele came to Johannesburg in 1943, and stayed in … National Congress (ANC)…

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1945

Refiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe

… Sedibe (known as Jackie Sedibe) was born at White River in Mpumalanga . Sedibe’s mother was a domestic worker and her father (whose surname was Mdluli)…

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1949-2015

Robert Carl-Heinz Shell

… Robert Shell was born in Cape Town, South Africa on 13 February 1949, the only … grew up near Stellenbosch, then Tamboerskloof and later in Kommetjie,…

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1943

Sindiwe Magona

… Sindiwe Magona was born on 23 August 1943, in the village of Gungululu in rural Eastern Cape (formerly Transkei). The first born of … later won a scholarship…

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1939

Maggie Bopalamo

… Bopalamo tracks the history of the  Rustenburg  area in a remarkable fashion. From humble beginnings, she climbed … to become a teacher and eventually an…

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1962-2013

Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala

… Jacob Matlala was born in 1962 in Meadowlands, Johannesburg. At the age of 10 he started … about boxing that he decided to turn professional in 1979. At a…

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1926

Johannes Jacobus Degenaar

… Johannes Jacobus Degenaar was born on 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study … University of Stellenbosch, where he…

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1931-2019

Isaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho

… Isaac Lesiba Maphotho (Bra Ike) was born in Ga-Makgato (Blouberg Municipality) on 26 February 1931.  … his Standard 6 (Grade Eight) at Uitkyk Secondary…

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1936

Bhekisisa Harold Nxasana

… Bhekisisa Nxasana was born on 26 September 1936 at Ixopo in southern Natal. His father, a teacher who later worked as a mine clerk, was killed in the Zulu…

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1878-1942

Paul De Groot

… Paul de Groot was born in Surabaya, Indonesia on 11 January 1878. Paul de Groot … received training for the stage at the  Toneelschool  in Amsterdam. His…

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1878-1941

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

… Simon Peter Matseke was born in Pretoria in 1878, but little is known about his early life except that … Dutch. Following the war he was employed as a…

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1809-1882

Bishop Nathaniel James Merriman

… Born in Marlborough (England) on the 4th of April 1809, died in Grahamstown on the 16th of August 1882. Educated at … Merriman was appointed curate of Street…

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1930-2014

Nelson “Nana” Mahomo

… Nelson "Nana” Mahomo was born in 1930 in the Orange Free State, the son of a Dutch Reformed clergyman, he attended Kroonstad High School in the late 1940s…

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1929-2000

Esme Bodenstein

… Esme Bodenstein was born on 6 July 1929 in Johannesburg . She trained as a physiotherapist at St Mary’s Hospital in London before moving to Cape Town . There…

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1932-2012

Sister Bernard Ncube

… Sister Bernard Ncube was born in Johannesburg in 1932. She attended Roma College in Lesotho , where she received a diploma in Theology and in … Catholic…

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1923

James “Jobe” Hadebe

… James “Jobe” John Hadebe was born on 29 October 1923 in Frankfort in the Orange Free State. The son of a clerk and descendant … and active member of the…

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