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1926

Kesval “Kay” Moonsamy

… “Kay” Moonsamy was born on 5 July 1926. He was active in the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) from the mid-1940s onward. In the early 1950s he served as treasurer…

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1952

Gert Petrus Swart

… Swart was born in Durban in 1952. After matriculating from Queensborough High School in 1969, he enrolled at the Natal Technical College, Durban, … Co…

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1920-2002

Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert

… Ismail " Tatamkhulu Afrika"  Joubert   was born in As Sallum in Egypt as Mohamed Faud Nasif to an Arab father and a … on 7 December 1920. His parents…

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1959

Andrew Michael Boraine

… Andrew Michael Boraine was born in Pietermaritzburg on 18 February 1959.He is the eldest of … 1974, and the Diocesan College (Bishops) from 1975 to 1976.In…

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1972

Leoni Marinovich

… photographer, Leonie's (nee Swanepoel) work is represented in galleries in New York, Los Angeles and Johannesburg. Leoni has co- … documentary shoot for the…

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2016

Juda Ngwenya

… Juda Ngwenya began his career with The Star newspaper in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). Before he was even two years in the employ of the newspaper,…

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1949-1984

Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)

… Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis) was born in 1949 in Cape Town . In 1972, Curtis served as the Vice-President of the National … [23 July 2012]| SAPA, (1998),…

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1937

Sylvia Neame

… Brereton Neame (also known as Sylvia Neame-Jahn) was born in 1937, one of four children. She had two older brothers, … as well as a twin sister named…

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1911-2002

Errol T. Shanley

… Errol Shanley was born in Durban in April 1911, the son of Arthur Stanley, who was born in London of Irish parents and Anna Else Bernhardt born in … Member…

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1925

Tamsanqa Tasque Tshume

… Stalwart of the Cape  African National Congress  in the 1950s. He was born in 1925 in Port Elizabeth, and inherited the political inclinations … Youth League…

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1867-1957

Maria Wilman

… botany at the University of Cambridge, which she completed in 1888 when she received a certificate. It was only in 1931, once women were allowed degrees from…

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1955-2017

Peter McKenzie

… Peter Michael McKenzie was born on 10 February 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest … attended Melbourne Road Primary and Parkhill…

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1896-1948

Abdulla Ismail Kajee

… moderate Moslem businessman and the dominant figure in the  Natal Indian Congress  (NIC) from the mid-1930s to … took over the leadership. He had only…

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1934-2011

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal

… Kader Abdul Asmal was born on 8th of October in 1934, in the small rural town of Stanger, KwaZulu Natal (then Natal). Young Asmal was raised in a vibrant,…

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1898-1969

Nana Sita

… from E.S. Reddy collection of articles. Nana Sita was born in Matwadi, a village in Gujarat, India, in 1898, in a family which was active in the Indian…

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Zulumathabo Zulu

… Transcendence, African Origin of Mathematics, A Woman in the Bush, The Triangle Tool of Analysis, African Origin of … Rituals, and African Mathematical…

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1920

Marutle Flag Boshielo

… Boshielo was born to a poor family in 1920 in Phokoane village, in the Sekhukhuneland district in Northern Transvaal, now …

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1953

Jeannette Ndhlovu

… Jeannette Ndhlovu was born on 2nd October 1953 in Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng Province ). Ndhlovu obtained her primary and secondary education in…

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1963

David Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane

… David Hlongwane was born on 1 January 1963 in the Zwelethemba township of Worcester. He studied at … Hlongwane worked as a labourer at Rainbow Chicken Farms…

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1922-1993

Rahima Moosa

… Rahima Moosa was born in the Strand , Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended Trafalgar High School in Cape Town . As a teenager, Rahima and her identical…

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1913-1999

Yetta Barenblatt

… Yetta Barenblatt was born on 24 September 1913, in Dublin, Ireland, to Basna and Solomon Malamed.  In 1925, a friend encouraged her to come to South Africa…

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1913-1969

C. J. Mayekiso

… Born in 1913 in Idutywa in the Transkei, Mayekiso was a textile worker and later … unionist and a leader of the  African National Congress  in the Cape. He…

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1933

Joyce Piliso-Seroke

… Joyce Piliso-Seroke was born in Crown Mines, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) on 11 … 1933. She completed her matric at Kilnerton High School in…

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1955

Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi

… August 1955 at Tauyatswala small village near Polokwane, in Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). Ramatlhodi's … completed his secondary education at…

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1908-1986

Nathaniel Impey Honono

… Impey Honono (Tshutsha) was born on 21 October 1908, in the district of Qumbu, in the then Transkei (Eastern Cape). He graduated with a BA degree from the…

B-0008173

1936-2011

Bafana Cyril Dlamini

… Bafana Cyril Dlamini whose nom de guerrre in exile was Edwin Ndlovu was born in 1936 to the family of a prominent political and trade … African Communist…

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1934-2021

Ronnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)

… known as Ronnie Govender) was born on 16 May 1934 in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).  His father was born in Cato Manor and his mother was…

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1960-1983

Nokuthula Orela Simelane

… Nokuthula Orela Simelane was born in 1960 in Mzinoni Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga . She was the first of two daughters (Nokuthula … M. (2011)  …

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1931-1998

Justice John Mowbray Didcott

… outside Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1948, he went to the University of Cape Town where he obtained a BA in 1951 and an LLB in 1953. At…

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1952

Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge

… Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge was born in KwaZulu-Natal on  29 June 1952. She attended Magog and … matriculated at the Inanda Seminary, a girls’ high…

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