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1947

Ben Skosana

… Ben Skosana was born in Sharpeville on 7 May 1947. He qualified as a teacher from … pursued further studies at St Francis Xavier University in Canada, where…

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The Taung Child

… In November 1924, a fossilized child's skull was found in a quarry at Taung in the present-day Northwest Province. Professor Raymond Dart …

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1947

Ben M. Skosana

… Ben Skosana was born in Sharpeville on 7 May 1947. He qualified as a teacher from … pursued further studies at St Francis Xavier University in Canada, where…

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C. S. Ramohanoe

… as the National-minded Bloc. He was active as a young man in efforts to revive the ANC in the late 1930s, was chosen Transvaal provincial secretary in 1938,…

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1949-2009

Henry Eric Isaacs

… Henry Eric Isaacs was born March 21 in 1949,He grew up in Raisethorpe,a peri-urban area of Pietermaritzburg.His … an Afrikaner,one grandmother Zulu,two aunts…

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1910-1969

Florence Matomela

… Florence Matomela was born on 1st of January ,in 1910 and worked as a teacher while raising five children. In 1950, angered by new influx control regulations…

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Stephen Bernard Lee

… Stephen Lee was arrested in 1978 while completing his Master’s Degree in Sociology at the University of Cape Town. At the time he … African nationality as a…

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1918-1998

Mark Shope

… Mark Shope, SACTU General Secretary Mark Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the Northern Transvaal, he became a … miner, and Railway and…

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1959-2016

Junaid Ahmed

… International award winning filmmaker Junaid Ahmed was born in Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ) South Africa in 1959. He attended Southlands Secondary…

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1892-1973

John Ronald Tolkien

… John Ronald Reuel Tolkien was born in Bloemfontein in the Orange Free State on 3 January 1892. After his father … died, Tolkien and his mother went to…

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1954

Jayaseelen Naidoo

… Jayaseelen “Jay” Naidoo was born on 20 December 1954 in Durban. He was the eighth child of Bakkium and Valatham … Naidoo matriculated from Sastri College,…

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1954

Marlene van Niekerk

… Marlene van Niekerk was born in 1954, on a farm in Tygerhoek near Caledon. An outstanding intellectual, … of Stellenbosch, where she completed a Masters’…

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2006

Daniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi

… Dan Mohapi grew up in Soweto.  He was first involved in the political struggle in the 1970s as a high school student. He completed his high … 2011|Mail and…

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1974

Wim Botha

… Wim Botha is a contemporary artist working mainly in the mediums of sculpture and installation. He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban…

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1963

Nomvula Paula Mokonyane

… Nomvula Paula Mokonyane was born on 28 June 1963 in Kagiso on the West Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She is the youngest in a family of 12, with six…

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1927-2011

Elsie Nair

… Elsie Nair (nee Goldstone) was born in Newcastle, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ) in 1927. After completing her primary school education, she joined her mother…

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1897-1962

Richard Granville Baloyi

… Richard Granville Baloyi was born on 1897 and lived in Alexandra north of Johannesburg in 1922. His first job was that of a taxi driver but in 1925 he became…

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1928-1986

Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo

… was an infant when his father passed away, which resulted in his brother Jongintaba Dalindyebo acting as King. … at the ‘Great Place’ Mqhekezweni when his…

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1958

Rooha Variava

… Rooha Variava was born in Pietersburg, South Africa on the 16 December 1958. She completed a BA degree in Philosophy and Arabic at the University of South…

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1911-2002

Dr. Percy Yutar

… Dr. Percy Yutar was born on 29 July 1911 in Cape Town. He was one of eight children in a family of Lithuanian immigrants. His father originally spelled his…

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1966-1986

Andrew Sibusiso Zondo

… Andrew Sibusiso Zondo grew up in KwaMashu , Durban , Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). He attended … School and went on to Phakama Higher Primary School in KwaMashu…

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1954

William Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr

… as Advocate Willie Hofmeyr, was born on 22 November 1954 in Cape Town, South Africa [i] . After matriculating from … the University of Cape Town (UCT) where…

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1940

Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali

… Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali was born on 17 January 1940 in Vryheid, Natal, where he attended Inkmana High School. His … and Authorship. At the same time, he…

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1938

Aubrey Levin

… Aubrey Levin was born in Johannesburg on 18 December 1938 to Jewish parents. … While Levin only formally became a qualified psychiatrist in 1969, he entered…

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1948

Randolph Hartzenberg

… Hartzenberg produces works that are as emphatic in their physicality as they are cerebral in content. Hartzenberg was originally trained as an art … a…

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1875-1927

James E. Kwegyir Aggrey

… James E. Kwegyir Aggrey was born in 1875 into a family of chiefs. A Ghanaian-born educator and … the most eminent Africans of his day, he was a prime mover…

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1960

Ismail Vadi

… Ismail Vadi was born in 1960 in Kliptown where the historic Congress of the Congress was held in 1955. He matriculated at the Trinity Secondary School in …

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Rosalie van der Gucht

… Van der Gucht moved to South Africa in 1939 and took up a position at the Grahamstown Training College where she started a career in speech and drama…

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1935-2007

Gaus Shikomba

… Born on January 27 1935, at Onashiku shaLaban near Oshakati in Oshana Region, Shikomba joined OPO in 1959 and subsequently Swapo in 1960. He joined the South…

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