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1826-1884

King Cetshwayo

… King Cetshwayo’s place of birth was his father’s (Mpande) kraal of Mlambongwenya, near Eshowe. He was born in 1826, a very troubled period in the history of…

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1929-2008

Billy Nair

… Road), Sydenham, Durban on 27 November 1929. He was one of five children born to Parvathy and Ittynian (Kisten) Nair, … six months for a dairy, but was fired…

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1916-1976

Dawood Seedat

… Dawood Seedat (1916-1976) was the grandson of a Ladysmith, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) trader M.E. Seedat, who had nine children, one of whom, Ahmed, moved to…

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1836-1914

Joseph Chamberlain

… cabinet. A successful businessman, he became the mayor of Birmingham, using his term to implement policies regarded as being ahead of their time. He was…

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1959

Mzwakhe Mbuli

… for the young Mbuli.  After experiencing the death of his fellow students, Mbuli’s school went on strike and he … Mbuli refers to this event as “God’s…

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1871-1946

John Langalibalele Dube

… John Langalibalele Dube was born at Inanda Mission station of the American Zulu Mission (AZM) in Natal on 22 February … sun’. Dube’s grandmother, Dalitha…

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1942

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

… was born on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern … Both his parents were teachers,…

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1938

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

… The academic and social activist, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was born James wa Thiong’o Ngugi in Limuru, Kenya…

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1947

Aaron Mosibudi Mangena

…  Aaron Mosibudi Mangena was born on 7th of August 1947 in Tzaneen, in the Northern Province (now … Tlodipyane Makwela and Tebele Rephard Mangena.The youngest…

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1891-1922

Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long

… in 1891 in Monmouthshire, Wales, Britain. Little is known of Long's early life, other than that he ran away from home … he was ten years old and went coal…

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1927-1978

Philemon Pearce Nokwe

… school situated in Rosettenville, and not the school of the same name at Crown Mines.) Nokwe then proceeded to the South African Native College (University…

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1942

Ali Bacher

… days, he would have had a proud place on the sport's roll of honour. It was Ali Bacher, the young medical doctor and Transvaal batsman - shrewd, skilful and…

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1921-2020

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

… father’s first wife with whom he had three children died of influenza. Mutwa’s parents met in 1920. At the time his … mother (a young Zulu girl) practiced…

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1950-2008

Yunus Ismail Mahomed

… in 1967.  As a young scholar he became conscious of the inequities of the apartheid system. The train journey that he daily … white suburbs that contrasted…

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1940-2009

Dr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang

… from Durban. She matriculated in 1959, at the age of 19. Tshabalala-Msimang went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961 from the University of…

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1911-1985

Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle

… Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a skilled builder and carpenter, … was Mokgatle Mokgatle (Sekete) the…

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1940-2023

Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia

… had come to South Africa around the 1880’s. They were part of the second wave of emigrants from India to South Africa. His grandfather had … in a rural area…

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1920-1964

Vuyisile Mini

… Vuyisile Mini was born in 1920 in the coastal city of Port Elizabeth. Mini's father was a Port Elizabeth … He was also active in campaigns against forced…

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1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a … His father, Mr E.V. Narasa Reddy, was a follower of…

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1948

Gavin Jantjes

… born in Cape Town in 1948. He studied at the University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art until 1969. On 1970, he received a DAAD … FÁ¼r Bildende…

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1910-1978

Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker

… popularly known as Dr Monty Naicker) was the eldest son of Papiah Gangathura Naicker, a well-to-do businessman, and … Marine College in 1927. In 1928 he left…

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1910-1974

Raymond Francis (Ray) Budd

… 9 June 1910 in Mowbray, Cape Town. He was the only child of Robert and Ada Lea Budd. His father, originally from … in Cape Town as a fitter at the Salt River…

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Molefe Pheto

… teacher. In 1970, as a young man he was active member of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BMCA) for which he was detained in 1975. He was the…

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1823-1888

Johannes Henricus Brand

… Johannes Henricus Brand was the president of the Orange Free State , one of two Boer republics formed after the Boers left the Cape … was born in Cape Town…

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1892-1985

Dr James Sebe Moroka

… Dr. James Sebe Moroka was the great grandson of Chief Moroka I of the Barolong, from Thaba Nchu  in the then Orange Free … great opportunity for their son…

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1940

Yusuf Joe Jacobs

… who worked in the diamond mines in Kimberley in charge of mining teams. Jacob’s mother was Zubeida Carr. During the … for full citizenship, the Ten Point…

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1925-2013

Colin Wells Eglin

… He grew up in Pinelands, Cape Town, but moved at the age of nine to live with his aunt, outside Hobhouse, Eastern Free … learner. The tension between the…

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Myron Peter

… (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He studied at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) [now University of KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN]. Following the student boycotts in…

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1893-1962

Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma

… Province (now Eastern Cape). Xuma was the seventh child of Abraham Mangali Xuma and Elizabeth Cupase Xuma, devout members of the Wesleyan Church.  Abraham, a…

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