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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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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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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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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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1899-1996

Mary Agnes Stainbank

… Mary Agnes Stainbank was born in 1899 on the farm Coedmore in Bellair, Durban. She was educated at St. Anne's DSG at … woman artist, she experienced the…

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1953

Edwin Cameron

… Edwin Cameron was born on 15 February 1953 in Pretoria. He completed his schooling at Pretoria Boys’ … Cameron acquired a BA Law degree, and an Honours…

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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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1958-1985

Vernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng

… Vernom Nkadimeng was born in 1958 to the  African National Congress (ANC) activist and … after the  1976 Student Uprisings  to join the ANC in exile. He went…

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1897-1974

Victor Poto

… Victor Poto was born in 1897 at Libode in western Pondoland, attended Healdtown and the' South … and was installed as paramount chief of western Pondoland in…

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Alex Moumbaris

… Alex Moumbaris was born in Egypt to French parents and later became a naturalised … He worked as a trade unionist and came to South Africa in 1973. His wife…

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1922-2003

Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker

… Born 4 April 1922 in Pinetown, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). Attorney prominent in the South African Indian Congress . He was active in Natal politics as a…

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1964

Ntela Richard Sikhosana

… National Defence Force Ntela Richard Sikhosana was born in Escourt, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal), on 23 August 1964. He matriculated at Wembezi High (Estcourt)…

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1957

Anna Zieminski

… Anna Zieminski was born in Cape Town , South Africa in February 1957. She schooled at St Mary's Dominican Convent and the University of Cape Town. In 1983…

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1932

David Phaswane Mogano

… David Phaswane Mogano was born on 2 September 1932 in Pietersburg, Northern Transvaal, Mogano was educated at Mogano Higher Primary School in Pietersburg. He…

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1915-1974

Michael Alan Harmel

… Michael Alan Harmel was born on 7th of February in 1915 in Johannesburg ,to Irish immigrant parents, became a radical … opposed to racism while studying at…

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1902-1978

Jan Bouws

… musician, composer, lecturer and author, was born in the Netherlands in Purmerend on 28 July 1902. He trained in Musicology at the University of Amsterdam…

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1957-2006

Monty Johannes Motloung

… his primary schooling at Mmuso Lower Primary School in 1965. Ten years later, in 1975, Motloung went to pursue his secondary education at … his matric as he…

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1931-1972

Joseph Engenas Matlhakanye Lekganyane

… Joseph Lekganyane was born in 21 January 1931 in Moria. His father is the founder of the  Zion Christian Church (ZCC)  in 1910. He attended school up to…

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1893-1947

Sir Shafa’at Ahmad Khan

… Born in Moradabad, Khan was, like Raza Ali, an unofficial Muslim … from U.P. After attending the Government High School in Moradabad, he studied at Trinity…

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1948-2007

Bill Flynn

… Bill Flynn was born on 13 December 1948 in Cape Town.  He was a stage and screen actor, known for his roles in films like  Heel Against the Head  and …

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1920-1969

Eduardo Mondlane

… Born in Manjacaze, Mozambique, the son of a tribal chief, Eduardo … different independence movements on the 25th of July 1962 in Tanzania.  He attended…

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1932-2009

Aidan Walsh

… Aiden Walsh was born in Durban in 1932. He studied at the Natal Technical College from 1948 … to 1957. Between 1959 and 1966 he taught art at schools in…

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1926-1994

Lennox Sebe

… Towncircuit. He also managed to complete a diploma in agriculture. Sebe became an advisor to the Paramount Chief Bazindlo Sandile. In 1968 he assumed…

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1949

Gill Marcus

… Gill Marcus was born in 10 August, 1949 to parents who were active members of the African National Congress (ANC). She grew up in Johannesburg , where she…

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1939

Manfred Zylla

… reality. I use art as a tool to get to know the world in which I live. And I use art as a tool to experience my own reality within the world in which I live…

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