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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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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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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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1938

Ngoako David Thebehali

… Soweto . His parents were among the earliest residents of Soweto. From 1945 to 1952 he was a pupil at St. Mary’s … (now St. Martin’s, Victoria) until 1955…

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1929-2024

James Matthews

… standard seven, Matthews began to work and held a variety of jobs, including newspaper boy, office messenger, clerk and telephonist. However, for Matthews,…

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1935

Judge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs

… , had arrived in South Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on the eve of the First World War, and his mother, Ray, had arrived as an infant. Both of his…

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