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1932

Dr Essop Essak Jassat

… Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents came from India…

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1918-2009

Elizabeth Mafekeng

… Cape Town in early 1930s. Mafekeng left school at the age of 15 to support the family.  Her first job was at a “canning … married a fellow factory worker in…

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1879-1931

Stephen William Black

… Stephen Black was the son of Henry and Sarah Black. He was born in September 1879 in … was engaged by George Kingswell who was owner and editor of The Owl…

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1866-1935

Henry Burton

… at St Andrews in Grahamstown, Eastern Cape. He was the son of Henry Francis Burton, a magistrate and civil commissioner. … first studied literature and…

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1888-1956

Sonja Schlesin

… later immigrated to South Africa, and arrived at the Cape of Good Hope in June 1892.  In 1903,  M.K Gandhi , who had … campaigns, enrolled as an attorney in…

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1935-2012

Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood

… he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was … school and started working. He became…

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1925-2012

Professor Emeritus Phillip Tobias

… School in 1939 where he matriculating in 1942. At the age of 15 even before he finished his schooling, he decided to study medicine after his sister, Val,…

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1795-1840

King Dingane ka Senzangakhona

… career. Instead, Dingane enters the record when on the 22 of September 1828 he, with the assistance of his half-brother Mhlangana and servant Mbopha,…

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1855-1920

Olive Schreiner

… Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a … whatever form, whether against Boers or Black…

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1930-2013

Amina Cachalia

… and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. Her father was a companion of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi . He was also…

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Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

… family moved to Elandslaagte, Northern Natal, the centre of coal mining, where they felt that there would be better … a strong interest in public affairs. He…

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1921

Richard Ernest van der Ross

… der Ross was born in 1921, he studied at the University of Cape Town where he received M.A., B.Ed., and Ph.D. degrees. For some years he was principal of a…

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1850s-1911

Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba

… Church minister on 2 December 1875. He became a teacher of biblical studies. After his ordination, he volunteered to … and taught at Lovedale Institution. In…

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1893-1958

Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom

… Born on 14 July 1893, J G Strijdom served as Prime Minister of South Africa from 30 November 1954 to 24 August 1958. … as Modimolle, in the Limpopo Province…

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Gwede Mantashe

… Gwede Mantashe was born in the village of Lower Cala in the Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He received a B.Comm degree from the University of South Africa …

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1920-2000

Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo

… ). She started her education at the Doornfontein School of the American Board of Missions and then went on to the Inanda Seminary, a … where she completed…

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1905-1992

Helen Joseph

… She graduated with a degree in English from the University of London in 1927. She then taught for three years in India, … decision to become a social worker,…

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1909-1961

David Pratt

… Gauteng). His father had business interests in a range of companies that included the Electricity Supply Commission … and although he was very bright, he was…

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1903-1973

Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams

… born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah Sherman. As a … he was educated at the Jews College…

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1927-1994

Mizream Maseko

… work was included in a calendar. This resulted in a period of experiment with staining, painting and embossing imported modelling hide. The result was a…

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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 Hamburg ……

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1950

Nyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi

… Cindi was born in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg on 18th of August in 1950. Cindi began his primary education at … failing to show the security police a …

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1957

Mohammed Valli Moosa

… Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained his BSc degree in … for Durban-Westville, and in 1977 was…

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1909

Isaac Bangani Tabata

… racially mixed Lorry Drivers' Union, serving as a member of its executive. He joined the Cape African Voters' … in Marxist and other radical literature. The…

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1958-2008

Ncumisa Chwayita Kondlo

… Ncumisa Chwayita Kondlo grew up in the rural village of Peddie in the Eastern Cape . Kondlo was politically active … (SANSCO) where she served in the…

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1963

Nomvula Paula Mokonyane

… Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She is the youngest in a family of 12, with six sisters and five brothers. Mokonyane … in the struggle against Apartheid at the…

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1931-2015

Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena

… 1960s and early 1970s Oshadi was the executive director of the Association for the Education and Cultural Advancement of South Africa. She was concurrently…

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1929-2011

Margaret Nash

… ), where Nash later matriculated.  At the young age of 16 she enrolled at Rhodes University for a teaching degree … in 1975, also obtained a PhD in Theology…

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1965

Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko

… School. Following this, she enrolled at the University of South Africa (UNISA) majoring in Education, English and … Strategic Leadership Course at (WITS)…

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1944

Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi

… were both school teachers in the area. He spent most of his early years staying with relatives in Limpopo and … In 1966 Rachidi began a B.Com at the…

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