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1878-1941

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

… is known about his early life except that he was a member of the Bakgatlo tribe. He was drafted as a driver for the … in Middelburg, Transvaal, where he also…

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1937-2011

Fikile Charles Bam

… from 1956, and went on to study law at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1960. Bam was a member of the Yu Chi Chan Club (Chinese for guerrilla warfare)…

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1914-2006

Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo

… Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo was born on the 29th of June 1914 in Lesotho . She grew up on her grandfather's … by cousins and aunts. She began school at the…

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1852-1918

Schalk Burger

… Willem Burger was born on the 6 September 1852. At the age of 21 he worked as a clerk at Lydenburg in the office of the field coronet. During this period he…

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1929-2017

Emma Thandi Mashinini

… when Mashinini was 14, and she was forced to drop out of school and go to work. At age 17, she married, and went on to give birth to six children, three of…

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1930-2007

Elize Botha

… Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, in 1948 and majored in … and Dutch languages and literature  earning…

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1917-1998

Winnie Motlalepule Kgware

… was born in Thaba Nchu in the Free State on the 27th of October in 1917.  A teacher by profession, and resident at the University of the North (Turfloop). In…

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1911-1963

Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka

… Fort Beaufort in the eastern Cape. He read for a Bachelor of Arts degree with the University of Fort Hare. While still studying, Mosaka became involved … in…

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1952

Antjie Krog

… Philosophy (cum laude) and English at the University of the Orange Freestate and then she went on to obtain a Masters degree in Afrikaans at the University…

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1906-1968

Archibald Campbell Jordan

… Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan, the son of an Anglican minister, was born on 30 October 1906 at the Mbokothwana Mission Station in the Tsolo District of…

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1925-2000

Alfred Baphetuxolo Nzo

… born on 19 June 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a clerk at Modder B mine, … actively involved in students politics…

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1949-2001

Jeffry Dumo Baqwa

… Jeffry Dumo Baqwa was born on 24th of July 1949 in Pinetown, Natal. He was the second child and … university Baqwa became involved in politics becoming one…

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1926-1977

Viola Hashe

… In the early 1950s she was elected Assistant Secretary of the Chemical Workers Union and the Dairy Workers Union. … 1954, Hashe served on the Transvaal…

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1915-2006

Hilda Bernstein

… associated with the struggle for National Union of Distributive Workers. She was a member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth until 1940. After…

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1922

Elsa Joubert

… Paarl where she grew up, and studied at the universities of Stellenbosch (BA and SOD) and Cape Town (MA in Afrikaans-Nederlands). Within two years of…

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1979

Alexander Leor Fattal

… Alex Fattal was born in Austin, Texas. He is the first of two children of Laura and Yacov Fattal. Alex moved to Boston Massachusetts … Studies, focusing on…

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1936-2011

Lawrence Schlemmer

… he studied art under Walter Battiss at the University of Pretoria. Schlemmer then went on to study sociology and social work at the University of Pretoria…

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1948-2021

King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He is the eldest son of King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon and his second wife, Queen Thomo. He was educated at the Bekezulu…

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1955-2017

Peter McKenzie

… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended Melbourne Road … and darkroom equipment —thus starting his…

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1938-1979

David Sibeko

… the  Pan Africanist Congress  (PAC) during the state of emergency after the banning of the organization in 1960. He soon became chairperson of the PAC in the…

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Billy Paddock

… Billy Paddock, of Irish extraction, grew up in Durban, Natal (now … His political consciousness was awakened at the University of Natal (now University of…

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1953

Mosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale

… was born in Orlando West, Johannesburg as the third of six children of Godlieve and Frank Sexwale. He grew up amid the turmoil of the Black township's…

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1905-1978

Moses Mauane Kotane

… Kotane was born at Tamposstad in the Rustenburg district of the western Transvaal on 9th of August in 1905, Kotane came from a devoutly Christian peasant…

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1935

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

… Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, Natal. He matriculated at St Oswald's…

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Nontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho

… Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major female poet to write in Xhosa , apart from what is revealed in her writings, almost all…

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1908-1982

Monica Hunter Wilson

… missionaries, emigrated to Lovedale at the end of the 19th century; Monica was born there on January 3, … and graduated with a Ph.D. from Cambridge at the…

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1940

Sindiso Mfenyana

… is descended from the Bhele clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots back to a small town … the iMfecane during the mid 1800s,…

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1923-1986

Moses Mabhida

… off the land. Mabhida could not pursue his studies because of the financial constraints experienced by his family. His … political motivators were his father…

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1947-1974

Abram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro

… time with his uncle where he assisted him with the running of the bakery business. He started his schooling in 1951 at … Primary School. The school was…

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1904-1996

Nokukhanya Luthuli

… maiden name Bhengu, (also known as MaBhengu) was the wife of Chief Albert John Luthuli . Although she never became as … Mission Station (near Durban) as the…

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