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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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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…

B-0008471

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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1908-1984

Frederick Hutchinson Page

… according to one critic, have made him known as ‘a kind of Hitchcock among painters’. Page always used a limited … that he limited his palette to black and…

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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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