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1933

Mildred Lesiea

… Town in the 1930s. She grew up in the racially mixed area of Kensington. Her father, Sello Ramakaba, was from Lesotho … although they were classified as…

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1928-2013

Judge Jan Hendrik Steyn

… on 4 March 1928. His mother, Zerilda Steyn, was a pioneer of social welfare in South Africa, founding the Urban Housing … now Western Cape) and later…

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1851-1932

Joseph Booth

… Derby, England. A unique figure in the missionary history of central and southern Africa, Booth was one of the earliest proponents of the principle of …

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14 January1918-1999

Dimitri Tsafendas

… step-mother, Maria, and step-siblings. The racial divides of the time prevented his parents from marrying and Tsafendas … who had fought against the Ottomans…

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Zulumathabo Zulu

… Zulu is a software engineer and published author of more than eight books and hundreds of articles including The Sesotho Dictionary of Mathematics, The…

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Nimrod Boyce Tantsi

… Tantsi was born in  Johannesburg  in 1895, the grandson of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of … for the eastern…

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1959-2002

Peter Mokaba

… During the  1976 uprisings , Mokaba became a leader of school boycotts, which led to his expulsion from school. … own in 1978 and then went on to enrol with…

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1919

Dr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco

… Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco, the son of a semi-literate but wealthy cattle farmer in the Ixopo district of Natal in 1919, Conco rose to become Luthuli's ……

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1959

Cheryl Carolus

… Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was … was selected as head prefect in matric…

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1931-2021

Archbishop Emeritus Desmond Mpilo Tutu

… who was educated at a Mission school, was the headmaster of a high school in Klerksdorp, a small town in the Western … a shack while his mother worked at the…

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1936

Luli Callinicos

… Luli Callinicos was born in Johannesburg, and is of Hellenic descent. She began her involvement in the … involved in the trade union movement.  She became a…

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1936-2011

Bafana Cyril Dlamini

… in exile was Edwin Ndlovu was born in 1936 to the family of a prominent political and trade union activist. His father, Steven Dlamini was a member of the…

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1925

Gertrude Shope

… Congress (ANC) , and soon afterwards left teaching as part of the campaign to boycott Bantu Education . She moved onto … From 1958 to 1966 Shope was the…

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1918-1996

Rowley Israel Arenstein

… Rowley Israel Arenstein was born on 7th of July in 1918. Arenstein was a prominent Durban attorney,the son of immigrant eastern European jews and a leader of…

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1950

Siphiwe Nyanda

… Siphiwe Nyanda was the eldest of the six children of Betsy and Henry Nyanda, a traffic inspector and area supervisor of liquor outlets for the Johannesburg…

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1950

Mandla Langa

… now known as KwaZulu-Natal Province . He is the son of a preacher, and he grew up in the KwaMashu township outside Durban . He is one of nine children in his…

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1962

Ebrahim Rasool

… on 15 July 1962 in  District Six , Cape Town. At the age of nine in 1972 his family was forcibly moved out of District Six when the apartheid government…

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1910-2001

Govan Mbeki

… a communist and a firm believer in the superior morality of socialism to his last day. He threw himself into the work of linking the struggle for socialism…

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1916-1988

John Taolo Gaetsewe

… early 1930s.He was a long-standing and respected member of the African National Congress (ANC), and a dedicated trade … was very active in the African…

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1946-2011

John James Issel

… Issel was born on 17 August 1946 in the wine-growing area of Worcester outside Cape Town . At a tender age, he worked … It was during this time that he was…

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1862-1945

Anton van Wouw

… on 20 November 1862. He is regarded as the father of South African sculpture. He decided to move to the developing city of Pretoria at the age of 28 and…

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1881-1969

Daniël Francois Malherbe

… Josafat in the Cape Colony, to P. J. Malherbe, a founder of the Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners (Society for Real … to further his studies and soon left for…

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1911-1991

Taubie Kushlick

… Rarely in realms beyond the scope of politics does one encounter personalities of the stature of Taubie Kushlick. In South Africa they are most likely to ……

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1946-2006

Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley

… Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the eldest child of Joyce Margaret and Narainsamy Moodley, a teacher and later Director of the Durban Indian Child…

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1950

Biddy Partridge

… None But Ourselves: The media and the masses in the making of Zimbabwe , with Julie Frederikse. This involved interviewing and photographing hundreds of…

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1895-1983

Rev. James Arthur Calata

… and in national church affairs, serving as president of the Inter-denominational African Ministers' Federation … studying for the Anglican ministry.He joined…

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1930-2013

Professor Bernard Magubane

… near Colenso in Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). He was the son of labour tenants on a white-owned farm in the Colenso district of KwaZulu-Natal. His father,…

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1951

Frank Chikane

… Frank Chikane, the son of James and Erenia Chikane, was born on 3 January 1951 in … where he matriculated before registering at the University of the North …

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1955

Shirley Gunn

… to her political work, she became involved activities of the trade union movement in the Clothing Workers’ Union. Gunn became part of community organisations…

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1916-1987

Margaret Mary Smith

… Doctor. Her mother, Helen Evelyn Zondagh, was a descendant of the Voortekker leader Jacobus Johannes Uys. Margaret was the youngest of their three children. …

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