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1933-2001

Donald James Woods

… Examination, Woods enrolled at the University of Cape Town in 1952 to study law but switched to journalism.  Woods initially supported the idea of separate…

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1938

Elza Miles (Botha)

… In 1960 Miles obtained a BA in Fine Arts at the University of Pretoria, followed by a BA Honours in Afrikaans-Nederlands …  in 1983 at the Rand Afrikaans…

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1995

Enver Hassim

… Enver Hassim was born in the Transvaal, where he was part of a large family, with two brothers and four sisters. His … beginnings did not stop him from…

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1891-1955

Dora Nginza

… Sister Dora Nginza was affectionately known as the “Mother of New Brighton” as a result of her commitment to helping the sick and downtrodden and adopting…

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1928-1986

Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo

… died in the 1920s.Many years later, former Prime Minister of Transkei George Matanzima would say that old Mhlobo … instrumental in selecting Sabata as heir,…

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1964

Suzanne ‘Zan’ Louw

… Town, 1964. She received her BA (Fine Arts) at University of Cape Town in 1986. While a Fine Arts student during the State of Emergency in the mid 1980s,…

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1871-1939

Robert Gwelo Goodman

… has special relevance for this exhibition. It is a view of the environs of the two main venues used for SASA's first exhibitions: the … the present Cape Town…

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1918-1973

Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus

… the school rugby team. During the Great Depression of the 1930's he was forced to leave school and seek … to scrub trams and buses. He was elevated to the…

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1956-1985

Andries Raditsela

… became deeply engaged in politics after becoming a member of the Chemical Workers' Industrial Union (CWIU), an affiliate of the Federation of South African…

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1940-2010

Frederik van Zyl Slabbert

… Hoërskool School in 1958. He was head boy and captain of the first rugby and cricket teams. In 1959 he began … studying towards a B.A. Classics degree at the…

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1905-1988

Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu

… Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu was the only son of Johannes and Miriam Kolo Zulu (nee Hlabisa). His father … in Ladysmith in 1925. In 1926 he was appointed principal…

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1913-1990

Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng

… in the Orange Free State (now Free State) near the town of Vrede. Shortly after his birth, his family moved to the … St. Mary's Anglican School, Daggakraal,…

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1894-1980

Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger

… Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger was born on 11th of January 1894 in Scotland. She emigrated to South Africa with her family in 1904. She was a member…

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1899-1995

Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana

… Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana was born in the Witzieshoek area of the Orange Free State in 1899. He worked at various times … and journalist. In 1926 he joined…

B-0067969

1944

Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)

… her parents did not allow her to get too close to them out of fear of the consequences that would come from their political … had strictly defined roles,…

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1798-1872

King Mpande kaSenzangakhona

… Mpande was king of the Zulu nation from 1840 to 1872, making him the longest reigning Zulu king. He was a half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, who both…

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1876-1932

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

… Plaatje was born on 9 October 1876 in the Boshof district of the Orange Free State. His parents were Christians who … was born, his parents moved to the…

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1934-2021

Ronnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)

… chose to live in Cato Manor. They bought a small piece of ground to develop a market garden. His paternal … (high school), Durban. He spent a year at the…

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1955-1991

Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo

… He acquired the name, Comrade Mzala, as he was fond of addressing everyone as “mzala, mzala”.) In 1972, at the age of 15, he was detained without trial for…

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1941-2010

Eugène Ney Terre’Blanche

… nationalist parents on January 31, 1944. The progenitor of the Terre'Blanche name was a French Huguenot refugee named … the then  South African Defence Force…

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1924-1969

Imam Abdullah Haron

… Town’s southern suburbs. He was the youngest in a family of five, and still an infant when Asa Martin, his mother … Sadan, Hattas, Galant and Ganief families…

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1860-1930

Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo

… Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo*was born of indentured stock in 1875 in Mauritius. His family, originally from Mattur, state of Madras, in Tamil Nadu…

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James Ford

… England. He is listed as a member in the SASA Exhibition of Pictures catalogue of 1904, but there is no record of him ever showing with the Society.Holiday…

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1957-1985

Richard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane

… became politically active during the student uprising of 1976, and like many of his contemporaries he went into exile. In exile, he joined … National…

B-0068082

1947

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke

… was born in Pretoria on 20 December 1947. He is the eldest of the four children of Karabo Mabel and a school headmaster Samuel John Sedise … eight (Grade Ten…

B-0077610

1915-1979

Vera Ponnen

… she went to Johannesburg and while there she met members of the Communist Party. She later joined the party and became … was married, the Ponnen household in…

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1954-1982

Topsy Madaka

… New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1954. He was the son of Nontsikelelo and Mongameli Madaka who, both passed away in … in Transkei. He also attended the Mount…

B-0068165

1948

Timothy Peter Jenkin

… Prep and Boys' High School,[1][2] matriculating at the age of 17.[3] After leaving school, he avoided conscription into … African Defence Force (SADF), and…

B-0008202

1925

Tamsanqa Tasque Tshume

… Stalwart of the Cape  African National Congress  in the 1950s. He was … Port Elizabeth, and inherited the political inclinations of his two uncles, Gladstone…

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1920-2004

Nimrod Sekeramane Nathale

… Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a mission … Soweto . During the 1950s, Sejake was a…

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