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1909

Godfrey I. M. Mzamane

…   Godfrey I.M. Mzamane was born near Matatiele in the Transkei in 1909 and obtained B.A. and M.A. degrees from Fort Hare. He taught at St. Peter's Secondary…

B-0008722

1959

Connie September

… Cornelia “Connie” September was born 26 June 1959 in the Western Cape and grew up on the West Coast where her … her for holidays. September began her…

B-0096276

1955

Diane Case

… Diane Case was born in Woodstock , Cape Town in 1955, the daughter of an Indian father and mixed race … of slave ancestry. The family later moved to…

B-0122038

1975

Mpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom

… Grootboom, controversial and liberal playwright was born in Meadowlands, Soweto in 1975, were he was raised by his grandparents. He was a … primary school,…

B-0064865

1795-1836

King Sobhuza I

… the Swazi people as we know the group today. He was born in Swaziland in 1795 and succeeded his father, Ndvungunye, as king of the Dlamini clan in 1815. He…

B-0068492

1919

Isaac Zakes Nkosi

… Isaac Zakes Nkosi, known to his fans as Bra Zakes, was born in Alexandra Township early in 1919. He started his schooling in Alexandra at a Catholic primary…

B-0065254

1964

Marthinus Hattingh

… Born on the 3rd of August 1964 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Marthinus Hattingh studied Wood … and by his third year, worked with the Sunday Times .  In 1997…

B-0008147

1697-1734

Jan Smiesing

… The school Outside of the Slave Lodge, under a tree in Spin Street, enslaved people were auctioned for sale. [i] … world outside disappeared both socially…

B-0122372

1919-1998

George Naicker

… born on 1 June 1919. He joined the  Natal Indian Congress  in 1941 and became an executive member in 1956 until his arrest on 1 September 1963. At that time …

B-0068192

1957-1985

Richard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane

… Barney Lekgotla Molokoane was born on 27 August 1957 in Tladi, Soweto.  Molokoane became politically active during … and like many of his contemporaries he…

B-0068082

1954

Lele Jacob Motaung

… List of political prisoners  and banned persons in South Africa .p.68 Lele Motaung was tried with eleven … Supreme Court, Pretoria, from 10 May 1977 to 7…

B-0008660

1942

Letta Mbulu

… Letta Mbulu was born in Soweto and, during her teens, she toured South Africa and … at the end of the tour but was soon forced into exile in the United…

B-0067933

1949-2004

Matome Maponya

… Matome Maponya was born on May 14 1949 in the Thabakgone village of Lephapane in the district of Tzaneen, where his parents eked out an … particularly good…

B-0008440

1871-1939

Robert Gwelo Goodman

… Robert Gwelo Goodman was born in 1871, Taplow, England. Goodman's The Parade and the City … used for SASA's first exhibitions: the Drill Hall and, in the…

B-0008112

1948

Conny Braam

… In 1971 Conny Braam, together with some others, broke away … Nederland (AABN). The AABN played an important role in the international struggle against…

B-0007884

Brigalia Bam

… Brigalia Bam was born in the former Transkei , in the Eastern Cape . She was formally educated in South Africa and abroad specializing in teaching, social …

B-0007818

Jonathan Ngwenya

… received his basic military training as APLA activist in Conakry, Guinea in 1977. He completed his Instructor Course at Kwame Nkrumah Military Base. In 1978,…

B-0008784

1915

Benjamin S. Rajuili

… Benjamin S. Rajuili was born in the Sotho-speaking Matatiele district of the Transkei in 1915, the son of a schoolmaster. He attended Lovedale and … a…

B-0008932

1789-1815

Sara “Saartjie” Baartman

… Sara ‘Saartjie’ Baartman was born in 1789* at the Gamtoos river in what is now known as the Eastern Cape . She belonged to … display. She was taken to London…

B-0096312

1945

Bhekisani Manyoni

… Bhekisani Manyoni was born on 6 September 1945 in Greytown, Natal. After Manyoni completed three years of study at Rorke\'s Drift in 1963 he was employed at…

B-0008438

1960

Steve Dyer

… Steve Dyer was born in Pietermaritzburg in 1960. He taught himself to play the guitar at the age of … at the University of Natal where he obtained a degree…

B-0008037

Fani Mkhize

… as Fanozi and called Chicken Man) Mkize was born in 1950. When Mkize was retrenched from Clover Dairies he earned a living dealing in live chickens. He now…

B-0068769

1966

Hangula Shonyeka

… In 1967 the minister of justice announced that a detainee had died in detention in 1966,but did not mention the detainee's name.In 1970,in …

B-0074842

2012

Cebisile Yawa

… Cebisile Yawa (24) was from Cala in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2007. On 16 August 2012 Cebisile was killed at scene 1 after being shot…

B-0121616

1643-1674

Krotoa (Eva)

… A young Krotoa, of about 10 or 11 years old, was taken in by Jan van Riebeeck during the first few days of Dutch settlement in the Cape. She worked as a…

B-0008280

1920

Jacob Dumdum Nyaose

… Jacob Dumdum Nyaose was born about 1920 at Port Shepstone in Natal, the son of a Zulu seaman who belonged to the … Workers' Union. After studying first for a…

B-0068294

1963-1976

Hector Pieterson

… Hector Pieterson* was born in 1963. He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam ……

B-0008889

1961-1976

Lesley Hastings Ndlovu

… was a fifteen-year-old boy during the Soweto Uprising in 1976 . He is widely believed to be the first boy who was … day, sustaining an injury to his head…

B-0075872