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1946-2006

Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley

… the whole scenario touched them by writing a satire titled Black on White. Its success led to it being performed in … places around Natal and eventually drew…

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1880-1919

Cecilia Makiwane

… an experimental nurse’s training school was opened for black nurses at the Lovedale Mission Hospital and in 1902 a … passing her exams, Makiwane was…

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1942-2019

Nomhle Nkonyeni

… from the King Alfred College.  Nkonyeni was the first black actress in theatre during the apartheid era in South …

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1931-2015

Lauretta Ngcobo

… Let it be Told  (1987) recounts the turbulent thoughts of black women writers in Britain in the 1980's, told in their … known books is “And They Didn’t Die”…

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1948

Paul Michael Sibisi

… Drift. He was the winner of the Graphic Art Award at the Black Expo of 1973. In 1974 he held a joint exhibition at the … (group). 1970: UFH (Annual…

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1917-1957

Henry ‘Mr Drum’ Nxumalo

… while still at school. Although opportunities for black journalists were very limited, the Post newspaper in … of change. The early post-war years were lean…

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1955-1985

Malesella Benjamin Moloise

… Benjamin Moloise was born in 1955 in Alexandra. he was a black upholsterer and poet. He was executed by apartheid … Prison for his supposed role in the 1982…

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1884-1933

Richard Msimang

… time he befriended political aware and overseas-educated black lawyers such as Pixley Seme and Alfred Mangena, who … rural areas to investigate the effect of…

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1920-2003

Rev. Theo Kotze

… and through his future in-laws began to meet articulate black Methodists. One minister in particular had a major … of economic exploitation through White…

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1855-1920

Olive Schreiner

… opposed racism in whatever form, whether against Boers or Black people, both of whom were ‘underdogs’ in the early part … in South Africa and championed the…

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1932-2007

Sydney Sipho Sepamla

… not Johannesburg, Cape Town and Durban, but rather the ‘Black’ cities of Soweto, Langa and Kwa Mashu.  For a long … collection was banned during apartheid…

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1910-1990

Gerard Bhengu

… From 1940 to 1949 he painted scenes of everyday black life as well as portraits of black people which were sold in Payne Brothers Department … Frieze…

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1952-2006

Thozamile Richard (Thozi) Gqweta

… job that opened his eyes to the poverty and insecurity of black urban workers.He was asked by the Black Allied Worker's Union (BAWU)in 1978 to from an East ……

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1948-1996

Vuminkosi Zulu

… colleagues his work was shown at the Brooklyn Museum's 'Black South Africa: Contemporary Graphics' exhibition in 1976 … DAM (Art SA Today). 1974: Diakonia…

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1948-2020

Ntongela Masilela

… articles and newspaper clippings highlighting the works of Black South African scholars and writers. This is reflected … articles he authored throughout his…

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1905

Ray Harmel (nee Adler)

… - separate lifts, separate washrooms, and so forth, for black and white garment workers.  Sachs believed it was the … In the early 1960s, hers was the first…

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1918-2002

Wolfie Kodesh

… conditions for soldiers deteriorated particularly for black soldiers and Kodesh took up their cause and demanded … with Ruth First to expose the appalling…

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1912-2002

John Jack Curtis

… in a rural and mining constituency that was opposed to black people having the vote. He lost his deposit. Curtis was … which he often said unnecessarily…

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1974

Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo

… Basetsana Makgalemele, former Miss Soweto and Miss Black South Africa, was crowned Miss SA in 1994. The event is … with the first democratic elections…

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1931-2000

Ismail Mahomed

… [iii] Mahomed forged ahead to become South Africa’s first black Senior Counsel, using his intellect and education to … was an outcome of his experience in…

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1931-2017

Thandi Klaasen

… domestic worker, she grew up in Sophiatown at the heart of black urban culture and resistance politics, discovering her … you're dirty… you must be strong."…

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Mary Malete

… Malete took over the presidency portfolio of the Black HOSPERSA Congress, which later merged with their white …

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1913

Manasseh Tebatso Moerane

… (ASSECA), and in the early 1970s he helped to found the black People's Convention. …

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1929-1967

Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi

… at Fort Hare, which was the only university opened to Black, Indian and Coloured South Africans as well as students … was the only teacher training art…

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1953

Diana Ferrus

… 1999. She then pursued her Masters; her thesis topic was Black Afrikaans women writers: the joy and frustration of the … stories on fathers and daughters – a…

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1851-1930

William Henry Beaumont

… defining boundaries for territorial segregation between black and white people. In March 1916 the Commission … to white people and which ones were to be…

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1940

John Maxwell Coetzee

… story which, through the experience of a mentally disabled black man, traces the tensions of a ravaged country, and … of times past to explore the perpetual…

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1944

Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)

… growing up, she had had very little to no interaction with Black people, therefore, her opinions on Black people were largely based on what she had been…

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