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1927

Julius Phumelele Busa

… Born in 1927 Busa was a trade unionist. He played an important part in organising textile workers in Worcester, and was an African National Congress (ANC) …

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1795

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…

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1931-2016

Lulu Dube

… Lulu Dube was born in Inanda in 1931. She was the third child born to John Langalibalele … surviving daughter. Her father, John, was instrumental in…

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Siva Pillay

… Siva Pillay was a B.Sc. student at university in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), when he joined uMkhonto … “Coetsee” Naicker, and Siva Pillay. They…

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1903-1960

Ida Fiyo Mntwana

… Ida was born in 1903 and worked as a dressmaker. She was the first … Committee (ANC) Executive Committee during the 1950s, and in 1954 was also elected as…

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1847-1914

Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey

… farm so the family trekked to the Lichtenburg district in the western Transvaal. Like many others, as a young man he … the farm Elandsfontein. They had ten…

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1957

Pansy Tlakula

… Faith Dikeledi Pansy Tlakula grew up in the township of Everton in the Vaal area. She obtained her undergraduate degree in law at the Turfloop University …

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1865

Chief Bhambatha kaMancinza Zondi

… Chief Bhambatha (sometimes spelled Bhambada) was born in Mpanza near the town of Greytown, Natal Colony. He was the … as a popular chief and earned the…

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Cijimpi Mnyandu

… and African National Congress (ANC) member, who worked in Durban, was from the Makhanya Tribal Area, Umlazi … District, on the south coast of Natal [now…

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1934

Abdulhay Jassat

… Abdulhay Jassat became involved in politics as a member of the   Transvaal Indian Congress …  (TIC), which was an affiliate of the Congress Alliance in the…

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1966-2012

John Hodgkiss

… John Hodgkiss was born on 25 September 1966 in Johannesburg. He studied fine art Rhodes University. Here … photographer Obie Oberholzer. John Hodgkiss was…

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1983

Nyiko Floyd Shivambu

… Nyiko Floyd Shivambu was born on 1 January 1983 in Malamulele, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo ). He studied at Mphambo High School in Malamulele. In 2001,…

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1962

Greg Marinovich

… of Archbishop Desmond Tutu when he led a church service in downtown Johannesburg in 1985 to protest the State of Emergency. His interest in photojournalism…

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1909-1984

Joan Hoskyn Davies

… Davies was born on Robben Island in 1909, where her father was a doctor. In 1935 she started work at the Cape Archives Depot and in 1944 she transferred to…

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1890-1978

Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe

… Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe was born 5 September 1890 in Kimberley. He obtained his Senior Teacher's Diploma and … and 1924, while teaching at the Tiger…

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Unknown-1663

Doman

… In about 1657 Doman, a Goring-haiqua Khoisan, was sent to … Van Riebeeck seized several Khoisan leaders as hostages in 1658, Doman was the lone protester …

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1965

Phila Portia Ndwandwe

… part of the Natal Machinery of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in 1985 under the leadership of Muzi Ngwenya (Thami Zulu or “TZ”) operating from Swaziland . She was in…

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1800

Bishop Samuel Adjai Crowther

… Born about 1800, in Zomba, Central Africa. From his youth the boy showed the … frequently suffered from raids and pretty wars. It was in 1821 that the…

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1964-1985

Vincent Tshabalala

… Vincent “Toivo” Tshabalala was born in Bethal in Mpumalanga on 15 August 1964 where he also grew up. … politically influenced at a young age by the Bethal…

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1932-2008

Jeremiah Baden Leeuw

… Jeremiah Baden Leeuw was born in 1932. Originally a member of the African National Congress … (see  Sharpeville Massacre ) and sentenced to 3 years in prison…

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1912-1964

Daniel R Koza

… Daniel Koza was born 1912 near Pietersburg and in the mid-1930s came Johannesburg where his path somehow … African Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union…

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1817-1887

Jan Gerritze Bantjes

… Jan Gerritze Bantjes was born in Graaff-Reinet district. He was a member of Voortrekker … leader Jacob de Clercq's group who arrived at Blesberg, in the…

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1883-1970

Daniel William Alexander

… Daniel William Alexander was born on 23 December 1883 in Port Elizabeth, the son of a West Indian father and an … separatist African Orthodox Church(AOC)…

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1908

Edgar Arthur Deane

… Edgar Arthur Deane was born in 1908. He became national secretary of the Coloured … of the South African Coloured People's Organisation in the 1950s. In 1962…

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1967

Vuyani “The Beast” Bungu

… Vuyani Bungu was born on 26 February 1967 in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, South Africa. He attended the … professional. However, Bungu managed to avenge his…

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1969

Jonathan Neil Rhodes

… Jonathan Neil Rhodes, better known as Jonty, was born in Pietermaritzburg, KwaZulu-Natal on 27 July 1969. He grew up in the picturesque Pietermaritzburg town…

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1450-1500

Bartolomeu Dias

… Diaz. He was a Portuguese navigator whose discovery in 1488 of the Cape of Good Hope showed Europeans there was a … II of Portugal financed Dias’s expedition…

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