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1884-1953

John David Rheinallt Jones

… Jones was born in 1884 in Carnarvonshire, Wales, the son of a minister, and immigrated to South Africa in 1905, imbued with his family's ideals of liberal…

B-0008210

1983

Nyiko Floyd Shivambu

… in Malamulele. In 2001, he went to study at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg , where he obtained a … Studies at the same university.  In his…

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1938-1999

Ezrom Legae

… In 1959, Legae studied in the Polly Street Art Centre, one of the first places to bring artists from different areas … under one roof. During the 1950’s, it…

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1798-1853

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius

… in the district. He became interested in the planning of the Great Trek and even went on a preliminary trip to the … and several hundred kinsmen were killed…

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Potlako Leballo

… in 1924 near Mafeteng, Basutoland (now Lesotho), the son of an Anglican minister. In 1940, while a student at … his age and enlisted in a non-European…

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1875-1927

James E. Kwegyir Aggrey

… James E. Kwegyir Aggrey was born in 1875 into a family of chiefs. A Ghanaian-born educator and clergyman, and one of the most eminent Africans of his day, he…

B-0007776

1915

Benjamin S. Rajuili

… Rajuili was born in the Sotho-speaking Matatiele district of the Transkei in 1915, the son of a schoolmaster. He attended Lovedale and Fort Hare, … a B.A…

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1915-2004

David Wilcox Bopape

… David Wilcox Hlahane Bopape was the son of Pedi-speaking farm workers, Levi and Jerita Bopape. He was … School, where almost upon arrival he became a member…

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1928-1999

Dr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer

… Zac de Beer was born on 11 October 1928. He was the second of four children of Jean Isobel and Zacharias Johannes de Beer, a medical … to 45. He completed an…

B-0007979

1924-1994

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

… Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the third of eight children. At the age of 17, Motsoaledi came to Johannesburg. His first brush with … work in…

B-0095282

1619-1677

Jan van Riebeeck

… 1639 and then further on to Dejima (today forming part of Nagasaki) in Japan in 1643. In 1645 van Riebeeck was given charge of the Dutch East India Company…

B-0068654

1943-2009

Jan van Eck

… was born in Holland on 18 December 1943, the first born of five children.  He came to South Africa when he was five … School in 1961, after which he studied…

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1921-2015

Norman Stewart Middleton

… at Eddels shoe factory, where he became an active member of the Leather Workers’ Union, eventually becoming vice-chairperson. He was one of the strongest…

B-0099734

1939

Percy Ndithembile Konqobe

… . This work has informed his art, instilling a sense of mysticism in many of his pieces. Konqobe began creating works of art in the early 1970s, encouraged…

B-0099633

1934

Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu

… Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu was born on 8th  of May in 1934 in Natal. He began his career as a teacher in 1952. His years of teaching culminated in…

B-0007851

1908-1996

Jean Sinclair

… Party’s segregationist bills. She was opposed to all forms of injustice, especially the Group Areas Act (1950) which … by the government, she resigned as a…

B-0068468

1922-2001

Sonia Beryl Bunting

… studies to do full-time political work. After the banning of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in 1950, she joined the staff of the Guardian…

B-0007900

1924-2008

Esther Barsel

… (now Gauteng). Barsel dedicated her life to the struggle of the South African people from an early age, joining the … Influenced by a Jewish friend, Barsel…

B-0007832

1900-1972

Vernon Celliers Berrange

… in 1924. He was involved in the Springbok Legion a sort of an auxiliary body, although he was not in the army. Since … a left wing radical. Berrangé joined…

B-0096208

1934-2015

Bob Hepple

… , was a trade unionist and Labour Party member, Member of Parliament, the Chairman of the Treason Trial Defence Fund and Chairman of the South African…

B-0066332

1948

Hemant Kumar Waghmarae

… Maroothi Waghmarae and Indumati Bane Waghmarae. He is one of seven children. He attended the St. Paul’s Catholic school … year Primary School Diploma at the…

B-0073822

1959

Andrew Michael Boraine

… in Pietermaritzburg on 18 February 1959.He is the eldest of four children of Alex and Jenny Boraine.His father was the President of the Methodist Church of…

B-0007872

1900-1963

Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe

… Tandwefika Bokwe was born in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father, John Knox Bokwe , in Ugie, East…

B-0007865

1907-1988

Sushila Gandhi

… born in India and grew up in Akola, a city in the state of Maharashtra located in central India. She was the daughter of a rich, land-owning family who gave…

B-0008092

1942-2024

Edward “Eddie” Webster

… and Economics from Oxford University, and a Bachelor of Philosophy from York University. He obtained his PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand…

B-0095160

1924-1978

Robert Sobukwe

… 1924 at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province. He was the youngest of five boys and one girl. His father worked as a municipal … his schooling he received a bursary…

B-0009089

Chief Maqoma

… frontier wars. Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand Son of Ngqika, King of the Rharhabe division of the Xhosa nation. Implacably opposed to his father's …

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1960-1999

Sifiso Nkabinde

… His father was a policeman and a local chairman of  Inkatha Freedom Party  (IFP). Nkabinde attend the local … youth leader in Richmond. He later became the…

B-0068252

1870-1950

William H. "Bill" Andrews

… 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated to South Africa in 1893. He … and Labour Council.In 1905 he became…

B-0007791

1916-1988

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld

… at farm schools. He joined the army at the outbreak of World War II, when many of his neighbours were violently opposed to South African … participation in…

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