SAHO global search

1937-2021

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim

… was born in Durban on 1st July in 1937,  the second of five children. When he was a few months old Ebrahim's … schools, he only began his schooling at the…

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1950

Winston Churchill Masakeng Saoli

… Masakeng Saoli was born on 3 January 1950 in the town of Acornhoek, Eastern Transvaal, now known as Mpumalanga Province. He was the second of six children,…

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1930-2011

Magnus Malan

… 1930. His father, Avril Ire de Merindol, was a professor of biochemistry at the university of Pretoria, and later a member of parliament and speaker of the…

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1940

Mary Maria Burton

… born on 19 January 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of three children of Molly and Peter Ingouville, Burton and her family moved … as a journailst and in…

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1938

Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn

… living side by side. She was raised in the home of her grandparents with her older brother and sister. When … World War II , Sophia’s mother Frances…

B-0009229

2018

Vondela Landingwe

… in Gugulethu and Western Province under the auspices of the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SARU) during the … became involved in politics, and was…

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1948

Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla

… Brigitte Mabandla was born on the 23rd of November 1948. In the mid-1970s, she worked as a youth co-ordinator at the Institute of Race Relations in Durban…

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1942-2020

George Hallett

… film show at the primary school in the fishing village of Hout Bay. On the way home, as friends enacted scenes from … lighting that impressed him in the…

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T W Thibedi

… Before joining the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in the 1920s, Thibedi was a member of the International Socialist League in the Cape and, … he…

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1895-1951

Dorothy Ruth Boxall

… , South Africa. She dedicated herself to the promotion of music in South Africa. She studied under Prof. P.R. Kirby of the Department of Music at the…

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1930-2006

Amos Langdown

… he was already studying part-time at the Michaelis School of Fine Art, UCT. The influence and guidance of Katrine Harries (1914–1918) is discernable in his…

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1967

Nkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo

… 1967. Nko as he was popularly known was the fourth out of six children of Nokuna and Kanana Mbuyabo. He received his early education … gallantly against the…

B-0068701

1940

Ebrahim Ismail Asvat

… from Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was a Member of the Committee of British Indian Association (BIA) and Secretary of its Johannesburg branch. On…

B-0098479

1947-2019

Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo

… on 16 September 1947 in Kwambunda village on the banks of the Blood River in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).In 1947 the Kumalo family moved to Evaton, a township…

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1936-2008

Joseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla

… was born on 4 December 1936 in Sophiatown. He was one of the five children of Christina Toli (born Buhali) and Samuel Nhlanhla. Both … as Orange Free State)…

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1931-2019

Isaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho

… School in 1952. Maphotho left his home towards the end of 1952 to search for employment in Pretoria. He found a job at the City Council, working in the…

B-0068219

1917-1957

Henry ‘Mr Drum’ Nxumalo

… Margate, in what was then Natal Province. The first child of Lazarus and Josephine Nxumalo, he attended the Fascadale … the Post newspaper in Johannesburg, a…

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Harry Moyaga

… who asked Moyaga to show him some drawings. He bought one of them and then introduced Moyaga to Brother Bral, who … Matsoso (qv.) and Thami Mnyeli responded…

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Unknown-1663

Doman

… interpreter. But having witnessed first hand the capacity of the Dutch to reduce indigenous people to positions of servitude, he became a staunch opponent of…

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1953-2008

Ivan Toms

… 1953. He completed his medical degree at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1976. This was followed by a year-long … 15 km outside Cape Town. At the time,…

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1943-2020

Devikarani Priscilla Jana

… family. [i]  From an early age Jana developed an awareness of the unequal society she was born into, stating in her book … system. [iii]  The family was…

B-0120811

1921

Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein

… Marx and Lenin were read and discussed. At the age of 21, she joined the Communist Party of South Africa , where meetings were held at the Gandhi … , Pauline…

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1919-1998

George Naicker

… George Naicker, was one of six sons. He was born on 1 June 1919. He joined the  Natal … he was banned for five years. Apart from being a member of the Natal…

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1931-2020

Jürgen Schadeberg

… Rosemarie, the only child in a single-parent family of limited means. He studied at the School of Optic and Photechnic in Berlin and worked as an apprentice …

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1941-2010

Hotep Idris Galeta

… spiritual quest.  He embraced and explored aspects of the Islamic mystical tradition called Sufism. For the purposes of this biography he will be referred to…

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1960-1983

Nokuthula Orela Simelane

… Township near Bethal in Mpumalanga . She was the first of two daughters (Nokuthula and Thembisile) of Ernestinah and Matthew Simelane. She  graduated on 15…

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1931-2015

Reggie Vandeyar

… in Johannesburg. He schooled in Fordsburg where his family of nine members, of which he was the youngest, eventually settled down. … Höer Skool. At about 13…

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1907-1987

Richard Gert Sibande

… was an  African National Congress  (ANC) activist, and one of the first-string accused in the  Treason Trial  of 1956 to 1961. Gert Sibande was born in the…

B-0068451

1991

Mokgadi Caster Semenya

… later went on to study Sports Science at the University of North West. In the African Junior Championships in 2009, … won both the 800 meters (m) and 1500m…

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1928-2009

Curtis Nkondo

… Northern Transvaal (now Makhado, Limpopo). Towards the end of the 1800s, his grandmother, Ma Nkondo left Lorenco Marques … were extremely devout Christians…

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