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1952-2003

Fikile Magadledla

… Fikile Magadledla, South African artist and co-founder of the Soweto Art Association, was born in Newclare, … several books and wrote poetry to accompany…

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1931

Matsobane Morris Matsemela

… dairy farm in Lady Selbourne, and later joined the staff of the Pretoria General Hospital. He joined the African … (ANC) in 1957 in Lady Selbourne after…

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1927-2013

Francois Roux

… 1940 to 1946. In 1946, he studied at the Camberwell School of Art, London and travelled in Europe completing his studies … Roux, a master draughtsman, is…

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1946-2012

Professor Gert ‘Jakes’ Johannes Gerwel

… “Jakes” Gerwel was born on 18 January 1946 in the town of Kommadagga in the district of Somerset East, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). He is the seventh…

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1910-1984

Annie Silinga

… was born in 1910 at Nqqamakwe in the Butterworth district of the Transkei where she completed only a few years of primary school. In 1937 she moved to Cape…

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1935-2015

André Philippus Brink

… challenged the apartheid government. He is now Professor of English at the University of Cape Town.  André Philippus Brink was born on 29 May 1935, in Vrede…

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1942

Helene Marie Passtoors

… on 9 August 1942. She immersed herself in the struggles of people other than her own for the cause of peace, freedom equality and justice. At the time of her…

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1919-2020

Florence Elizabeth Mnumzana

… during which time she developed a strong awareness of the link between the social system and health problems in … African National Congress (ANC) in 1952 at…

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Mme Makwena Matlala

… District, Transvaal (now Polokwane , Limpopo )] because of the attitude of the Acting Chieftainess”¦much difficulty was and is still experienced.’ Makwena…

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1949

Lefifi Tladi

… Tladi, was born in 1949 in the culturally vibrant township of Lady Selborne in Pretoria, Transvaal Province (now … a youth club known as De-Olympia in the…

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1963

Jeremy Vearey

… ‘informal’ settlement in a large family, with both sets of families.His grandfather and father did all the slaughtering of animals in the area, a skill which…

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1937-1986

Bessie Amelia Head

… mother, Bessie Amelia Emery, came from a wealthy family of Scottish descent. No information on her father exists … a Catholic church and school and remained…

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1928-2013

Phyllis Naidoo

… ) on the 5 January 1928. She was the daughter of Simon David, a teacher and principal. His occupation … she was ten years old, her father took her to an…

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1958

Mkhuseli Khusta Jack

… Humansdorp on 31 May 1958.  Jack was the second youngest of eight children of Fikile and Alice Jack, a domestic worker. When Jack was … he gave his age as…

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1903-1960

Ida Fiyo Mntwana

… and worked as a dressmaker. She was the first president of the  African National Congress Women’s League  and a leader of many mass women’s demonstrations…

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1879-1966

Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo

… 4 January 1879 in Edendale, Pietermaritzburg. At the age of four his parents moved to Amajuba in the southeast of the Transvaal Republic where Kumalo herded…

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1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… the  New Age  as both photographer and reporter. His job of exposing the hidden crimes of Apartheid proved a remarkable experience in investigative…

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1964-2004

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie

… Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born on 3rd of November 1964 in Langa , a township near Cape Town . She … after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The…

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1933-2012

Evelina de Bruin

… on 25 December 1933, and she grew up in the small town of Postmasburg, Northern Cape . In the early days of her life, her parents moved to Upington . They…

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1942-1991

Dumile Feni

… he went to live with relatives in Cape Town until the age of eleven. He then began working for his father, a trader and … Barney Simon. Dumile exhibited…

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1857-1941

Baden Powell

… Baden Powell was born on the 22 February 1857, the son of Professor Baden Powell, of Oxford University. His father died when he was 3 years old … devoted…

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1802-1887

Frederick Timpson I’Ons

… on 15 November 1802. His father was John I'Ons, the master of a riding-school in Islington. Frederick was one of eight children. As a young child, he already…

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1932

Nkosinathi Benson Fihla

… Nkosinathi Benson Fihla was born on 13th June of 1932 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern … groups run mainly by students from the nearby…

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1929-1994

Ruth Gosschalk

… on 27 July 1929 in Muizenburg , Cape Town . She was one of four children. Her parents were immigrants from Eastern Europe. Gosschalk’s mother was a member of…

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1938

Nana Henrietta Moabi

… in community programmes and is listed by the Office of the Special Adviser on Africa in the United Nations (UN) directory of Non Governmental Organisations …

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1957

Michael Madimetja Teffo

… Madimetja Teffo was born in 1957 in the Pretoria township of Lady Selborne . The Township of Lady Selborne was destroyed shortly after his birth. Teffo … in…

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1886-1973

Maria Laubser

… was born on Bloublommetjieskloof farm in the district of Malmesbury in the Cape Colony. In 1903, at the impressionable age of 17 she visited Cape Town and…

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1911-1985

Susanna Helena Kok

… in 1928. Kok began her studies at the University of Cape Town (UCT), and later at the University of the Witwatersrand (Wits) where she obtained her MB ChB in…

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1933-1986

Fabian Defu Ribeiro

… Fabian Defu Ribeiro was born on the 19th of June 1933 in Bantule, he was the third child of Joseph and Katherine Ribeiro (nee Mothibe). His father … passed…

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1912-2001

Milwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba

… Pemba became notorious for escaping from the drudgery of schoolwork into his private world of drawing. In 1924, Pemba won a Grey Scholarship to Paterson ……

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