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1949

Siziwe Nosimo Balindlela

… Learning Centre, and from 1982-83 was at the University of Fort Hare lecturing Educational Psychology. Balindlela … Her political activism led to her…

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1913

John Watt (Jack) Grossert

… 1913 in Tweedie, KZN. He was a painter and graphic artist of landscapes, portraits and still life. He worked in oil, … University College; and 1967-69 a…

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1920-2000

Fred Carneson

… Carneson, a poor Catholic working class family, the sixth of nine children. Fred’s parents were both almost illiterate … he was forced to leave school and…

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1888-1942

Ruth Alexander

… Ruth Alexander was the daughter of a well-known Hebrew scholar, Solomon Schechter. She was … schools in Cambridge, England and New York, United States of…

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1954-1979

Selaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi

… Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the first born son of the late Collins Molapatene, an attorney and social worker … Hwiti High schools. He later…

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1928-2016

Clarence Mlami Makwetu

… in the Cofimvaba district, Transkei. He was the second of five children of Minah and Gqongo Makwetu. His parents were peasant farmers … into the political…

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1958

Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe

… also produced for video in collaboration with Anant Singh of Video Vision. She has also written both story and music in … with guitarist, Bheki Khoza, for…

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1905-1962

Goolam H. Gool

… 24 March 1905, in Cape Town, Western Cape. He was the son of Yusuf Gool, born in India, in 1864. He made his way to … the spice trade and wholesaled dried…

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1906-1966

August Aime Balkema

… "Huis aen de drie grachten" next door to the old premises of the Gemeentelijke Universiteit of Amsterdam. From the outset his customers were bookish … lay an…

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1936-2016

Indres Naidoo

… Naidoo worked as a clerk and became the main support of the family after the death of his father Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo, a leading political activist, in…

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1947-2017

Raymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri

… late father Kanyama Phiri. He learned to  play a variety of music instruments, including the piano and drums. Phiri … to travel to Johannesburg . He became a…

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1980

Lindiwe Mazibuko

… was born on 9 April 1980 in Swaziland . At the age of six she moved to KwaZulu-Natal with her parents. Her … at St Mary’s DSG in Kloof in 1997. She pursued a…

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1964

Joseph Manana

… award from the Tito Zungu Trust Fund, created in the name of the late artist Tito Zungu which provides subsidies to … to study art. Manana enrolled at the…

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1886-1946

Franciscus Jacobus Ludovicus De Vriendt

… 1886**1874 in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium. He was the son of a famous sculptor Jan Frans de Vriendt and his wife, … parts up to six times in one performance…

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Veerammal Naidoo

… Veerammal Naidoo, wife of Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo *, suffered greatly because of the repeated imprisonments of her husband, a leading political…

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1924

Ben Baartman

… The son of a farm worker, Kopi Ben Baartman was born in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) town of Molteno on 1 March 1924. He worked on the mines…

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1964

Ntela Richard Sikhosana

… Exiled person, MK Commissar, Robben Island prisoner, member of the African National Congress and South African Communist … returned to South Africa he joined…

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1906-1999

Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)

… Sabbai before attending  English school . At the young age of 11, she became a pupil teacher, earning a salary of 10 shillings.Her parents, R.K. Naidoo and…

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1961

Dali Tambo

… Dali Tambo is the son of the late former ANC President Oliver Tambo and his wife … and later went on to study at the American University of Paris where he…

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1874-1939

Charlotte Maxeke

… possible that Maxeke's birth place was confused with that of her husband, who was born in Middledrift in the Cape … also possible that her birth place was…

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1944-2017

Buchi Emecheta

… Obe ‘Buchi Emecheta’ was born in the  Nigerian  city of Lagos on 21 July in 1944 to Jeremy Nwabudinke, a railway … (nee Okwuekwuhe).  Her Igbo parents were…

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1871-1952

Dr. Hans Merensky

… studied geology and mine engineering at the State Academy of Mining and the University of Berlin, Germany, and passed with honours. He completed his … region…

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1950

Peter Jones

… Peter Cyril Jones was born in 1950 on 7th of December in Somerset West in Western Cape . Jones after … in 1976, he became politically active  at the…

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1915-2003

Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima

… Kaiser  Daliwonga Matanzima was a chief of the Thembus. Matanzima was born June 15,1915 in Qamata in … Bantu Authorities Act in the 1950s, the Bunga, the…

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1792-1852

Andries Hendrik Potgieter

… Graaff Reinet  district in the Cape Colony on the 19th of December 1792. He was the second child of Petronella Margaretha and Hermanus Potgieter. He fought…

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1916

Job Patja Kekana

… on 1 January 1916. He grew up on a rural homestead outside of Potgietersrus, now known as Mokopane, in Limpopo province. … boy. His pieces included walking…

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1943

Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi

… in 1943. She developed a life-long love for the designs of traditional arts and craft as a young girl, thanks to her … Sebidi was from a humble family, and…

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1913-1970

Debi Singh

… a teacher and later a farmer near  Durban . As secretary of the Anti-Segregation Council in the mid-1940s he was … in bringing  Yusuf Dadoo  and  G M Naicker…

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1918-2016

Kobera Manual

… Aunty Kobera Manual of Ocean View died at the age of 98 on Wednesday 27 July 2016. In 2009 I interviewed her at … home in Ocean View, when she shared some…

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1919-1990

Hyacinth Joseph Bill Bhengu

… Hyacinth Joseph Bill Bhengu was on 7th of September in 1919 Ixopo distric in Natal.He attended … while obtaining a bachelor's degree in 1952 the University…

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