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1943

Bonisile John Kani

… Ford Motor Company in Port Elizabeth Kani became a member of the Serpent Players drama group. It was here that he met Athol Fugard . This was the beginning…

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1959-2010

Mthuthuzeli Tom

… Tom was born on 7 September 1959, in the village of Mpongo outside East London, and was one of eight children. His mother was a domestic worker and his … at…

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1942-2017

Joe “Sdumo” Mafela

… was also born. Mafela’s family moved to Kliptown, south of Johannesburg in 1947. The family remained in Kliptown for … as a temporary shelter for many…

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Violet Weinberg

… was born in Johannesburg,  South Africa, the daughter of a Jewish refugee who fled from Latvia, then a part of the Soviet Union, where Anti-Semitism led to…

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Pauline Podbrey

… She arrived with her family in  Durban  in 1933 at the age of eleven, although her father had come to South Africa a few … Podbrey’s father was involved with…

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1913-1998

Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden

… Lee-Warden started his own printing works at the back of a furniture shop in Keerom Street. A year later, he moved … and Fred Carneson approached him to take…

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Pious Goodman Mei

… Congress in 1936. As an organiser for the Congress of the People and organising secretary of the African Textile Workers' Union, Goodman was elected to the…

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1921-2010

Gordon Mulholland

… April 1921. His mother, Nell, a Cockney from the east end of London, was the breadwinner at home. She worked as an … children whose parents couldn't afford…

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1941-2020

Joseph 'Headman' Shabalala

… Shabalala was born on 28 August in 1941 and town of Ladysmith (eMnambithi district) in the Kwazulu-natal region was a member of the internationally renowned…

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1977-2006

Lebo Mathosa

… in Daveyton in the East Rand. She began singing at the age of seven in the local church choir. The Mathosa family moved … Mathosa attended the St. Mary’s…

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1915-1995

Yusuf Cachalia

… for him to travel to Mecca, where he began the study of Islamic philosophy. He then spent five years in India. … National Congress (ANC) that resulted in the…

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1928-1994

Maritz Barrymore

… He trained as a painter from 1950-1953 at the University of Rhodes, Eastern Cape, where he obtained a BA(FA). In 1954 … gained a Higher Diploma in Education…

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1924

Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo

… teacher at St. Mary’s Mission School at Odibo. He was part of the Native Military Corps for the South African Defence … and trade unionists. He became the…

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1907-1946

Rosamund Everard-Steenkamp

… was born in Carolina, Mpumalanga, 1907. She was a daughter of Bertha Everard, had a brief career cut short by her death in a Spitfire accident in England…

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1947-2008

Mike Terry

… Terry was an active member of the British  Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) , which was … Sharpeville Massacre  and succeeded the Boycott Movement of 1959. The…

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Unknown-1987

Cameron Mbulelo Madikizela

… Madikizela graduated from Fort Hare.  He was a member of the Cape African Teachers Association (CATA) and the Society of Young Africa (SOYA). He taught at…

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1949-2009

Henry Eric Isaacs

… 21 in 1949,He grew up in Raisethorpe,a peri-urban area of Pietermaritzburg.His family was of diverse racial composition:one grandfather was an … as a cleck…

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Josias Madzunya

… Josias Madzunya was born in the Sibasa area of the northern Transvaal in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe, Madzunya came to Johannesburg in 1931, ……

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1889

Bertha Mkhize

… after his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first students to attend the Inanda Seminary and … Durban City Council forced African…

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1922-2004

Evelyn Ntoko Mase

… available in the public to construct a thorough biography of Evelyn Ntoko Mase before and after her relationship with … desire to be. in political activities…

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1937-2015

Mohamed Ismail Dinat

… meetings with his Father, Ebrahim Dinat, who was a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) .  In 1953,…

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1933-1986

Samora Machel

… Machel was born in 1933 and was raised in the village of Chilembene. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. … he worked in…

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2003

Stanley Mabizela

… by his father to Mariazel in the Transkei, near the border of Lesotho where he did form one and form two in one year. … During this period he carried…

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1908-1993

Manonmoney "Ama" Naidoo

… fruit and vegetables to hotels. Mononmony was the fifth of nine children and the only daughter. Mononmony married … (mother) not only to her children but…

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1851-1897

Barney Barnato

… Barnato was born in 21 February 1851, Whitechapel slum of London. His original name was Barnett Issacs but changed … in the diamond rush that followed the…

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1938

David Nthubu Koloane

… The use of artworks for public education by the National Roads Safety Organisation convinced Koloane of the role of art in communication. Together with Louis…

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1920-2002

Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert

… they died from Asian flu leaving him orphaned at the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and family before being given to a Methodist … he was…

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1773-1830

David Stuurman

… the Khoi and San people were systematically dispossessed of their traditional lands “on ordinance by the colonists”, … his farm. In 1799, the Khoi, on the…

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1930-2018

Anne-Marie Wolpe

… (now Gauteng ), South Africa. She was the daughter of Abraham and Pauline (Braude) Kantor. Wolpe was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand …

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1941

Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela

… born on 18 July 1941 in Johannesburg . She was the second of four children born to Pauline and Thomas Selema Masekela. … sculptor. Barbara grew up in Witbank…

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