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1927

Sydney Brenner

… intelligent and learned to read at an early age. One of his father's customers convinced Mr. Brenner senior to … at age 5. The young boy completed the first…

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1955-1985

Qaqawuli Godolozi

… Qaqawuli Godolozi was born in Durban 26 of July 1955 to Mbuyiselo Godolozi and Nobubele Jafta. His … Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO). PEBCO was an affiliate…

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1968

Rebecca Malope

… hiked 400 km from their home to the Johannesburg township of Evaton to seek work. In 1986 Rebecca entered the ‘Shell … award launched her music career. She…

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1949-2016

Rocky Malebane-Metsing

… He began as a clerk before becoming a superintendant of public works in Tlhabane. Frustrated by the racial hierarchy, he left and from 1972 spent most of the…

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1934-2011

Abdool Kader Hassim

… born in Dundee, Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 10th of November in 1934. Both his parents were born in India. He … at the Dundee Indian High School…

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1935-2019

Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam

… at Natal University for a BA degree (now University of KwaZulu-Natal -UKZN). At the time the University would not … schools throughout Natal, and by 1960/63…

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1921-1980

President Seretse Khama

… Kgosi (King) Khama III, known as Khama the Good, the ruler of the Bangwato people. Under his rule and with his approval, … Temple, London. In 1947 he met…

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1927-2023

Blanche la Guma

… 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively involved in local … mother, Sophia Herman, was active in…

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1875-1966

Walter Gilbert Wiles

… was born in Cambridge, England in 1875. Wiles was one of the five artist-sons of the sculptor Henry Wiles. Of all the five sons, he was the most successful…

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1939-2025

Sunny Girja Singh

… years old. He had to forgo high school due to a lack of finances. He went to work as his father had passed away by then. The notorious Group Areas Act of…

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Brigalia Bam

… worker with a post-graduate degree from the University of Chicago. In the 1980s Brigalia worked for the Women’s Workers Programme that was part of the…

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1955

Thamsanqa Rutherford (Thami) Jali

… ceramics at the Natal Technikon, 1983-84. He is a founder of Art Communications, 1983-84. He has participated in … he was awarded First Prize in Sculpture at…

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1916-1981

Mary Susan Malahlela-Xakana

… to have his twin children put to death, as the birth of twins was believed to be a curse. Malahele-Xakana became … South Africa in 1947, after becoming the…

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1789-1815

Sara “Saartjie” Baartman

… Cape . She belonged to the cattle-herding Gonaquasub group of the Khoikhoi. Sara grew up on a colonial farm where her … ship surgeon named William Dunlop who…

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1923

Diamond Bozas

… was born at Isipingo. He studied at the Chelsea School of Art, London.  He was a founder member and Chairperson of the Zululand Society of Arts. During the…

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1841-1948

M. N. Bhola

… and educated in the Cape Province . She was an organizer of the women's section of the African National Congress (ANC) from the mid-1920s … woman to stand…

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1931-1994

Lucas Ted Sithole

… in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was one of ten sons of a Zulu lay priest in the Zion Christian Church, Richard … himself Ted or Teddy, a…

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1888-1963

Bernard Lazarus Sigamoney

… activist, Christian minister, sportsman and champion of non-racial sport, trade unionist and educator is … socialist and Indian trade unionist. He is…

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1921-1985

Florence Mophosho

… 1921 Alexander Township , Johannesburg . She was the first of the three children. Florence's mother was a qualified … worker. Household conditions forced…

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1803-1894

Rev. Aldin Grout

… Upon completing his studies, Grout was appointed one of six missionaries to South Africa by the American Board for … they sailed from Boston to South Africa…

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1956

Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa

… Grassroots Gallery in Westville, Durban, but by the end of that year she relocated to Johannesburg where she curated … in Hyde Park, and was later appointed…

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1800

Bishop Samuel Adjai Crowther

… Central Africa. From his youth the boy showed the signs of greatness and it was clear that he had a future. The … raids and pretty wars. It was in 1821 that…

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1950-1977

Dr Hoosen Mia Haffejee

… Perhaps more importantly, he was elected as the President of the Student Representative Council.    Before returning to … and played an instrumental role in…

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1875-1945

Samuel E. K. Mqhayi

… as a teacher and journalist, was on the editorial staff of Imvo Zabantsundu, and published numerous books of Xhosa poetry and prose. He taught at Lovedale…

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1963-1976

Hector Pieterson

… Pieterson* was born in 1963. He became the iconic image of the 1976 Soweto uprising in apartheid South Africa when a newspaper photograph by Sam Nzima - of…

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1961-1976

Lesley Hastings Ndlovu

… that afternoon in grim detail: “A bullet wound to one side of his head, blood and brains spilling out of a large exit wound on the other side, the gurgle of…

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1951

David Lurie

… (Philosophy) at UCT before going to the London School of Economics where he did research and co-edited Millennium, Journal of International studies.  Self…

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1969

Kim Ludbrook

… photojournalism from 1993-1994 at the Kent Institute of Art and Design, England, finishing with a postgraduate at the University of Wales, Cardiff. After…

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Thys Dullaart

… in Journalism at Pretoria Technikon and did two years of a fine arts degree at UNISA and two years of his National Diploma in Photography at Pretoria…

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1958

Paul Konings

… to South Africa in 1975 to study at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts at the University of Cape Town. While in Cape Town , he worked as a freelance … during…

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