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1862-1944

Mohamed Hajee Joosub

… was born in Ranavav in India in 1862. He was the youngest of five children fathered by Hajee Joosub, a merchant, farmer … medicine, shelter and food. His…

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1928-1980

Kate Dinkwetsi Molale

… car accident. In 1954 she was elected as Secretary General of the Sophiatown branch of the African National Congress (ANC) . She was actively … involved in…

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1847-1911

Jacobus du Toit

… history book and as an Afrikaner nationalist he became one of the founders of the Afrikaans language movement. In a series of articles published in Die…

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1909-1969

Dr. Philip Blaaiberg

… in the Cape, Blaaiberg spent his youth in the Karoo town of Oudtshoorn. He studied dentistry in London after spending a year at the University of the…

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1857-1919

William Philip Schreiner

… William Philip Schreiner, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, anti-British imperialist, and a proponent for the integration of all ‘civilised men' including …

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Dr Gomolemo Mokae

… Gomolemo Mokae was born in Ga-Mokopane. He was the last of the eight children born of a Methodist minister, Reverend Modisagarekwe Michael and … Mokae's…

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1922-2003

Fatima Seedat

… Party. In  Durban  she got involved with the politics of the Indian community and became a member of the  Natal Indian Congress . When the Indian Congress ……

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1919

Isaac Zakes Nkosi

… Zakes Nkosi and Elijah Nkwanyane formed the cornerstone of the mbaqanga style of music. He played with the legendary Jazz Maniacs, formed … maize bread”)…

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1932-2009

Aidan Walsh

… College from 1948 to 1950, and at the Hammersmith School of Art, London, from 1956 to 1957. Between 1959 and 1966 he … From 1961 to 1979 he was  the founder,…

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1930

Matthew Nkoana

… columnist, in which capacity he became a supporter of the Africanist faction within the  African National … trial apart from the campaign's leaders. He…

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1958-2004

Khotso Seatlholo

… Seatlholo, together with Tsietsi Mashinini , was part of the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC) , with … Seatlholo as Deputy. Seatlholo took over…

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1739-1793

Baron Joachim van Plettenberg

… 1739 in Leeuwarden in Friesland, the Netherlands, the son of Hendrik Casimir and Agatha Petronella van Ammena. After studying law at the University of…

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1952-2004

Sipho Gumede

… playing on a homemade guitar. He was exposed to all kinds of music and furthered his guitar talent on a borrowed instrument instead of the homemade version…

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1903-1938

Wolf Kibel

… a child. He studied briefly in Poland under the guidance of Appelbaum, a painter visiting from London. He became very … to see whether he had potential as a…

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1947-2012

Heidi Holland

… October 1947 in Johannesburg , South Africa, the daughter of a British father and a Swiss mother.  When she was three … farm in the Umvukwes (now Mvurwi)…

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1880

Daniel William

… Alexander was born in 1880 in  Port Elizabeth , the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican minister, he later became…

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1935

Jeremiah W Dunjwa

… Jeremiah W Dunjwa was born in Cape Town. An organiser of the 1919 passive resistance campaign against passes in the Transvaal, secretary of the Transvaal …

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02-October1937

Rev. Mzwandile Maqina

… Rev. Mzwandile Ebenezer Maqina was born in 2nd of October 1937,New Brighton .He grew up in Port Elizabeth ,the son of two teachers,attended Lovedale,taught…

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1917-2004

Villa Baker

… Villa Baker was born on 12 March 1917, the year of the Russian Revolution, while World War I was still raging … her employment possibilities, although she…

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1937-2002

Justice Gizenga Mpanza

… 1937 at Groutville Mission Reserve. His father was one of Chief Luthuli's indunas (advisors). Mpanza went to school … violent battle with the state. Mpanza…

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1933-2009

Anton Ndoda Xaba

… John Luthuli . He played a prominent role in the formation of the Sobantu branch of the ANC.  Xaba was subsequently arrested and charged with …  He was later…

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1926-2009

Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes

… and from 1947 to 1950 he studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and obtained a BA(FA). In 1951 he … South Africa he joined the Non-European Affairs…

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1936-2011

Joseph Johannes Marks

… staying away from work on 16 and 17 June, at the height of the Soweto Uprising. Active in liberation politics since … the period 1980 to 1981, he was the…

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1966

Jodi Bieber

… assistant at the Star Newspaper under the guidance of the late Ken Oosterbroek. Bieber freelanced for that … on a various personal projects in South Africa…

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1939

Jonty Driver

… After completing his matric, he enrolled at the University of Cape Town. He got involved in the student movement and joined the National Union of South…

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1955

Rafique (Rafs) Mayet

… other things. In 1983, Omar Badsha taught him the basics of photography and he started working at the Daily Dispatch … and later at the New African in Durban…

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1942

Pamela dos Santos (nee Beira)

… Act . They were charged and went to trial. Due to a lack of concrete evidence the pair was found guilty under the … the intent to commit immorality’. From…

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1820-1875

John Thomas Baines

… However, he soon rejected this profession in favour of painting, a craft he had learnt from the painter William … north Australian expedition. He was elected…

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1938

Enos Molapo Makhubedu

… him in his artistic career. He also enjoyed the guidance of other artists such as Walter Battiss (1906–1982), Irmin … Koch (b.1940) and Emil Schweikerdt. In…

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1907-1978

Hester Elizabeth Cornelius

… was born in 1912. Due to poor living conditions and lack of opportunities, in 1920 Hester together with her sister … During this period, white workers were…

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