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1871-1934

Theophilus Dymond Field

… Wells, England c.1871. He trained at the Brighton School of Art and became proficient in watercolour, the most English of painting mediums. He first came to…

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1937

Bennie Bethuel Albert RaKhoapa Khoapa

… from Adama College in 1956,and attended Jan Hofmeyr School of Social Work in Johannesburg from 1957 to 1959.After four … years later he encountered the…

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1929-2005

Isaac Bokala

… Defiance Campaign, and on 5 December 1956, Bokala was one of many that were arrested at dawn for treason.  He was … family on 21 December 1956 after he was…

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1975

Nicholas Hlobo

… to pursue a career as a visual artist as another way of contributing to South African culture. He obtained a bachelor’s degree of technology in fine arts in…

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1949

Bee Berman

… Community organisations and the resistance press used many of Berman’s photographs. Her photographs were included in the … South Africa: The Cordoned Heart …

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1903-1988

Alan Stewart Paton

… 1895 and his mother, Eunice Warder James, was the daughter of English immigrants. Neither of Paton’s parents was highly educated, but his father was … his…

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1945

Achmad Cassiem

… Imam Achmad Cassiem was born 12th of December in 1945 and grew up in an Islamic environment. He … that ended in the Sharpeville Massacre . At the age of 15,…

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1940-2012

Matlakana Philemon Tefu

… Tefu was born in 1940 and grew up in the township of Riversdale in Pretoria. In 1954 his family was forcibly … the area to Mamelodi where his political life…

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1919-1999

Phyllis Altman

… after graduation. While studying at the University of the Witwatersrand she took part in student demonstrations against the Greyshirts and the bulldozing of…

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Stephen Bernard Lee

… his Master’s Degree in Sociology at the University of Cape Town. At the time he was a British citizen with dual British-South African nationality as a result…

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1948

Berney Perez

… technician while studying photography under the tutelage of photographer, Michael Barry.  Perez continued to work as a … South Africa. He contributed to the…

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1951-2025

Rashid Lombard

… the 1980s, Lombard worked in the audio-visual department of a large construction company in Cape Town. His love for … for national and international…

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1924-1972

Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson

… Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson  was born of coloured and Swazi parents in 1924 in the Hectorspruit district of the Eastern Transvaal, he graduated from St. Peter…

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1924-1968

Canodoise (Can) Themba

… (now Gauteng),South Africa. He attended the University of Fort Hare, where he acquired a teaching diploma and a … way they depicted “”¦ the harsh and…

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1878-1942

Paul De Groot

… He was subsequently employed by the Princesse-Tooneel of Cor Ruys in Amsterdam, the Netherlands, and acted in films … ventures with his own company were a…

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1892-1973

John Ronald Tolkien

… and escort to two Mexican boys in France. At the outbreak of the World War 1, Tolkien enlisted as a second lieutenant … academic at Oxford where upon being…

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1943

Moebien Wadee

… in Kliptown. Later he lived in Lenasia for a period of about two years.  Wadee moved to Nelspruit in the late … United Democratic Front (UDF) and opposed the…

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June Rose Nala

… 1973. In September 1973 Nala was elected to the executive of National Union of Textile Workers (NUTW). However, as a result she was fired … Afritex three…

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1932-2008

Jeremiah Baden Leeuw

… Jeremiah Baden Leeuw was born in 1932. Originally a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), Leeuw was one of the group of Africanists…

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1982

Victor M Mgadi

… as MK) operative, Umkhonto we Sizwe which means "spear of the nation" was the armed wing of the ANC. The establishment of this wing led to the ANC being…

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1814-1893

George Christopher Cato

… Cato was born in 25 February 1814, London. The eldest son of a Huguenot family called Caton who settled in London. His … and trade at Port Natal, where a…

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1949-2015

Clive Edward Butler Rice

… Damelin College in Johannesburg and later the University of Natal. Clive started playing cricket for the Transvaal … Nuffield XI in 1967 and eventually…

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1945-1988

Stanley Bongani Nkosi

… privately with Cecil Skotnes and became a decorator of lamp bases at the Artlite factory. In 1973 he became a … Macmillan and Henry Moore. He attended the…

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1974

Wim Botha

… is a contemporary artist working mainly in the mediums of sculpture and installation. He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban town on the…

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1957-2011

Gisele Wulfsohn

… studied Graphic Fine Art at the Johannesburg College of Art, after which she joined The Star newspaper in 1979, … initiatives. In l999/2000, while working…

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1772-1841

Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin

… at the Cape from 1820-21. He named the burgeoning port of Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth in memory of the death of his wife. He committed suicide at Southampton…

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1932-2005

Arthur Maimane

… Johannesburg, which was also known as the Black Eton of South Africa. Oliver Tambo taught Maimane Maths before becoming a lawyer and president of the African…

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1912-1969

Nell Kaye

… training under Lippy Lipschitz at the Michaelis School of Fine Art at UCT in the 1950s. She was one of the few professional sculptors, aside from Ivan … with…

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1917-1958

Christopher W. M. Gell

… Gell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1917. One of the most respected White champions of the African cause,After graduating from Cambridge … civil service…

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1927-2007

Theo Mthembu

… February 1927. Mthembu's boxing career started at the age of 16 at Inkamane College in Vryheid, KwaZulu Natal and later … three Transvaal Provincial…

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