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1962

Chris Kirchhoff

… Sheng-Yen a Ch'en Master: "Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging … the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it…

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1918-1998

Mark Shope

… Mark Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the Northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his … he held until 1963. In 1954 he became acting…

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1939-2018

Hugh Masekela

… and Dudu Pukwana. Masekela also formed an integral part of the orchestra for the South African Broadway-style musical … End for two years. This successful…

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1943-1967

Basil Paul Petersen February

… Basil February was born in District Six in 1944.The son of clerk and a midwife. His family moved around several … wanted to study law, however, when the then…

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1902-1978

Jan Bouws

… 28 July 1902. He trained in Musicology at the University of Amsterdam and on completion of his studies became a lecturer at the Watergraafsmeerse…

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1902-1972

Dezso Koenig

… back in Johannesburg. In 1948 he was a founder member of the Brush and Chisel Club and was also active in the … life, landscape and especially the urban…

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1948-2007

Bill Flynn

… in more than 140 stage plays, musicals, 42 films, dozens of TV shows and thousands of radio and TV commercials. On television, he appeared on … on Saturday…

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1931-2016

Lulu Dube

… in establishing the Ohlange school , which all of his children attended. The school started from first year … unknown, but image from The First President: A…

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Keable Mote

… the Orange Free State. With Clements Kadalie, he was one of the first Africans prosecuted under the Native Administration Act of 1927, which made it an…

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1910

Pitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane

… Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the  African National Congress  in Natal in the 1950s. As … a pharmacy. In 1952, while serving as…

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1945

Professor Raymond Suttner

… Raymond Suttner is Emeritus Professor at the University of South Africa as well as Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg…

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1912-1974

Johanna Catharina Cornelius

… forming the Garment Worker’s Union (GWU) with the help of Emil Solomon Sachs . Johanna quickly got involved in the … years. Many workers also got involved in…

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1934-2013

Ian Berry

… him as an immigrant and taught him the technical basics of photography while employing him as an assistant. Berry … his own studio, but became bored with the…

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Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo

… Naidoo, a South African lawyer who was an active opponent of apartheid, died on June 1 in his birthplace, Durban, South … weSizwe (MK). He was imprisoned for…

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1966-1986

Andrew Sibusiso Zondo

… an interest in politics at a young age and by the age of 16, became a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and went into exile in Mozambique , after…

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1897-1974

Victor Poto

… (later Fort Hare), and was installed as paramount chief of western Pondoland in 1918. He was progressive as a chief, … Council. From 1937 until 1951 he was a…

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1909-1984

Joan Hoskyn Davies

… Transvaal Archives Depot. In 1957 she was appointed head of the new Liaison Department, and was involved with … After a period in England, Davies was…

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1986

Blessing Mabaso

… Botha, Johannes Steyn and Laurence Wasserman for killing of Blessing Mabaso, Brian Memela, Luvuyo Mgobozi and Mbongeni … on the N2 highway in Durban. The…

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1927-2015

Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson

…  restricted to Johannesburg. In 1973 he joined the staff of the Christian Institute and two years later became the editor of its monthly magazine,He was the…

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1963

Alson Ntshangase

… School; he had to leave school in Standard 9 due to lack of finances. He is largely self-taught as an artist. He … houses. He moved to Durban in 1982 where…

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1864-1977

Oscar Hollander

… Germany, 1864. He lived in SA from 1889; date and place of death not known. Information on Oscar Hollander, who … studied for a time under the latter. It is…

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1906-1967

George John Golding

… in Oudtshoon,Heidelberg,then Cape Town. He was chairman of the Coloured Advisory Council, set up in 1943, and was … He was a founding member in 1944 and…

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Yazeed Kamaldien

… at Peninsula Technikon, which he completed in 2001. Part of the course was a section on photojournalism. Extra lessons … in photography included a short…

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1921

Thembile Benson Ndimba

… Came to active politics in 1937 during the mass removal of the people from the African township of Korsten and one of Korsten's leaders since then. … Active…

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1925-2020

Andrew Mokete Mlangeni

… Free State (now Free State Province) district, as one of a twin (he has a sister). He grew up in Soweto, … (now Gauteng). He was the ninth child in a family…

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1932

Oliver Kgadime Matsepe

… 1932 in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district. He was the son of Malua Matsepe, senior police sergeant and the grandson of Chief Bloeu of the Kopa tribe. Although…

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Stanley Silwana

… Stanley Silwana was one of the first African recruits to the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA), he joined the Young Communist League … was jailed for…

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1914

Josepha Selhorst

… Mariannhill, Natal from 1951-52. Selhorst made a number of study tours to Europe, living there from 1971-1980 and … from 1949 in South Africa and Italy and…

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1949

Michael Lapsley

… Born in New Zealand on the 2nd of June, 1949. At the age of seven, Michael entered the Society of Sacred Mission and then dropped his first name “Allan” to …

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1940

Ela Gandhi

… and iron house where she lived in for the first six years of her life. Her father later built a dwelling out of bricks. Initially her parents educated her at…

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