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1918

Mangisi Pheneas Nene

… in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg in the 1950s and one of the accused in the  Treason Trial . He was born in Natal … assisting volunteers from Alexandra…

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1960

Steve Dyer

… in 1960. He taught himself to play the guitar at the age of eleven. He studied music at the University of Natal where he obtained a degree in classical music…

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Peter Engblom

… He is a descendant of the original Scandinavian Missionaries who evangelised Zululand a century and a half ago. Of Lapp descent he was born on a sugar…

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1966

Hangula Shonyeka

… In 1967 the minister of justice announced that a detainee had died in detention in … the detainee's name.In 1970,in parliament the minister of police said…

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1829-1871

Tiyo Soga

… Tiyo Soga was born in 1829. He was the most famous pupil of the Lovedale missionaries. On a visit to Scotland in 1857, … to be ordained in an established…

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1976

Fenuel Mogatusi

… was undisclosed but he was reportedly arrested on charges of theft after the Soweto unrest. He was held at the … as an awaiting-trial prisoner, the South…

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Victor V. T. Mbobo

… at a Pretoria high school, he participated in the founding of the Youth League and in 1947 was chosen as the league's delegate to a conference of the World…

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1954-2007

Thomas Kgope

… Kgope was injured when he fell from the second floor of Catherine's studio and subsequently stayed with Catherine … (An Alive). 1988: Natalie Knight Gallery,…

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1936-1999

Bobby Hendricks

… 7 February 1936. He started his music career as a member of the Kay Simmers Orkes (Afrikaans for orchestra or band). … from kidney failure. In 2000, the…

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1874-1965

Sir Winston Spencer Churchill

… to the Morning Post during the South African War of 1889-1902, and was taken prisoner in Natal when the train … was travelling in was ambushed by forces…

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1918-1979

Suliman (Solly) Mahomed Nathie

… Evaton and played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. He had earlier been jailed for participation … Passive Resistance Campaign . He…

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1885

Nehemiah Tile

… Leader of the first major secessionist church in South Africa, Tile … a falling out with his European superior, who was critical of his involvement in Tembu…

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Dilizantaba Mji

… and M.S. degrees, then studied medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he graduated in 1952. In 1950 he participated in the organisation of…

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1929

Peter Papela Nthite

… Born 1929, the son of a labourer, he grew up in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. From …  during the 1952  Defiance Campaign , he became chairman of the Sophiatown…

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Trineke Weijdema

… to support the freedom struggle in Angola . The whole of southern Africa became a zone of concern, and with the AC’s aim being reached in Angola in … African…

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2012

Thobisile Zibambele

… and left behind his wife and 10 children, the majority of which are still at school. According to his wife, Nokuthula Zibambele, "I am attending the…

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1966

Zola Budd

… 1984 she gained international recognition when, at the age of 17, she broke the women's 5000m world record. As this … Africa had been banned from competing…

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1935

Anderson Khumani Ganyile

… was detained without charge for the full length of the post-Sharpville state of emergency from April to August 1960,then return to … months had escaped and…

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1961-1988

Johannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape

… and was elected in 1987 as the first General Secretary of the South African National Civic Organisation (SANCO) in … to be a ‘security’ threat, the Security…

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1925-1983

Kippie Jeremiah Moeketsi

… and other personal problems resulted in a life long habit of drinking and money squandering. However, these problems did not stand in his way of being a…

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1946-1972

Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe

… Germany; Sweden; Denmark; Italy; USA 1972: University of California, USA (African Art). Goodman Gallery (SA … (Memorial Exhibition). Goodman Gallery (Third…

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1956

Ndabenhle William Zulu

… the international exhibition celebrating the unification of East and West Germany. Then in 1995 he held his first solo … Rights to contribute a linocut image…

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Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli

… her to Uitkyk Farm No. 92 in the Groblersdal district of the [Northern] Transvaal [now Limpopo Province], where she … Chief Paulus Howell Mopeli. Despite the…

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1929-2000

Esme Bodenstein

… association which attracted many former Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) members. The Society organised … although she never joined the CPSA. She was a…

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Ramnie Dinat

… Ramnie Naidoo, the daughter of Ama and Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo , worked in the Transvaal … Youth Congress (TIYC)  since her childhood. At the age of nine,…

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Mabel Balfour

… After many leaders from the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) were arrested in the 1956 Treason Trials, she became part of the Management…

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1935

Mzwakhe Mbatha

… was inspired to make non-functional objects by a piece of wood which he discovered in the veld that reminded him of a bending female figure. Mbatha worked…

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1955

Zamokwake Samuel Gumede

… he undertook a three- month carpentry course.On completion of the course he worked as a full-time carpenter and sculptor … Community Arts Workshop, Durban…

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