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2012

Thembinkosi Gwelani

… to take food to his cousin, Musa Gwelani, who was part of the strike. Thembinkosi was shot in the back of the head by police at scene 1. He left behind 2…

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2012

Bongani Mdze

… from behind 3 times – in the arm, lower leg and the back of his head. He left behind his wife and a young child. He … sister, Matshepo Letsaba, "He told us…

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1878-1914

Jopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie

… War , and was wounded and captured in an action north of Pretoria. After the war he became a captain in the Active … ’s decision to invade German South West…

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1894-1982

Madie Hall-Xuma

… the African National Congress (ANC) . She was a founder of the popular Zenzele self-help movement and in 1955 was elected president of the national council…

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1943-2002

Duke Ketye

… the Centre and beginning in 1978 held group exhibitions of work by Rorke's Drift artists and the Vukuzenzele Weaving Workshop artists and one-person…

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1932

Harold Athol Fugard

… born Harold Athol Lanigan Fugard in the remote village of Middleburg on 11 June 1932, grew up in Port Elizabeth. His … mother English-speaking. Fugard…

B-0008086

1954

Bheki Myeni

… clay models when he was in Standard VI, his last year of schooling. His interest in insects, which is expressed in … also developed at this time when he used…

B-0008721

2012

Khanare Elais Monesa

… on him. His wife was 9 month pregnant at the time of his death. Upon hearing of his death she was hospitalised. Their baby lived only a couple of days…

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1943-2000

Mampe Mosia Makhaya

… Guinea and Mauritania. Upon completing his term of office in Senegal, the president of Senegal, HE Mr A. Diouf, conferred the Order of the Lion for…

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Lickard Aba

… Likard Aba was banned under Act No. 44 of 1950 (Suppression of Communism Act) Section 9. …

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1954

Themba Daniel Mbongwa

… training in art. He exhibited on the annual exhibitions of the University of Zululand in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1989. He has also … around Durban. He is…

B-0008521

1882-1960

Mary Fitzgerald

… for the Mine Worker’s Union. She got drawn into the plight of the miners and soon had many followers. In 1909, at the … the vote and equality for women. In…

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Jonathan Ngwenya

… respectively. He served in the Operational Directive of APLA in Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Botswana until 1994, after … as an SO2 Counter Intelligence Officer. …

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1986

Luvuyo Mgobhozi

… were uMkhonto we Sizwe operatives, which is the armed wing of the ANC.  Thabani Memela, Blessing Mabaso and Mbongeni Zondi were accused of attacking and…

B-0077101

1914

Valiamma Munuswami Mudaliar

… a young girl who decided to join in the last phases of  Gandhi ’s  Satyagraha  in 1913. On 29 October  Mudaliar  … joined other women who went on a march to…

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1943-2005

Ronnie Levitan

… late 1970s where he worked as an architect in the design of housing where they used photography to research people and … (Architecture, Design and Art) in…

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Leon Madakeni

… Leon Madakeni, star of the South African film Wanaka, a member of the African National Congress  (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe …

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1936-2008

Joseph Ramapulane Maseko

… Joe Maseko, died in Johannesburg in May 2008 at the age of 71. Maseko is best known for his vibrant paintings of township scenes. …

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1904-1986

Jean van der Poel

… a prominent historian. Her studies began at the University of Cape Town (UCT) , and she completed her doctorate at the London School Of Economics, financed…

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1902-1976

J.J.R Jolobe

… James Ranisi Jolobe was best known for his collection of poems, Umyezo (1936). He also played a major role in the compilation and translation of the English…

B-0008208

1924

Ahmed Ebrahim Patel

… Born 1924. Agent. Key organiser since 1939 of the  Transvaal Indian Congress  on the East Rand, and appeared for the Congress before numerous hearings of the…

B-0068300

1942

Jeanie Noel

… Jeanie Noel was born in  Durban  as one of twelve children, however her family was fortunate enough … . In jail she was put in the same cell as with the…

B-0008810

1948-1996

Vuminkosi Zulu

… 24 November 1948 in Mapumulo, KwaZulu-Natal. From the age of thirteen Zulu attended school in Kranskop for six years … He created a monumental woodcarving…

B-0009213

1934-1989

William Stewart Ainslie

… 1934 in Bedford (Eastern Cape). Studied at the university of Natal, Pietermartizburg (BA) 1952-1955 and (BA Hons Fine Arts) under Jack Heath 1955-1958. On…

B-0007777

1977

Benedict ‘Bennie’ Saul McCarthy

… visiting side by two goals. After this game, the managers of Ajax an Amsterdam-based club, showed interest in the young … their shibobo moves. While TKZee…

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Flora Mogano

… church elder, foster mother to 9 AIDS orphans, and manager of 8 voluntary HIV/AIDS caregivers. She runs a crèche for the poor in a squatter camp area of…

B-0008600

1952

Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana

…  in the Eastern Cape. He has been South African Minister of Labour since 1998 and is a member of the Communist Party. …  - Chronological biography of…

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1875-1943

Gustav Preller

… championed Afrikaner culture and became a literary critic of great significance. He worked as editor of Die Brandwag and produce some history books,…

B-0008912

1910

J. Nkampeni

… and Commercial Union in 1925. In 1943 became a member of the African National Congress . Leader of the Korsten ratepayers and played an active part in ……

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