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1936-2011

Lawrence Schlemmer

… he studied art under Walter Battiss at the University of Pretoria. Schlemmer then went on to study sociology and social work at the University of Pretoria…

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1948-2021

King Goodwill Zwelithini kaBhekuzulu

… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He is the eldest son of King Cyprian Bhekuzulu kaSolomon and his second wife, Queen Thomo. He was educated at the Bekezulu…

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1955-2017

Peter McKenzie

… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended Melbourne Road … and darkroom equipment —thus starting his…

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1938-1979

David Sibeko

… the  Pan Africanist Congress  (PAC) during the state of emergency after the banning of the organization in 1960. He soon became chairperson of the PAC in the…

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Billy Paddock

… Billy Paddock, of Irish extraction, grew up in Durban, Natal (now … His political consciousness was awakened at the University of Natal (now University of…

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1953

Mosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale

… was born in Orlando West, Johannesburg as the third of six children of Godlieve and Frank Sexwale. He grew up amid the turmoil of the Black township's…

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1905-1978

Moses Mauane Kotane

… Kotane was born at Tamposstad in the Rustenburg district of the western Transvaal on 9th of August in 1905, Kotane came from a devoutly Christian peasant…

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1935

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

… Mac Maharaj was born on the 22 April 1935, the fourth of the eight children of Mr and Mrs NR Maharaj of Newcastle, Natal. He matriculated at St Oswald's…

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Nontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho

… Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major female poet to write in Xhosa , apart from what is revealed in her writings, almost all…

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1908-1982

Monica Hunter Wilson

… missionaries, emigrated to Lovedale at the end of the 19th century; Monica was born there on January 3, … and graduated with a Ph.D. from Cambridge at the…

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1923-1986

Moses Mabhida

… off the land. Mabhida could not pursue his studies because of the financial constraints experienced by his family. His … political motivators were his father…

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1947-1974

Abram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro

… time with his uncle where he assisted him with the running of the bakery business. He started his schooling in 1951 at … Primary School. The school was…

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Bisho Jarsa

… Article by Sandra Rowoldt Shell, University of Cape Town. When Neville Alexander used to visit his … Jarsa as a boy, he never suspected the extraordinary…

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1925-1961

Patrice Émery Lumumba

… village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day the Democratic Republic of Congo ). . Lumumba’s tribe…

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1841-1926

John Xavier Merriman

… was a politician, businessman, and the last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before the four provinces became the Union of South Africa in 1910. He was…

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1956-1979

Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu

… born in Pretoria on 10 July in 1956. He was the second son of Martha Mahlangu. His father left him in 1962, and from … Standard 8, but did not complete his…

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1925-1982

Ruth First

… Heloise First was born on 4 May 1925. She was the daughter of Jewish immigrants Julius and Matilda (neé Levetan) First. … born in Latvia and came to South…

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Nise Bulelwa Malange

… she became fascinated and involved in the trade union work of her uncle Rev. Marawu. She attended school first in Elsies … ( Eastern Cape ) to escape the…

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1954

Lele Jacob Motaung

… is a modified extract from the following source: Prisoners Of Apartheid , A biographical List of political prisoners  and banned persons in South Africa … a…

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1938-2014

Patrick Vuyo Matshikiza

… Queenstown, Eastern Cape home, will go down in the annals of South African music as one of the jazz pioneers who played a pivotal role in the birth and…

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1945-2025

David Hemson

… strict Christian household sheltered from the realities of what was happening in South Africa politically and socially. He was drafted out of high school to…

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1929

Günther Komnick

… was born in Insterburg in the former German province of East Prussia in 1929 into a cultured family of artists. He lived through the monumental events of…

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1938-2018

Keorapetse William Kgositsile

… political activist Ruth First . Kgositsile, being a member of the African National Congress  (ANC), through the … In one interview he was quoted as saying: …

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1896-1948

Abdulla Ismail Kajee

… Hindus and various followers split, following the marriage of the Indian government's agent, a Muslim, to a Hindu woman. An avid learner, Kajee read lot of…

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Ambrose Makiwane

… high school but before enrolling at the University of Fort Hare. He became the secretary of the Laundry Workers Union as well as a member of the ANC in…

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1924-2021

Kenneth Kaunda

… Kenneth Kaunda was the first president of Zambia. He was born on 28 April 1924 at Lubwa Mission in … (In what was then Northern Rhodesia.) He was the…

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1893-1975

Allison Wessels George Champion

… on 4 December 1893 at Sans Souci School near the mouth of the Tugela River in Natal. His father had been adopted by … stint at diamond digging in Kimberley…

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1913-1994

Stephen J.C. Dlamini

… through the ranks, ultimately becoming the Chairperson of the African Textile Workers’ Union in the 1950s. Together … in addition to earning two diplomas in…

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1950

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

… (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He was the eldest child of Alimal and Appasamy Cooper. Cooper matriculated from … A. degree at the at the University…

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1928-2010

Jean Clarice Middleton

… an MA in English from Natal University (now the University of KwaZulu-Natal). Following this, she worked as a teacher. … Strachan , who was later imprisoned…

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