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1944

Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)

… her parents did not allow her to get too close to them out of fear of the consequences that would come from their political … had strictly defined roles,…

B-0080454

1798-1872

King Mpande kaSenzangakhona

… Mpande was king of the Zulu nation from 1840 to 1872, making him the longest reigning Zulu king. He was a half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, who both…

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1876-1932

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

… Plaatje was born on 9 October 1876 in the Boshof district of the Orange Free State. His parents were Christians who … was born, his parents moved to the…

B-0008897

1934-2021

Ronnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)

… chose to live in Cato Manor. They bought a small piece of ground to develop a market garden. His paternal … (high school), Durban. He spent a year at the…

B-0124457

1955-1991

Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo

… He acquired the name, Comrade Mzala, as he was fond of addressing everyone as “mzala, mzala”.) In 1972, at the age of 15, he was detained without trial for…

B-0068699

James Ford

… England. He is listed as a member in the SASA Exhibition of Pictures catalogue of 1904, but there is no record of him ever showing with the Society.Holiday…

B-0008077

1957-1985

Richard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane

… became politically active during the student uprising of 1976, and like many of his contemporaries he went into exile. In exile, he joined … National…

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1947

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke

… was born in Pretoria on 20 December 1947. He is the eldest of the four children of Karabo Mabel and a school headmaster Samuel John Sedise … eight (Grade Ten…

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1915-1979

Vera Ponnen

… she went to Johannesburg and while there she met members of the Communist Party. She later joined the party and became … was married, the Ponnen household in…

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1954-1982

Topsy Madaka

… New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1954. He was the son of Nontsikelelo and Mongameli Madaka who, both passed away in … in Transkei. He also attended the Mount…

B-0068165

1948

Timothy Peter Jenkin

… Prep and Boys' High School,[1][2] matriculating at the age of 17.[3] After leaving school, he avoided conscription into … African Defence Force (SADF), and…

B-0008202

1925

Tamsanqa Tasque Tshume

… Stalwart of the Cape  African National Congress  in the 1950s. He was … Port Elizabeth, and inherited the political inclinations of his two uncles, Gladstone…

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1920-2004

Nimrod Sekeramane Nathale

… Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a mission … Soweto . During the 1950s, Sejake was a…

B-0094641

1897-1979

Edgar Harry Brookes

… in 1901.In 1920 he was hired to teach at the University of Pretoria while working towards a doctorral degree which he … he joined the Liberal Party in March…

B-0007888

1874-1932

Daniel Simon Letanka

… Letanka was born at Saulspoort in the Rustenburg district of the Transvaal in 1874 and attended the Native College in … in the northern Transvaal. In 1912,…

B-0008320

1925-2005

Fihla Christmas Tinto

… Christmas day on 25 December 1925 in the Mqanduli district of the former Transkei, now part of Eastern Cape Province. His involvement in political … to work…

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1897-1986

Gertrud Theiler

… Gertrud Theiler was the youngest daughter of sir Arnold Theiler KCMG, founder and first director of the Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, and his wife, ……

B-0009135

1950

Thenjiwe Mtintso

… father Gana Makabeni  was a trade unionist and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). Mtintso faced … studies at secondary school and at the…

B-0093589

1770

Chief Dingiswayo

… Paramount Chief of the Mthethwa and leader of various northern Nguni groups who lived in the Zululand … or Ngodongwa) life. But as far as we know, towards…

B-0067421

1830-1913

Gordon Sprigg

… Gordon Sprig was born in Ipswich, England in 1830, the son of a pastor. He schooled at Ipswich and at other private … reporter before moving to the Cape…

B-0123390

1852-1927

Elizabeth Maria Molteno

… a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John Molteno. With … encouraged debate in their family…

B-0008663

1922

Sir Sydney Kentridge

… School. In 1941, he obtained a BA degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. He served with the South African forces … honours in jurisprudence. He was…

B-0086256

1955-1983

Thabo Marcus Motaung

… the Township around the early to mid-1960s. They were part of families forcibly removed from Alexandra Township, North of Johannesburg. This phase of forced…

B-0085550

1920-1973

Robert M. Resha

… Eastern Cape] on 9 March 1920. He completed eight years of formal school and in his late teens went to work as a … in Johannesburg around 1940. He later…

B-0008948

1922-2014

Stanley Huette Uys

… Province). His parents, Dirk and Francina, were members of the Dutch Reformed Church. His mother died young and Uys … his way through the George Bernard Shaw…

B-0096897

1922-1988

Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada

… Transvaal (now Gauteng) where he was a member of the Progressive Forum. In 1951, two of Dundee’s sons, Karrim Essack and Dr Limbada returned from … at Wits…

B-0080477

1869-1944

Kasturba Gandhi

… in Porbandar, in present day Gujarat. She was the daughter of Gokuldas Makanji Kapadia, a wealthy merchant. Kasturba had … younger and one older than her…

B-0084124

1900

Esther Franks

… Franks studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and was a member of the first Student Representative Council of the University. In 1925 she was the…

B-0008083

1919-2008

Es’kia Mphahlele

… Extract from media statement on the passing of Dr. Es’kia Mphahlele (1919 - 2008): By Minister of culture & society, Dr Z. Pallo Jordan Es'kia [Ezekiel]…

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2013

Ephraim Nkwe

… In the midst of the State of Emergency , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was … a secret meeting in Cape Town. Ephraim Nkwe was a member of its first…

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