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1935

Jeremiah W Dunjwa

… Transvaal  African National Congress  (ANC) and, in the early 1920s, a secretary-general of the African National …

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1787-1828

Shaka Zulu

… the daughter of a Langeni chief. Information about Shaka's early years is gleaned entirely from oral sources. It is … In 1826, in order to be closer and more…

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1962

Lucky Shabalala

… He first developed an interest in art at school. From an early age he started carving heads.  Shabalala attended the …

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1890-1841

Ruth Elizabeth Arndt

… Africa (later renamed the Southern African Association for Early Childhood Educare). It is partly thanks to her that …

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1844-1934

Francis William Reitz

… He wrote topical and satirical poems in English, Dutch and early Afrikaans. His publications include:  Klaas Gezwint en …

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John Moshoeu

… then moved from Blackpool and joined Kaizer Chiefs in the early 1990s. …

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1918

Mangisi Pheneas Nene

… 1918, began taking an interest in political affairs at an early age, and joined the ANC in 1945. During the  Defiance …

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1875-1966

Walter Gilbert Wiles

… five sons, he was the most successful artist. He had an early art training in Paris in 1890, and arrived in South … in 1918.  Like Marriott, he was also a…

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1937-2015

Mohamed Ismail Dinat

… Early Years and Politicisation Mohamed Ismail (‘Issy’) Dinat … in the struggle against the Apartheid government. In the early 1960s Dinat studied at Damelin…

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1943-2008

Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo

… whole.The Indaba continued from April to November 1986 and early in 1987 Dhlomo was part of the delegation which … and was re-elected to this position in…

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1931-1994

Lucas Ted Sithole

… a name reflected in the signature of one of his very early works. Later he was also known as Lucas Thandokwazi …

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1950

Doe Molefe

… Molefe began making highly original post-boxes at an early age. He is currently self-employed, running a cafe and …

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1936-1999

Bobby Hendricks

… he founded his own band, Bobby Hendricks Sound. In the early 1980s his first record was released, and in the next …

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1923-1960

Howard S. Ngcobo

… impediment limited his effectiveness on the platform. Early in 1960 he toured the western Cape with  Robert Sobukwe …

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1940

Yusuf Joe Jacobs

… Africa ( APDUSA ) as a mass movement in the NEUM in the early 1960’s resulted in increased organising activity. Te … a B.A. degree in Economics and Political…

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1886-1973

Maria Laubser

… for a short while, she later taught at Ermelo. Laubsers early strikingly coloured paintings portrayed the landscapes, … where she lived until her death in…

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1878-1964

Charles Sidney Groves

… 1878. Stained glass was integral to the teaching in early twentieth-centur British schools of art and design, … of a series of windows for Smuts Hall on…

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1908-1993

Dulcie Howes

… good posture, deportment and refinement of movement. Her early training was with Helen Webb and Helen White, but she … furthered her studies abroad while in…

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1904

Simon Tyeku

… of 1956-1961 . Tyeku was born in 1904 and worked in his early life as a farm labourer in Bethal in the Eastern …

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1948

Berney Perez

… the “Coloured” township of Rustdene, Beaufort West in the early 1980s.  …

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1874-1939

Charlotte Maxeke

… the previously mentioned book, that Maxeke spent her early life in the Eastern Cape, in the Port Elizabeth area. … at Edwards Memorial School in the Eastern…

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1886-1955

Richard Victor Selope Thema

… originally belonging to the Mamabolo tribe who, through early contact with missionaries, were already Christians. … SACP and the increasing militancy. During…

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1966

James Hamakwayo

… The early records that were kept by the Black Sash and South …

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Wycliffe MIungisi Tsotsi

… AAC and the  Non-European Unity Movement  (NEUM). In the early 1960s he moved his law practice to Basutoland (now  …

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1929-2017

Emma Thandi Mashinini

… was born in Rosettenville, Johannesburg in 1929. In the early 1930s, she and her family were forcibly removed to … been incarcerated during the state of…

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1894-1961

Hermione Stephanie Lombard Faure

… and his wife Talitha Cumi Lombard. Faure received her early education at Eendracht School and the Pretoria High … field of elocution and dramatic art in…

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Stanley Silwana

… Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union  (ICU) in the early 1920s and, together with  Thomas Mbeki , was …

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1922

Mary Goitsemang Ranta

… for the African Iron and Steel Workers’ Union. By the early 1950s she was an active trade unionist and shop steward …

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1940

James Edward April

… in prison for another two months awaiting trial until early in 1964 when he was formally charged. By this time some … who were at the Mamre camp,he left the…

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1910-1977

Percy John "Jack" Hodgson

… Hodgson experienced the hardship of poverty from an early age and gained a deep appreciation of oppression, as a … the depression years until he was…

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