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1931-2015

Lauretta Ngcobo

… (1)  Ngcobo was born and brought up in a rural area of Kwazulu Natal called Ixopo. She is well known as a … work was only published in the 80s and 90s…

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1920

Marutle Flag Boshielo

… the  African National Congress  (ANC) and  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in the 1940s and served in the ANC … to pursue his studies through evening…

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1900-1984

Princess Magogo

… Princess Magogo was born in 1900, the daughter of the Zulu King,  Dinuzulu  kaCetshwayo (1868 – 1913) and … is like a bow which has a string bound down to…

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1884-1953

John David Rheinallt Jones

… Jones was born in 1884 in Carnarvonshire, Wales, the son of a minister, and immigrated to South Africa in 1905, imbued with his family's ideals of liberal…

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1983

Nyiko Floyd Shivambu

… in Malamulele. In 2001, he went to study at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg , where he obtained a … Studies at the same university.  In his…

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1935-2026

Shanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo

… Shanthivathie (Shanthie), the eldest of five children of Ama and Naransamy "Naran" Naidoo (Roy), was born in … Indian Youth Congress and later in the…

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1875-1927

James E. Kwegyir Aggrey

… James E. Kwegyir Aggrey was born in 1875 into a family of chiefs. A Ghanaian-born educator and clergyman, and one of the most eminent Africans of his day, he…

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1915

Benjamin S. Rajuili

… Rajuili was born in the Sotho-speaking Matatiele district of the Transkei in 1915, the son of a schoolmaster. He attended Lovedale and Fort Hare, … a B.A…

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1798-1853

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius

… in the district. He became interested in the planning of the Great Trek and even went on a preliminary trip to the … and several hundred kinsmen were killed…

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1928-1999

Dr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer

… Zac de Beer was born on 11 October 1928. He was the second of four children of Jean Isobel and Zacharias Johannes de Beer, a medical … to 45. He completed an…

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1924-1994

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

… Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the third of eight children. At the age of 17, Motsoaledi came to Johannesburg. His first brush with … work in…

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1619-1677

Jan van Riebeeck

… 1639 and then further on to Dejima (today forming part of Nagasaki) in Japan in 1643. In 1645 van Riebeeck was given charge of the Dutch East India Company…

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1939

Percy Ndithembile Konqobe

… . This work has informed his art, instilling a sense of mysticism in many of his pieces. Konqobe began creating works of art in the early 1970s, encouraged…

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1908-1996

Jean Sinclair

… Party’s segregationist bills. She was opposed to all forms of injustice, especially the Group Areas Act (1950) which … by the government, she resigned as a…

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1922-2001

Sonia Beryl Bunting

… studies to do full-time political work. After the banning of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in 1950, she joined the staff of the Guardian…

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1921-2015

Norman Stewart Middleton

… at Eddels shoe factory, where he became an active member of the Leather Workers’ Union, eventually becoming vice-chairperson. He was one of the strongest…

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1930

Stella Madge Damos

… unionist. During the government's race classification of Coloured people, she organised a protest meeting and was … with assaulting the police and fined £20…

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1959

Andrew Michael Boraine

… in Pietermaritzburg on 18 February 1959.He is the eldest of four children of Alex and Jenny Boraine.His father was the President of the Methodist Church of…

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1900-1963

Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe

… Tandwefika Bokwe was born in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father, John Knox Bokwe , in Ugie, East…

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1907-1988

Sushila Gandhi

… born in India and grew up in Akola, a city in the state of Maharashtra located in central India. She was the daughter of a rich, land-owning family who gave…

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1942-2024

Edward “Eddie” Webster

… and Economics from Oxford University, and a Bachelor of Philosophy from York University. He obtained his PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand…

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1900-1972

Vernon Celliers Berrange

… in 1924. He was involved in the Springbok Legion a sort of an auxiliary body, although he was not in the army. Since … a left wing radical. Berrangé joined…

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1934-2015

Bob Hepple

… , was a trade unionist and Labour Party member, Member of Parliament, the Chairman of the Treason Trial Defence Fund and Chairman of the South African…

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Chief Maqoma

… frontier wars. Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand Son of Ngqika, King of the Rharhabe division of the Xhosa nation. Implacably opposed to his father's …

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1960-1999

Sifiso Nkabinde

… His father was a policeman and a local chairman of  Inkatha Freedom Party  (IFP). Nkabinde attend the local … youth leader in Richmond. He later became the…

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1870-1950

William H. "Bill" Andrews

… 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated to South Africa in 1893. He … and Labour Council.In 1905 he became…

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1916-1988

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld

… at farm schools. He joined the army at the outbreak of World War II, when many of his neighbours were violently opposed to South African … participation in…

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1934

Samson Ratshilumela Mudzunga

… Mudzunga was born in 1934 in the Nzhelele district of the former Venda ‘ homeland’ , now Limpopo province. However, Apartheid-era documents noted his year of…

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1931-2017

Thandi Klaasen

… Thandi Klaasen, born Thandiwe Nelly Mpambani, was one of South Africa's most celebrated jazz musicians and a defining voice of the Sophiatown cultural…

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