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1933-2020

Denis Theodore Goldberg

… Sam and Annie, had both been born in London, the children of Lithuanian Jews who had left the Pale of Settlement to escape the Russian pogroms. Sam and Annie…

B-0008105

1958-2004

Martin Tose

… born in Germiston, Johannesburg during the first decade of Apartheid. His birth coincided with the ruling National … victory. The year was also characterised…

B-0122965

1953-1993

Sam Tambani

… Sam Tambane was born in the village of Tshiozwi Ha-Sinthumele in Venda on 23 August 1953. Sam was the first child of Kutama Fridah Tambani and Nkhumeleni …

B-0125201

1926

Johannes Jacobus Degenaar

… man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of Stellenbosch, where he completed his M.A. in 1948 and a … in 1950. He later went on to study at the…

B-0007981

1915

Reverend Beyers Naudé

… who was close to his father, Jozua Naudé.  Naudé was one of eight children and was born into a family that was fully committed to the preservation of…

B-0068227

1908-2003

Ismail Ahmed Cachalia

… was born in the then Transvaal Province (now Gauteng) of South Africa on 5 December 1908. At the time Cachalia’s father, who was the chairman of the British…

B-0007912

1809-1882

Bishop Nathaniel James Merriman

… Born in Marlborough (England) on the 4th of April 1809, died in Grahamstown on the 16th of August 1882. Educated at Marlborough, at Winchester … with W. E…

B-0008547

1945

Refiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe

… fast-tracked for advanced training in Moscow. She was one of three women who were chosen for the programme. After the … Sedibe was deployed in for a period…

B-0093133

1925-2015

Ruth Mompati

… Khanyesa in the North West Province . She was the daughter of Seli Seichoko and her father was Khaonyatse/Gaonyatse … Teachers’ Union. The issues then were…

B-0068085

1929-1967

Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi

… and prosperous farmers. Selby’s father was a graduate of the prestigious Fort Hare University and graduated in 1935 … Cape when his father was appointed…

B-0008719

1927-2020

Advocate George Bizos

… was born in 1927 in Vasilitsi, near Koroni in the south of Greece. During World War II, when the Germans occupied … arranged for someone to get a permit to…

B-0007857

1967-1991

Vuyani Mabaxa

… up in Diepkloof, Johannesburg. His parents were members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu). In the 1980s, he was one of many…

B-0073091

1923-2014

Nadine Gordimer

… originally from Latvia and her mother, Nan Myers, was of British descent. From her early childhood, Gordimer … the White minority increasingly weakened the…

B-0008117

1932

Dr Essop Essak Jassat

… Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents came from India…

B-0064875

1879-1931

Stephen William Black

… Stephen Black was the son of Henry and Sarah Black. He was born in September 1879 in … was engaged by George Kingswell who was owner and editor of The Owl…

B-0007859

1935-2012

Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood

… he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was … school and started working. He became…

B-0071944

1925-2012

Professor Emeritus Phillip Tobias

… School in 1939 where he matriculating in 1942. At the age of 15 even before he finished his schooling, he decided to study medicine after his sister, Val,…

B-0086265

1795-1840

King Dingane ka Senzangakhona

… career. Instead, Dingane enters the record when on the 22 of September 1828 he, with the assistance of his half-brother Mhlangana and servant Mbopha,…

B-0008006

1855-1920

Olive Schreiner

… Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a … whatever form, whether against Boers or Black…

B-0008997

1959

Jane Alexander

… Her figures are characterised by their mixture of human and non-human elements and a disquieting presence. … exemplified in her early work Butcher Boys,…

B-0007786

1930-2013

Amina Cachalia

… and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. Her father was a companion of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi . He was also…

B-0007909

1921

Richard Ernest van der Ross

… der Ross was born in 1921, he studied at the University of Cape Town where he received M.A., B.Ed., and Ph.D. degrees. For some years he was principal of a…

B-0068650

1850s-1911

Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba

… Church minister on 2 December 1875. He became a teacher of biblical studies. After his ordination, he volunteered to … and taught at Lovedale Institution. In…

B-0065037

Gwede Mantashe

… Gwede Mantashe was born in the village of Lower Cala in the Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He received a B.Comm degree from the University of South Africa …

B-0070789

1920-2000

Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo

… ). She started her education at the Doornfontein School of the American Board of Missions and then went on to the Inanda Seminary, a … where she completed…

B-0096410

1905-1992

Helen Joseph

… She graduated with a degree in English from the University of London in 1927. She then taught for three years in India, … decision to become a social worker,…

B-0008217

1903-1973

Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams

… born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah Sherman. As a … he was educated at the Jews College…

B-0007767

1927-1994

Mizream Maseko

… work was included in a calendar. This resulted in a period of experiment with staining, painting and embossing imported modelling hide. The result was a…

B-0008465

1911-2002

Errol T. Shanley

… Errol Shanley was born in Durban in April 1911, the son of Arthur Stanley, who was born in London of Irish parents and Anna Else Bernhardt born in Hamburg ……

B-0068445

1957

Mohammed Valli Moosa

… Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained his BSc degree in … for Durban-Westville, and in 1977 was…

B-0008640