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1905-1988

Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu

… Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu was the only son of Johannes and Miriam Kolo Zulu (nee Hlabisa). His father … in Ladysmith in 1925. In 1926 he was appointed principal…

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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,…

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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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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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, ……

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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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1951

Patricia De Lille

… West to Henry and Gertrude Lindt. She is the third of seven children in an Afrikaans-speaking coloured family. … joined the SACWU. After SACWU became a…

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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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1930

Plaatjies Joseph Paul

… Plaatjies Paul Joseph was on 1st of June in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined … by day in a furniture factory owned by the father of Ruth…

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1899-1996

Mary Agnes Stainbank

… Anne's DSG at Hilton. Stainbank was an artist way ahead of her time.  Though credited with introducing a modern school of sculpture to South Africa during…

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1955-2010

Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander

… Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. Following ……

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1919-1984

Cassim Amra

… Congress (NIC) against the then conservative leadership of the organisation. After matriculating in 1937, he joined … from Amra’s home on Milton Road, Durban…

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1924-1992

Zuleika Sarojini Christopher

… Zuleika (Zulei) Sarojini Christopher, the eldest daughter of Advocate Albert Christopher and Ghadija Gool, was born in … she also grew up. Advocate Albert…

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1961

Jo Ractliffe

… is a documentary photographer who captures the traces of violence, displacement and struggle in a landscape. The images evoke memory and history and the…

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1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… her early education. Born into the privileged world of servants and country clubs, Benson’s early ambitions were … where she would eventually end up. The…

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1880

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer

… born on 22 May 1880 in Friedberg, Germany. He was the son of Edward Oppenheimer, a cigar merchant. Oppenheimer began … His efforts impressed his employer and…

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