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1915-1989

Cassim Mahomed Lakhi

Cassim Mahomed Lakhi was the youngest son of Mahomed Lakhi and his wife, Hawa Bibi, who were both born in India. They arrived in South Africa in 1894 and…

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1927

S. Mac Lepolesa

As a trader in the Orange Free State in the 1940s, he organized for the African National Congress (ANC) and served as the national ANC deputy-speaker. He was a…

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1813-1873

David Livingstone

David Livingstone was born on 19 March, 1813 in Blantyre, South Lanarkshire, Scotland. His father was a committed Protestant Sunday school teacher and probably…

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J. S. Likhing

J. S. Likhing was born at Thaba 'Nchu in the Orange Free State, he was educated in the Cape and later, perhaps by correspondence, became a Licentiate in…

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1955

Laura Jean Levetan

Laura Jean Levetan was born in Cape Town in 1955, the third child of Lionel and Marie Levetan. Their household was steeped in Anti-apartheid politics and Laura…

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Theodore B. Lujiza

Theodore B. Lujiza was born in 1886 and educated at Lovedale, he was working in a bank in East London when Clements Kadalie arrived there to establish a branch…

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Richard Mzamane Mabaso

1981: Gallery 21 (Haenggi Foundation National Art Competition). 1983: Milner Park, Johannesburg (SA contempoprary art). Gallery 21 (two-person exhibition with…

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1936

C. S. Mabaso

C. S. Mabaso was born and educated in Natal and worked at various times as a teacher, a shopkeeper, and a clerk. For about 20 years he also was the secretary…

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1906

Jacob Mafora

Born in 1906, Mafora was a domestic servant and a gardener. He was President of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Orange Free State and ex-officio…

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Alexander P. Maduna

Little is known of his background except that he spoke Xhosa. When Clements Kadalie began to build the Industrial Commercial Workers Union (ICU) in Natal in…

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1937-2010

Tholakele Madala

Tholakele Madala was born in Kokstad on 13 July 1937. He matriculated at St John's College in Umtata before obtaining a BA degree at the University of Fort…

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1967

Mpush Makambi

Mpush Makambi was born in 1967 in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape. At school, Makambi was sporty but boxing was his first love. He turned professional in 1983 with a…

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1949

Lionel Mxolisi Majombozi

One of the group of African medical students at the University of the Witwatersrand who participated in the founding of the African National Congress Youth…

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1914

Piet Makgofe

Born in 1914 Makgofe was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress in 1938 and was active in the 1946 African miners' strike.

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1933-1980

Tennyson Xola Makiwane

Born in 1933 into a prominent Transkei family Makiwane completed his secondary schooling at Lovedale in 1950 and entered Fort Hare University. Politicised…

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1913

P. S. J. Manana

Born in 1913, Manana was a businessman. He played a leading role in campaigns against higher rentals and passes in Durban.

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1908-1964

Self Mampuru

Self Mampuru was born in 1908 into the leading family of chiefs of Sekhukhuneland. In the 1930s in Johannesburg he met William Ballinger, who helped him go to…

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1915

Daniel (Sampie) Malope

Born in 1915, Malope was a house painter. He joined the ANC Youth League in 1944 and was arrested in 1946 for assisting in the African mine workers' strike. He…

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1961

Julius C. Malie

He began his education in Basutoland, he later studied at Lovedale and the University of the Witwatersrand. He worked at various times for the YMCA, the South…

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J. E. Malepe

A leader of the African National Congress Youth League during the 1940s, he was elected to the African National Congress (ANC) national executive committee in…

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1895

John Bidwell Mancoe

John Bidwell Mancoe was born in 1895 in Reddersburg in the Orange Free State, he graduated from Healdtown and became a teacher. In 1923 he joined the…

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1843-1920

Sammy Marks

The entrepreneur Samuel Marks was born in Lithuania in 1843. He arrived on African shores in 1868 where he began his career by hawking cheap jewelry and…

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1918

July Mashaba

Born in 1918, Mashaba was a factory worker. He joined the African National Congress during the Defiance Campaign and was active in the Moroka branch.

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Elijah H. Mdolomba

Elijah H. Mdolomba was born in the Cape and educated at Healdtown. At the time of Bhambatha Rebellion in 1906, he was chaplain to a loyalist African army unit…

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1958-2003

Bafana Mkhize

He was born in Lamontville, Durban. He is a wood sculptor who was taught and encouraged by the Durban artist, George Msimang. He mainly uses railway sleepers…

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1930-1999

Clarence Mlokoti

Clarance Mlokoto, nicknamed “Oom Locks”, was born in 1930 in Tsomo, Eastern Cape.

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Paul Mokabe

Mokabe was one of the students who stood up against the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in African schools in 1976. In 1977, Mokabe…

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1958

Iqbal Shaik Mohammed

Mohammed Iqbal Shaik was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg on 26 August 1958. He became politically active when he was a student leader at the M.L. Sultan…

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1887

John Mtini

Born in 1887, John Mtini was the 'Grand Old Man' of the trial who took part in the 1929 anti-pass campaigns, the struggles of the unemployed of 1931-2, the…

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1955

Anthony Molebatsi Nkotsi

1979: Soweto Oppenheimer Towers (Mofolo Arts Centre Students).

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