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1938-1999

Ezrom Legae

… In 1959, Legae studied in the Polly Street Art Centre, one of the first places to bring artists from different areas … under one roof. During the 1950’s, it…

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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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Potlako Leballo

… in 1924 near Mafeteng, Basutoland (now Lesotho), the son of an Anglican minister. In 1940, while a student at … his age and enlisted in a non-European…

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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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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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1934

Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu

… Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu was born on 8th  of May in 1934 in Natal. He began his career as a teacher in 1952. His years of teaching culminated in…

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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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1943-2009

Jan van Eck

… was born in Holland on 18 December 1943, the first born of five children.  He came to South Africa when he was five … School in 1961, after which he studied…

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1957

Cedric Nunn

… and Resistance" in 1982 and to the Staffrider exhibitions of 1983, 1984 and to the "Year of the Woman" exhibition in 1984. His work was includes a … Separate…

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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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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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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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1930-2006

Mazisi Raymond Kunene

… and was published in newspapers and magazines from the age of 11.In 1956 he won the Bantu Literary Competition Award and … earned a Masters degree in the…

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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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1812-1893

Johannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen

… near Winburg, where he joined the Voortrekker group of the population, hostile to H. D.Warden. Together with five … Released after a few months, he took part…

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1930-1978

Sewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum

… “Papwa” Sewsunker Sewgolum was born in 1930, into a family of poor sugarcane labourers in Natal. He started working at … as an exceptional player. Sewgolum…

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1959

Carl Niehaus

… education at Rand Afrikaans University (RAU). A student of theology, Niehaus was months away from his final exams in … a degree in Industrial sociology at…

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1931-2018

Eric Mtshali

… year he assisted in collecting ‘freedom demands’ as part of the African National Congress  (ANC)’s process of writing the Freedom Charter . In 1957 Mtshali…

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Nicholaas Frederic de Waal

… Born in Rotterdam in 1853, De Waal was the son of a banker who received a commercial education in Brussels … renaming it De Middelburg Getuige, and increased…

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1916-1965

Dr Arthur Elias Letele

… Letele, was a school inspector. His mother, Catherine, was of Xhosa decent. The Letele family immigrated to South Africa … later became Fort Hare University,…

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1934-2006

Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make

… Vusimuzi Linda Make was born in Boksburg in 1934, the son of a priest, and later moved to Evaton.the son of an African Methodist  Episcopal minister,Make…

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Dan Tloome

… the Communist Party. In 1941 he was chosen vice-president of the Council of Non-European Trade Unions. He remained a leader in this … the mid-1950s, also…

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