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1871-1936

Eugene Marais

… Marais was one of the most innovative Afrikaans writers and a pioneer of the usage of free verse in Afrikaans. He was an editor of the …

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1956

Kay Hassan

… Kay Hassan was born in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra in 1956. His mother brewed traditional beer at a … which was featured in the November/December…

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1956

Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

… Mavivi Manzini was born in Alexandra Township , outside of Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) in 1956, and then … spent close to four years in the…

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1949

Jeremy Patrick Cronin

… (now KwaZulu-Natal). He grew up in Cape Town, the son of a naval officer who died when Cronin was ten. He was … nine months in the navy and enrolled at the…

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1851-1931

Rev. Mangena Maake Mokone

… (Transvaal) in 1851. His mother was daughter of Sephate and was from a royal lineage. In 1863, his father, a junior chief of Bogaga, was killed in the Swazi …

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1923-1987

Massabalala (Bonnie) Yengwa

… Massabalala Yengwa, was the son of the Zulu labourer who had been jailed during the African National Congress (ANC) anti-pass campaign of 1919. Yengwa was…

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1937

Bokwe James Mafuna

… was born in January 14,1937 in Mafikeng.He dropped out of school at 15,was a manual laborer,then spent four years … this in 1968 protest against the…

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1908-1986

Nathaniel Impey Honono

… (Tshutsha) was born on 21 October 1908, in the district of Qumbu, in the then Transkei (Eastern Cape). He graduated with a BA degree from the University of…

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1795

Sobhuza I

… Sobhuza I was the first king of the Swazi people as we know the group today. He was born … in 1795 and succeeded his father, Ndvungunye, as king of the…

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1930-2014

Nelson “Nana” Mahomo

… Mahomo was born in 1930 in the Orange Free State, the son of a Dutch Reformed clergyman, he attended Kroonstad High … he resigned in late 1954 from the…

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1923-2010

Jackson Mbhazima Hlungwani

… Hlungwane was born in Nkanyani Village, Gazankulu. The son of a Shangaan migrant worker, he had no formal training as an … sculptures date to the 1960s,…

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1874-1959

Daniel Francois Malan

… in Riebeeck West in the Cape. He completed his doctorate of divinity at the University of Utrecht in 1905 and was ordained as a minister of the Dutch…

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1955

Gana Makabeni

… a Communist night school and joined the  Communist Party of South Africa  (SACP) as a young worker in the 1920s. In … was elected to the party's central…

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Dr Aubrey Maitshwe Mokoape

… became invovled in politics at the young age of 13 and by the time he was 15 years old, he was a spokesperson of the Pan Africanist Congress youth, the party…

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1913-1967

Louis Washkansky

… Of Lithuanian Jewish extraction, Louis Washkansky came to … him suffering from congestive cardiac failure. The effects of this were huge cardiac swelling,…

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1956

Anthony James (Tony) Leon

… Leon went on to register a law degree with the  University of Witwatersrand . His leadership qualities manifested … still at Witwatersrand University. He was…

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C. S. Ramohanoe

… C. S Ramohanoe was a provincial President of the Transvaal  African National Congress  (ANC) from 1944 to 1950 and later head of the faction known as the…

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1910-1969

Florence Matomela

… Florence Matomela was born on 1st of January ,in 1910 and worked as a teacher while raising … , she led a demonstration that ended in the burning of permits…

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1926-1959

Lionel Forman

… Forman was a barrister and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, 'You Can Hang For Treason'. … to international conferences. He was…

B-0008078

1965

Tracy Payne

… Tracy Payne’s hyper real paintings evoke a sense of sublime sexuality in the art of constraint, even if she is painting a flower. She was born … Africa. In…

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1933-1986

Florence Barbara Ribeiro

… community worker Florence Barbara Ribeiro was the fourth of five children. Her father, Henry Mathe, was a labourer in … butchery and enrolled for a BCom…

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Vusi Mahlasela

… high school. He started off by playing cover versions of popular songs until his late teens when he began to write … in his late teens, having been exposed…

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John Gomas

… in Cape Town. He was a tailor by profession and a member of the Garment Workers' Union. He served as secretary of the Cape Town branch of the  Communist…

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1983

Portia Modise

… at a young age over the more popular girls’ choice of netball. She started playing soccer at the age of seven. She grew up playing football in the street…

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1957

Anna Zieminski

… schooled at St Mary's Dominican Convent and the University of Cape Town. In 1983 and 1984 she attended part-time courses in photography at the Ruth Prowse…

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1949-2004

Matome Maponya

… Maponya was born on May 14 1949 in the Thabakgone village of Lephapane in the district of Tzaneen, where his parents eked out an existence on their small…

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1889-1981

Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize

… After his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first students to attend the Inanda Seminary and … Durban City Council forced African…

B-0008574

1962

Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela

… and Bafana were both traders. She obtained a bachelor of Law from the University of Swaziland in 1987 and three years later, an LLB at Wits … director at the…

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1931-2018

Samir Amin

… on capitalism, colonialism and (under)development was one of the most important contributions to the discussion over … economy. As a critical Marxist thinker…

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1909-1994

Oscar Mpetha

… Congress  ANC in 1951 and in 1958 was chosen president of the Cape ANC in a disputed election. He was subject to … 1954 into the 1960s and was detained…

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