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1794-1879

Thomas Maclear

… He was a keen amateur astronomer and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of astronomers. Maclear arrived in South Africa on 5 January … closely with John…

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1956

Christopher Nceba Faku

… from prison, Faku was elected as regional organiser of the Eastern Cape  African National Congress  (ANC) and … portfolio. In 1994, Faku was elected…

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1895-1962

Elliot Tonjeni

… went to Cape Town, where he joined the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) and was active in the Industrial and … and Coloured workers, particularly in…

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1936-2013

Sathima Bea Benjamin

… the cosmopolitan culture she grew up with in the shadows of Table Mountain , her youth was soon to be shattered by the declaration of her beloved birth-place…

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1930-2005

Hamilton Naki

… Hamilton Naki was born in the small village of Ngcangane in the Eastern Cape in 1930. His family was poor … he left for Cape Town to look for employment. At…

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unknown-2011

Rev George Wauchope

… Organisation (SASO) while studying at the University of Fort Hare in the early 1970s, and went on to join the … BPC was banned in 1977 by Jimmy Kruger, then…

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1908-2000

Jock Leyden

… He settled in Durban which was to be his home for the rest of his life.  He attended part-time art classes at the Natal School of Art, Durban, and he decided…

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1959-2014

Nosipho Dorothy Ntwanambi

… Gugulethu ( Western Cape ). She was the Deputy President of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), was … Executive Committee (NEC) member. She…

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1911-1990

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk

… World War II and, on returning home, became a member of the Springbok Legion and the Congress of Democrats (CoD).  When he was arrested in 1956, he left ……

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1931-1981

Dr Nomava Eslinah Shangase

… she participated actively in the struggle for the rights of African nurses, having suffered the indignities of racial discrimination herself. In 1962, the…

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1939

Manfred Zylla

… in 1939, and arrived in South Africa in 1970. A series of woodcuts about the 1976 Soweto uprising, and the creation of large-scale drawings, prints and…

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1928-2009

Ahmed Essop “Quarter” Khota

… in a “¼ pint”. During the 1950s, Quarter was a member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and a part of the corps of activists that contributed to the…

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1925-2013

Alan Robert Lipman

… War II, Lipman studied Architecture at the University of Witwatersand. Here, Lipman was inspired by the work of architects such as Le Corbusier, Walter…

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1938

Noria Mabasa

… out household chores throughout her childhood.  At the age of 14, Mabasa moved to her brother’s house in Soweto to … for economic survival, Mabaso began…

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1880

Ethel Edwards

… 1907 The Cape Argus Weekly Edition published a photograph of Ethel Edwards in its supplement on "Famous South African … impress, as he was perhaps the most…

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1795-1836

King 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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1921-1995

Jo Thorpe

… in London. In 1959 she was appointed regional secretary of the South African Institute of Race Relations in Durban . During that year she became … Arts…

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1945

Marlise Joubert

… and a BA Honours in Philosophy from the University of Pretoria. After her studies, she worked as a journalist … also has a son and a daughter. Joubert is the…

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1955

Eric Miller

… Eric Miller  was born 19th of May 1955 in Cape Town. He grew up in Johannesburg. After … the corporate sector. Frustrated with the media’s misuse of power he…

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1947-2006

Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga

… Maxwell Mduduzi Malinga, was one of South Africa’s most gifted and beloved fighters in the … [i] Malinga would go on to make a brilliant career out of boxing…

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1818-1953

Emily Isabel Fern

… was then taught pastel drawing by George Smithard. As one of the first students at the Johannesburg School of Art, she became a foundation member of the JSC…

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1926-2007

Edgar Dumile Ngoyi

… Ngoyi became politically active in the ANC as a member of the ANC Youth League in the 1950s. He actively involved organising activities of the Defiance…

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Sylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa

… Sylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa was born in the township of Langa in Cape Town. Mdunyelwa started her singing career … Merton Barrow. She became involved in…

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1906-1979

Cecil Williams

… he would often get assaulted. Williams was active member of the Springbok Legion and the War Veterans Action Committee … serving as an appointed ‘adjunct’…

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Gaur Radebe

… Radebe was born in 1908 and completed about seven years of schooling. As an activist in both the Communist Party of South Africa and the  African National…

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1904

Simon Tyeku

… Chairman of the Sophiatown  African National Congress  in the … mid-1950s and a first-string accused in the  Treason Trial of 1956-1961 . Tyeku was born in…

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1936-2008

Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo

… in the Eastern Cape. He later moved to the University of Witwatersrand in Johannesburg where he qualified in BSc … wing,  Umkhonto we Sizwe  in 1962. He…

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1923-1986

William “Bloke” Modisane

… My mother wanted a better life for her children, a kind of insurance against poverty by trying to give me a prestige … the prison and farm conditions in the…

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1870-1955

Allerley Glossop

… England,1872. She came to SA in 1900 after the demise of the Sphinx Studio in London, where she had taught. She … to paint. She worked, so the Press noted, …

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1866-1954

Elizabeth Drake

… in Rochester, Kent, England. Her naturalistic renderings of landscape and architectural subjects in watercolour were … travels England and South Africa. She…

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