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1938-1990

Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana

… the Broadway yanks and later the Four Yanks. In a turn of events that would alter his music career, Pukwana met … group, the Blue Notes. This would prove to…

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1955

William Kentridge

… "I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, contradiction, uncompleted gestures and … William Kentridge was born in 1955 in…

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1941

Ray Berman

… he won the award for ‘Most Promising Artist’ at the Artist of Fame & Promise Exhibition in Johannesburg. This motivated … Paris, France. Upon his return to…

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1923-2016

Daniel Kunene

… and Martha Kunene. [ii] Notwithstanding the ravages of Apartheid, he completed a BA through at UNISA in 1949 and … Sekhuthe in 1953, he went on to do a PhD…

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1931-1964

Suliman “Babla” Saloojee

… Saloojee was born on 5 February 1931 in the small town of Belfast in the then eastern Transvaal, now Mpumalanga. … with the police. This enabled him to trace…

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1945-2008

Phumzile John Gomomo

… on a farm in Adelaide on 25 October in 1945. He was one of seven children born to the late Ndabeni (Mnzotho) and … School. He left school in standard 6 …

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1909

Selby Bangani Ngcobo

… Ngcobo was born in 1909 in Pietermaritzburg, the son of a mine compound foreman who later became a teacher and … Ngcobo studied at Adams College, Fort Hare,…

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1953

Vukile Ntuli

… 1978 to 1983 he studied for a BA(FA) at the University of Fort Hare. Ntuli undertook further studies at the Royal College of Art, London, from 1984 to 1986…

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Ben Khoapa

… States where he learned about the political conditions of African Americans. On his return to South Africa, Khoapa … the Black Consciousness Movement. He…

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1911

Sam Kahn

… in Cape Town, he earned an LL.B degree from the University of Cape Town in 1932. He was a lawyer, a leader in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), and…

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1937-1999

Simon Nkabinde

… became a South African Mbaqanga singer; known as the “Lion of Soweto”. Nkabinde was the most prominent of the basso-profundo “groaners” of black South…

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Percival Mdala

… found work as a gardener for Bishop Stainton, the rector of St. George’s. When the Bishop discovered that Percy was a qualified teacher, he asked him to take…

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1939

Chief Malebogo

… (Kgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch) was chief of the Bahananwa chiefdom, a group of the Tswana peoples. Lebogo led the Bahananwa to the … Boers as…

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1902-1972

Rosa Hope

… Simmers (qv.), for its "extraordinarily strong sense of drawing" ( Cape Time s 23.8.1937).  Hope had trained at the Slade and Central Schools of Art, London,…

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1908-1993

Nerine Constantia Desmond Fial

… 1908. She studied graphics at London's Central School of Art in 1938, but was otherwise largely self-taught. The commemoration of the Great Trek occurred in…

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1882-1962

Florence Louise Zerffi

… and at the Arts and Crafts Academy in Berlin. A friend of Nita Spilhaus ,  she joined SASA and was represented on their 1917 exhibition in a variety of media…

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1970

Heidi Saayman

… Years" and the other on life in the colored townships of Missionvale and Helenvale. In 1990 she won the Santam … Technikon while working as Photographer at…

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1956

Willie Bester

… mixed media works have frequently included passages of painting that have contained strongly naturalistic … Gallery, Pietermaritzburg; Pretoria Art Museum;…

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1965

Phila Portia Ndwandwe

… Ndwandwe (also known as Zandile or Zandi) became part of the Natal Machinery of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in 1985 under the leadership of Muzi Ngwenya (Thami…

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1959-2010

Mthuthuzeli Tom

… Tom was born on 7 September 1959, in the village of Mpongo outside East London, and was one of eight children. His mother was a domestic worker and his … at…

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1942-2017

Joe “Sdumo” Mafela

… was also born. Mafela’s family moved to Kliptown, south of Johannesburg in 1947. The family remained in Kliptown for … as a temporary shelter for many…

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1930-2017

Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba

… units. By 1962, he was promoted to platoon commander of MK. Owing to his commitment and leadership, he was asked to become a member of the Second National…

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1913-1998

Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden

… Lee-Warden started his own printing works at the back of a furniture shop in Keerom Street. A year later, he moved … and Fred Carneson approached him to take…

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Pious Goodman Mei

… Congress in 1936. As an organiser for the Congress of the People and organising secretary of the African Textile Workers' Union, Goodman was elected to the…

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1921-2010

Gordon Mulholland

… April 1921. His mother, Nell, a Cockney from the east end of London, was the breadwinner at home. She worked as an … children whose parents couldn't afford…

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1941-2020

Joseph 'Headman' Shabalala

… Shabalala was born on 28 August in 1941 and town of Ladysmith (eMnambithi district) in the Kwazulu-natal region was a member of the internationally renowned…

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1915-1995

Yusuf Cachalia

… for him to travel to Mecca, where he began the study of Islamic philosophy. He then spent five years in India. … National Congress (ANC) that resulted in the…

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1928-1994

Maritz Barrymore

… He trained as a painter from 1950-1953 at the University of Rhodes, Eastern Cape, where he obtained a BA(FA). In 1954 … gained a Higher Diploma in Education…

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1907-1946

Rosamund Everard-Steenkamp

… was born in Carolina, Mpumalanga, 1907. She was a daughter of Bertha Everard, had a brief career cut short by her death in a Spitfire accident in England…

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1947-2008

Mike Terry

… Terry was an active member of the British  Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) , which was … Sharpeville Massacre  and succeeded the Boycott Movement of 1959. The…

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