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1926-2008

Michael Gagashe Zondi

… at the Swedish Lutheran mission trade school. At the age of twenty-five while an instructor at the Edendale Vocational … After leaving the hospital he served…

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David Perumal

… joined the Natal Indian Youth Congress (NIYC) at the age of 17. He had joined the NIYC, he said, because ‘the … political struggle was taking a sharp turn…

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1890-1968

Eric Hendrik Louw

… first ambassador to the United States and the League of Nations. Eric Louw was born in 1890. When the  National …  formed its first government in 1948 he…

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1895-1960

Sam P. Sesedi

… later obtained a B.A. degree by private study at the age of 50. After teaching for many years, he went into business as a butcher in Kimberley. An executive…

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1859-1942

Lord William Waldegrave Palmer Selborne

… Lord William Palmer, the second Earl of Selborne was born in 1859. He studied history at the University of Oxford. He was Under-Secretary for the Colonies…

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1919

M. J. M. Williams Shope

… M. Williams Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his … he held until 1963. In 1954 he became…

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1920

Kwena Matlala

… Kwena Matlala, born in 1920, was the first daughter of Chief Sekgwari Matlala and Mme Makwena Matlala . She married Nelson Ngakana Moabelo, the ntona of…

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1989-2001

Nkosi Johnson

… the east rand. When his mother became too ill to take care of him, she gave him up for adoption. He was adopted by … in Johannesburg refused to admit him as…

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1910-1977

Max Gordon

… 1932 he earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Cape Town ,where he fell in with swtudent radicals who … in his absence and factions developed over…

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1954

Wendy Schwegmann

… Design from Natal Technical college and is a graduate of the Michaelis School of Fine Art at the University of Cape Town. She lived in Johannesburg and…

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1962

Chris Kirchhoff

… Sheng-Yen a Ch'en Master: "Be soft in your practice. Think of the method as a fine silvery stream, not a raging … the cracks, the crevices. Just follow it…

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1918-1998

Mark Shope

… Mark Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the Northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his … he held until 1963. In 1954 he became acting…

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1939-2018

Hugh Masekela

… and Dudu Pukwana. Masekela also formed an integral part of the orchestra for the South African Broadway-style musical … End for two years. This successful…

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1943-1967

Basil Paul Petersen February

… Basil February was born in District Six in 1944.The son of clerk and a midwife. His family moved around several … wanted to study law, however, when the then…

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1902-1972

Dezso Koenig

… back in Johannesburg. In 1948 he was a founder member of the Brush and Chisel Club and was also active in the … life, landscape and especially the urban…

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1948-2007

Bill Flynn

… in more than 140 stage plays, musicals, 42 films, dozens of TV shows and thousands of radio and TV commercials. On television, he appeared on … on Saturday…

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1931-2016

Lulu Dube

… in establishing the Ohlange school , which all of his children attended. The school started from first year … unknown, but image from The First President: A…

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Keable Mote

… the Orange Free State. With Clements Kadalie, he was one of the first Africans prosecuted under the Native Administration Act of 1927, which made it an…

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1910

Pitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane

… Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the  African National Congress  in Natal in the 1950s. As … a pharmacy. In 1952, while serving as…

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1945

Professor Raymond Suttner

… Raymond Suttner is Emeritus Professor at the University of South Africa as well as Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg…

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1912-1974

Johanna Catharina Cornelius

… forming the Garment Worker’s Union (GWU) with the help of Emil Solomon Sachs . Johanna quickly got involved in the … years. Many workers also got involved in…

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1934-2013

Ian Berry

… him as an immigrant and taught him the technical basics of photography while employing him as an assistant. Berry … his own studio, but became bored with the…

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Mooroogiah Dhanapathy Naidoo

… Naidoo, a South African lawyer who was an active opponent of apartheid, died on June 1 in his birthplace, Durban, South … weSizwe (MK). He was imprisoned for…

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1966-1986

Andrew Sibusiso Zondo

… an interest in politics at a young age and by the age of 16, became a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and went into exile in Mozambique , after…

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1897-1974

Victor Poto

… (later Fort Hare), and was installed as paramount chief of western Pondoland in 1918. He was progressive as a chief, … Council. From 1937 until 1951 he was a…

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1909-1984

Joan Hoskyn Davies

… Transvaal Archives Depot. In 1957 she was appointed head of the new Liaison Department, and was involved with … After a period in England, Davies was…

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1986

Blessing Mabaso

… Botha, Johannes Steyn and Laurence Wasserman for killing of Blessing Mabaso, Brian Memela, Luvuyo Mgobozi and Mbongeni … on the N2 highway in Durban. The…

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1927-2015

Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson

…  restricted to Johannesburg. In 1973 he joined the staff of the Christian Institute and two years later became the editor of its monthly magazine,He was the…

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1963

Alson Ntshangase

… School; he had to leave school in Standard 9 due to lack of finances. He is largely self-taught as an artist. He … houses. He moved to Durban in 1982 where…

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1864-1977

Oscar Hollander

… Germany, 1864. He lived in SA from 1889; date and place of death not known. Information on Oscar Hollander, who … studied for a time under the latter. It is…

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