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1944

Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)

… her parents did not allow her to get too close to them out of fear of the consequences that would come from their political … had strictly defined roles,…

B-0080454

1798-1872

King Mpande kaSenzangakhona

… Mpande was king of the Zulu nation from 1840 to 1872, making him the longest reigning Zulu king. He was a half-brother of Shaka and Dingane, who both…

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1934-2021

Ronnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)

… chose to live in Cato Manor. They bought a small piece of ground to develop a market garden. His paternal … (high school), Durban. He spent a year at the…

B-0124457

1955-1991

Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo

… He acquired the name, Comrade Mzala, as he was fond of addressing everyone as “mzala, mzala”.) In 1972, at the age of 15, he was detained without trial for…

B-0068699

1924-1969

Imam Abdullah Haron

… Town’s southern suburbs. He was the youngest in a family of five, and still an infant when Asa Martin, his mother … Sadan, Hattas, Galant and Ganief families…

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James Ford

… England. He is listed as a member in the SASA Exhibition of Pictures catalogue of 1904, but there is no record of him ever showing with the Society.Holiday…

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1957-1985

Richard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane

… became politically active during the student uprising of 1976, and like many of his contemporaries he went into exile. In exile, he joined … National…

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1947

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke

… was born in Pretoria on 20 December 1947. He is the eldest of the four children of Karabo Mabel and a school headmaster Samuel John Sedise … eight (Grade Ten…

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1915-1979

Vera Ponnen

… she went to Johannesburg and while there she met members of the Communist Party. She later joined the party and became … was married, the Ponnen household in…

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1954-1982

Topsy Madaka

… New Brighton, Port Elizabeth in 1954. He was the son of Nontsikelelo and Mongameli Madaka who, both passed away in … in Transkei. He also attended the Mount…

B-0068165

1948

Timothy Peter Jenkin

… Prep and Boys' High School,[1][2] matriculating at the age of 17.[3] After leaving school, he avoided conscription into … African Defence Force (SADF), and…

B-0008202

1925

Tamsanqa Tasque Tshume

… Stalwart of the Cape  African National Congress  in the 1950s. He was … Port Elizabeth, and inherited the political inclinations of his two uncles, Gladstone…

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1920-2004

Nimrod Sekeramane Nathale

… Sejake was born on 8 August 1920 in Evaton, south of Johannesburg, to Basotho parents. He attended a mission … Soweto . During the 1950s, Sejake was a…

B-0094641

1874-1932

Daniel Simon Letanka

… Letanka was born at Saulspoort in the Rustenburg district of the Transvaal in 1874 and attended the Native College in … in the northern Transvaal. In 1912,…

B-0008320

1897-1986

Gertrud Theiler

… Gertrud Theiler was the youngest daughter of sir Arnold Theiler KCMG, founder and first director of the Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, and his wife, ……

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1950

Thenjiwe Mtintso

… father Gana Makabeni  was a trade unionist and a member of the African National Congress (ANC). Mtintso faced … studies at secondary school and at the…

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1852-1927

Elizabeth Maria Molteno

… a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John Molteno. With … encouraged debate in their family…

B-0008663

1922

Sir Sydney Kentridge

… School. In 1941, he obtained a BA degree at the University of the Witwatersrand. He served with the South African forces … honours in jurisprudence. He was…

B-0086256

1955-1983

Thabo Marcus Motaung

… the Township around the early to mid-1960s. They were part of families forcibly removed from Alexandra Township, North of Johannesburg. This phase of forced…

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1920-1973

Robert M. Resha

… Eastern Cape] on 9 March 1920. He completed eight years of formal school and in his late teens went to work as a … in Johannesburg around 1940. He later…

B-0008948

1900

Esther Franks

… Franks studied at the University of the Witwatersrand and was a member of the first Student Representative Council of the University. In 1925 she was the…

B-0008083

1951

Patricia De Lille

… West to Henry and Gertrude Lindt. She is the third of seven children in an Afrikaans-speaking coloured family. … joined the SACWU. After SACWU became a…

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1930

Plaatjies Joseph Paul

… Plaatjies Paul Joseph was on 1st of June in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined … by day in a furniture factory owned by the father of Ruth…

B-0008219

1899-1996

Mary Agnes Stainbank

… Anne's DSG at Hilton. Stainbank was an artist way ahead of her time.  Though credited with introducing a modern school of sculpture to South Africa during…

B-0066295

1955-2010

Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander

… Benny Alexander, the third child of Estelle and Johann Alexander, a labourer, was born on 4th of March 1955 in Kimberley, where he also grew up. Following ……

B-0007785

1919-1984

Cassim Amra

… Congress (NIC) against the then conservative leadership of the organisation. After matriculating in 1937, he joined … from Amra’s home on Milton Road, Durban…

B-0095730

1924-1992

Zuleika Sarojini Christopher

… Zuleika (Zulei) Sarojini Christopher, the eldest daughter of Advocate Albert Christopher and Ghadija Gool, was born in … she also grew up. Advocate Albert…

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1961

Jo Ractliffe

… is a documentary photographer who captures the traces of violence, displacement and struggle in a landscape. The images evoke memory and history and the…

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1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… her early education. Born into the privileged world of servants and country clubs, Benson’s early ambitions were … where she would eventually end up. The…

B-0007841

1962-2007

Humphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza

… Magwaza was born on 4 April 1962, in Lamontville, one of the oldest Durban townships, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – KZN).  He was one of Evelyn and Philip…

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