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1889-1946

Alexander Macaulay Jabavu

… born in 1889 in King William's Town, he was the second son of  John Tengo Jabavu . After studying at Lovedale, he taught … he joined the  Industrial and…

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1966

Pule Pheto

… Pule Pheto, son of activist and poet Molefe Pheto , was born in Soweto 1966. At The age of 12, his parents were exiled and the family moved to London … in…

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1936-1973

Benni Gwigwi Mrwebi

… have had a big showman personality as he was loved by many of his peers and followers. He became the first black South … 14-piece band in the country. Mrwebi…

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1961-1994

Feroza Adam

… Nirvana High School. While studying for a Bachelor of Arts at the University Witwatersrand, she became active in … in various community organisations and…

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1865

Chief Bhambatha kaMancinza Zondi

… spelled Bhambada) was born in Mpanza near the town of Greytown, Natal Colony. He was the son of Chief Macinga of the abakwa Zondi chieftaincy, and his mother…

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1878-1964

Charles Sidney Groves

… to the teaching in early twentieth-centur British schools of art and design, which aimed at giving a foundation 11 both … applied arts. This was emulated at…

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1889-1916

Harold Cressy

… 1 February 1889 in Rorkes Drift, KwaZulu Natal. He was one of the five children of Bernard and Mary Cressy. The local Roman Catholic Mission … the basic…

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Nomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela

… Masters Degree in Public Administration at the University of Liverpool, England. She also attended courses on International Relations at the Institute of…

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1916-2014

Epainette Nomaka Mbeki

… 1916 in Mangoloaneng, in the Sotho-speaking section of the Mount Fletcher district of Transkei . Ma Mbeki’s family, the Moeranes, are Basotho members of the…

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1935

Durant Basi Sihlali

… Sihlali moved back in with his parents at the age of 14, staying with them in Moroka outside Johannesburg , … in 1958, and had five children with her. As a…

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1856-1919

Saul Msane

… in the Eastern Cape. In 1892 he undertook a concert tour of Europe together with a Zulu choir. In approximately 1907 … started in 1900. In 1901 he became a…

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1917-2013

Mfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose

… in 1935. As a student, he was influenced by the writings of Samuel Krune Mqhayi. With no other prospects for a viable … Italy from 1942 to 1946. He left the…

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1947-2007

Neville Wilson Curtis

… 1947, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng). his one of five children of an Australia-born miner.His father, John (Jack) Curtis left Australia in 1930, at…

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1922

Greenwood Dumisa Ngotyana

… was born in the Transkei in 1922 and completed a few years of secondary schooling. He came to Cape Town as a labourer, … helped organise a black railway and…

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1904-1983

Alex Hepple

… Alex Hepple was born in the Johannesburg suburb of La Rochelle on 28 August 1904. His father, Thomas Hepple … an immigrant from Sunderland, was a shop…

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1949

Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile

… at the university at the time, and her father, a member of the South African Communist Party eventually lost his … 's underground structures. When Baleka’s…

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1921-1976

Leslie Massina

… left school to become a factory worker. He was the son of Luke Masssina,a police detective who had been gain access … into the African National Congress (ANC…

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1810-1872

Charles Du Val

… Charles Du Val was born in Manchester, England in 1810 of Irish parents. Du Val and his business manager and … associate, Arthur Fry, arrived in Cape Town at…

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1930-2018

Billy Modise

… which forced black people and his personal experiences of racism served as a political awakening for Modise. Just … university. In January 1955 he enrolled…

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1927-2005

Kalushi Drake Koka

… Kalushi Drake Koka was born in Pietersburg on the 9th  of June,1927. He enrolled for teacher training after … in politics, serving as Transvaal vice…

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1928-2007

Lawrence Folley

… Orpheus Choir.  Lawrence was soon given the opportunity of performing some of the baritone solos.  It was here that he met the popular … Orchestra.  Marie…

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1955

Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi

… High in Tembisa Township,  Johannesburg . Upon completion of his matric, he decided to enrol for law studies at the University of the North (renamed…

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1873-1936

Sidney Percival Bunting

… Sidney Percival Bunting was born on 29 June of 1873 in London, the son of Sir Percy William Bunting, the founder and editor of the Contemporary Review . His…

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1886-1957

Jacob Hendrik Pierneef

… it was here that he started his art classes. With the war of 1900 between the Boers and the English, the Pierneef … experience brought Pierneef into contact…

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1932-2013

Louis Luyt

… he captained the Orange Free State province. By the end of the 1960s Luyt had become a millionaire. In 1989 he took over the Presidency of the Transvaal…

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1903-1979

Johannes (Jan) de Klerk

… born on 22 July 1903 in Burgersdorp. He was the eldest son of Reverend Willem de Klerk and Aletta Johannes van Rooy. De … student politics. From 1925 to 1926…

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1914-2011

Jean Bernadt (nee Alkin)

… on 19 May 1914 in Panevezys, Lithuania. She was the eldest of four children. Jean’s family moved to South Africa when … are traced back to when she joined…

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1854-1922

Christiaan Rudolf De Wet

… spending his days helping his father in the management of the farm Nuwejaarsfontein, near the present town of Dewetsdorp. At the age of nineteen, he married…

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1956-2020

Santu Mofokeng

… up in and around Soweto (Johannesburg), spending most of his childhood in Orlando East. Mofokeng’s initial … experiences with photography were as a teen when…

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1926

Leonora van den Heever

… went on to complete her MA in English at the University of Pretoria , and started to work at the normaalkollege in … Brink, and began her LLB part-time…

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