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1927-2005

Rev. Helenard Joe (Allan) Hendrickse

… 22 October 1927 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the fifth of the seven children of Maria and Charles William Hendrickse, both school … three decades, rising…

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1943-1980

Pierre Jacy Fourie

… a Black opponent in South Africa. Fourie was the son of Petrus Fourie and his Welsh wife, Violet Morris. He grew … Martin, who earned but a meager income,…

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1954

Jayaseelen Naidoo

… on 20 December 1954 in Durban. He was the eighth child of Bakkium and Valatham Nadioo, a court interpreter. Naidoo … Biko  and Barney Pityana and their…

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1786-1870

King Moshoeshoe I

… after a successful raid in which he had sheared the beards of his victims – the word ‘Moshoeshoe’ represented the sound of the shearing. In 1820 Moshoeshoe…

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1925-1992

Yvonne Bryceland

… New York Times called her an actress 'who reads the soul' of Fugard. Bryceland's collaborations with Fugard were many … and Bertolt Brecht's Mother Courage…

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1917-1985

Jordan Kush Ngubane

… was born 15 November 1917 near Ladysmith in Natal, the son of a policeman. After receiving his early education in … in 1937, Ngubane was offered the…

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1929-2007

Adelaide Frances Tambo

… London. Adelaide Tambo’s political life started at the age of 10 after a raid by the police, following an uprising in … entrenching apartheid, it became a…

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1953-1982

Dr. Neil Hudson Aggett

… Nanyuki, Kenya on 6th October 1953, the first-born child of Aubrey and Joy Aggett. He began his schooling in Kenya, … and certificates. In 1971 he enrolled…

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1919-1976

Dr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe

… James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe was one of the most dynamic leaders of the  African National Congress (ANC) after its turn to mass action in the 1950s,…

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1920

Marutle Flag Boshielo

… the  African National Congress  (ANC) and  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in the 1940s and served in the ANC … to pursue his studies through evening…

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1884-1953

John David Rheinallt Jones

… Jones was born in 1884 in Carnarvonshire, Wales, the son of a minister, and immigrated to South Africa in 1905, imbued with his family's ideals of liberal…

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1935-2026

Shanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo

… Shanthivathie (Shanthie), the eldest of five children of Ama and Naransamy "Naran" Naidoo (Roy), was born in … Indian Youth Congress and later in the…

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1915

Benjamin S. Rajuili

… Rajuili was born in the Sotho-speaking Matatiele district of the Transkei in 1915, the son of a schoolmaster. He attended Lovedale and Fort Hare, … a B.A…

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1798-1853

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius

… in the district. He became interested in the planning of the Great Trek and even went on a preliminary trip to the … and several hundred kinsmen were killed…

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Potlako Leballo

… in 1924 near Mafeteng, Basutoland (now Lesotho), the son of an Anglican minister. In 1940, while a student at … his age and enlisted in a non-European…

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1928-1999

Dr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer

… Zac de Beer was born on 11 October 1928. He was the second of four children of Jean Isobel and Zacharias Johannes de Beer, a medical … to 45. He completed an…

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1924-1994

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

… Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the third of eight children. At the age of 17, Motsoaledi came to Johannesburg. His first brush with … work in…

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1619-1677

Jan van Riebeeck

… 1639 and then further on to Dejima (today forming part of Nagasaki) in Japan in 1643. In 1645 van Riebeeck was given charge of the Dutch East India Company…

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1943-2009

Jan van Eck

… was born in Holland on 18 December 1943, the first born of five children.  He came to South Africa when he was five … School in 1961, after which he studied…

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1930

Stella Madge Damos

… unionist. During the government's race classification of Coloured people, she organised a protest meeting and was … with assaulting the police and fined £20…

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1900-1963

Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe

… Tandwefika Bokwe was born in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father, John Knox Bokwe , in Ugie, East…

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1907-1988

Sushila Gandhi

… born in India and grew up in Akola, a city in the state of Maharashtra located in central India. She was the daughter of a rich, land-owning family who gave…

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1942-2024

Edward “Eddie” Webster

… and Economics from Oxford University, and a Bachelor of Philosophy from York University. He obtained his PhD from the University of the Witwatersrand…

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Chief Maqoma

… frontier wars. Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand Son of Ngqika, King of the Rharhabe division of the Xhosa nation. Implacably opposed to his father's …

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1870-1950

William H. "Bill" Andrews

… 1870 into a working-class family,he left school at the age of 13 years old,he immigrated to South Africa in 1893. He … and Labour Council.In 1905 he became…

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1916-1988

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld

… at farm schools. He joined the army at the outbreak of World War II, when many of his neighbours were violently opposed to South African … participation in…

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1924-1978

Robert Sobukwe

… 1924 at Graaff-Reinet, Cape Province. He was the youngest of five boys and one girl. His father worked as a municipal … his schooling he received a bursary…

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1934

Samson Ratshilumela Mudzunga

… Mudzunga was born in 1934 in the Nzhelele district of the former Venda ‘ homeland’ , now Limpopo province. However, Apartheid-era documents noted his year of…

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1930-2006

Mazisi Raymond Kunene

… and was published in newspapers and magazines from the age of 11.In 1956 he won the Bantu Literary Competition Award and … earned a Masters degree in the…

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