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Yazeed Kamaldien

… at Peninsula Technikon, which he completed in 2001. Part of the course was a section on photojournalism. Extra lessons … in photography included a short…

B-0008228

1921

Thembile Benson Ndimba

… Came to active politics in 1937 during the mass removal of the people from the African township of Korsten and one of Korsten's leaders since then. … Active…

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1925-2020

Andrew Mokete Mlangeni

… Free State (now Free State Province) district, as one of a twin (he has a sister). He grew up in Soweto, … (now Gauteng). He was the ninth child in a family…

B-0008579

1932

Oliver Kgadime Matsepe

… 1932 in Tafelkop, Groblersdal district. He was the son of Malua Matsepe, senior police sergeant and the grandson of Chief Bloeu of the Kopa tribe. Although…

B-0008494

1914

Josepha Selhorst

… Mariannhill, Natal from 1951-52. Selhorst made a number of study tours to Europe, living there from 1971-1980 and … from 1949 in South Africa and Italy and…

B-0009016

1949

Michael Lapsley

… Born in New Zealand on the 2nd of June, 1949. At the age of seven, Michael entered the Society of Sacred Mission and then dropped his first name “Allan” to …

B-0008297

1940

Ela Gandhi

… and iron house where she lived in for the first six years of her life. Her father later built a dwelling out of bricks. Initially her parents educated her at…

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1859-1929

Sir. Julius Jeppe

… as a mining and property magnate as a clerk in the firm of Schiffman and Company in Pretoria, and quickly rose to a managerial position. However, with the…

B-0008204

1946

Deton (Tito) Zungu

… first as a gardener and then as a cook. In 1970 a friend of Zungu's showed his work to his employer Mary Clarke, who brought it to the attention of Jo Thorpe…

B-0009269

1924-1960

Ephraim Chaka

… every day to work. Chaka worked as a block-man at one of the local butcher shops. Ephraim Chaka's bicycle that he rode on the day he was killed On 21 March…

B-0125868

1967

Sparks Mahamba

… Sparks Mahamba was a member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) and  uMkhonto we Sizwe  (MK). Mahamba was killed in the Third Battle of the Wankie…

B-0075060

1955

Adam Glasser

… where he spent his childhood and teen years. Being the son of South African composer and music director Stanley ‘Spike’ … him musically, handing him his…

B-0122636

1879-1935

Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos

… the “Young Turks” gathered around him. Towards the end of 1912 Botha dismissed  J B M Hertzog  from his cabinet and Roos protested by demonstrating at the…

B-0067328

1906

Martha Mohlakoane

… Mohlakoane was born in 1906 to a family of farm squatters. She worked in domestic service for 22 … joined the  African National Congress  in 1939 and was one…

B-0008604

1947-2010

Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo

… under the name Victoria Mhlongo. Her 1963 version of My Boy Lollipop became a national hit and her career … an African tour with the singer Letta Mbulu . For…

B-0065035

1935-2013

Sipo Elijah Mzimela

… become a priest. He obtained a degree from the University of South Africa that enabled him to teach. He joined the … Mzimela moved to the United States to…

B-0095734

1928

John Hlatywayo

… under George Boys who introduced him to the techniques of batik and mono printing. Around 1970 Hlatywayo travelled … National Gallery in Salisbury, now the…

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2012

Jackson Lehupa

… He also supported extended family members, including three of his brother’s and three of his sister’s children. According to his customary law … after his…

B-0121635

1925-1968

Patrick Mosell Molaoa

… and Kimberley until matriculation. He was one of the first activists of the African National Congress (ANC) to die as a guerrilla … 1959 he was elected its…

B-0008617

1897-1972

Nils Severin Andersen

… out on several trips to Namibia with Mr. E Schweikerdt of Pretoria. Several of his works have been reproduced locally by E Schweikerdt (Pty) Ltd; and one…

B-0007790

1978

Hestrie Cloete

… Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She grew up in the small town of Coligny , Western Transvaal (now North West Province ) with her mother Martie and father Willem…

B-0007946

1977

Makhaya Ntini

… in the Eastern Cape called Mdingi. Ntini is a product of the United Cricket Board's development program. Raymond … introducing the game to rural boys. Ntini…

B-0008820

1853-1915

Heinrich Egersdorfer

… Germany, he came to SA in 1879. Earlier, after experience of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he had worked at his trade in England. In 1884 he … African…

B-0008043

1881-1963

Frank Wiles

… born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles . … in SA in 1902, he studied in 1901 at the…

B-0009226

1941

Jonas Mosa Gwangwa

… in 1941 in Orlando East, Soweto. The young Gwanga was one of many musicians mentored by Alto Saxophonist Kippie … in 1959.  Gwangwa then went on to become a…

B-0095443

1927

C. M Kobus

… C. M Kobus was the African attorney and founding member of the  Non-European Unity Movement  (NEUM). Holder of a B.A. degree, he taught for some years in the…

B-0008268

1923

Dr Hassen (Ike) Mahomed Moosa

… He was educated at Fort Hare and the University of Cape Town (UCT) and was active in the political movement … since his student days. Moosa was an executive…

B-0068094

1937-2020

Andrew Clement Verster

… Diploma in Design (1959) from the Camberwell College of Art, London, and an Art Teacher’s Diploma (1960) from … at Fine Art institutions in South Africa for…

B-0009201

1975

Tikkie Sibisi

… single parent, his father, and three sisters. (At the age of four his mother died during the ritual of Sangoma training) His father was a welder at Union ……

B-0009049

1920

Lorna Peirson

… College. From 1963 - 1981 she was the teacher in charge of the one-year Special Art Teachers’ Course at the Ndaleni … Natal. From 1982-1985 she was Senior…

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