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1879-1931

Stephen William Black

… Stephen Black was the son of Henry and Sarah Black. He was born in September 1879 in … was engaged by George Kingswell who was owner and editor of The Owl…

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1925-2012

Professor Emeritus Phillip Tobias

… School in 1939 where he matriculating in 1942. At the age of 15 even before he finished his schooling, he decided to study medicine after his sister, Val,…

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1795-1840

King Dingane ka Senzangakhona

… career. Instead, Dingane enters the record when on the 22 of September 1828 he, with the assistance of his half-brother Mhlangana and servant Mbopha,…

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1855-1920

Olive Schreiner

… Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also a … whatever form, whether against Boers or Black…

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1959

Jane Alexander

… Her figures are characterised by their mixture of human and non-human elements and a disquieting presence. … exemplified in her early work Butcher Boys,…

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1921

Richard Ernest van der Ross

… der Ross was born in 1921, he studied at the University of Cape Town where he received M.A., B.Ed., and Ph.D. degrees. For some years he was principal of a…

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1850s-1911

Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba

… Church minister on 2 December 1875. He became a teacher of biblical studies. After his ordination, he volunteered to … and taught at Lovedale Institution. In…

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1920-2000

Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo

… ). She started her education at the Doornfontein School of the American Board of Missions and then went on to the Inanda Seminary, a … where she completed…

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1903-1973

Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams

… born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah Sherman. As a … he was educated at the Jews College…

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1927-1994

Mizream Maseko

… work was included in a calendar. This resulted in a period of experiment with staining, painting and embossing imported modelling hide. The result was a…

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1931-2015

Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena

… 1960s and early 1970s Oshadi was the executive director of the Association for the Education and Cultural Advancement of South Africa. She was concurrently…

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1929-2011

Margaret Nash

… ), where Nash later matriculated.  At the young age of 16 she enrolled at Rhodes University for a teaching degree … in 1975, also obtained a PhD in Theology…

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1937-2011

Fikile Charles Bam

… from 1956, and went on to study law at the University of Cape Town (UCT) in 1960. Bam was a member of the Yu Chi Chan Club (Chinese for guerrilla warfare)…

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1852-1918

Schalk Burger

… Willem Burger was born on the 6 September 1852. At the age of 21 he worked as a clerk at Lydenburg in the office of the field coronet. During this period he…

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1930-2007

Elize Botha

… Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, in 1948 and majored in … and Dutch languages and literature  earning…

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1917-1998

Winnie Motlalepule Kgware

… was born in Thaba Nchu in the Free State on the 27th of October in 1917.  A teacher by profession, and resident at the University of the North (Turfloop). In…

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1952

Antjie Krog

… Philosophy (cum laude) and English at the University of the Orange Freestate and then she went on to obtain a Masters degree in Afrikaans at the University…

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1906-1968

Archibald Campbell Jordan

… Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan, the son of an Anglican minister, was born on 30 October 1906 at the Mbokothwana Mission Station in the Tsolo District of…

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1908-1984

Frederick Hutchinson Page

… according to one critic, have made him known as ‘a kind of Hitchcock among painters’. Page always used a limited … that he limited his palette to black and…

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1949-2001

Jeffry Dumo Baqwa

… Jeffry Dumo Baqwa was born on 24th of July 1949 in Pinetown, Natal. He was the second child and … university Baqwa became involved in politics becoming one…

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1922

Elsa Joubert

… Paarl where she grew up, and studied at the universities of Stellenbosch (BA and SOD) and Cape Town (MA in Afrikaans-Nederlands). Within two years of…

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1979

Alexander Leor Fattal

… Alex Fattal was born in Austin, Texas. He is the first of two children of Laura and Yacov Fattal. Alex moved to Boston Massachusetts … Studies, focusing on…

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1936-2011

Lawrence Schlemmer

… he studied art under Walter Battiss at the University of Pretoria. Schlemmer then went on to study sociology and social work at the University of Pretoria…

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1955-2017

Peter McKenzie

… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended Melbourne Road … and darkroom equipment —thus starting his…

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Billy Paddock

… Billy Paddock, of Irish extraction, grew up in Durban, Natal (now … His political consciousness was awakened at the University of Natal (now University of…

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Bisho Jarsa

… Article by Sandra Rowoldt Shell, University of Cape Town. When Neville Alexander used to visit his … Jarsa as a boy, he never suspected the extraordinary…

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1817-1893

Sir. Theophilus Shepstone

… Theophilus Shepston was born near Bristol in 1817, the son of the Reverend J William Shepstone, who became an 1820 … to Sir Benjamin D'Urban during the Sixth…

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1900-1976

Emil Sachs

… 11 November 1900, in Kamaai, Lithuania. He was the fourth of the five children of Abraham Saks, later changed to 'Sachs', and his wife, … to him, the correct…

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1841-1926

John Xavier Merriman

… was a politician, businessman, and the last Prime Minister of the Cape Colony before the four provinces became the Union of South Africa in 1910. He was…

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1817-1893

Theophilus Shepstone

… Theophilus Shepston was born near Bristol in 1817, the son of the Reverend J William Shepstone, who became an 1820 … to Sir Benjamin D'Urban during the Sixth…

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