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1929-2000

Esme Bodenstein

… association which attracted many former Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) members. The Society organised … although she never joined the CPSA. She was a…

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Ramnie Dinat

… Ramnie Naidoo, the daughter of Ama and Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo , worked in the Transvaal … Youth Congress (TIYC)  since her childhood. At the age of nine,…

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Mabel Balfour

… After many leaders from the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) were arrested in the 1956 Treason Trials, she became part of the Management…

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1935

Mzwakhe Mbatha

… was inspired to make non-functional objects by a piece of wood which he discovered in the veld that reminded him of a bending female figure. Mbatha worked…

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1955

Zamokwake Samuel Gumede

… he undertook a three- month carpentry course.On completion of the course he worked as a full-time carpenter and sculptor … Community Arts Workshop, Durban…

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1870-1943

Sir Patrick Duncan

… Oxford, where he gained several distinctions. At the age of 23 he entered the Revenue Department at Somerset House, … South Africa in March 1901. Duncan was…

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1912-1964

Daniel R Koza

… into trade union work and the philosophical framework of Gordon's Trotskyism,Koza became deputy secretary of the African Commercial and Distributive Workers'…

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Wycliffe MIungisi Tsotsi

… President of the  All African Convention  (AAC) from 1948 to 1959. Born … 1940s. Elected AAC president in 1948 as a representative of young militants, he was…

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1898-1914

Valliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar

… The participation of women passive resisters was a key element of the Satyagraha Campaign of 1913 - 1914. Angered by the Supreme Court judgement in ……

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2012

John Kutlwano Legingoane

… grandfather, Shadrack Ledingoane, first became aware of his grandson’s death when he came across a photograph of his grandson’s body published in the Daily…

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1949

Sokhaya Charles Nkosi

… Ketye and Michael Ntuli). 1979: UN, Pietermaritzburg (part of centenary celebrations group). 1974-80: UFH (annual group … and Resistance Conference). 1982:…

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1939

Wopko Jensma

… Cape Town. He received his education at the University of Potchefstroom , but his studies were temporally … Arts with Botshabelo Training College and the…

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1891

Captain Lancelot Andrew Ariba

… RA Schools 11 London. His ideals were based on the notion of a symbiotic relationship between the artist and the … Delhi and was later transferred to the Cap…

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1947

Obie Oberholzer

… 1970 he obtained a Diploma in Graphic Design, University of Stellenbosch, a German National Diploma in Photography in 1972, Bavarian State Institute of…

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1939

Allina Ndebele

… to her father's village with her four children. Because of her teaching activities at Rorke's Drift she had been … now established a small workshop and began…

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Nombuso Mchunu

… On her completion of Matric in 1972, Nombuso did casual work such as typing … union, Nombuso moved to become the general secretary of the Chemical and…

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1945-2013

Zolile Hamilton Keke

… Zolile Hamilton Keke was born on 31st of October 1945 in East London and grew up in Duncan Village … (PAC) as a 15-year-old in 1961, attracted by the vision…

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2012

Thembinkosi Gwelani

… to take food to his cousin, Musa Gwelani, who was part of the strike. Thembinkosi was shot in the back of the head by police at scene 1. He left behind 2…

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2012

Bongani Mdze

… from behind 3 times – in the arm, lower leg and the back of his head. He left behind his wife and a young child. He … sister, Matshepo Letsaba, "He told us…

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1878-1914

Jopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie

… War , and was wounded and captured in an action north of Pretoria. After the war he became a captain in the Active … ’s decision to invade German South West…

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1894-1982

Madie Hall-Xuma

… the African National Congress (ANC) . She was a founder of the popular Zenzele self-help movement and in 1955 was elected president of the national council…

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1943-2002

Duke Ketye

… the Centre and beginning in 1978 held group exhibitions of work by Rorke's Drift artists and the Vukuzenzele Weaving Workshop artists and one-person…

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1954

Bheki Myeni

… clay models when he was in Standard VI, his last year of schooling. His interest in insects, which is expressed in … also developed at this time when he used…

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2012

Khanare Elais Monesa

… on him. His wife was 9 month pregnant at the time of his death. Upon hearing of his death she was hospitalised. Their baby lived only a couple of days…

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1943-2000

Mampe Mosia Makhaya

… Guinea and Mauritania. Upon completing his term of office in Senegal, the president of Senegal, HE Mr A. Diouf, conferred the Order of the Lion for…

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1954

Themba Daniel Mbongwa

… training in art. He exhibited on the annual exhibitions of the University of Zululand in 1984, 1985, 1987 and 1989. He has also … around Durban. He is…

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1882-1960

Mary Fitzgerald

… for the Mine Worker’s Union. She got drawn into the plight of the miners and soon had many followers. In 1909, at the … the vote and equality for women. In…

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Jonathan Ngwenya

… respectively. He served in the Operational Directive of APLA in Tanzania, Zimbabwe and Botswana until 1994, after … as an SO2 Counter Intelligence Officer. …

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1986

Luvuyo Mgobhozi

… were uMkhonto we Sizwe operatives, which is the armed wing of the ANC.  Thabani Memela, Blessing Mabaso and Mbongeni Zondi were accused of attacking and…

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1914

Valiamma Munuswami Mudaliar

… a young girl who decided to join in the last phases of  Gandhi ’s  Satyagraha  in 1913. On 29 October  Mudaliar  … joined other women who went on a march to…

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