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1912-2001

Milwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba

… Pemba became notorious for escaping from the drudgery of schoolwork into his private world of drawing. In 1924, Pemba won a Grey Scholarship to Paterson ……

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1947-1985

Twasile Champion Galela

… to Rita Siyoni and had two sons and a daughter, one of his sons passed on in 1996. He worked as a salesperson for … he was working for Town Talk Furniture…

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1953-2005

Prince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu

… Prince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu, the second son of the king of the Ndebele, Ndzundza-Mabhoko King Mabusabesala II, and … had an elder brother and a…

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1949

Siziwe Nosimo Balindlela

… Learning Centre, and from 1982-83 was at the University of Fort Hare lecturing Educational Psychology. Balindlela … Her political activism led to her…

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1913

John Watt (Jack) Grossert

… 1913 in Tweedie, KZN. He was a painter and graphic artist of landscapes, portraits and still life. He worked in oil, … University College; and 1967-69 a…

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1888-1942

Ruth Alexander

… Ruth Alexander was the daughter of a well-known Hebrew scholar, Solomon Schechter. She was … schools in Cambridge, England and New York, United States of…

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1954-1979

Selaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi

… Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the first born son of the late Collins Molapatene, an attorney and social worker … Hwiti High schools. He later…

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1958

Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe

… also produced for video in collaboration with Anant Singh of Video Vision. She has also written both story and music in … with guitarist, Bheki Khoza, for…

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1905-1962

Goolam H. Gool

… 24 March 1905, in Cape Town, Western Cape. He was the son of Yusuf Gool, born in India, in 1864. He made his way to … the spice trade and wholesaled dried…

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1906-1966

August Aime Balkema

… "Huis aen de drie grachten" next door to the old premises of the Gemeentelijke Universiteit of Amsterdam. From the outset his customers were bookish … lay an…

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1936-2016

Indres Naidoo

… Naidoo worked as a clerk and became the main support of the family after the death of his father Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo, a leading political activist, in…

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1964

Joseph Manana

… award from the Tito Zungu Trust Fund, created in the name of the late artist Tito Zungu which provides subsidies to … to study art. Manana enrolled at the…

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1886-1946

Franciscus Jacobus Ludovicus De Vriendt

… 1886**1874 in Borgerhout, Antwerp, Belgium. He was the son of a famous sculptor Jan Frans de Vriendt and his wife, … parts up to six times in one performance…

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Veerammal Naidoo

… Veerammal Naidoo, wife of Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo *, suffered greatly because of the repeated imprisonments of her husband, a leading political…

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1924

Ben Baartman

… The son of a farm worker, Kopi Ben Baartman was born in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) town of Molteno on 1 March 1924. He worked on the mines…

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1964

Ntela Richard Sikhosana

… Exiled person, MK Commissar, Robben Island prisoner, member of the African National Congress and South African Communist … returned to South Africa he joined…

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1906-1999

Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)

… Sabbai before attending  English school . At the young age of 11, she became a pupil teacher, earning a salary of 10 shillings.Her parents, R.K. Naidoo and…

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1961

Dali Tambo

… Dali Tambo is the son of the late former ANC President Oliver Tambo and his wife … and later went on to study at the American University of Paris where he…

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1944-2017

Buchi Emecheta

… Obe ‘Buchi Emecheta’ was born in the  Nigerian  city of Lagos on 21 July in 1944 to Jeremy Nwabudinke, a railway … (nee Okwuekwuhe).  Her Igbo parents were…

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1950

Peter Jones

… Peter Cyril Jones was born in 1950 on 7th of December in Somerset West in Western Cape . Jones after … in 1976, he became politically active  at the…

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1916

Job Patja Kekana

… on 1 January 1916. He grew up on a rural homestead outside of Potgietersrus, now known as Mokopane, in Limpopo province. … boy. His pieces included walking…

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1943

Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi

… in 1943. She developed a life-long love for the designs of traditional arts and craft as a young girl, thanks to her … Sebidi was from a humble family, and…

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1918-2016

Kobera Manual

… Aunty Kobera Manual of Ocean View died at the age of 98 on Wednesday 27 July 2016. In 2009 I interviewed her at … home in Ocean View, when she shared some…

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1912-1957

Gladstone Xala Tshume

… Tshume was born on 1912, he joined the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in the late 1930s while working for a … he was employed in a pharmacy and…

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1886-1964

Charles Kwelemthini Sakwe

… and educated at Clarkebury Institution. After a period of apprenticeship at the court of the Gcaleka paramount chief, he was elected to the district council…

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1867-1957

Maria Wilman

… Wilman studied botany at the University of Cambridge, which she completed in 1888 when she received a … degrees from that university, that she received her…

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1957

Pansy Tlakula

… Faith Dikeledi Pansy Tlakula grew up in the township of Everton in the Vaal area. She obtained her undergraduate … degree in law at the Turfloop University …

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David Anderson

… for the Natal Witness . He went on to do work for most of the big newspapers in the country, including The Rand … cartoons were politically loaded, and…

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1879-1940

Charles Templeman Loram

… in May 10 in  1879. He studied at Cambridge,University of Cape Town and at Columbia University, where he completed a … His doctoral dissertation, published…

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