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1955

Michael Davis

… Thereafter he studied civil engineering at the University of Witwatersrand for over three years before deciding to study at the Michaelis School of Fine Art…

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1920

Jacob Dumdum Nyaose

… was born about 1920 at Port Shepstone in Natal, the son of a Zulu seaman who belonged to the Industrial and … agriculture at Adams College and then beginning…

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1918-1974

Margaret Gazo

… Margaret Gazo was born on 1 January 1918.  She was one of the organisers of the Women's March to the Union Buildings. The women were protesting against the…

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1923

Thembekile Enoch kaTshunungwa

… National organiser of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in the mid-1950s and … was born in 1923 in the Transkei and was a member of the Tembu royal house…

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1939-1997

Enos Mabuza

… Headmaster in 1964, and by 1968 was appointed Headmaster of Khumbula High School in White River. He was appointed Inspector of Education in 1972, to become…

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1940

Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali

… school, hoping to study social work at the University of the Witswatersrand. Apartheid legislation prevented him … through the London University-affiliated…

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1932-1999

Florence Mkhize

… she wanted to fight against apartheid and the oppression of women, and so joined the Congress Movement. She … home after her bus was stopped by police. The…

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1932-1997

Rissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai

… London.He and Mosie Moolla later became joint secretaries of the transvaal Indian Youth Congress.In 1952 Desai founded … as coloured. He succeeded James La…

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1939-2019

Hugh Lewin

… parents. At university he joined the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). At about this time he was approached by a friend who asked him to become a member…

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1958

Michael Sedgwick

… with a teacher, Virginia Engel, who was a former member of the Drama Society (Dramsoc) at the University of the Western Cape. She acted, in some of Adam…

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1919-2000

Jim Bailey

… was born in London on 23 October 1919. Bailey was the son of Randlord Sir Abe Bailey and Lady Mary Bailey. He grew up … estate outside Oxford where he…

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1938-2016

Judith Mason

… Menge on 10 October 1938 in Pretoria, Judith Mason is one of the most well known South African artists. She … 1956 and from 1957 - 1960 she attended the…

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1974

Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo

… she was sent to school in Lenasia , an Indian suburb south of Johannesburg . It was while she was a student at the University of Venda that her mother…

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1941-2011

Ian Mkhize

… taught at Mthethomusha High before joining the Department of Education in Pietermaritzburg. Mkhize was a member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) but…

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1932

Harold Rubin

… van Gelderen, Douglas Portway and Herman Wald. At the age of 16, he started studying clarinet with Louis Nicholaeff, who was a pupil of composition and…

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Madi Gray

… she was eleven years old. As a child, Gray became aware of the difference in the treatment of people, based on colour. She enrolled at the University of Cape…

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1938-2005

Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka

… finally settling in Swekwati Kamamole. In 1945, at the age of seven he was sent to live with his aunt in Alexander … He started attending primary school at…

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Thoko Phillip Mamogobo

… a place named Vlakplaas in Ga-Marishane. He was the first of three sons born to Manabeng and Dibetle Johanna Mamogobo. … Manabeng was a farm worker. The…

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1967

Francois Pienaar

… to Rand Afrikaner University (RAU), now the University of Johannesburg. Pienaar enrolled for Law degree at the … Pienaar interests in rugby grew. He…

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1871-1936

Eugene Marais

… Marais was one of the most innovative Afrikaans writers and a pioneer of the usage of free verse in Afrikaans. He was an editor of the …

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1915

Gopallal Hurbans

… Indian schools in the Tongaat district and was chairman of the Natal Vigilance Committee which protested against the … Areas Act. He was Vice-President and…

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1956

Kay Hassan

… Kay Hassan was born in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra in 1956. His mother brewed traditional beer at a … which was featured in the November/December…

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1956

Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

… Mavivi Manzini was born in Alexandra Township , outside of Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) in 1956, and then … spent close to four years in the…

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1851-1931

Rev. Mangena Maake Mokone

… (Transvaal) in 1851. His mother was daughter of Sephate and was from a royal lineage. In 1863, his father, a junior chief of Bogaga, was killed in the Swazi …

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1908-1986

Nathaniel Impey Honono

… (Tshutsha) was born on 21 October 1908, in the district of Qumbu, in the then Transkei (Eastern Cape). He graduated with a BA degree from the University of…

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1795

Sobhuza I

… Sobhuza I was the first king of the Swazi people as we know the group today. He was born … in 1795 and succeeded his father, Ndvungunye, as king of the…

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Douglas G. Wolton

… Douglas G Wolton was a leader of the  Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) from 1931 to 1933. He was born in … 1921. He joined the CPSA in Cape Town in…

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1937

Bokwe James Mafuna

… was born in January 14,1937 in Mafikeng.He dropped out of school at 15,was a manual laborer,then spent four years … this in 1968 protest against the…

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1923-2010

Jackson Mbhazima Hlungwani

… Hlungwane was born in Nkanyani Village, Gazankulu. The son of a Shangaan migrant worker, he had no formal training as an … sculptures date to the 1960s,…

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1874-1959

Daniel Francois Malan

… in Riebeeck West in the Cape. He completed his doctorate of divinity at the University of Utrecht in 1905 and was ordained as a minister of the Dutch…

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