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1913-1967

Louis Washkansky

… Of Lithuanian Jewish extraction, Louis Washkansky came to … him suffering from congestive cardiac failure. The effects of this were huge cardiac swelling,…

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1956

Anthony James (Tony) Leon

… Leon went on to register a law degree with the  University of Witwatersrand . His leadership qualities manifested … still at Witwatersrand University. He was…

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C. S. Ramohanoe

… C. S Ramohanoe was a provincial President of the Transvaal  African National Congress  (ANC) from 1944 to 1950 and later head of the faction known as the…

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Dr Aubrey Maitshwe Mokoape

… became invovled in politics at the young age of 13 and by the time he was 15 years old, he was a spokesperson of the Pan Africanist Congress youth, the party…

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1910-1969

Florence Matomela

… Florence Matomela was born on 1st of January ,in 1910 and worked as a teacher while raising … , she led a demonstration that ended in the burning of permits…

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1955

Gana Makabeni

… a Communist night school and joined the  Communist Party of South Africa  (SACP) as a young worker in the 1920s. In … was elected to the party's central…

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1926-1959

Lionel Forman

… Forman was a barrister and a journalist. He was author of the first book on the trial, 'You Can Hang For Treason'. … to international conferences. He was…

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Vusi Mahlasela

… high school. He started off by playing cover versions of popular songs until his late teens when he began to write … in his late teens, having been exposed…

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1892-1956

Manilal Gandhi

… born  on 28 October 1892 in Rajkot, India, the second son of Kasturba and  Mohandas Gandhi . He had three brothers, … important training centres and Manilal…

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1949-2004

Matome Maponya

… Maponya was born on May 14 1949 in the Thabakgone village of Lephapane in the district of Tzaneen, where his parents eked out an existence on their small…

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1983

Portia Modise

… at a young age over the more popular girls’ choice of netball. She started playing soccer at the age of seven. She grew up playing football in the street…

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1951

Helen Zille

… Mary's Waverley in Johannesburg . She obtained a Bachelor of Arts degree from the University of the Witwatersrand. A prominent journalist and … Sparks ,…

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John Gomas

… in Cape Town. He was a tailor by profession and a member of the Garment Workers' Union. He served as secretary of the Cape Town branch of the  Communist…

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1889-1981

Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize

… After his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first students to attend the Inanda Seminary and … Durban City Council forced African…

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1924-1993

Cornelius Judah Fazzie

… School in East London where he came under the influence of the deputy headmaster who was an ardent African Nationalist .A member of the African National…

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1931-2018

Samir Amin

… on capitalism, colonialism and (under)development was one of the most important contributions to the discussion over … economy. As a critical Marxist thinker…

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1891-1970

Arthur William Blaxall

… in 1891 in Britain. He was a clergyman who was convicted of aiding the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan … superintendent until 1950. He became a…

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1947-2006

Eric Molobi

… prison he obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Following his release from Robben … Island, he worked for the Munich Re…

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1962-1987

Mandla Nkosi

… born on 13 June 1962 in Pimville, Soweto, the third child of Joyce Nkosi. In 1981 he completed Standard Nine at the … to 1988. The two major ones were …

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1928-2011

Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi

… in the Eastern Cape, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (BA) degree in 1950 and a teacher’s diploma 1951.He … and Michael Tsoke (Secretary) - who…

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1925-2009

Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams

… , in the Western Cape . She was born into a large family of 8 children, and attended a multi-racial school in Paarl … her mother as the sole breadwinner,…

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1956-2003

Muziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba

… in 1956. His art is uniquely grounded in his experience of life and contemporary events in KwaZulu-Natal. He reflects … on this experience, as Andy Mason has…

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1794-1879

Thomas Maclear

… He was a keen amateur astronomer and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of astronomers. Maclear arrived in South Africa on 5 January … closely with John…

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1956

Christopher Nceba Faku

… from prison, Faku was elected as regional organiser of the Eastern Cape  African National Congress  (ANC) and … portfolio. In 1994, Faku was elected…

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1895-1962

Elliot Tonjeni

… went to Cape Town, where he joined the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) and was active in the Industrial and … and Coloured workers, particularly in…

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1643-1674

Krotoa (Eva)

… as Eva to the Dutch and English settlers) was the niece of Autshumao , a Khoi leader and interpreter to the Dutch (he … by the English and then by the Dutch)…

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1943-2009

Winston Monwabisi Ngozi

… the 1960’s the Apartheid government continued its project of racial divide, and the enactment of the Group Areas Act was the most prominent example. Ngozi’s…

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1936-2013

Sathima Bea Benjamin

… the cosmopolitan culture she grew up with in the shadows of Table Mountain , her youth was soon to be shattered by the declaration of her beloved birth-place…

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