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1943-1967

Basil Paul Petersen February

… in District Six in 1944.The son of clerk and a midwife. His family moved around several times, living  in places like … settling back in District six. As a…

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1939

Jonty Driver

… (C.J) Driver was born in Cape Townin 1939 and grew up with his mother and younger brother in Kroonstad.  His father spent time fighting in North Africa…

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1937-1986

Bessie Amelia Head

… something of a mentor and publish much of her writing in his magazine, The New African. While selling The Citizen at … time Howard was experiencing bullying…

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1969

Lucas Radebe

… April 1969 in Diepkloof, Soweto. When he was 15 years old, his parents sent him away to Bophuthatswana to avoid the violence in the township. Soccer was one…

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1942-2002

Alfred Temba Qabula

… worked as a machine-handler in the mines in Johannesburg. His father died in 1949 after someone allegedly poisoned his drink. His mother died a few years…

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1881-1969

Daniël Francois Malherbe

… and a half years. He returned to Stellenbosch to further his studies and soon left for the Universities of Halle and Freiburg in Germany where he completed a…

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1911-1985

Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle

… skilled builder and carpenter, and Salome Mororo-Mokgatle. His grandfather was Mokgatle Mokgatle (Sekete) the paramount … northern Transvaal (Northern…

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1927-2013

Frederik Bester Laubscher

… was born on 3 February 1927 in Tulbagh, in the Cape. His father was a Glasgow trained physician with strong interests in psychiatry. His mother was the…

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1966

Pule Pheto

… Molefe Pheto , was born in Soweto 1966. At The age of 12, his parents were exiled and the family moved to London where he and his brother Gibo Pheto were…

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1939

Percy Ndithembile Konqobe

… traditional Zulu healer in Soweto . This work has informed his art, instilling a sense of mysticism in many of his pieces. Konqobe began creating works of…

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1924-1960

Ephraim Chaka

… Ephraim Chaka was born in 1924. His family came from Ladybrand, Orange Free State (now Free … Chaka. The family lived in Sharpeville. He enjoyed riding his…

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1946

Chief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk

… Cape Province (now Western Cape) on 14th July 1936. His childhood witnessed the final days of colonial rule and … to the apartheid regime in 1948, and in…

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2012

Mzukisi Sompeta

… the shoulder by the police. Mzukisi was the breadwinner in his family and supported his mother, father, sister, two brothers, two nieces, nephew and young…

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1868-1928

Enoch Mgijima

… the youngest of nine children – five girls and four boys. His father, Jonas Mayekiso Mgijima, was a successful farmer. … result he became a farmer and hunter…

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Potlako Leballo

… In 1940, while a student at Lovedale, he concealed his age and enlisted in a non-European transport unit of the South African Army. After the war, he…

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1934-2011

Abdool Kader Hassim

… (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 10th of November in 1934. Both his parents were born in India. He began schooling around … Indian High School until the beginning of…

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1924-1978

Robert Sobukwe

… Province. He was the youngest of five boys and one girl. His father worked as a municipal labourer and a part-time woodcutter, his mother as a domestic…

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1931-2020

Jürgen Schadeberg

… born in Berlin, Germany on 18 March 1931. He was raised by his mother, Rosemarie, the only child in a single-parent … 1950, at the age of 19, he moved to…

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1962-2013

Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala

… At the age of 10 he started going to the gymnasium with his father who was an aspiring boxer. Matlala was so … was the shortest boxing world champion ever…

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1862-1945

Anton van Wouw

… at the age of 28 and waited for ten years to receive his first commission. This was from financier Sammy Marks to create a monumental statue of Church Square…

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2012

Michael Ngweyi

… was killed at scene 1 after being shot twice, once in his chest and once in his right arm. He was the sole breadwinner in his family and left behind his wife…

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1944-2020

Rajes Pillay

… the Natal Indian Congress (NIC), Kimberley Branch. Due to his political activities, her father was a listed person. … matriculated in the early 1960s…

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1916-2006

Anton Edward Rupert

… a medical degree, however, due to lack of funds, converted his studies to a chemistry degree at the same institution, … where he lectured for some time after…

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1930-2006

Mazisi Raymond Kunene

… was born in Durban on May 12, 1930, at McCord's Hospital. His mother Eva Kunene (nee Ngcobo) was a teacher and his father, Mdabuli Albert Kunene, a labourer…

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1930-1978

Sewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum

… with a Syringa stick. Later, Sewgolum was able to practice his childhood passion when as a caddie he was given an old … was a caddie, he was allowed to play…

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Vusi Mahlasela

… Sidney Mahlasela ka Zwane was born in Mamelodi in 1965. His grandmother ran a shebeen from behind their home. He grew … listening to people singing at the…

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1929-2024

James Matthews

… of words and the art of expression were fundamental to his being, and his first writings were published in 1946 at the age of 17. … and outlook of the…

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1800

Bishop Samuel Adjai Crowther

… Born about 1800, in Zomba, Central Africa. From his youth the boy showed the signs of greatness and it was … aged and infirm, were all seeking a safe shelter…

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2012

Mphangeli Tukuza

… at scene 1 after being shot four times by the police, in his head, arm and knee. He left behind his two wives and 7 young children, including a 3 month old…

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Robert Moffat

… on 21 December 1795 in Ormiston, East Lothian, Scotland. His parents were not wealthy. He was father-in-law to the … where he worked as a gardener. After…

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