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1921-2010

Gordon Mulholland

… April 1921. His mother, Nell, a Cockney from the east end of London, was the breadwinner at home. She worked as an … children whose parents couldn't afford…

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1941-2020

Joseph 'Headman' Shabalala

… Shabalala was born on 28 August in 1941 and town of Ladysmith (eMnambithi district) in the Kwazulu-natal region was a member of the internationally renowned…

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1977-2006

Lebo Mathosa

… in Daveyton in the East Rand. She began singing at the age of seven in the local church choir. The Mathosa family moved … Mathosa attended the St. Mary’s…

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1915-1995

Yusuf Cachalia

… for him to travel to Mecca, where he began the study of Islamic philosophy. He then spent five years in India. … National Congress (ANC) that resulted in the…

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1924

Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo

… teacher at St. Mary’s Mission School at Odibo. He was part of the Native Military Corps for the South African Defence … and trade unionists. He became the…

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Pious Goodman Mei

… Congress in 1936. As an organiser for the Congress of the People and organising secretary of the African Textile Workers' Union, Goodman was elected to the…

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1928-1994

Maritz Barrymore

… He trained as a painter from 1950-1953 at the University of Rhodes, Eastern Cape, where he obtained a BA(FA). In 1954 … gained a Higher Diploma in Education…

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1907-1946

Rosamund Everard-Steenkamp

… was born in Carolina, Mpumalanga, 1907. She was a daughter of Bertha Everard, had a brief career cut short by her death in a Spitfire accident in England…

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1947-2008

Mike Terry

… Terry was an active member of the British  Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) , which was … Sharpeville Massacre  and succeeded the Boycott Movement of 1959. The…

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Unknown-1987

Cameron Mbulelo Madikizela

… Madikizela graduated from Fort Hare.  He was a member of the Cape African Teachers Association (CATA) and the Society of Young Africa (SOYA). He taught at…

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Josias Madzunya

… Josias Madzunya was born in the Sibasa area of the northern Transvaal in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe, Madzunya came to Johannesburg in 1931, ……

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1889

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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1933-1986

Samora Machel

… Machel was born in 1933 and was raised in the village of Chilembene. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. … he worked in…

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2003

Stanley Mabizela

… by his father to Mariazel in the Transkei, near the border of Lesotho where he did form one and form two in one year. … During this period he carried…

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1851-1897

Barney Barnato

… Barnato was born in 21 February 1851, Whitechapel slum of London. His original name was Barnett Issacs but changed … in the diamond rush that followed the…

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1938

David Nthubu Koloane

… The use of artworks for public education by the National Roads Safety Organisation convinced Koloane of the role of art in communication. Together with Louis…

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1930-2018

Anne-Marie Wolpe

… (now Gauteng ), South Africa. She was the daughter of Abraham and Pauline (Braude) Kantor. Wolpe was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand …

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1941

Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela

… born on 18 July 1941 in Johannesburg . She was the second of four children born to Pauline and Thomas Selema Masekela. … sculptor. Barbara grew up in Witbank…

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1934

Abdulhay Jassat

… Abdulhay Jassat became involved in politics as a member of the   Transvaal Indian Congress  (TIC), which was an affiliate of the Congress Alliance in the…

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1956

Zacharia Solly Shoke

… education at Orlando High School, Soweto Township, south of Johannesburg. Other academic qualifications include a … a Certificate in Defence Management from…

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1895-1985

Cythna Lindenberg Letty

… she had to record in detail the post mortem appearance of various animal diseases and abnormalities. This was before the time of colour photographs. In 1927…

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Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia

… He was an extremely wealthy man and was used to a life of luxury and comfort, yet he was one of the strongest supporters of the Satyagraha Campaign. He was…

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1913-1969

C. J. Mayekiso

… Mayekiso was a textile worker and later became president of the African Textile Workers' Union. He was a trade unionist and a leader of the  African National…

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1944

Graeme Pollock

… Durban. His father was a first-class cricketer and editor of the Port Elizabeth Herald. Pollock attended Grey High … six matches for Sussex Second XI. He…

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1932-2007

Sydney Sipho Sepamla

… Sydney Sipho Sepamla spent most of his life in Soweto, the enormous township southwest of Johannesburg. Sepamla has been grouped with poets like … Serote,…

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1960

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

… for a Lower Secondary Teachers’ Diploma at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). As she had grown up under the guidance of her grandmother, who was a…

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1953

Derek Andre Hanekom

… was born on 13th January 1953 in Cape Town, the son of an Afrikaner clerk, he graduated from Hoerskool Jan van … his farming experience to win abroad support…

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1964

Pitso John Mosimane

… July 1964 in Kagiso Township in the Krugersdorp area, west of Johannesburg . He is a former South African football player and currently the coach of Mamelodi…

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1955

Jimi Matthews

… final exams, Matthews left the university as a statement of protest against the impossible educational methods that … interested in photography and taught…

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1916-1968

Leng Dixon

… the New Group after his return from the Camberwell School of Art in London from 1937 to 1938 and a period in Paris in … into elemental, yet animated line…

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