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1980

Clive Zamani Xaba

… offered at the African Art Centre at the Durban Institute of Technology under Langa Magwa and Thando Mama. Barely out of high school, Xaba in one of his…

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Abner S. Mtimkulu

… it later to join the independent Bantu Methodist Church, of which he became president. In the interwar period, he … many conferences, including the December…

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1924-1961

Petros Molefe

… Amid the many explosions carried out on the night of the 16 December 1961 was a unit from Dube, in Soweto, who … Soweto. Petros Molefe and Benjamin Ramutsi…

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1915-1971

H. A. Naidoo

… in the early 1940s. Naidoo represented a generation of young Indians impatient with the divisions that had up to … Africans. In 1939 he was elected to the…

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1906-1947

Molly Wolton

… together they became prime movers in the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) by the late 1920s. In mid-1929 she … for some time at the Lenin School in…

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1927

Sydney Brenner

… intelligent and learned to read at an early age. One of his father's customers convinced Mr. Brenner senior to … at age 5. The young boy completed the first…

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1865-1950

Daniel Cornelis Boonzaier

… was a SASA member, but there is no surviving record of his participation in any of its exhibitions. He most likely saw no need to exhibit … 1915 to 1940…

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1955-1985

Qaqawuli Godolozi

… Qaqawuli Godolozi was born in Durban 26 of July 1955 to Mbuyiselo Godolozi and Nobubele Jafta. His … Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO). PEBCO was an affiliate…

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1932-1997

Rissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai

… Mosie Moolla and Barney later became joint secretaries of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC). In 1952, Desai … as coloured. He succeeded James La…

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1934-2011

Abdool Kader Hassim

… born in Dundee, Northern Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) on 10th of November in 1934. Both his parents were born in India. He … at the Dundee Indian High School…

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1935-2019

Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam

… at Natal University for a BA degree (now University of KwaZulu-Natal -UKZN). At the time the University would not … schools throughout Natal, and by 1960/63…

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1921-1980

President Seretse Khama

… Kgosi (King) Khama III, known as Khama the Good, the ruler of the Bangwato people. Under his rule and with his approval, … Temple, London. In 1947 he met…

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1927-2023

Blanche la Guma

… 1927 in Athlone, Cape Town, Western Cape, the youngest of five children. Her parents were actively involved in local … mother, Sophia Herman, was active in…

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Brigalia Bam

… worker with a post-graduate degree from the University of Chicago. In the 1980s Brigalia worked for the Women’s Workers Programme that was part of the…

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1955

Thamsanqa Rutherford (Thami) Jali

… ceramics at the Natal Technikon, 1983-84. He is a founder of Art Communications, 1983-84. He has participated in … he was awarded First Prize in Sculpture at…

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1916-1981

Mary Susan Malahlela-Xakana

… to have his twin children put to death, as the birth of twins was believed to be a curse. Malahele-Xakana became … South Africa in 1947, after becoming the…

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1921-1985

Florence Mophosho

… 1921 Alexander Township , Johannesburg . She was the first of the three children. Florence's mother was a qualified … worker. Household conditions forced…

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1803-1894

Rev. Aldin Grout

… Upon completing his studies, Grout was appointed one of six missionaries to South Africa by the American Board for … they sailed from Boston to South Africa…

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1956

Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa

… Grassroots Gallery in Westville, Durban, but by the end of that year she relocated to Johannesburg where she curated … in Hyde Park, and was later appointed…

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1923

Diamond Bozas

… was born at Isipingo. He studied at the Chelsea School of Art, London.  He was a founder member and Chairperson of the Zululand Society of Arts. During the…

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1841-1948

M. N. Bhola

… and educated in the Cape Province . She was an organizer of the women's section of the African National Congress (ANC) from the mid-1920s … woman to stand…

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1931-1994

Lucas Ted Sithole

… in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was one of ten sons of a Zulu lay priest in the Zion Christian Church, Richard … himself Ted or Teddy, a…

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1875-1945

Samuel E. K. Mqhayi

… as a teacher and journalist, was on the editorial staff of Imvo Zabantsundu, and published numerous books of Xhosa poetry and prose. He taught at Lovedale…

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1951

David Lurie

… (Philosophy) at UCT before going to the London School of Economics where he did research and co-edited Millennium, Journal of International studies.  Self…

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1969

Kim Ludbrook

… photojournalism from 1993-1994 at the Kent Institute of Art and Design, England, finishing with a postgraduate at the University of Wales, Cardiff. After…

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Thys Dullaart

… in Journalism at Pretoria Technikon and did two years of a fine arts degree at UNISA and two years of his National Diploma in Photography at Pretoria…

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1958

Paul Konings

… to South Africa in 1975 to study at the Michaelis School of Fine Arts at the University of Cape Town. While in Cape Town , he worked as a freelance … during…

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1892-1977

Moses Kottler

… born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth – some give it as 1892, others as 1896. As a … he studied painting and drawing at the…

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1958

Zubeida Jaffer

… was several months pregnant. She was released at the time of her baby's birth, only to be re-arrested nine weeks later … her infant. She headed the media…

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c 1880s

Mweli Skota

… court interpreter, and independent businessman. He was one of the founders of the ANC newspaper,  Abantu-Batho,  and served as its … the next decade. In the…

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