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David Anderson

… for the Natal Witness . He went on to do work for most of the big newspapers in the country, including The Rand … cartoons were politically loaded, and…

B-0068170

1968

DJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)

… be moved to Lentegeur, Mitchell’s Plain towards the end of the forced removals period. His father, however,  passed … first time on a portable record player,…

B-0125398

1879-1940

Charles Templeman Loram

… in May 10 in  1879. He studied at Cambridge,University of Cape Town and at Columbia University, where he completed a … His doctoral dissertation, published…

B-0008334

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…

B-0093744

1937-1965

Frederick John Harris

… Frederick John Harris was born in 4th of July in 1937. He was a teacher, a member of the executive committee of the Liberal Party  In 1962 in the Transvaal,…

B-0008145

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…

B-0008354

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…

B-0098835

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…

B-0076346

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…

B-0009005

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…

B-0007807

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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Approx 1870s-1935

Isaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe

… His forefathers had settled there to escape the regiments of King Shaka. The family later moved on to Ntabazwe (Harrismith district) in the Sotho region of…

B-0121675

1948

Johannes Maswanganyi

… near Giyani, Limpopo Province.Although younger than many of the sculptors from rural northern Limpopo, Johannes … exhibition with two nyamisoro figures …

B-0008479

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…

B-0067467

1941-1995

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

… he won a scholarship to read English at the University of Ibadan. He taught briefly at the University of Lagos after graduating in 1965. But he soon left…

B-0098638

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…

B-0008969

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…

B-0008886

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 …

B-0008443

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…

B-0099557

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…

B-0008173

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…

B-0009088

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…

B-0009236

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…

B-0080525

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,…

B-0008163

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…

B-0008411

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,…

B-0008335

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…

B-0008317