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1828-1917

Andrew Murray

… was born in Graaff-Reneit on 9 May 1828, the second child of Andrew Murray senior. He was sent to Arberdeen, Scotland … for further theological studies. In…

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1921-1993

Andries Treurnicht

… he enrolled in 1942 for an M.A degree at the University of Stellenbosch. He was a student at the Stellenbosch … Seminary until 1945. During these years he…

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1915-1976

Johanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers

… and organizer Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers was one of the four daughters of Sarel Gerhardus Breitenbach and his wife, Johanna Hendrina … Johanna…

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1941

Sue Williamson

… an Advanced Diploma in Fine Art from the Michaelis School of Fine Art, Cape Town (UCT). Williamson was trained as a … issues pertaining to civil activism,…

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1908-1993

Dulcie Howes

… "Nothing Can Match the singleness of purpose, the foresight, or tenacity through all adversity, of Dulcie Howes ... She achieved in her lifetime what she set…

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1914-2000

Constance Stuart Larrabee

… She studied at the Regent Street Polytechnic School of Photography after which she apprenticed in the studios of Yevonde, a Berkley Square society…

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1921-2001

Athol Edwin Thorne

… attracted to Marxism at 19 years and he became a member of a liberal study group in 1940. The group was left-wing and multi-racial, mostly Indians, many of…

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1943-2008

Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo

… at Putellos, Umbumbulu, about 30 kilometers South East of Durban, the fifth of the 11 children of Flora and Isaac Dhlomo, a transport operator who ran a ……

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1936

Willie Esterhuyse

… philosopher and intellectual. He studied at the University of Stellenbosch, where after a sabbatical of two and a half years in the Netherlands, he obtained…

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1932-2016

Mewa Ramgobin

… in Greyville, Durban. He enrolled at the University of Natal (now the University of KwaZulu-Natal-UKZN) and was active in the National Union of South African…

B-0008936

1949

Michael Nkolo Maapola

… was born in 1949 in Hammanskraal , a township north of Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). He showed an interest in art as a child, and by the age of…

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1931-2018

Alexander Lionel Boraine 'Alex'

… 1931 in Cape Town, Western Province. In 1950, at the age of nineteen, Boraine started his career as a Methodist … In 1956, Boraine was ordained and received…

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1923-2013

Denis Mayer

… Harold, was the Recruitment Manager for the Chamber of Mines, and had come to South Africa from England in the … Light Horse unit in the Anglo-Boer War . On…

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1936-2012

Dr. Neville Edward Alexander

… Neville Edward Alexander was the first of six children of Dimbiti Bisho Alexander, a primary-school teacher, and … maternal grandmother) had been freed off…

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Thomas G. Karis

… Karis, a former foreign service officer who was a critic of U. S. policy on South Africa and who became a leading historian of the South African liberation…

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1906-1983

Victor Sidney Norton

… Victor Sidney Norton was the elder son of Sidney (Peter) Norton, a Johannesburg journalist, and his … wife. His father's descent was English and his mother…

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1937

Adriaan Vlok

… where he matriculated in 1956. Following three months of military training in Pretoria during 1957, he began work for the Department of Justice in the…

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1928-2008

Cleopas Madoda Nsibande

… Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…

B-0008817

1928-2008

Cleopas Madoda Nsibande

… Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…

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1932

Mimi Coertse

… vocalist in an opera company. It signifies a vocalist of high reputation and earning power. For seventeen years she … position in Vienna, where she reigned…

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1893-1947

Sir Shafa’at Ahmad Khan

… Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge and the University of London . A notable scholar, he was a Gold Medallist of Dublin University and became a D. Litt. in 1918…

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1882-1955

Mary Eveline Fincken

… Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She was the eldest daughter of Christopher William Fincken and his wife. She was born of a musical family. Her grandfather and…

B-0008067

1957

Saleem Badat

… Honours degrees in the Social Sciences from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Certificate in Higher Education and … from Boston University (United States),…

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1891-1922

Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long

… in 1891 in Monmouthshire, Wales, Britain. Little is known of Long's early life, other than that he ran away from home … he was ten years old and went coal…

B-0067743

1938

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

… The academic and social activist, Ngugi wa Thiong’o is one of the greatest writers of the 20th century. He was born James wa Thiong’o Ngugi in Limuru, Kenya…

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1940-2009

Dr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang

… from Durban. She matriculated in 1959, at the age of 19. Tshabalala-Msimang went on to receive her Bachelor of Arts degree in 1961 from the University of…

B-0085118

1921-2020

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

… father’s first wife with whom he had three children died of influenza. Mutwa’s parents met in 1920. At the time his … mother (a young Zulu girl) practiced…

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1940-2023

Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia

… had come to South Africa around the 1880’s. They were part of the second wave of emigrants from India to South Africa. His grandfather had … in a rural area…

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1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a … His father, Mr E.V. Narasa Reddy, was a follower of…

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1948

Gavin Jantjes

… born in Cape Town in 1948. He studied at the University of Cape Town's Michaelis School of Fine Art until 1969. On 1970, he received a DAAD … FÁ¼r Bildende…

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