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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 …

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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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,…

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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…

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1972

Zanele Muholi

… in South Africa. “This is a time for a visual state of emergence,” she says. “The preservation and mapping of our herstories is the only way for us black…

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1933-1986

Florence Barbara Ribeiro

… community worker Florence Barbara Ribeiro was the fourth of five children. Her father, Henry Mathe, was a labourer in … butchery and enrolled for a BCom…

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1965

Tracy Payne

… Tracy Payne’s hyper real paintings evoke a sense of sublime sexuality in the art of constraint, even if she is painting a flower. She was born … Africa. In…

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1983

Portia Modise

… at a young age over the more popular girls’ choice of netball. She started playing soccer at the age of seven. She grew up playing football in the street…

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1957

Anna Zieminski

… schooled at St Mary's Dominican Convent and the University of Cape Town. In 1983 and 1984 she attended part-time courses in photography at the Ruth Prowse…

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1962

Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela

… and Bafana were both traders. She obtained a bachelor of Law from the University of Swaziland in 1987 and three years later, an LLB at Wits … director at the…

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1931-2018

Samir Amin

… on capitalism, colonialism and (under)development was one of the most important contributions to the discussion over … economy. As a critical Marxist thinker…

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1947-2006

Eric Molobi

… prison he obtained a bachelor's degree from the University of South Africa (UNISA). Following his release from Robben … Island, he worked for the Munich Re…

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1962-1987

Mandla Nkosi

… born on 13 June 1962 in Pimville, Soweto, the third child of Joyce Nkosi. In 1981 he completed Standard Nine at the … to 1988. The two major ones were …

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1943-2009

Winston Monwabisi Ngozi

… the 1960’s the Apartheid government continued its project of racial divide, and the enactment of the Group Areas Act was the most prominent example. Ngozi’s…

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1643-1674

Krotoa (Eva)

… as Eva to the Dutch and English settlers) was the niece of Autshumao , a Khoi leader and interpreter to the Dutch (he … by the English and then by the Dutch)…

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1936-2013

Sathima Bea Benjamin

… the cosmopolitan culture she grew up with in the shadows of Table Mountain , her youth was soon to be shattered by the declaration of her beloved birth-place…

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1930-2005

Hamilton Naki

… Hamilton Naki was born in the small village of Ngcangane in the Eastern Cape in 1930. His family was poor … he left for Cape Town to look for employment. At…

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unknown-2011

Rev George Wauchope

… Organisation (SASO) while studying at the University of Fort Hare in the early 1970s, and went on to join the … BPC was banned in 1977 by Jimmy Kruger, then…

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1956-2003

Muziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba

… in 1956. His art is uniquely grounded in his experience of life and contemporary events in KwaZulu-Natal. He reflects … on this experience, as Andy Mason has…

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1794-1879

Thomas Maclear

… He was a keen amateur astronomer and was made a Fellow of the Royal Society of astronomers. Maclear arrived in South Africa on 5 January … closely with John…

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1908-2000

Jock Leyden

… He settled in Durban which was to be his home for the rest of his life.  He attended part-time art classes at the Natal School of Art, Durban, and he decided…

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1926-1994

Lennox Sebe

… He made the biggest political move when he became a member of the Ciskei legislative Assembly and chief Minister in 1973. He got 26 votes to 24 of Mabandla…

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1926-2017

Helen Kies

… where she matriculated. She then enrolled at University of Cape Town where studied where she completed her B.A. in … her husband was dismissed from teaching…

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1939

Manfred Zylla

… in 1939, and arrived in South Africa in 1970. A series of woodcuts about the 1976 Soweto uprising, and the creation of large-scale drawings, prints and…

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