SAHO global search

1927-2020

Advocate George Bizos

… was born in 1927 in Vasilitsi, near Koroni in the south of Greece. During World War II, when the Germans occupied … arranged for someone to get a permit to…

B-0007857

1967-1991

Vuyani Mabaxa

… up in Diepkloof, Johannesburg. His parents were members of the National Education, Health and Allied Workers Union (Nehawu). In the 1980s, he was one of many…

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1923-2014

Nadine Gordimer

… originally from Latvia and her mother, Nan Myers, was of British descent. From her early childhood, Gordimer … the White minority increasingly weakened the…

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1932

Dr Essop Essak Jassat

… Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street Vrededorp, Johannesburg. Both of his parents came from India…

B-0064875

1935-2012

Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood

… he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was … school and started working. He became…

B-0071944

1925-2012

Professor Emeritus Phillip Tobias

… School in 1939 where he matriculating in 1942. At the age of 15 even before he finished his schooling, he decided to study medicine after his sister, Val,…

B-0086265

1930-2013

Amina Cachalia

… and Fatima Asvat. She was the ninth child in a family of eleven children. Her father was a companion of Mohandas Karamchand (Mahatma) Gandhi . He was also…

B-0007909

1921

Richard Ernest van der Ross

… der Ross was born in 1921, he studied at the University of Cape Town where he received M.A., B.Ed., and Ph.D. degrees. For some years he was principal of a…

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1850s-1911

Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba

… Church minister on 2 December 1875. He became a teacher of biblical studies. After his ordination, he volunteered to … and taught at Lovedale Institution. In…

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Gwede Mantashe

… Gwede Mantashe was born in the village of Lower Cala in the Transkei (now Eastern Cape). He received a B.Comm degree from the University of South Africa …

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1905-1992

Helen Joseph

… She graduated with a degree in English from the University of London in 1927. She then taught for three years in India, … decision to become a social worker,…

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1920-2000

Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo

… ). She started her education at the Doornfontein School of the American Board of Missions and then went on to the Inanda Seminary, a … where she completed…

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1903-1973

Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams

… born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah Sherman. As a … he was educated at the Jews College…

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1911-2002

Errol T. Shanley

… Errol Shanley was born in Durban in April 1911, the son of Arthur Stanley, who was born in London of Irish parents and Anna Else Bernhardt born in Hamburg ……

B-0068445

1957

Mohammed Valli Moosa

… Moosa got involved in politics. He attended the University of Durban-Westville, where he obtained his BSc degree in … for Durban-Westville, and in 1977 was…

B-0008640

1909

Isaac Bangani Tabata

… racially mixed Lorry Drivers' Union, serving as a member of its executive. He joined the Cape African Voters' … in Marxist and other radical literature. The…

B-0068521

1958-2008

Ncumisa Chwayita Kondlo

… Ncumisa Chwayita Kondlo grew up in the rural village of Peddie in the Eastern Cape . Kondlo was politically active … (SANSCO) where she served in the…

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1963

Nomvula Paula Mokonyane

… Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She is the youngest in a family of 12, with six sisters and five brothers. Mokonyane … in the struggle against Apartheid at the…

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1931-2015

Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena

… 1960s and early 1970s Oshadi was the executive director of the Association for the Education and Cultural Advancement of South Africa. She was concurrently…

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1929-2011

Margaret Nash

… ), where Nash later matriculated.  At the young age of 16 she enrolled at Rhodes University for a teaching degree … in 1975, also obtained a PhD in Theology…

B-0067757

1965

Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko

… School. Following this, she enrolled at the University of South Africa (UNISA) majoring in Education, English and … Strategic Leadership Course at (WITS)…

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1878-1941

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

… is known about his early life except that he was a member of the Bakgatlo tribe. He was drafted as a driver for the … in Middelburg, Transvaal, where he also…

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1914-2006

Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo

… Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo was born on the 29th of June 1914 in Lesotho . She grew up on her grandfather's … by cousins and aunts. She began school at the…

B-0008257

1930-2007

Elize Botha

… Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, in 1948 and majored in … and Dutch languages and literature  earning…

B-0007876

1917-1998

Winnie Motlalepule Kgware

… was born in Thaba Nchu in the Free State on the 27th of October in 1917.  A teacher by profession, and resident at the University of the North (Turfloop). In…

B-0070046

1952

Antjie Krog

… Philosophy (cum laude) and English at the University of the Orange Freestate and then she went on to obtain a Masters degree in Afrikaans at the University…

B-0008279

1906-1968

Archibald Campbell Jordan

… Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan, the son of an Anglican minister, was born on 30 October 1906 at the Mbokothwana Mission Station in the Tsolo District of…

B-0008216

1925-2000

Alfred Baphetuxolo Nzo

… born on 19 June 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a clerk at Modder B mine, … actively involved in students politics…

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1908-1984

Frederick Hutchinson Page

… according to one critic, have made him known as ‘a kind of Hitchcock among painters’. Page always used a limited … that he limited his palette to black and…

B-0008859

1915-2006

Hilda Bernstein

… associated with the struggle for National Union of Distributive Workers. She was a member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth until 1940. After…

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