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1961-1976

Lesley Hastings Ndlovu

… that afternoon in grim detail: “A bullet wound to one side of his head, blood and brains spilling out of a large exit wound on the other side, the gurgle of…

B-0075872

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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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…

B-0008275

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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1920-1969

Eduardo Mondlane

… Born in Manjacaze, Mozambique, the son of a tribal chief, Eduardo Mondlane worked for the UN and was … at Syracuse University, New York. As the president of…

B-0068086

1966

Andreas Vlachakis

… a National Diploma in Photography from the Technikon of Pretoria. He did his third year Specialization and thesis in area of documentary photography, "…

B-0009208

1950-2012

Zwelakhe Sisulu

… icons Walter and Albertina Sisulu . He was the third of five children. When he was nine, he was taken to Swaziland … a career in journalism. In 1980, Sisulu,…

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Isaiah MacDonald Maseko

… A chairman of the Orlando  African National Congress  (ANC) during the … called the "Bafebagiya" group. He later became president of the  Swaziland  National…

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Paul Landau

… Professor Landau took part in the "One Hundred Years of the ANC - Debating Liberation Histories and Democracy … organised by South African History Online,…

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Unknown

Bransby Ndobe

… and also to radicalise Coloured farm workers. A member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union in its heyday and also of the  Communist Party of…

B-0068234

1946

Hailu Mergia

… Debre Birhan, Showa Province, Ethiopia, in 1946 to parents of Amhara and Oromo descent, Mergia grew up absorbing … Amhara, Tigrinya and Oromo songbook…

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1958

Jillian Edelstein

… and grew up in South Africa. In 1975, after her final year of high school, she took a ‘gap' year and studied in the USA. … South Africa the following year to…

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1920-2009

Amina Desai

…  activist died in 1969, Amina Desai took over the running of his business. Political activist, Ahmed Timol , who died at the hands of the Security Police in…

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1955-2008

Bhekumuzi Hyacinth Mseleku

… he was born to a musician father who did not want any of his children to follow a music career. His father owned a … album titled Celebrations. The album…

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1969-2019

Philemon Masinga

… or ‘Chippa’ as he is affectionately known by thousands of soccer lovers was born on 28 June 1969 in Klerksdorp, … Province). At primary school level he…

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S. S. Tema

… Reformed minister who was a founder and later president of the quasipolitical Interdenominational African Ministers' Federation. On the periphery of…

B-0068536

1973

Shaun Maclean Pollock

… July 1973 in Port Elizabeth and moved to Durban at the age of five. Born to a cricketing family, his father Peter and Uncle Graeme represented South Africa…

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Vuyi Lesley Mbalo

… into a Catholic family. He grew up in the suburb of Orlando, Soweto. He was one of 32 students who were forced to flee Soweto in 1978 just … He trained as a…

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1940-2006

Louis Problem Mkhize

… Curnick Ndlovu, the first leader of the uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Regional Command in Natal (now … to undergo military training. He left in the company of…

B-0067867

1970

Leleti Khumalo

… born on 30 March 1970 in Kwa Mashu Township , the North of Durban . Growing up a poverty-ridden township, she became … in Sarafina , a production based on…

B-0067755

1948

Paul Michael Sibisi

… no art classes at Adams College, he acted on the advice of Masondo and applied to study at Ndaleni Educational … he was funded by a bursary awarded by the SA…

B-0009047

1927

Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood

… 800 defiers who signed up and Asa's home was the centre of the campaign. Asa then linked up with Ray Alexander , a … other than food. By 1953, Asa had become…

B-0007976

1933

Allister Sparks

… settler, with his forbearers having arrived as part of the famous 1820 contingent. Despite his white parents, his … assistant director in 1967. In 1974 he…

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1918-1984

Bernard Gcwensa

… in 1918 in Pomeroy, Natal. Gcwensa received three years of primary school education ”” from 1932 to 1935 ”” at … him to produce a carved Madonna. This marked…

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