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1955

Diane Case

… was born in Woodstock , Cape Town in 1955, the daughter of an Indian father and mixed race mother of slave ancestry. The family later moved to Wittebome in ……

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1928-2004

Dolly Rathebe

… Dolly Rathebe was born in Randfontein, west of Johannesburg in 1928, but grew up within the unique cultural and political milieu of Sophiatown in the 1930s…

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1853-1917

Dr. Leander Starr Jameson

… Leander Starr Jameson was the son of Robert William Jameson and Christian Pringle. After his … for gout, Jameson was honoured with the exceptional status of…

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1926-1982

Poomoney Moodley

… and Kanniamah Moodley; who themselves were children of Indian indentured labourers in Natal. In 1930, when … eventually left school in Standard 5. [ii]…

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1906-1980

Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi

… in Engcobo, Transkei on 28 February 1906, the second child of Valelo James Butshingi and Angeline Nokwenjenje (nee … an insurance company agent and later…

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1909-2005

Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier

… Born in Newlands, Cape Town in 1909 and lived most of his life at Onrus, Western Cape.The son of D.C. Boonzaaier (qv.), Gregoire pursued art against his ……

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1953

Jeannette Ndhlovu

… and secondary education in South Africa and completed half of her tertiary education at the University of Zululand before she went into exile. Jeannette and…

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1987

Mads Nørgaard

… City and her people. His work is, by and large, a body of social documentation. The subject of his lens shifts: from exploring the transport networks and ……

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Mavuso Walter Msimang

… ANC military base in the 1960s. He became a leading member of the MK high command and in 1967 he was MK’s Chief of Communications’ during the Wankie Campaign…

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1916-1993

Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda

… Herschel district, bordering Lesotho. He was the first son of Mildred Mei, a school teacher and Gxumekelana Charles Mda, … to further his studies at the…

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Esmé Berman

… was born in 1929. She enrolled at the University of Witswatersrand in 1946 and completed a degree in Visual … that she made the decision to write Art and…

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1959

Thandi Modise

… Thandi Modise, the youngest of six children, was born on 25 December 1959 in Huhudi … incorporated into Bophuthatswana . There was a great deal of resistance…

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1953-2022

Jessie Yasmin Duarte

… Jessie Yasmin Duarte was born on 19 September 1953, one of nine children, in Newclare, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now … By 1981 she was serving as the…

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1966

Pule Pheto

… Pule Pheto, son of activist and poet Molefe Pheto , was born in Soweto 1966. At The age of 12, his parents were exiled and the family moved to London … in…

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1936-1973

Benni Gwigwi Mrwebi

… have had a big showman personality as he was loved by many of his peers and followers. He became the first black South … 14-piece band in the country. Mrwebi…

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1961-1994

Feroza Adam

… Nirvana High School. While studying for a Bachelor of Arts at the University Witwatersrand, she became active in … in various community organisations and…

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1865

Chief Bhambatha kaMancinza Zondi

… spelled Bhambada) was born in Mpanza near the town of Greytown, Natal Colony. He was the son of Chief Macinga of the abakwa Zondi chieftaincy, and his mother…

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1878-1964

Charles Sidney Groves

… to the teaching in early twentieth-centur British schools of art and design, which aimed at giving a foundation 11 both … applied arts. This was emulated at…

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1935

Durant Basi Sihlali

… Sihlali moved back in with his parents at the age of 14, staying with them in Moroka outside Johannesburg , … in 1958, and had five children with her. As a…

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1917-2013

Mfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose

… in 1935. As a student, he was influenced by the writings of Samuel Krune Mqhayi. With no other prospects for a viable … Italy from 1942 to 1946. He left the…

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1922

Greenwood Dumisa Ngotyana

… was born in the Transkei in 1922 and completed a few years of secondary schooling. He came to Cape Town as a labourer, … helped organise a black railway and…

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1949

Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile

… at the university at the time, and her father, a member of the South African Communist Party eventually lost his … 's underground structures. When Baleka’s…

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1905-1982

John Collins

… at Cambridge University. He graduated from the University of Cambridge  in 1928. Collins became ordained at the Canterbury Cathedral  and he became a curate…

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1921-1976

Leslie Massina

… left school to become a factory worker. He was the son of Luke Masssina,a police detective who had been gain access … into the African National Congress (ANC…

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1810-1872

Charles Du Val

… Charles Du Val was born in Manchester, England in 1810 of Irish parents. Du Val and his business manager and … associate, Arthur Fry, arrived in Cape Town at…

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1930-2018

Billy Modise

… which forced black people and his personal experiences of racism served as a political awakening for Modise. Just … university. In January 1955 he enrolled…

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1927-2005

Kalushi Drake Koka

… Kalushi Drake Koka was born in Pietersburg on the 9th  of June,1927. He enrolled for teacher training after … in politics, serving as Transvaal vice…

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1928-2007

Lawrence Folley

… Orpheus Choir.  Lawrence was soon given the opportunity of performing some of the baritone solos.  It was here that he met the popular … Orchestra.  Marie…

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1955

Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi

… High in Tembisa Township,  Johannesburg . Upon completion of his matric, he decided to enrol for law studies at the University of the North (renamed…

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1932-2013

Louis Luyt

… he captained the Orange Free State province. By the end of the 1960s Luyt had become a millionaire. In 1989 he took over the Presidency of the Transvaal…

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