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1942-2002

Alfred Temba Qabula

… Qabula was taken in to live with the O’Rielleys – friends of his fathers. A month later, his younger brother moved to … to their home in Flagstaff. Qabula…

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Cijimpi Mnyandu

… Makhanya Tribal Area, Umlazi District, on the south coast of Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal]. In early November 1959, Mnyandu … Native Commissioner (NC) in…

B-0094271

1952-2006

Thozamile Richard (Thozi) Gqweta

… was born in Peelton near King Williamstown 1952.The son of a railway worker.He obtained his matric at Mzomhle High … job that opened his eyes to the poverty…

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Lucas ‘Masterpieces’ Moripe

… as it was an honour for Mope, and an acknowledgement of his contribution to soccer in both the city and the country. The formal announcement of the renaming…

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Ndeutala Selma Hishongwa

… Lutheran World Federation and studied at the University of Stockholm and Växjö University. Hishongwa wrote Marrying … on their marriage. It depicts the ways…

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1913-1993

Hannah Margaret Stanton

… in Lady Selborne, then a mixed black township on the edge of Pretoria. Stanton's own role was marginal - letters to the press, membership of the non-racial…

B-0095228

1976

William Nomodi Tshwane

… dead while trying to escape.The family was only informed of their son's death on 14 October. Lawyers for the family … report concerning the death released by…

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1940-1984

Gabriel Kee Kuboni

… Jabu, recalls that her grandfather, Julius, wrote a book of poems called Umlondolozi , which is now lost. He received … self-trained as a sculptor. According…

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1749-1823

Jacob Abraham de Mist

… for the Kampen town, and later promoted to a position of a second secretary. At that time he was married to Arnelia … child, Julie Philippe Augusta de Mist…

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1919

Joseph Albert Mokoena

… between 1944 and 1959, an M.S. from the University of South Africa, and an honor's B.A. and a Ph.D. in mathematics from the University of the Witwatersrand…

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Deputy Chief Msizwana Mbata

… Chief Msizwana Mbata’s banishment alleges that 10 years of community conflict in the districts of Estcourt and Weenen, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), culminated …

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1935-2016

Lionel Morrison

… a clerk and a journalist. In 1955 he was elected secretary of the Cape Town branch of the South African Coloured People's Organisation and in 1956 became one…

B-0008650

1863-1928

Edward Clark Churchill Mace

… (1844-1893), a former teacher at the Cape Town School of Art in the 1870s. He brought a number of tese with him, for five of them, along with fourteen Cape…

B-0008356

1937-1999

Marius Schoon

… 22 June 1937 in Johannesburg. He attended the University of Stellenbosch. Schoon moved to the University of Witwatersrand to continue with his post-graduate…

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1890-1841

Ruth Elizabeth Arndt

… Arndt set about informing the government on the importance of pre-school education. She served as honorary secretary, … chairperson, president and honorary…

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1930

Chief Mshiywa Henry Tshabalala

… in Alexander. Was a popular amateur boxer and lost the use of his right eye in the ring. Active in Congress since the Defiance Campaign. Secretary of the…

B-0068640

1947

Phillmon Velangetshe Sangweni

… company in Durban, but left during the workers’ strikes of 1976. Sangweni no lives in the Empangeni district where he works as a sculptor of figures and…

B-0008982

Joseph Nkatlo

… Joseph Nkatlo was vice-chairman of the Liberal Party in the Cape, he was a delegate to the December 1960 consultative conference of African leaders in…

B-0068265

1935-2009

Cassim Saloojee

… poor. Saloojee began his school in Sophiatown at the age of 6. He was unhappy in the beginning as his clothes were old … was more important, and pointed to…

B-0068391

1904-2002

Ernest Methuen Mancoba

… wood carving there from Sister Pauline CR. On completion of his course, he remained at the College teaching Zulu until … In 1933, Mancoba enrolled as a…

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T. J. Lemon

… High School, Harare. In 1981 to 1985 he studied a Bachelor of Pharmacy II - IV but developed an interest in photography … pharmacy. After winning the "Nikon…

B-0008315

1940

Barend Jacobus Du Plessis

… to Martie and Jan Hendrik du Plessis. He was the eldest of three children and grew up in Boksburg. Du Plessis … his B.Sc. degree in 1960 at Potchefstroom…

B-0008031

1908-1970

Paul Herman Robinson

… 1929 he went to England and attended the Bolt Court School of Process Engravings and returned to SA in 1930 and received … Anti-tank Regiment and was…

B-0008962

Gail Johnson

… Gail Johnson is the foster mother of Nkosi Johnson , who died of AIDS in 2001 at the age of 12. Nkosi first came into the limelight in 1997 Gail …

B-0008207

1909

Godfrey I. M. Mzamane

… professor. In the late 1940s he served as secretary of the Cape ANC and was a member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) national executive committee at…

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1916

Philemon Mathole

… Moroka Township, Johannesburg, and in 1949 became a member of the Moroka Advisory Board. He joined the African National … Congress in 1947 and participated…

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1886-1964

Dorothy Moss Kay

… and sent five paintings to the SASA Annual Exhibition. One of them was Marjorie aged Four Years(1918), a portrait of her daughter. In 1922, Kay sent a…

B-0008235

1952

Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul

… as a Physical Science teacher at Springfield College of Education, Durban. He taught Science in schools in KZN, … township in South Africa. Rajgopaul was…

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1931-2011

Isaiah Stein

… was born to a Coloured family in Durban in 1931, the son of a pastor and property developer. After both his parents … Massacre in 1960, and soon he became…

B-0064870

1949

Linda Komape

… with a union which was concerned with the interests of female cleaning staff. She found out that many were … harassed in their jobs and had no legal rights…

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