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Autshumao (Herry the Strandloper)

… strandloper (beach walker), he was chief and interpreter of the Gorinhaikonas. In 1630 he was taken to Bantam by the … who were engaged in a trading…

B-0007801

1948

George Msimang

… beginning in 1969. In 1971 and 1972, through the support of the NSA and the Italian Consulate in Durban, he attended … 1985 to 1986. Msimang makes his…

B-0008694

The Taung Child

… which the spinal cord passes – was towards the front of the skull, indicating that this creature stood on two … the specimen as Australopithecus africanus …

B-0009123

1951

Sabata Manaka

… in Botswana, in 1982, where he was living  under the name of Tshepo Nkosi. After this his family lost contact with him. Sabata  Manaka  died of natural…

B-0075102

1962

Lucky Shabalala

… Workshop in the 1980s in Durban. He has obtained a number of commissions from offices in the centre of Durban to carve heads. He carved sculptures for the…

B-0009028

Logan K. Ntlabati

… Logan K. Ntlabati was a prominent member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) national executive … in the Cape and the Orange Free State, becoming…

B-0008821

1963

Lennox Madikane

… Lennox Madikane was a member of the Pan African Congress (PAC) and Poqo , the military wing of the PAC. Following Poqo attacks in Paarl, Cape Province (now…

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1844-1934

Francis William Reitz

… He became an advocate and from 1874 was the President of the Orange Free State Appeal Court. He became President of the Orange Free State in 1889.  He was a…

B-0008947

1893-1952

Hendrik Andries Hanekom

… Andries Hanekom was born on 17 June 1893. He was the son of Hendrik Hanekom. Hanekom was educated at Beaufort West … was first employed as a municipal…

B-0008140

1959

Kiren Thathia

… in Durban. In 1983 he obtained a BA(FA) from University of Durban Westville (UDW); in 1988 an MA(FA) cum laude and in … in Education from UDW. He was a…

B-0009133

1918

Mangisi Pheneas Nene

… in Alexandra Township in Johannesburg in the 1950s and one of the accused in the  Treason Trial . He was born in Natal … assisting volunteers from Alexandra…

B-0068235

1960

Steve Dyer

… in 1960. He taught himself to play the guitar at the age of eleven. He studied music at the University of Natal where he obtained a degree in classical music…

B-0008037

Peter Engblom

… He is a descendant of the original Scandinavian Missionaries who evangelised Zululand a century and a half ago. Of Lapp descent he was born on a sugar…

B-0068395

1829-1871

Tiyo Soga

… Tiyo Soga was born in 1829. He was the most famous pupil of the Lovedale missionaries. On a visit to Scotland in 1857, … to be ordained in an established…

B-0009092

1976

Fenuel Mogatusi

… was undisclosed but he was reportedly arrested on charges of theft after the Soweto unrest. He was held at the … as an awaiting-trial prisoner, the South…

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Victor V. T. Mbobo

… at a Pretoria high school, he participated in the founding of the Youth League and in 1947 was chosen as the league's delegate to a conference of the World…

B-0008519

1954-2007

Thomas Kgope

… Kgope was injured when he fell from the second floor of Catherine's studio and subsequently stayed with Catherine … (An Alive). 1988: Natalie Knight Gallery,…

B-0008246

1936-1999

Bobby Hendricks

… 7 February 1936. He started his music career as a member of the Kay Simmers Orkes (Afrikaans for orchestra or band). … from kidney failure. In 2000, the…

B-0008152

1874-1965

Sir Winston Spencer Churchill

… to the Morning Post during the South African War of 1889-1902, and was taken prisoner in Natal when the train … was travelling in was ambushed by forces…

B-0007943

1918-1979

Suliman (Solly) Mahomed Nathie

… Evaton and played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. He had earlier been jailed for participation … Passive Resistance Campaign . He…

B-0008748

1885

Nehemiah Tile

… Leader of the first major secessionist church in South Africa, Tile … a falling out with his European superior, who was critical of his involvement in Tembu…

B-0068562

Dilizantaba Mji

… and M.S. degrees, then studied medicine at the University of the Witwatersrand, where he graduated in 1952. In 1950 he participated in the organisation of…

B-0067953

1929

Peter Papela Nthite

… Born 1929, the son of a labourer, he grew up in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. From …  during the 1952  Defiance Campaign , he became chairman of the Sophiatown…

B-0008819

1946-1972

Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe

… Germany; Sweden; Denmark; Italy; USA 1972: University of California, USA (African Art). Goodman Gallery (SA … (Memorial Exhibition). Goodman Gallery (Third…

B-0009036

1956

Ndabenhle William Zulu

… the international exhibition celebrating the unification of East and West Germany. Then in 1995 he held his first solo … Rights to contribute a linocut image…

B-0009263

Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli

… her to Uitkyk Farm No. 92 in the Groblersdal district of the [Northern] Transvaal [now Limpopo Province], where she … Chief Paulus Howell Mopeli. Despite the…

B-0094684

Ramnie Dinat

… Ramnie Naidoo, the daughter of Ama and Narainsamy Thambi Naidoo , worked in the Transvaal … Youth Congress (TIYC)  since her childhood. At the age of nine,…

B-0095275

1929-2000

Esme Bodenstein

… association which attracted many former Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) members. The Society organised … although she never joined the CPSA. She was a…

B-0094568

Mabel Balfour

… After many leaders from the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) were arrested in the 1956 Treason Trials, she became part of the Management…

B-0007810

1935

Mzwakhe Mbatha

… was inspired to make non-functional objects by a piece of wood which he discovered in the veld that reminded him of a bending female figure. Mbatha worked…

B-0008514