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2012

Jackson Lehupa

… He also supported extended family members, including three of his brother’s and three of his sister’s children. According to his customary law … after his…

B-0121635

1925-1968

Patrick Mosell Molaoa

… and Kimberley until matriculation. He was one of the first activists of the African National Congress (ANC) to die as a guerrilla … 1959 he was elected its…

B-0008617

1897-1972

Nils Severin Andersen

… out on several trips to Namibia with Mr. E Schweikerdt of Pretoria. Several of his works have been reproduced locally by E Schweikerdt (Pty) Ltd; and one…

B-0007790

1978

Hestrie Cloete

… Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She grew up in the small town of Coligny , Western Transvaal (now North West Province ) with her mother Martie and father Willem…

B-0007946

1977

Makhaya Ntini

… in the Eastern Cape called Mdingi. Ntini is a product of the United Cricket Board's development program. Raymond … introducing the game to rural boys. Ntini…

B-0008820

1853-1915

Heinrich Egersdorfer

… Germany, he came to SA in 1879. Earlier, after experience of the Franco-Prussian War of 1870, he had worked at his trade in England. In 1884 he … African…

B-0008043

1881-1963

Frank Wiles

… born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles . … in SA in 1902, he studied in 1901 at the…

B-0009226

1941

Jonas Mosa Gwangwa

… in 1941 in Orlando East, Soweto. The young Gwanga was one of many musicians mentored by Alto Saxophonist Kippie … in 1959.  Gwangwa then went on to become a…

B-0095443

1933

Adams Farid Ahmed

… . With the SAIC he collected food and money for victims of the 1949 Durban riots and for families whose wage earners … League and the Youth Communist League …

B-0007771

1927

C. M Kobus

… C. M Kobus was the African attorney and founding member of the  Non-European Unity Movement  (NEUM). Holder of a B.A. degree, he taught for some years in the…

B-0008268

1923

Dr Hassen (Ike) Mahomed Moosa

… He was educated at Fort Hare and the University of Cape Town (UCT) and was active in the political movement … since his student days. Moosa was an executive…

B-0068094

1937-2020

Andrew Clement Verster

… Diploma in Design (1959) from the Camberwell College of Art, London, and an Art Teacher’s Diploma (1960) from … at Fine Art institutions in South Africa for…

B-0009201

1975

Tikkie Sibisi

… single parent, his father, and three sisters. (At the age of four his mother died during the ritual of Sangoma training) His father was a welder at Union ……

B-0009049

1920

Lorna Peirson

… College. From 1963 - 1981 she was the teacher in charge of the one-year Special Art Teachers’ Course at the Ndaleni … Natal. From 1982-1985 she was Senior…

B-0008873

1904

Joan Morice

… in Barberton in 1904. She completed the first two years of pre-veterinary study at the University of Witwatersrand, and the next three years at the Transvaal…

B-0068103

James J. Majoro

… Union. He later became its secretary and was one of the accused in the trial that followed the 1946 mine strike. He was an organizing secretary of the…

B-0008389

1920

Hymie Barsel

… against the Blackshirt Movement. He was secretary of the Johannesburg Medical Aid for Russia, during the war and a former member of the Communist Party of…

B-0007831

1986

Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng

… Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng was president of the Northern Transvaal region of the  United Democratic Front  (UDF). He was convicted of sabotage in 1962 and…

B-0068229

1959-2016

Junaid Ahmed

… a B.A. (Hon) degree in Drama from the then University of Durban-Westville (now UKZN), he began acting and producing … in mainstream theatres. Ahmed was the…

B-0122211

1942

Letta Mbulu

…  King Kong . She returned to South Africa at the end of the tour but was soon forced into exile in the United … together they released many hits. She has…

B-0067933

1962-2013

Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala

… was born in 1962 in Meadowlands, Johannesburg. At the age of 10 he started going to the gymnasium with his father who … that he decided to turn professional…

B-0008489

1908

Edgar Arthur Deane

… Deane was born in 1908. He became national secretary of the Coloured Furniture Workers' Union and a politician, … on the Cape Town City Council. Deane became…

B-0007980

1976

Edward Mzolo

… Fort in 2 weeks. No details are available on the date of his detention,the Act he was detained under ,or the official cause of death.No information is…

B-0074833

1941-1997

Welcome Mandla Koboka

… most recognised for his paintings. The subject matter of his work generally focused on life in the townships, … his work as ‘township art’ and noted the…

B-0098965

1926-2011

John A. Mavuso

… times as a messenger and a shopkeeper. He was a member of the African National Congress national executive committee … in the Alexandra branch in…

B-0008502

Barney William Ngakane

… Ngakane moved to Springs, where he served as chairman of a Liberal Party branch in the early 1960s. In December … 1960 he acted as chairman at the…

B-0068236

1906-1982

Walter Battiss

… to an English Methodist family in 1906, and became one of South Africa’s first and most important abstract painters. … his Bachelor’s Degree in Fine Arts at…

B-0007836

1957-2006

Monty Johannes Motloung

… they were driven to Maputo by the current Deputy President of the ANC,  Jacob Zuma . Motloung, together with his friends … outside Luanda, Angola. There they…

B-0008669