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1965

Phila Portia Ndwandwe

… Ndwandwe (also known as Zandile or Zandi) became part of the Natal Machinery of uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) in 1985 under the leadership of Muzi Ngwenya (Thami…

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Percival Mdala

… found work as a gardener for Bishop Stainton, the rector of St. George’s. When the Bishop discovered that Percy was a qualified teacher, he asked him to take…

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1939

Chief Malebogo

… (Kgalusi Seketa Masilo Ratshatsha Malaboch) was chief of the Bahananwa chiefdom, a group of the Tswana peoples. Lebogo led the Bahananwa to the … Boers as…

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1902-1972

Rosa Hope

… Simmers (qv.), for its "extraordinarily strong sense of drawing" ( Cape Time s 23.8.1937).  Hope had trained at the Slade and Central Schools of Art, London,…

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1908-1993

Nerine Constantia Desmond Fial

… 1908. She studied graphics at London's Central School of Art in 1938, but was otherwise largely self-taught. The commemoration of the Great Trek occurred in…

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1882-1962

Florence Louise Zerffi

… and at the Arts and Crafts Academy in Berlin. A friend of Nita Spilhaus ,  she joined SASA and was represented on their 1917 exhibition in a variety of media…

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1970

Heidi Saayman

… Years" and the other on life in the colored townships of Missionvale and Helenvale. In 1990 she won the Santam … Technikon while working as Photographer at…

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1956

Willie Bester

… mixed media works have frequently included passages of painting that have contained strongly naturalistic … Gallery, Pietermaritzburg; Pretoria Art Museum;…

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1942-2017

Joe “Sdumo” Mafela

… was also born. Mafela’s family moved to Kliptown, south of Johannesburg in 1947. The family remained in Kliptown for … as a temporary shelter for many…

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1930-2017

Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba

… units. By 1962, he was promoted to platoon commander of MK. Owing to his commitment and leadership, he was asked to become a member of the Second National…

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1959-2010

Mthuthuzeli Tom

… Tom was born on 7 September 1959, in the village of Mpongo outside East London, and was one of eight children. His mother was a domestic worker and his … at…

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1921-2010

Gordon Mulholland

… April 1921. His mother, Nell, a Cockney from the east end of London, was the breadwinner at home. She worked as an … children whose parents couldn't afford…

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1941-2020

Joseph 'Headman' Shabalala

… Shabalala was born on 28 August in 1941 and town of Ladysmith (eMnambithi district) in the Kwazulu-natal region was a member of the internationally renowned…

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1915-1995

Yusuf Cachalia

… for him to travel to Mecca, where he began the study of Islamic philosophy. He then spent five years in India. … National Congress (ANC) that resulted in the…

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Pious Goodman Mei

… Congress in 1936. As an organiser for the Congress of the People and organising secretary of the African Textile Workers' Union, Goodman was elected to the…

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1928-1994

Maritz Barrymore

… He trained as a painter from 1950-1953 at the University of Rhodes, Eastern Cape, where he obtained a BA(FA). In 1954 … gained a Higher Diploma in Education…

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1907-1946

Rosamund Everard-Steenkamp

… was born in Carolina, Mpumalanga, 1907. She was a daughter of Bertha Everard, had a brief career cut short by her death in a Spitfire accident in England…

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1947-2008

Mike Terry

… Terry was an active member of the British  Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) , which was … Sharpeville Massacre  and succeeded the Boycott Movement of 1959. The…

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Unknown-1987

Cameron Mbulelo Madikizela

… Madikizela graduated from Fort Hare.  He was a member of the Cape African Teachers Association (CATA) and the Society of Young Africa (SOYA). He taught at…

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1949-2009

Henry Eric Isaacs

… 21 in 1949,He grew up in Raisethorpe,a peri-urban area of Pietermaritzburg.His family was of diverse racial composition:one grandfather was an … as a cleck…

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Josias Madzunya

… Josias Madzunya was born in the Sibasa area of the northern Transvaal in about 1909, a member of the Venda tribe, Madzunya came to Johannesburg in 1931, ……

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1889

Bertha Mkhize

… after his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first students to attend the Inanda Seminary and … Durban City Council forced African…

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1937-2015

Mohamed Ismail Dinat

… meetings with his Father, Ebrahim Dinat, who was a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) .  In 1953,…

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1933-1986

Samora Machel

… Machel was born in 1933 and was raised in the village of Chilembene. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. … he worked in…

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1908-1993

Manonmoney "Ama" Naidoo

… fruit and vegetables to hotels. Mononmony was the fifth of nine children and the only daughter. Mononmony married … (mother) not only to her children but…

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1851-1897

Barney Barnato

… Barnato was born in 21 February 1851, Whitechapel slum of London. His original name was Barnett Issacs but changed … in the diamond rush that followed the…

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1938

David Nthubu Koloane

… The use of artworks for public education by the National Roads Safety Organisation convinced Koloane of the role of art in communication. Together with Louis…

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1920-2002

Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert

… they died from Asian flu leaving him orphaned at the age of two. He was then taken care of by friends and family before being given to a Methodist … he was…

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1930-2018

Anne-Marie Wolpe

… (now Gauteng ), South Africa. She was the daughter of Abraham and Pauline (Braude) Kantor. Wolpe was educated at the University of the Witwatersrand …

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