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1903-1956

Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo

… and above all it is a literature. What part will the new African play in modern drama? On its physical side [it] … 1940s also reflected in Dhlomo’s writing…

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1933-1980

Tennyson Xola Makiwane

… writer in the mid-1950s and later as a correspondent for New Age . Early in 1959, after his release from the Treason …

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1793-1876

William Cock

… Cape Town bank wished to impose on clients when opening a new branch in Grahamstown. The scheme collapsed and he later … experience wrecked his first two…

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1946

Hailu Mergia

… album Lala Belu [4] . Mergia plays live in the US with the New York based Afrobeat band, Low Mentality, and in Europe … Buck, and Mike Majkowski, who live in…

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1966

Zola Budd

… Crystal Palace, England, Budd on 26 August 1985 broke the 5 000m world record set by Ingrid Kristiansens of Norway … sixteen years previously by more than…

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1895-1951

Dorothy Ruth Boxall

… she established the Witwatersrand College of Music, whose new approach to music teaching ensured that children learnt …

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1851-1932

Joseph Booth

… principle of "Africa for the Africans." He was a fanner in New Zealand, then a small businessman in Australia until …

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1958

Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe

… the Josef Jefferson Award in Chicago, and OBBIE in New York. Gcina Mhlophe has received Honorary Doctorates from …

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1905-1962

Goolam H. Gool

… was expelled the following year. In 1937, he founded the New Era Fellowship (NEF), a socialist debating society, with …

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1978

Hestrie Cloete

… South African singer Jurie Els in 2007 and moved to New Zealand later in the same year. It was also the year in …

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1940-2005

Nesta Mathom Nala

… designs[ii]. Because of this meeting with Van Skalkwyk, new decorative themes appeared in Nesta Nala’s work. These …

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1954

Marlene van Niekerk

… serve, namely the white population. This work was named a New York Times Notable Book in 2004, and won the CNA Literary …

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1925-2005

Fihla Christmas Tinto

… He was one of the first ANC Western Cape members of our new democracy's Upper House of the time, the Senate, from …

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1949-2015

Clive Edward Butler Rice

… to compete in the World Cricket Cup in Australia and New Zealand and age was cited as the reason for his omission. …

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1933-1993

Eschel Mostert Rhoodie

… BOSS and his position in the Department of Information. New projects were launched and tens of millions of Rands to …

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1977-2006

Lebo Mathosa

… The two females can be credited for introducing a whole new style of dance, fashion and hair styles to teenage girls … A. Lebo Mathosa, 29, South African…

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1935

Anderson Khumani Ganyile

… of silence might have ensued.On September 21, New Age ran a banner headline "SA Police Kidnap Pondo Leader …

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1952

Ari Sitas

… and Asian networks to establish in his own words a new knowledge commons which is sensitive to all nodal points …

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1909

Isaac Bangani Tabata

… the ANC's Defiance Campaign was beginning, he published a new pamphlet,  Boycott as a Weapon of Struggle,  putting …

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1937

Fanele Mbali

… Campaign . In 1955 he transferred to Newell High School in New Brighton, a township of Port Elizabeth as the school in … year (1957), his family moved from…

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1931-2019

Babette Brown

… was also prevalent in the UK. This was the awakening of a new goal – to fight the racism, sexism, and classism that was … countries including Germany,…

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1954

William Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr

… Committee, which focused on the implementation of the new Constitutional Structures and the establishment of the … legal expertise, he served as co-chair of…

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1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… that she had always been blind to. Hence, she discovered a new passion — to campaign for racial equality and fight … the injustices that plagued her home…

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Mandla Michael Yende

… his training, Yende was commissioned to recruit and screen new members for underground activities and to distribute APLA …

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1951-1985

Sparrow Mkonto

… body.   The families went to the Government mortuary in New Brighton, Port Elizabeth on 29 June, 1985, to identify … second inquest after the disclosure on…

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1952

Glenn Moss

… Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and … South African Communist Party (SACP). He was one of the new…

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1941

Navanethem (Navi) Pillay

… the Non European Unity Movement (NEUM – now known as the New Unity Movement of South Africa).  After completing her … degrees by Durham University           …

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1913-2009

Nöel Robb

… remained involved in the Legiwatch group, monitoring the new Parliament as they had done the old.  She retained her … stand on principle.  Right back in 1989…

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1900-1972

Vernon Celliers Berrange

… past traditions and prestige," undertook to create a new communist party. Four members of the ad hoc committee had … group at Witwatersrand University that…

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1934-2015

Bob Hepple

… time, Hepple was working with a few friends  to work out a new ideological position and strategy for democratic … He was also a member of the Congress of…

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