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1786-1870

King Moshoeshoe I

… Also known as Moshesh, Mosheshwe or Mshweshwe. His name was allegedly changed from Lepoqo after a successful raid in which he had sheared the beards of his…

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1952

Ari Sitas

… Social Sciences, an institution that was promulgated after his and Sarah Mosoetsa's pioneering work in creating a … he has been a distinguished poet, writer…

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1932-2013

Louis Luyt

… In the 1940s Luyt was employed as a railway clerk. During his rugby career in the 1950s, he captained the Orange Free … It was during this period that he…

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1960-1999

Sifiso Nkabinde

… Nkabinde was born in 1960 in Richmond, KwaZulu-Natal. His father was a policeman and a local chairman of  Inkatha … Training College, and it was alleged that…

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David Anderson

… David ‘Andy’ Anderson was born in Kwazulu-Natal. He began his editorial cartooning career in 1977, submitting work for … Mail , Pretoria News , The Sunday…

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1889-1916

Harold Cressy

… and at the age eight he was sent to Cape Town to continue his education. In 1905 he graduated from Zonnebloem College … segregated education system. At the…

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1924-1969

Imam Abdullah Haron

… in a family of five, and still an infant when Asa Martin, his mother died. Since his father Amarien, was not able to care for him, the … him. This aunt made…

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1911-1963

Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka

… Ramotsoane Mosaka was born in Johannesburg and received his early primary education there. His secondary education was at Headltown near Fort Beaufort … with…

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1938-1971

Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane

… 1943, where he was educated at the Mooki Memorial School. His talent was recognised and encouraged from an early age by his teacher, Mrs E.L. Mooki, and…

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1975

Mpumelelo Paul “Cosmo” Grootboom

… born in Meadowlands, Soweto in 1975, were he was raised by his grandparents. He was a year old when the student riots … School, Meadowlands, from grade one…

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1908-1984

Frederick Hutchinson Page

… Fred Page is best-known for his eerie images which, according to one critic, have made … painters’. Page always used a limited colour range in his work,…

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2012

Sitelega Meric Gadlela

… scene 2 after being shot twice in the back. He left behind his mother, wife and 11 children, including 5 who are still in school. According to his wife,…

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1922-2005

John O’ Malley

… Robert Heights, later Voortrekkerhoogte, in Pretoria. His father was a colonel in the army and later an executive … O'Malley attended seven different school…

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1930-2017

Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba

… (now Gauteng), South Africa where he was also raised. His parents emigrated to South Africa from Gujarat. Chiba abandoned secondary school to help provide…

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1956

Patric Tariq Mellet

… of old Cape Town – Salt River, Woodstock and District Six. His family were poor working people from what was regarded as … in Woodstock, had four wives and…

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1956

Kay Hassan

… born in the Johannesburg township of Alexandra in 1956. His mother brewed traditional beer at a shebeen, defying apartheid laws and repeated raids by police…

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1935-2012

Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood

… in October 1935. He was brought to South Africa by his father to live with relatives in Prinsloo Street, … was admitted to Pretoria Indian Boy's School where…

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1944

Subbiah Moodley

… in Umgeni Road in 1944, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His grandparents on both sides of the family came from India as indentured workers. His paternal…

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1934-2021

Ronnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)

… 1934 in Cato Manor, Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal).  His father was born in Cato Manor and his mother was born in Fynnlands, Durban. His paternal and…

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1963

Jeremy Vearey

… settlement in a large family, with both sets of families.His grandfather and father did all the slaughtering of … in the area, a skill which he learnt by…

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1969

Jonathan Neil Rhodes

… Cup. He became an overnight sensation and is lauded by his peers and cricket lovers all over the world. Rhodes is an especially skilled fielder and his…

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1894-1961

James la Guma

… of two children born to an itinerant cobbler, Arnold, and his wife Jemima. While the domestic circumstances of the la … Guma was orphaned when he was but…

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1924-2009

Ricardo Rangel

… Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. His mother was a black Mozambiquan and his father was a Greek businessman from a multifaceted … with…

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1970-2004

Phaswane Mpe

… evade the police. Hillbrow would later be the setting for his 2001 novel, Welcome to Our Hillbrow . Mpe’s move to … an identity in post-Apartheid South…

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1862-1919

Louis Botha

… he was one of the architects of the Union of South Africa. His vision of South Africa included both British and Dutch. … of World War I. A great man of…

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2012

Fezile David Saphendu

… He began working for Lonmin in 2009, when he replaced his brother who had found another job at Impala. On 16 August … 2012 Fezile was killed at scene 2 after…

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1929-2009

Ronald “Ron” Press

… Ron Press  was born in 1929.  His father a cinematograph operator became the secretary of … during the 1922 Rand Revolt  as a dispatch rider. His mother was…

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1945

Barry “Anderson” Richards

… Natal. Richards played cricket for Natal at his early teens and was rewarded with a promotion to the … Country Club, Hampshire and was an opening batsman…

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1948

Zanemvula Kizito Mda

… Solomzi Mda , a school teacher, who later became a lawyer. His father was a founding member and later became the … the police would take him in to…

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1919

Isaac Zakes Nkosi

… Isaac Zakes Nkosi, known to his fans as Bra Zakes, was born in Alexandra Township early in 1919. He started his schooling in Alexandra at a Catholic primary…

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