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1937-1999

Marius Schoon

… 22 June 1937 in Johannesburg. He attended the University of Stellenbosch. Schoon moved to the University of Witwatersrand to continue with his post-graduate…

B-0076354

1927

Joseph Morolong

… in ANC campaigns in the Cape Town area and was a member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions. A defendant in the Treason Trial from … confinement…

B-0008649

1904-2002

Ernest Methuen Mancoba

… wood carving there from Sister Pauline CR. On completion of his course, he remained at the College teaching Zulu until … In 1933, Mancoba enrolled as a…

B-0008428

T. J. Lemon

… High School, Harare. In 1981 to 1985 he studied a Bachelor of Pharmacy II - IV but developed an interest in photography … pharmacy. After winning the "Nikon…

B-0008315

1940

Barend Jacobus Du Plessis

… to Martie and Jan Hendrik du Plessis. He was the eldest of three children and grew up in Boksburg. Du Plessis … his B.Sc. degree in 1960 at Potchefstroom…

B-0008031

1928-1993

Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli

… Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli was born on 18th of Septenber 1928 in Steynsrus,near Kroonstad in the Orange … in the Soviet Union ,and at one time…

B-0080403

1890-1841

Ruth Elizabeth Arndt

… Arndt set about informing the government on the importance of pre-school education. She served as honorary secretary, … chairperson, president and honorary…

B-0007796

1930

Chief Mshiywa Henry Tshabalala

… in Alexander. Was a popular amateur boxer and lost the use of his right eye in the ring. Active in Congress since the Defiance Campaign. Secretary of the…

B-0068640

1947

Phillmon Velangetshe Sangweni

… company in Durban, but left during the workers’ strikes of 1976. Sangweni no lives in the Empangeni district where he works as a sculptor of figures and…

B-0008982

Joseph Nkatlo

… Joseph Nkatlo was vice-chairman of the Liberal Party in the Cape, he was a delegate to the December 1960 consultative conference of African leaders in…

B-0068265

1922

George Edward Peake

… Peake was a founding member and national Chairperson of the  South African Coloured People's Organisation  (SACPO) … He was born in the Cape in 1922. He…

B-0068302

1908-1970

Paul Herman Robinson

… 1929 he went to England and attended the Bolt Court School of Process Engravings and returned to SA in 1930 and received … Anti-tank Regiment and was…

B-0008962

Gail Johnson

… Gail Johnson is the foster mother of Nkosi Johnson , who died of AIDS in 2001 at the age of 12. Nkosi first came into the limelight in 1997 Gail …

B-0008207

1909

Godfrey I. M. Mzamane

… professor. In the late 1940s he served as secretary of the Cape ANC and was a member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) national executive committee at…

B-0008722

1886-1964

Dorothy Moss Kay

… and sent five paintings to the SASA Annual Exhibition. One of them was Marjorie aged Four Years(1918), a portrait of her daughter. In 1922, Kay sent a…

B-0008235

1976

Jacob Zungwane Mashabane

… On the 5th of October 1976 Mr Jacob Mashabane, aged 22, a University of Zululand student was reported to have died in detention at … disappeared from his…

B-0074817

1916

Philemon Mathole

… Moroka Township, Johannesburg, and in 1949 became a member of the Moroka Advisory Board. He joined the African National … Congress in 1947 and participated…

B-0008485

1949

Linda Komape

… with a union which was concerned with the interests of female cleaning staff. She found out that many were … harassed in their jobs and had no legal rights…

B-0008273

1945

Barry “Anderson” Richards

… blossoming career coincided with South Africa on the verge of international isolation due to apartheid laws in sports. … In that year he was named the South…

B-0008957

1926-2008

Michael Gagashe Zondi

… at the Swedish Lutheran mission trade school. At the age of twenty-five while an instructor at the Edendale Vocational … After leaving the hospital he served…

B-0009261

David Perumal

… joined the Natal Indian Youth Congress (NIYC) at the age of 17. He had joined the NIYC, he said, because ‘the … political struggle was taking a sharp turn…

B-0122926

1919

M. J. M. Williams Shope

… M. Williams Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his … he held until 1963. In 1954 he became…

B-0121658

1947

Ben Skosana

… Western University in the US. Skosana has been a member of the  Inkatha Freedom Party  (IFP) since its formation in … development. From 1981 until 1986 he…

B-0068484

1920

Kwena Matlala

… Kwena Matlala, born in 1920, was the first daughter of Chief Sekgwari Matlala and Mme Makwena Matlala . She married Nelson Ngakana Moabelo, the ntona of…

B-0093911

1947

Ben M. Skosana

… Western University in the US. Skosana has been a member of the  Inkatha Freedom Party  (IFP) since its formation in … development. From 1981 until 1986 he…

B-0009077

1989-2001

Nkosi Johnson

… the east rand. When his mother became too ill to take care of him, she gave him up for adoption. He was adopted by … in Johannesburg refused to admit him as…

B-0096631

1950

Peter Hain

… to Britain where he earned degrees from the universities of London and Sussex.He joined the Britain Liberal Party's … in 1968. In 1969 Hain helped to…

B-0095199

1910-1977

Max Gordon

… 1932 he earned a bachelor's degree at the University of Cape Town ,where he fell in with swtudent radicals who … in his absence and factions developed over…

B-0095012