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1871-1946

John Langalibalele Dube

… because Dube’s father was converted to Christianity by the early missionaries that he did not rule over his AmaQadi … traditional African society’s way of…

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1921-1968

Todd Tozama Matshikiza

… of the Matshikiza household were taught music from an early age. Grace had great (but unrealised) potential as a … prose style he had developed on Drum, he…

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1903-1985

John Koenakeefe Mohl

… style, capturing the various moods of township landscape; early morning, rainy scenes and shadows of approaching night and early dusk were his favourite…

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1947-2010

Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo

… a soloist with several jazz groups, including the famous Early Mabuza’s Big Five. In 1968, Mhlongo travelled to … Portugal, Mhlongo and her husband, South…

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1924-2011

Henry Mutile Fazzie

… in 1924 in Stutterheim. Fazzie went into exile in the early 1960s. He joined Umkhonto weSizwe (MK) and underwent … in Port Elizabeth's notorious St.Alban's…

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1897-1961

Elias Phakane Moretsele

… Little is known about Elias Moretsele's youth. At an early age he moved to Johannesburg where he joined the South … of the last 30 accused held until end of…

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1865-1950

Daniel Cornelis Boonzaier

… 1940. Boonzaier played a key role in the careers of many early SASA members. He was the father of Gregoire …

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George Montsioa

… Natural Ruler of the Barolong Tribe. He received his early education at his home and later he went to England for …

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1804-1856

Chief Kgosi Sekonyela

… stopped by the Griquas under Waterboer in 1823. In the early 1830s Sekonyela became the Chief of Batlokwa people and …

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1964

Marthinus Hattingh

… Timbers. Having experimented with photography since an early age he decided to make it his career and decided to …

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1923-2004

Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi

… for the African Textile Workers in Port Elizabeth in the early 1950s, he later served as treasurer of the South …

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1956

Garth Erasmus

… Cape. Erasmus was raised in Port Elizabeth and from an early age expressed an interest in art. He matriculated in …

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Cecil Sols

… of social documentary photographers in the 1980s to early 1990s, helping to expose the atrocities of apartheid …

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1915-1983

B J Vorster [John Vorster]

… quick wit’. He was a passionate Afrikaner Nationalist who early in his life became a member of the Nationalist Party as … of South Africa abroad, led to his…

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1931-2003

Ebrahim Badsha

… himself painting, sign writing, and graphic design. His early work in painting was largely influenced by conventional … European landscape and portraitist…

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1922

George Edward Peake

… plot. Peake was subjected to house-arrest in 1964. In early 1968 the Apartheid government banished him from his …

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1912-1957

Gladstone Xala Tshume

… National Congress  (ANC) campaigns of the late 1940s and early 1950s he helped to set the tone of militant …

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1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… Sisulu ,  Govan Mbeki ,  Ahmed Kathrada  and others. In early 1963 he was arrested in Northern Rhodesia in the … "Green Book". After a bomb was discovered…

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1913-1994

Stephen J.C. Dlamini

… , Dlamini also ran trade union classes in Durban in the early 1950s, empowering workers with trade union rights and … the May “stay-at-home” campaign called…

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1899-1996

Mary Agnes Stainbank

… a modern school of sculpture to South Africa during her early career, she was often criticized for her use of … was ‘rediscovered’ by the sculptor, Andries…

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1943-2020

Devikarani Priscilla Jana

… ), to a middle class Indian family. [i]  From an early age Jana developed an awareness of the unequal society … was suffering’. [ii]  This conscientization…

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1950-2012

Roy Padayachie

… (NIC). In the 1980s, he established the Chatsworth Early Learning Centre in Chatsworth (CELC), Durban, where he … Padayachie promoted parental and community…

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1938-2014

Patrick Vuyo Matshikiza

… were taught to play the piano and read music from an early age. He started playing the piano and organ from the … Abigail Kubheka and Letta Mbulu. In 1964 he…

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1920-2003

Rev. Theo Kotze

… at Simmer and Jack, one of the Rand gold mines. In his early twenties Kotze was heavily influenced by Helen Clegg, a … cancer, often visiting him in…

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1930-2015

Maggie Smith

… and the apartheid government, she was detained in the early 60s. She finally went into exile in London in 1977. As …

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1909-1944

Samuel Makoanyane

… Koalabata, in the Teyateyaneng district near Maseru. His early clay animals and figures were made with the aid of book …

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1949-2010

Robert Edward Jansen

… and flautist, with a career spanning three decades. In the early 1970s, Jansen shot to fame as an original member of the …

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The Taung Child

… Australopithecus fossils were found, proving Dart right: early humans did originate in Africa about 2-3 million years …

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C. S. Ramohanoe

… and an emotional proponent of the boycott principle. In early 1950 he became a member of the ANC's five-man Council …

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1910-1977

Max Gordon

… was adopted by a family named Gordon after his father's early death.In 1932 he earned a bachelor's degree at the …

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