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1643-1674

Krotoa (Eva)

… loyalty to the Dutch (who had taken her in and given her new clothes) and her own people (whose land was being taken … recommended to van Riebeeck’s…

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1940-1990

Ernest Cole

… time, Cole registered for a correspondence course with the New York Institute of Photography. With help and … Africa. On 9 May 1966, he left for France,…

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1956

Kay Hassan

… exhibited his works throughout South Africa and abroad, in New York, Minneapolis, Gwangju, UmeÁ¥, Rome, Munich and … Kay’s profound feeling for humankind’. A…

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1954-2008

John Matshikiza

… or patronage and was never afraid to poke barbs at the new elite. Another friend, Ismail Mahomed, said: "John was betrayed in many ways by our new democracy…

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1886-1955

Richard Victor Selope Thema

… was chairperson of the committee that had to draw up a new constitution for the South African Native National … a group of nationals interpreting the…

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1957

Cedric Nunn

… has also taught at the Wits University School of the Arts, New York University Tisch School of Arts Exchange Programme … Galerie Seippel, Cologne, Germany;…

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1949

Sadecque Variava

… the Variava family moved from Pageview to Lenasia, the new Indian township, 35km south of Johannesburg, and a few … (BPC) in the Transvaal. He connected up…

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1960

David Dabede Mabuza

… of the Azania Student Organisation (AZASO) at the age of 24 from 1984 to 1985. Mathews Phosa recruited Mabuza …

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1944

Subbiah Moodley

… and his mother was a housewife. His mother lived to a ripe age and was able to vote in South Africa’s first democratic …

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1950

Mandla Langa

… at Nhlakanipho High School in KwaMashu. From a young age, Mandla Langa showed an interest in art and storytelling. … Under African Skies: Modern African…

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1929-2010

Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews

… on 19 August 2010, from natural causes, at the age of 81. …

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1946-2014

Mafika Pascal Gwala

… to write differed from the 1950s and earlier 1960s. The new writers were looking for a shift not only in content but … into the future’ (Gwala, 1984). Gwala…

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1938-2016

Judith Mason

… Arts Association;the East End Gallery, East Hampton, New York; and at Art Basel Miami Beach, Florida, USA. Her … at institutions including the Museum of…

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2012

Mafolisi Mabiya

… left behind his young wife and two children, including a new-born baby. He was also financially supporting his mother …

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1923

Lucas Manyane Mangope

… of the Bantu Authorities system, he became head of the new Tswana executive council,then chief minister of … alliance of Afrikaners and africans opposed to a…

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1895-1985

Cythna Lindenberg Letty

… artist, and three of her works were accepted for the new national monetary coin series in 1961. In 1973, Letty … E.J. Verwey (ed), New dictionary of South…

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1880

Henry Daniel Tyamzashe

… With  Kadalie  he edited The Workers' Herald and later. New Africa, the paper of the  Independent Industrial … the Transvaal, edited The Workers' Herald and…

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Traci Mackie

… Cape Province ), after a brief stay in Port Elizabeth. Her new hometown introduced Mackie to the politics of the country … which lead to an angry mob stoning…

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1952

Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge

… by the Tanenbaum Centre for Inter-religious Understanding (New York) (2002). In 2007, former President Thabo Mbeki … than a week after it was announced that…

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1946

Malcolm Payne

… and has won several awards. These include First Prize at New Signatures Competition of the South African Association … Points of Origin 1950s-1980s at Queens…

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1936-2021

Frederik Willem de Klerk

… was succeeded by de Klerk. In September he was elected the new State President. He soon announced his policy of reform: … negotiations which would end…

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1927-2011

Professor Carel Boshoff

… the question of Afrikaner identity and a homeland in the new South Africa. Nelson Mandela expressed sympathy with … Convention for Democratic South Africa…

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1952

Antjie Krog

… McGill, Carleton and Toronto in Canada, as well as the New York University and Bard College in the US. She appears … BBC, of Hilversum in the Netherlands,…

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1906-1968

Archibald Campbell Jordan

… diploma in 1932 and a BA degree in 1934. That marked a new start of an exceptional academic, political and literary … African Languages at the UCT. While at…

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1792-1852

Andries Hendrik Potgieter

… broke away from the Natal. He decided to establish the new Boer republic of Transvaal. Potgieter also developed an … settled in the far north after the…

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1949-1991

Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo

… September,1949 Maqongqo distric of Kwazulu-Natal . At the age of 24, Maphumulo inherited the role of Chief of the …

B-0141689

1935

Moyisile Douglas Tyutyu

… His interest in politics was sparked from a young age when he witnessed how Black people were being treated at …

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1777-1855

Sir. Richard Bourke

… Kat River. From 1831 to 1837 he was appointed governor of New South Wales. Richard Bourke died on 13 August 1855 near …

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1749-1823

Jacob Abraham de Mist

… Morre and he had no further children. His career took on new heights in 1795 when the Republic of Batavia was created …

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