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1871-1952

Dr. Hans Merensky

… Dr Hans Merensky was born on 16 March 1871 in Botshabelo. His father was the famous missionary and writer, Alexander … of Berlin, Germany, and passed with…

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1915-2003

Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima

… he founded the Transkeian National Independence Party with his brother, George Matanzima. Kaiser Matanzima started … to become independent, with Matanzima as…

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1925-2000

Alfred Baphetuxolo Nzo

… 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a clerk at Modder B mine, which was later … Cape to receive missionary education…

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1947

Pandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe

… North (also known as Turfloop), where he continued with his political activism andbecame a member of the Student … organised and led more protests which…

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1953

Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe

… Cato Manor,  Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal). In 1958, his family was evicted to KwaMashu, north of Durban. He … he joined the Black Consciousness movement…

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1948-1985

Thamsanqa “Thami” Mnyele

… in Alexandra, near Johannesburg, on 10 December 1948. His father was a minister of religion and his mother a domestic worker. In the sixties, his father and…

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1927-2013

Francois Roux

… School of Art, London and travelled in Europe completing his studies in painting at the Royal Academy Schools, London … the Rhodes Gallery. In 1967, he moved…

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1936-2016

Hermanus Gabriel Loots

… Loots, also known as James Stuart, is most noted for his role in exposing brutality at African National Congress … Valley region of the Eastern Cape on 19…

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1909-1972

Dr Kwame Nkrumah

… notably including Black nationalism which, in part, led to his departure in 1935 to the historically Black Lincoln … in Pennsylvania, United States of…

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Thomas G. Karis

… Obituary by his son, Aleck Karis. Thomas G. Karis, a former foreign … was born November 21, 1919, in Minneapolis, Minnesota. His parents were Greek…

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1870-1947

Horatio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle

… Xhosa and Zulu.Mbelle then became a court interpreter. His first position was at the Supreme Court at Grahamstown. … interpret for dignitaries such as the…

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1930-2013

Professor Bernard Magubane

… white-owned farm in the Colenso district of KwaZulu-Natal. His father, Xhegwana Elliot, was illiterate and his mother, Ella Magubane, had been to school only…

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1935

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

… newspaper, Student Call, from1955-56. Maharaj completed his BA in 1955. In 1956 the 'Non-European' section of the university opened an LLB faculty where he…

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2012

Janeveke Raphael Liau

… being shot once in the chest by the police. He left behind his wife and four young children, who he supported financially. He also supported his late brother…

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2012

Henry Mvuyisi Pato

… the police. He was clearly trying to flee. He left behind his two young children and their mother, as well as his elderly parents and three siblings, all of…

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1940

Sindiso Mfenyana

… clan, which is an offshoot of the Hlubi tribe. He traces his roots back to a small town near Alice , where his ancestors most likely arrived with the…

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1949

Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe

… up in Alexandra, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). His parents, Louis Mathakoe Motlanthe, a cleaner and Masefako … maternal grandfather, Kgalema Marcus…

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1917-1958

Christopher W. M. Gell

… in 1945.The son of British navy captain.In 1947 he and his South African-born wife moved to Rustenburg and later in … in indian opinion(edited by Manilal…

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1949

Jeremy Patrick Cronin

… journalist Anthony Holiday and joined while a student. His aim was to further both his education and political involvement, he studied for a … which he was…

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1922-1992

Hassan Howa

… business. As a young man, Howa was deeply influenced by his father Yusuf Howa, who was a prominent member of the … and dignity in the face of oppressive…

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1937-1965

Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)

… was the second of three children of Joseph Nakasa and his wife, Alvina Nakasa. As a child from a working-class … would come to the Classic shebeen where they…

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1879-1931

Stephen William Black

… of the Cape Coloureds appeared from 1904 to 1905. Through his work as reporter, Black became fully aware of the … Town Magistrate's Courts, from which he…

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1925-2013

Colin Wells Eglin

… Western Province (now Western Cape) on 14 April 1925. His parents, Carl August and Elsie May Eglin were religious. … Cape Town, but moved at the age of nine…

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1940-2010

Frederik van Zyl Slabbert

… Frederik van Zyl Slabbert and his twin sister were born on 2 March 1940 in  Pretoria  to … He transferred to the University of Stellenbosch in his second…

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1941-2010

Hotep Idris Galeta

… he was more commonly known as Cecil Barnard; Barnard was his father's first name. Gelata used the name Cecil Barnard … until he left South Africa in 1961. He…

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1860-1930

Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo

… Naidoo*was born of indentured stock in 1875 in Mauritius. His family, originally from Mattur, state of Madras, in Tamil Nadu,India, had settled in Mauritius…

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1892-1985

Dr James Sebe Moroka

… son. Moroka then had the task of finding money to fund his overseas education. At the time, he was the owner of a farm which he inherited from his…

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1909-2005

Gregoire Johannes Boonzaier

… Born in Newlands, Cape Town in 1909 and lived most of his life at Onrus, Western Cape.The son of D.C. Boonzaaier (qv.), Gregoire pursued art against his…

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1972-2009

Thabo Motene Marera

… whom most young filmmakers aspired to work. They liked his attitude and took him on as an assistant.   After a year … sceptical agencies and clients to work…

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1899-1980

Reverend Walker Stanley Gawe

… November in the Herschel district of the Cape, where both his parents were teachers. He attended St. Matthew's College … President in 1955. However, he could…

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