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1931

Raymond Ackerman

… Please note:  This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Bell, P. (1999) “Raymond Ackerman” from They Shaped our Century: The Most…

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2013

Ephraim Nkwe

… In the midst of the State of Emergency , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was formed in March … of its first executive committee.   Ephraim Nkwe was…

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Professor Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu

… Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu’s activism in the struggle began in the 1960s. Nengwekhulu alongside Steve Biko and others broke … Union of South African Students…

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1878-1941

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

… known about his early life except that he was a member of the Bakgatlo tribe. He was drafted as a driver for the Boer commandos during the South African War…

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1924-1994

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

… Elias Motsoaledi was born on the 26 July 1924 in Phokoane in the Nebo District in Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo), South Africa. He was the…

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1942

Zweledinga Pallo Jordan

… was born on 22 May 1942 in B Location, Kroonstad, in the Orange Free State. His father, Dr Archibald Campbell … and lecturer. Both his parents were active…

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1995

Enver Hassim

… Enver Hassim was born in the Transvaal, where he was part of a large family, with two … four sisters. His father made a living as a middleman and the family…

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1928

Michael Kitso Dingake

… Bechuanaland Protectorate (now Botswana). He attended the Bobonong Primary School between 1936 and 1941.He then … schooling at St Ansgars Institution,…

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1946-2010

Paul Alberts

… in 1946 in Pretoria .  He spent his youth in Botswana and the Limpopo Province. He matriculated at Afrikaans Hoër Seunsskool in 1963 after which he attended…

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1885-1970

Kerr Alexander

… Early Life: Alexander Kerr was the first of six children born to William and Elizabeth Findlay Kerr. When he was six years old the Kerr family moved to…

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1916-1988

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld

… Pieter Beyleveld was born in 1916 in the Orange Free State and educated at farm schools. He joined the army at the outbreak of World War II, when many of his…

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1643-1674

Krotoa (Eva)

… Krotoa (known as Eva to the Dutch and English settlers) was the niece of Autshumao , a Khoi leader and interpreter to the Dutch (he was known as Harry/Herry…

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1934-2011

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal

… Kader Abdul Asmal was born on 8th of October in 1934, in the small rural town of Stanger, KwaZulu Natal (then Natal). … overtly political, his parents…

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1940

James Edward April

… Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape).He is the youngest of seven children. His father was a labourer, while his mother stayed at home to care for…

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1951

Patricia De Lille

… Patricia de Lille, a South African politician, was born the 17 February, 1951 in Beaufort West to Henry and Gertrude Lindt. She is the third of seven…

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1952

Glenn Moss

… Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a … and then attended Pretoria Boys High. On…

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1952

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

… , Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 17 November 1952. He is the second of the three children of Erdmuth and Samuel Ramaphosa, a retired policeman. He grew up in the…

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1963

Justice Sfiso Mkame

… High School in 1979 and received formal art training at the Open School, Durban in 1982 and the Little E. Theatre, Durban in 1983. In 1986 he was a student…

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1915-1984

Thelma Gutsche

… but received private tutoring at home. She matriculated at the age of 14 in 1929. Two years later Gutsche enrolled at the University of Cape Town (UCT) to…

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1921-1993

Andries Treurnicht

… awarded a B.A. he enrolled in 1942 for an M.A degree at the University of Stellenbosch. He was a student at the Stellenbosch Theological Seminary until 1945…

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1928-2004

Dolly Rathebe

… west of Johannesburg in 1928, but grew up within the unique cultural and political milieu of Sophiatown in the 1930s and 1940s. As a young woman, Rathebe was…

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1936-2011

Joseph Johannes Marks

… was also born.  He grew up in Pacaltsdorp near George in the Western Province. Marks attended the local school where he completed Standard Five,moved to ……

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1991

Mokgadi Caster Semenya

… School and later went on to study Sports Science at the University of North West. In the African Junior Championships in 2009, Semenya won both the 800…

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1947

Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer

… (Roelf) Meyer was born in Port Elizabeth on 16 July 1947, the son of Hudson and Hannah Meyer. His father was a farmer in the Humansdorp district in what is…

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1926-2004

Wilfrid Edward Cooper

… married in 1923.  His father was an engine driver with the railways as was his grandfather, Henry, who had been one of the drivers who had driven the train…

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1890-1938

Wilhelmina Louisa Freund

… was born on 17 March 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest child of John Freund and Metha Mentzel, German … who met in Philippolis and married and…

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Kgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa

… [Chief] Abram Ramotshere Pogiso Moiloa, a key figure in the Bahurutshe resistance of the 1950s, took office in 1932 at the age of 22. He went up ‘to standard…

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1949

Joseph Alfers

… Alfers was born in 1949 in Umbumbulu, where his father was the Assistant Native Commissioner. He attended school and university in Pietermaritzburg,…

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1909-1985

Moses Josiah Madiba

… 1909 in Seshego, Pietersburg District. He was one of the seven children of Jesaya Sekgoadi and Johanna Sebolaishi. … communication medium. He received his…

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1931-2000

Hendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee

… Kobie Coetsee was born on 19 April 1931 in Ladybrand in the Orange Free State. His father, Johannes, was a printer, … one child with is wife, Josephine, nee…

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