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1895-1951

Dorothy Ruth Boxall

… , Eastern Cape , South Africa. She dedicated herself to the promotion of music in South Africa. She studied under Prof. P.R. Kirby of the Department of Music…

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1927-1994

Mizream Maseko

… completing his studies in Transvaal. He was inspired by the artworks in the houses he painted and took up painting designs and … staining, painting and…

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1925-2005

Fihla Christmas Tinto

… Tinto was born on Christmas day on 25 December 1925 in the Mqanduli district of the former Transkei, now part of Eastern Cape Province. His … a protest march…

B-0009148

1869-1945

Thomas Mtobi Mapikela

… Thomas Mtobi Mapikela born  in 12th of November 1869,in the Eastern Cape, he trained as a carpenter in Grahamstown … Colony Native Vigilance Association …

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1936-2017

Philip Ata Kgosana

… Philip Ate Kgosana was born in 1936 in Makapanstad in the northern Transvaal (current day Limpopo), the son of a minister.  He graduated from the Lady…

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1924-2008

Esther Barsel

… Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga), until 1936 when the family moved to Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). Barsel dedicated her life to the…

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1933-1986

Samora Machel

… Samora Machel was born in 1933 and was raised in the village of Chilembene. He was a member of the Shangana ethnic group and his parents were poor. Machel…

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1946-2006

Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley

… October 1946 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the eldest child of Joyce Margaret and Narainsamy Moodley, a teacher and later Director of the…

B-0008636

1964-2004

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie

… in Langa , a township near Cape Town . She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The daughter of a pianist, Brenda began singing to her ……

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1932-2002

Soromini Kallichurum

… kwaZulu-Natal ). In 1950, Soromini Kallichurum was one of the first 12 undergraduates to enrol at the ‘non-White’ section of the University of Natal. She…

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1873-1917

Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube

… Nokutela Dube was the first wife of Reverend John Langalibalele Dube , the first President General of the South African Native National Congress  (SANNC-…

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1955

Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi

… of his matric, he decided to enrol for law studies at the University of the North (renamed University of Limpopo in 2003). The decision was made after he…

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1917-1985

Jordan Kush Ngubane

… Ngubane was born 15 November 1917 near Ladysmith in Natal, the son of a policeman. After receiving his early education … On graduating from Adams in 1937,…

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1945-2025

David Hemson

… up in a very strict Christian household sheltered from the realities of what was happening in South Africa … and socially. He was drafted out of high school…

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1903-1966

Edward “Eddie” Roux

… Edward Roux was born in the northern Transvaal in 1903, the son of an English mother and. an Afrikaner father. He … socialism, and Roux, while still a…

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1958

Michael Sedgwick

… Michael Sedgwick was born on the 20th February 1958 in Claremont in the Western Cape. He grew up in Hanover Park on the Cape Flats. His school career started…

B-0009005

1949

Gill Marcus

… in 10 August, 1949 to parents who were active members of the African National Congress (ANC). She grew up in … for Girls. Her parents,both accountants who…

B-0008444

1914-2011

Jean Bernadt (nee Alkin)

… was born on 19 May 1914 in Panevezys, Lithuania. She was the eldest of four children. Jean’s family moved to South … she became an active participant in…

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1925-1961

Frantz Fanon

… Early years He was born on the 20 July 1925, in the Caribbean Island of Martinique. He was fifth of the eight children; his family belonged to the middle…

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1963

Roger Meintjes

… and bought a second-hand enlarger advertised in the under-R20 column in one of the Cape newspapers.  In 1985, Meintjes went to study at Michaelis School of…

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1920-2000

Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo

… , Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She started her education at the Doornfontein School of the American Board of Missions and then went on to the Inanda Seminary, a…

B-0096410

1919

Olive Peace Landman

… Olive Peace Rosenberg was born in Knysna on 5 August 1919, the eldest daughter of Hendrika Jacoba Pieterse and Ellis … having trained at Emgwali and Lovedale…

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Jafta Kgalabi Masemola

… Jafta Kgalabi Masemola, “The Tiger of Azania”, also popularly known as “Bra Jeff” by … his parents at an early age and was raised by his sister. The family…

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T W Thibedi

… Before joining the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) in the 1920s, Thibedi was a member of the International Socialist League in the Cape and,…

B-0009139

1920

Isaac Osier Horvitch

… Born in Cape Town in 1920. In the late 1930s while still at school he became an active member of the Communist Party, speaking at public meetings and selling…

B-0008177

1961

Graeme Williams

… Bachelor of Science majoring in Geology and Statistics at the University of Cape Town. For him photography was a pass … His first job was working as a…

B-0009228

1958-2004

Martin Tose

… The quiet and yet temperamental Martin Qgibinsizi Tose was born in Germiston, Johannesburg during the first decade of Apartheid. His birth coincided with the…

B-0122965

1926

Johannes Jacobus Degenaar

… 7 March 1926 in Ladysmith. As a young man he was sent to the Cape to study at the University of Stellenbosch, where he completed his M.A. … in 1948 and a D…

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1924-2004

Peter McKenzie Brown

… in Durban on 24 December 1924 to a wealthy family. While the Peter was seven, his father was killed during a polo … keen polo player, later clandestinely…

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1931-2015

Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena

… a trained nurse before she became involved full time in the liberation struggle.   In the late 1960s and early 1970s Oshadi was the executive director of the…

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