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1925

Gertrude Shope

… and Soweto . When she was 29 years old she decided to join the  African National Congress (ANC) , and soon afterwards left teaching as part of the campaign…

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1926

Leonora van den Heever

… . She went on to complete her MA in English at the University of Pretoria , and started to work at the normaalkollege in Bloemfontein. She then became a…

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1910-1987

Mattheus Uys Krige

… Mattheus Uys Krige and his contribution to the Second World War  Mattheus Uys Krige (1910-1987) can certainly be counted among the most dynamic literary…

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1932-2008

Miriam Makeba

… to sing at church, and performed her first solo during the 1947 Royal Visit. Miriam began her working life helping her mother clean houses. In the 1950s, she…

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1907-1987

Richard Gert Sibande

… Richard  Gert Sibande was a leader among farm workers in the eastern Transvaal. He was an  African National Congress  (ANC) activist, and one of the first…

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1941-1995

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

… attention by leading a nonviolent campaign against the multinational petroleum industry. That industry … dumped petroleum waste in Saro-Wiwa’s home region,…

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Abner S. Mtimkulu

… was born in Natal, Mtimkulu was ordained a minister in the Wesleyan Methodist Church but left it later to join the independent Bantu Methodist Church, of…

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1956

Paul Weinberg

… father was a lawyer and his mother a music teacher. He was the youngest of three children. He completed his schooling in Pietermaritzburg at the Prestbury…

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1954-2019

Paul Grendon

… and artist that used his art as a medium to shed light on the political struggles of the time. His work will go on to leave a deep and … but on South…

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1928-2013

Phyllis Naidoo

… Naidoo was born in Estcourt, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ) on the 5 January 1928. She was the daughter of Simon David, a teacher and principal. His … As a…

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1851-1931

Rev. Mangena Maake Mokone

… 1863, his father, a junior chief of Bogaga, was killed in the Swazi – Pedi war. In 1870 he went to work in … missionary education. Four years after arriving…

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1860-1926

Emily Hobhouse

… In 1899 Emily Hobhouse was appointed secretary of the South African Conciliation Committee, which was a group that opposed the British government policy…

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1908-1982

Monica Hunter Wilson

… Scots Presbyterian missionaries, emigrated to Lovedale at the end of the 19th century; Monica was born there on January 3, 1908. … Cambridge, and graduated…

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1949

Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma

… College until 1967 and began her tertiary studies 1971 at the University of Zululand . She obtained a Bachelor's Degree in Science (BSc) and left the country…

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1950

Biddy Partridge

… Partridge first began work as a freelance photographer for the South African Council for Higher Education (SACHED). From 1978-1982, she was the editor and a…

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1884-1953

John David Rheinallt Jones

… Rheinallt Jones was born in 1884 in Carnarvonshire, Wales, the son of a minister, and immigrated to South Africa in … social service. Working with C. T…

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1795-1836

King Sobhuza I

… Sobhuza I was the first king of the Swazi people as we know the group today. He was born in Swaziland in 1795 and … First king of the Swazi  …

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1907-1995

Professor Harold Jack Simons

… Jack Simons was born on 1 February 1907 in Riversdale in the Cape. He was educated in South Africa and for a few years was attached to a law firm and was…

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Piet Retief

… Piet Retief was born on 12 November 1780 in the Wagenmakersvallei, (known as Wellington today), Cape Province. He was the fifth of 10 children of Jacobus, a…

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1926-1982

Poomoney Moodley

… in Natal. In 1930, when Poomoney was two years old, the family moved to Clairwood. Her father was a policeman and her mother supplemented the family income…

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1852-1927

Elizabeth Maria Molteno

… was born into a privileged and protected environment as the oldest child of the Cape Colony’s first Prime Minister, John Molteno. With … became a leftist…

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1955-2017

Peter McKenzie

… 1955, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the youngest child of Duggie and Hilda McKenzie. He attended … whom he married and they had a son, David…

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1928-2016

Clarence Mlami Makwetu

… Mlami Makwetu was born on 6th December 1928 in Hoyita, in the Cofimvaba district, Transkei. He was the second of five children of Minah and Gqongo Makwetu…

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1903-1957

Dr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo

… Primary Teachers’ Certificate at Bensonvale Institution in the Eastern Cape. Staying in the region, at the renowned Lovedale Institute near Alice, he…

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1917-2009

Helen Suzman

… Helen Suzman (nee Govronsky) was born in the South African mining town of Germiston on 7 November 1917 … from Eastern Europe who had come to South Africa to…

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1942

Feziwe Bookholane

… in Port Elizabeth , Eastern Cape in October 1942. She was the first born of seven children. After completing her matric … where she served as a nun. During…

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1928-2011

Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi

… 1947.  He then went on to Fort Hare College in the Eastern Cape, where he graduated with a Bachelor of Arts … 1951.He later briefly studied law. In 1944, he…

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1925-2020

Andrew Mokete Mlangeni

… Andrew Mokete Mlangeni was born on 6 June 1925 on a farm in the Bethlehem, Orange Free State (now Free State Province) … in Soweto, Johannesburg, Transvaal …

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1933

Motsoko Pheko

… 13 November 1933 to a wealthy rural family in Lesotho. In the late 1930s, after the sudden death of their parents, Pheko and his brother came … aunt, E.M…

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1967-2005

Buyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi

… He completed a full-time diploma course in Fine Art at the Community Arts Project in Cape Town in 1986, and also studied as a non-degree student at the…

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