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1941

Sue Williamson

… immigrated to South Africa in 1948. Williamson studied at the Art Students' League in New York from 1963-65. In 1983 she was awarded an Advanced Diploma in…

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1943

Moebien Wadee

… Wadee was born in Sophiatown in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family moved to Kliptown. He studied … a period of about two years.  Wadee moved to…

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1934-2011

Abdool Kader Hassim

… in India. He began schooling around 1941/1942 in Dundee at the Dundee Indian High School until the beginning of 1951 when he and his elder brother went to ……

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1935-2009

Cassim Saloojee

… it was difficult for Indians to rent property or land in the Transvaal, were prohibited from purchasing land. Later … remained poor. Saloojee began his…

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1916-1987

Margaret Mary Smith

… on 26 September 1916 in Indwe, a small village in the former Transkei . [i] Her father, Chisholm MacDonald, who … Her mother, Helen Evelyn Zondagh, was a…

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1906-1980

Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi

… was born in Engcobo, Transkei on 28 February 1906, the second child of Valelo James Butshingi and Angeline … school situated between Engcobo and Idutywa. He…

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1939-1997

Enos Mabuza

… Enos Mabuza was born on 6 June 1939 at the Sheba Gold Mine. He attended the Sheba Mine School until Std 4 and moved to Barberton Community School until Std 6…

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1960

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

… in 1978 for a Lower Secondary Teachers’ Diploma at the University of the Western Cape (UWC). As she had grown up under the guidance of her grandmother, who…

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1922-1993

Rahima Moosa

… Rahima Moosa was born in the Strand , Cape Town on 14 October 1922. She attended … became politically active after they became aware of the unjust…

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1920-2005

Raymond Mhlaba

… Mhlaba was born in Mazoka village at Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape.He was one of eight children of a policeman. … he started to be involved in political…

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Chief Maqoma

… "Without question Maqoma was the most renowned Xhosa chief in South Africa's 19th-century frontier wars. Born in 1798, he was the Right Hand Son of Ngqika,…

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1803-1894

Rev. Aldin Grout

… was born on 2 September 1803 in Pelham, Massachusetts in the United States. In 1830 Grout graduated from Amherst College and continued to study in theology…

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1933-1965

Ingrid Jonker

… Ingrid Jonker was born on 19 September 1933 on a farm in the rural area of Douglas, near Kimberley in the Northern Cape . After her parents’ divorce, Jonker …

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1892-1956

Manilal Gandhi

… Gandhi was born  on 28 October 1892 in Rajkot, India, the second son of Kasturba and  Mohandas Gandhi . He had … training centres and Manilal was regarded as…

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1931-2018

Samir Amin

… capitalism, colonialism and (under)development was one of the most important contributions to the discussion over the Third Worlds place in the World economy…

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1810-1872

Charles Du Val

… long-time associate, Arthur Fry, arrived in Cape Town at the end of 1879. They toured South Africa until 1881, when they were interrupted by the siege of…

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Dan Tloome

… Born in the Orange Free State, Tloome became involved in trade union work in the 1930s and joined the Communist Party. In 1941 he was chosen vice-president…

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1897-1979

Edgar Harry Brookes

… with his family in 1901.In 1920 he was hired to teach at the University of Pretoria while working towards a doctorral … white academic and prominent…

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1903-1973

Chief Rabbi Israel Abrahams

… was born on 12 March 1903 in Vilna, Lithuania. He was the son of Zecharya Alter Abramowich and Rachel Leah Sherman. … with his parents to England where he…

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1814-1893

George Christopher Cato

… Christopher Cato was born in 25 February 1814, London. The eldest son of a Huguenot family called Caton who settled … in London. His family, silk weaving…

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1889-1981

Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize

… After his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first students to attend the Inanda Seminary and thereafter went to Ohlange Institute. … also…

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1904-1983

Alex Hepple

… Alex Hepple was born in the Johannesburg suburb of La Rochelle on 28 August 1904. His … an immigrant from Sunderland, was a shop steward of the Amalgamated…

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1905

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld

… 29th July, 1905 in Jönköping City, Southern Sweden. He was the youngest of the four sons of Agnes Hammarskjöld and Hjalmar Hammarskjöld. The latter was the…

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1918-1973

Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus

… in Zeerust, he showed leadership qualities by captaining the school rugby team. During the Great Depression of the 1930's he was forced to leave school and…

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1954

Bulelani Thandabantu Ngcuka

… in Middledrift, Eastern Cape. His early schooling was in the former Bantustan of Transkei. He later married Phumzile Ngcuka. Phumzile Ngcuka became the…

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1920-2010

Robert Hodgins

… "For me, it is very simple. The act of painting at a particular moment is able, for … understands, nor even try to understand, to open up the whole world of…

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1943

Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi

… 5th March in 1943. She developed a life-long love for the designs of traditional arts and craft as a young girl, … soon realized that she needed to receive…

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Vusi Mahlasela

… their home. He grew up listening to people singing at the shebeen which fuelled his love for music. Mahlasela made … Mahlasela describes a childhood very…

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1941-2007

Hilary Mutch

… family. Her father, a South African worked as a doctor at the time. Later in 1943 the family moved back to South Africa. Claire went to … Roedean school…

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1950-2015

Virginia Engel

… exploitation as a child influenced her to take part in the struggle. Primary and High School teachers also instilled a desire to resist and fight the inhuman…

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