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1814-1893

George Christopher Cato

… of a Huguenot family called Caton who settled in London. His family, silk weaving traders, came to the Cape in 1826 and settled in Grahamstown. When he was…

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1949-2015

Clive Edward Butler Rice

…   Clive Rice was born on 23 July 1949 in Johannesburg. His education started at St. Johns College and from there to … Club in England attracted him from 1975…

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1977

Makhaya Ntini

… 19s. He was also in the under 19 national team and made his debut against England in 1995, where he bowled Alec … 1997 when Roger Telemachus failed a fitness…

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1915-1995

Yusuf Cachalia

… school and went to work as a shop assistant. In 1936 his older brother, Maulvi, arranged for him to travel to … attend any gatherings of more than two people…

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1956

Ben Mclennan

… Edinburgh, Scotland.  Mclennan moved to South Africa with his family in 1958 at the age of two. He received his early schooling in Grahamstown , in the…

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Bisho Jarsa

… of Cape Town. When Neville Alexander used to visit his maternal grandmother Bisho Jarsa as a boy, he never … of South Africa's most eminent educationists. He…

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1932-2016

Mewa Ramgobin

… on 10 November 1932 in Inanda, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His grandparents arrived in Natal as indentured labourers. His father was born in Inanda and from…

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1946-2010

Paul Alberts

… photographers, was born in 1946 in Pretoria .  He spent his youth in Botswana and the Limpopo Province. He … attended the University of Pretoria but did not…

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1945-2025

David Hemson

… David Hemson was born on 18 July 1945 in Durban, Natal. His father was a serviceman and by default Hemson was granted … to the South African Army. (He was…

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1891-1970

Arthur William Blaxall

… he developed "an ever deepening sense of solidarity," in his own words, with the African, Coloured, and Indian … prisoners and their families who were in…

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1904-2002

Ernest Methuen Mancoba

… carving there from Sister Pauline CR. On completion of his course, he remained at the College teaching Zulu until … English at Khaiso Secondary School in…

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1929-1985

Simon Moroke Lekgetho

… school in Middelburg, Mpumalanga. On completion of his training, he moved to Pretoria where he worked as a clerk … for the Provincial Administration. While…

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1962

Ebrahim Rasool

… in  District Six , Cape Town. At the age of nine in 1972 his family was forcibly moved out of District Six when the … declared it a “Whites – only”…

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1961

Dali Tambo

… the son of the late former ANC President Oliver Tambo and his wife Adelaide Tambo , He has two sisters, Nomathemba and Tselane Tambo. When Tambo was a baby,…

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Reverend Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile

… of Adelaide, Eastern Cape. He was raised on a farm by his parents.   Stofile matriculated from Newell High School … of Port Elizabeth (2000). During the…

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1946-2011

John James Issel

… and could play a variety of musical instruments. During his latter school years, Issel’s mother moved to Johannesburg … town was even more blatant than that…

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1865-1923

Chief Dalindyebo

… he was admitted into St. John's, where he remained until his recalled him to study the aspirations, habits and customs of his people. In 1884 when Dalindyebo…

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1940-1984

Gabriel Kee Kuboni

… which is currently called the Bantuvukani Primary School.  His parents were teachers; his daughter, Jabu, recalls that her grandfather, Julius, … in art and…

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1939-2022

Francis Wilson

… born in May 1939 in Livingstone, Zambia. During this time his father was the director of the newly created Rhodes … pressure, in 1941 Godfrey Wilson was…

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2013

Ronald (Ronnie) Britten

… Luckoff High School in Stellenbosch, not too distant from his home town, Paarl, where he taught for the rest of his stay in South Africa. He was a diligent…

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1896-1948

Abdulla Ismail Kajee

… the Indian community. Kajee was in some ways ruthless in his business dealings, as well as in politics. After the … this period, he conducted the work of the…

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1928-2016

Clarence Mlami Makwetu

… the second of five children of Minah and Gqongo Makwetu. His parents were peasant farmers who were related to the … he attended a local school in Queenstown,…

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1956

Trevor Andrew Manuel

… Manuel was born 31 January,1956 in Kensington, Cape Town. His father, Abraham Manuel, worked for the Cape Town City … civil engineering technician, but…

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1857-1919

William Philip Schreiner

… at the South African College, Cape Town and furthered his studies at Downing College, Cambridge. After completing his tertiary studies he practiced as a…

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Dr Gomolemo Mokae

… Modisagarekwe Michael and Lotlamoreng Elizabeth Mokae. His parents migrant missionary life took him across Limpopo … he took the MB ChB degree. Dr Mokae…

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1936-1973

Benni Gwigwi Mrwebi

… had a big showman personality as he was loved by many of his peers and followers. He became the first black South … the rights of musicians and their…

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1892

Herbert Henry Curson

… on 22 September 1892 in Upper Umzimkulu, KwaZulu Natal. His schooling was completed at Michaelhouse in Balgowan, KwaZulu Natal and he received his…

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1936

Bhekisisa Harold Nxasana

… was born on 26 September 1936 at Ixopo in southern Natal. His father, a teacher who later worked as a mine clerk, was … Congress (ANC). He served one year in…

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1841-1926

John Xavier Merriman

… in Somerset in England on March 15 1841. He moved with his family to the Cape Colony in South Africa in 1849, where his father became Bishop of Grahamstown…

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1940

James Edward April

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

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