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1857-1919

William Philip Schreiner

… William Philip Schreiner, Prime Minister of the Cape Colony, anti-British imperialist, and a proponent for the integration of all ‘civilised men' including …

B-0068394

1983

Nyiko Floyd Shivambu

… High School in Malamulele. In 2001, he went to study at the University of Witwatersrand, in Johannesburg , where he … Master’s degree with distinction in…

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1932-2012

Sister Bernard Ncube

… she received a diploma in Theology and in 1955 she entered the Companions Catholic Order, thereafter teaching until 1960. During the 1970s and the 1980s,…

B-0008753

1959

Andrew Michael Boraine

… was born in Pietermaritzburg on 18 February 1959.He is the eldest of four children of Alex and Jenny Boraine.His father was the President of the Methodist…

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1900-1963

Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe

… Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe was born in 1900 in the Tsomo district of the Transkei. He began his education at the mission of his father, John Knox Bokwe , in…

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1958-2004

Khotso Seatlholo

… He was a student at Naledi High School in Soweto when the 1976 Student riots ensued. Seatlholo, together with Tsietsi Mashinini , was part of the Soweto…

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1922-1976

Jerry Dibanhlele Khumalo

… and cutter. He served prison sentences as a volunteer in the 1952 Defiance Campaign in Germiston and Wolmaransstad. He was active in the African National…

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1953

Vukile Ntuli

… Ntuli was born in the uBombo district, northern Zululand. He received his primary school education at the Ndaleni Practising School, Richmond, at the Ndaleni…

B-0008830

1911

Sam Kahn

… Born in 1911 in Cape Town, he earned an LL.B degree from the University of Cape Town in 1932. He was a lawyer, a leader in the Communist Party of South…

B-0008225

1880

Henry Daniel Tyamzashe

… Henry Daniel Tyamzashe was born in Kimberley in 1880, the son of a prominent Xhosa minister in the United Free Church of Scotland. He completed secondary ……

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Trineke Weijdema

… Weijdema, together with Sietse Bosgra and others, formed the Angola Comite (AC) in the Netherlands to support the freedom struggle in Angola . The whole of…

B-0009219

1940

Gille De Vlieg

… Plymouth , England in 1940 during a Nazi bombing raid on the city. After losing their home in a later bombing raid, … South Africa in February 1944. Her…

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1921-1980

President Seretse Khama

… His grandfather was Kgosi (King) Khama III, known as Khama the Good, the ruler of the Bangwato people. Under his rule and with his approval, … Seretse Khama…

B-0008250

1903-1988

Alan Stewart Paton

… Africa in 1895 and his mother, Eunice Warder James, was the daughter of English immigrants. Neither of Paton’s … Scott, Charles Dickens and Rupert Brooke, as…

B-0067897

1978

Sibusiso Robert Duma

… is a young artist who is presently making his mark within the Durban art scene. His talent was noticed and nourished by the late Trevor Makhoba (qv.) through…

B-0008025

1935-2013

Sipo Elijah Mzimela

… Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) to Allison and Maria Mzimela. The entire family was raised as Anglicans and as a child, he wanted to become a priest. He obtained a…

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Michael Mike Matsobane

… The Matsobane brothers, Mike and Dan, aided the revival of the PAC in Krugersdorp. Their efforts fell under the …

B-0078242

1957

Michael Madimetja Teffo

… Michael Madimetja Teffo was born in 1957 in the Pretoria township of Lady Selborne . The Township of Lady Selborne was destroyed shortly after his ……

B-0099581

1919-2008

Noni Jabavu

… Helen Nontando (Noni) Jabavu was born in 1919 in the Eastern Cape into a literary family. From the age of thirteen, she was schooled in England, and … to…

B-0008191

1970

Leleti Khumalo

… Khumalo was born on 30 March 1970 in Kwa Mashu Township , the North of Durban . Growing up a poverty-ridden township, … when she appeared in Sarafina , a…

B-0067755

1955

Dumisani Abraham Mabaso

… in Soweto. He received his initial basic art training at the YWCA (Young Women’s Christian Association) in Dube in Soweto. In 1970 to 1974 he studied art…

B-0008351

1949

Michael Nkolo Maapola

… Province). He showed an interest in art as a child, and by the age of 17 he was working as an artist, predominately in … watercolour. In 1970, he brought…

B-0099432

1964

Marthinus Hattingh

… Born on the 3rd of August 1964 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape. Marthinus … He completed his studies at Port Elizabeth Technikon at the end of 1995. While…

B-0008147

1952

Aleta Michaletos

… in Pretoria in 1952. She earned her BFA in painting from the University of Pretoria in 1974. Since 1971 she has actively served on the boards of several…

B-0008560

1897-1976

Helen Elizabeth Martins

… Helen Elizabeth Martins was born on 23 December 1897 in the Karoo village of Nieu Bethesda in the Eastern Cape. She was the youngest of six children and…

B-0008456

1929-2011

Margaret Nash

… (now kwaZulu-Natal ), where Nash later matriculated.  At the young age of 16 she enrolled at Rhodes University for a … would later, in 1975, also obtained a…

B-0067757

1949

Norman Catherine

… East London, South Africa in September 1949. He studied at the East London Technical School of Art and held his first … on wood, bone, wire and an assortment…

B-0007927

1954

Jayaseelen Naidoo

… Naidoo was born on 20 December 1954 in Durban. He was the eighth child of Bakkium and Valatham Nadioo, a court … his family was evicted from their home in…

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