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1964

R. Daniel

… Associated with the trade union movement from the early 1930s, he was known as a Trotskyist in his political leanings. In the 1940s he was associated with…

B-0008276

1892-1977

Moses Kottler

… was born in Joniskis, Lithuania. Sources differ as to the date of his birth – some give it as 1892, others as 1896. … Palestine. Therefore, he studied…

B-0008275

1964

Menzi Mcunu

… School. In 1985 he received informal training in art at the Community Arts Workshop, Durban. In 1987 he was awarded a bursary by the Daily News to study art…

B-0008531

1874-1965

Sir Winston Spencer Churchill

… in 1874. He came to South Africa as a correspondent to the Morning Post during the South African War of 1889-1902, and was taken prisoner in Natal when the…

B-0007943

1950

Christian Malcolm

… He was born in Durban. He studied at the Natal Technical College, Durban, the Croydon College of Design, Surrey, England, and at the UN(P) where he lectured…

B-0007941

Charlene Smith

… rape survivor, journalist/writer who became well-known, at the age of 17 when she reported on the 1976 Soweto uprising  the dead bodies and the intense…

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Unknown

Bransby Ndobe

… and also to radicalise Coloured farm workers. A member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union in its heyday and also of the  Communist Party of…

B-0068234

2012

Andries Ntsenyeho

… Andries Ntsenyeho (42) was from Sasolburg in the Free State. He had worked for Lonmin for a year and was one of the leaders of the strike. On 16 August 2012…

B-0121596

2012

Semi Jokanisi

… Semi Jokanisi (29) was from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. On 13 August 2012 Semi was killed after being shot twice by the police, once in the abdomen and…

B-0121598

2012

Patrick Akhona Jijase

… Patrick Akhona Jijase (26) was from Ntabankulu in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in July 2012, one month before the massacre. On 16 August…

B-0121637

1943-2002

Duke Ketye

… a bursary for a correspondence study course through the Famous Art School in Connecticut, USA. Between 1965 and … renovated some unused buildings at…

B-0008245

1922

Michael Hathorn

… He then volunteered for service for three years in the SA Air Force during WW2.  In 1943 he married Margaret Cormack, a medical Student at Wits, and after…

B-0122028

1927

C. M Kobus

… C. M Kobus was the African attorney and founding member of the  Non-European Unity Movement  (NEUM). Holder of a B.A. degree, he taught for some years in the…

B-0008268

1949

Leonard Tshela Mohapi Matsoso

… 1962 to 1970, while still at school, Matsoso studied at the Jubilee Art Centre under Cecil Skotnes, Sydney Kumalo, Bill Hart and Ezrom Legae. In 1972 he…

B-0008497

2012

Telang Mohai

… Telang was killed at scene 2 after he was shot twice in the back. One of the bullets travelled downwards, which means he was either shot from above or while…

B-0121629

1947

Clifford Bestall

… He taught art at the Natal Technical College during the 1970s. He exhibited on major group exhibitions of the period and was invited to hold a solo…

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1819-1901

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

… was born in September 17, 1819, near Graaff-Reinet in the then Cape Colony. He was a boer statesman, soldier, eldest son of the Great Trek leader Andries…

B-0008916

Frank A. Pendla

… Frank A. Pendla was the president of the Cape African Congress in the early 1940s until suspended by  A. B. Xuma  in September … a clerk, and a restaurant…

B-0068307

1932-2008

Jeremiah Baden Leeuw

… Baden Leeuw was born in 1932. Originally a member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL), Leeuw was one of the group of Africanists that broke…

B-0008308

1966

Bellington Mampe

… in September 1963 after being detained for 140 days at the Worcester police station.The Act he was detained under and the cause of death were undisclosed…

B-0074813

2012

John Kutlwano Legingoane

… for 5 years. On 16 August 2012 John was shot twice in the neck and head. The bullets were fired from an R4 or R5 rifle and immediately … across a photograph…

B-0121597

1981

Isaac Mofokeng

… Isaac Mofokeng was born in Rustenburg in 1981. He attended the Mokutuli and Seipone primary schools in Sebokeng and Orange Farm respectively. Later he…

B-0008596

1949-2009

Henry Eric Isaacs

… school and worked as a cleck and lab assisted,then enteres the University of the Western Cape (UWC) as a law student.In May 1972 he led campus protests…

B-0080351

1966

Andrew Tshabangu

… has studied at a number of institutions, amongst them at the Institute of Advancement for Journalism in 1998 and at the Alexandra Community art centre in…

B-0009163

1908

Edgar Arthur Deane

… Deane was born in 1908. He became national secretary of the Coloured Furniture Workers' Union and a politician, serving for a period on the Cape Town City…

B-0007980

1952

Kagiso Patrick Mautloa

… Soweto. While still at high school, Mautloa studied art at the Jubilee Art Centre in 1969 and 1970 and at Mofolo Park … two years beginning in 1978. In 1980…

B-0008501

1904-2002

Ernest Methuen Mancoba

… 1904. From 1920 to 1924 Mancoba trained as a teacher at the Diocesan Training College, Grace Dieu near Pietersburg … Pauline CR. On completion of his course,…

B-0008428

1860-1921

Ellias John Mqoboli

… E. J. Mqoboli was born around 1860 in the Cape and educated at Healdtown, Mqoboli trained first as … as a speaker and writer, he played a prominent part in…

B-0008689

Barney William Ngakane

… where he served as chairman of a Liberal Party branch in the early 1960s. In December 1960 he acted as chairman at the consultative conference of African…

B-0068236

1928-1994

Maritz Barrymore

… KwaZulu-Natal). He trained as a painter from 1950-1953 at the University of Rhodes, Eastern Cape, where he obtained a … In 1954 he gained a Higher Diploma in…

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