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1936

Bhekisisa Harold Nxasana

Harold Bhekisisa Nxasana was born on 26 September 1936 at Ixopo in southern Natal. His father, a teacher who later worked as a mine clerk, was killed in the…

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1966-1986

Andrew Sibusiso Zondo

Andrew Sibusiso Zondo grew up in KwaMashu, Durban, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). He attended Ngazane Lower Primary School and went on to Phakama Higher Primary…

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1933

Adams Farid Ahmed

Born in 30 November  1933, in India he came to South Africa with his family in June 1935. Adams joined South African Indian Congress (SAIC) and the South…

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1913-1969

C. J. Mayekiso

Born in 1913 in Idutywa in the Transkei, Mayekiso was a textile worker and later became president of the African Textile Workers' Union. He was a trade…

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1908-1982

Ellen Phyllis Hellman

Ellen Hellmann was born in Johannesburg, South Africa on August 25, 1908. She was the daughter of Bernard Kaumheimer, who emigrated to South Africa from…

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1900-1972

Vernon Celliers Berrange

Advocate Vernon Celliers Berrangé was born on 25 November 1900 in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). His lived and worked all his life in Johannesburg, having been…

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1922-2004

Evelyn Ntoko Mase

Little is available in the public to construct a thorough biography of Evelyn Ntoko Mase before and after her relationship with Nelson Mandela. She may have…

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1917-1998

Winnie Motlalepule Kgware

Winnie  Motlalepule Kgware was born in Thaba Nchu in the Free State on the 27th of October in 1917.  A teacher by profession, and resident at the University of…

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1906-1968

Archibald Campbell Jordan

Archibald Campbell Mzolisa Jordan, the son of an Anglican minister, was born on 30 October 1906 at the Mbokothwana Mission Station in the Tsolo District of…

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1882-1955

Mary Eveline Fincken

Mary Eveline Fincken was born on 27 April 1882 in Hoyland, Yorkshire, England. She was the eldest daughter of Christopher William Fincken and his wife. She was…

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1930-1978

Sewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum

“Papwa” Sewsunker Sewgolum was born in 1930, into a family of poor sugarcane labourers in Natal. He started working at an early age, and as a young boy,…

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1939

Jonty Driver

Jonty (C.J) Driver was born in Cape Townin 1939 and grew up with his mother and younger brother in Kroonstad. His father spent time fighting in North Africa…

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1960

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

Geraldine Fraser was born in 1960 in Lansdowne, Cape Town. She received her primary education in Wynberg and matriculated at Livingstone High School in…

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Nimrod Boyce Tantsi

Nimrod Boyce Tantsi was born in Johannesburg in 1895, the grandson of one of the founders of the AME in South Africa. His family moved a number of times during…

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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 succeeded his father, Ndvungunye, as king of…

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1942

Jeanie Noel

Jeanie Noel was born in Durban as one of twelve children, however her family was fortunate enough to own property, something that was not common in coloured…

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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 Ugie…

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1951

Patricia Horn

Pat Horn initially got exposed to politics in the early 1970s through her involvement with adult literacy projects during her days as a university student. In…

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1916-1984

Ernest Sedumedi Moloto

Ernest Sedumedi Moloto was the son of peasant farmers. He received his primary education at Moruleng and Mabieskraal, both in the Rustenburg district. In 1931…

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1859-1921

John Tengo Jabavu

John Tengo Jabavu was born on 11 January  in 1859 near the Methodist mission school at Healdtown district. His parents, though poor, were anxious to give him…

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1964-2004

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie was born on 3rd of November 1964 in Langa, a township near Cape Town. She was named after the American country singer Brenda Lee. The…

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1928-2011

Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi

Henry Gordon "Squire" Makgothi was born on 25 December 1928 to Walter Mokowa, a school teacher and Martha Makgothi, a domestic worker,died when he was five. He…

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1927

Sydney Brenner

Sydney Brenner was born in Germiston, close to Johannesburg, to Jewish parents on 13 January 1927. His father was a shoe repairman who had moved to South…

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John Gomas

John Gomas was born in Cape Town. He was a tailor by profession and a member of the Garment Workers' Union. He served as secretary of the Cape Town branch of…

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1936-2008

Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo

Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo was born in Soweto, Johannesburg. He attended school at Saint Angsgurs Primary School in 1946 and matriculated in 1954 from the…

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1923-1987

Massabalala (Bonnie) Yengwa

Massabalala Yengwa, was the son of the Zulu labourer who had been jailed during the African National Congress (ANC) anti-pass campaign of 1919. Yengwa was born…

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1932

Nkosinathi Benson Fihla

Nkosinathi Benson Fihla was born on 13th June of 1932 in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape). Fihla grew up in PE from 1945, after his parents…

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1909-1997

Frances Baard

Frances “MaBaard” Baard was born 1st of October in 1909 in Kimberley, Northern Cape. She was the fifth of seven children of a Bechuuanaland-born mine worker…

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1947

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke

Dikgang Moseneke was born in Pretoria on 20 December 1947. He is the eldest of the four children of Karabo Mabel and a school headmaster Samuel John Sedise…

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1895-1960

Sorabjee Rustomjee

Sorabji Rustomjee, son of Parsee Rustomjee, was born in Durban on 25 December 1895. He went to India to study and soon after returning to South Africa, crossed…

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