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1909

Frank Modiba

… in 1909 Modiba was a cabinetmaker. While a youngster in the Tzaneen district, he refused to tend the sheep of a European cattle farmer and received eight ……

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1954

Bheki Myeni

… science textbooks. In 1985 Myeni travelled to Chile for the opening of the Valparaiso Biennale. He lives in the Empangeni area and is a full-time artist. His…

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2012

Jackson Lehupa

… Jackson Lehupa (48) was from Mount Fletcher in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2007. On … shoulder, buttock, groin, thighs, calves and…

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Stephen Mini

… He was an early leader of the  African National Congress  (ANC), serving at times as head of the House of Chiefs. He was also among the first leaders of the…

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Alan Wieder

… has been working since 1999 with South Africans who fought the apartheid regime. Besides numerous academic articles, … and Comrade, and most recently Ruth…

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1928

Christina Jasson

… Born in 1928 Jasson worked as a clerk. She was active in the Port Elizabeth trade union movement, organising food and … leading several strikes. Her daughter…

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1956

Garth Erasmus

… on his art independently until 1978, when he entered the Diploma Art Programme at Rhodes University, Grahamstown. In 1980, when he completed the course, he…

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1967

Hein du Plessis

… Born on the 13th February 1967, Hein matriculated at Sentraal High … He studied for a National Diploma in Photography at the Vaal Triangle Technikon,…

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02-October1937

Rev. Mzwandile Maqina

… October 1937,New Brighton .He grew up in Port Elizabeth ,the son of two teachers,attended Lovedale,taught briefly,and began studies foir the Anglican…

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1928-2018

Archibald Mncedisi Sebeko

… born on  3 March 1928 in Kwezana Village, near Alice in the Eastern Cape. Sibeko attended Lovedale in the 1940s. After obtaining a diploma in Agriculture, he…

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1955

Matsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono

… Orlando East in Soweto, Johannesburg on 17 July 1955. At the age of 8, his father Eric “Scara” Bamuza Sono, a midfielder for  Orlando Pirates  in the 1960s,…

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1967

Theophilus Doctorson Khumalo

… father Eliakim “Pro” Khumalo, was a renowned footballer in the 1970s and 1980s. When Khumalo began his soccer career, he … with Swallows Reserves in 1984. He…

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1951

Sabata Manaka

…  He lived in Phiri, Soweto, Johannesburg. Manaka left the country in 1978. His brother,  Ezekiel Mosioa Manaka tracked him to  the Dukwe camp,  in Botswana,…

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1942

Ben Wa Mokoena Arnold

… Recreation Centre. From 1980 to 1982 and from 1985 to the present, he has taught sculpture at local art schools and has studio at the Bag Factory. He…

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1890-1841

Ruth Elizabeth Arndt

… Africa in 1982. In South Africa, Arndt set about informing the government on the importance of pre-school education. She served as … chairperson, president…

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1947

Phillmon Velangetshe Sangweni

… many years for a carpet company in Durban, but left during the workers’ strikes of 1976. Sangweni no lives in the Empangeni district where he works as a…

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1844-1934

Francis William Reitz

… in 1844. He became an advocate and from 1874 was the President of the Orange Free State Appeal Court. He became President of the Orange Free State in 1889. …

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Joseph Nkatlo

… Joseph Nkatlo was vice-chairman of the Liberal Party in the Cape, he was a delegate to the December 1960 consultative conference of African leaders … Joseph…

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John Moshoeu

… Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Shoes or the ‘dribbling wizard’ as he was popularly known for his skills in the field of play, began his soccer…

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1881-1963

Frank Wiles

… was born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles . Prior to his arrival in SA in 1902, he…

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1922-2004

Sheila Cussons

… Sheila Cussons was born at the Moravian Missionary Station near Piketberg , Western Cape … , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) and studied fine art at the University…

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1964-2007

Lucky Philip Dube

… Lucky Dube was born on a small farm near Ermelo in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). His mother, Sarah, … attempts so fortunate that she named him …

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Dr. Pholile Mpofu

… Dr. Mpofu noticed that the field of dermatology tended to be neglected by black … She became interested in dermatology while working at the Chris-Hani…

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1958

Victor Shange

… in 1958. Victor showed keen interest in art at the tender age of 6 and his talent developed as he grew until … artist. His work depicts landscapes of KwaZulu…

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2012

Babalo Mtshazi

… Babalo Mtshazi (26) was from Lebode in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2006. On 16 August 2012 Babalo was killed at scene 1. He was in the…

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1948

Justice Zac Yacoob

… Yacoob attended Durban's Arthur Blaxall School for the Blind from 1956 to 1966. From 1967 to 1969 he studied for a BA and from 1970 to 1972, completed an LLB…

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1952

Andries Johannes Botha

… born in Durban. He is a major SA sculptor who studied at the UN(P) obtaining a BA (FA). He has served on a number of … committees and in 1983 was…

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1945

Bhekisani Manyoni

… a further two years. He then taught art at a school for the physically disabled in Newcastle, Natal. In 1973 he … centre in Mbabane, Swaziland. He was also…

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1948-2014

Jan Willem Jordaan

… is a painter, sculptor and graphic artist. He studied at the University of Pretoria, obtaining a BA (FA). He taught … University then from 1975 he has taught…

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