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1928

John Hlatywayo

… Centre and later under George Boys who introduced him to the techniques of batik and mono printing. Around 1970 … Hlatywayo travelled to Rhodesia and was…

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1960

Dumisani Andrew Phillip Phungula

… he obtained an Advanced Diploma in Adult Education from the UN and in 1996 participated in an Advanced Business Development Programme through the Business…

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1952-2003

Fikile Magadledla

… Fikile Magadledla, South African artist and co-founder of the Soweto Art Association, was born in Newclare, … of resistance to a society built on apartheid,…

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Ronald Madondo

… A member of the African National Congress (ANC). Missing as reported in the Motsuenyane Commission. …

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1932

Sydney Shall

… Sydney Shall was born 1932. Volunteer in the  Defiance Campaign . Active in student affairs at University of the Witwatersrand … Volunteer in the Defiance…

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1916

Bennett Seitshiro

… Born 1916. Factory worker. Active in the ANC since 1937; helped the 1946 African miners' strike; and a key Congress figure in …

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1924

D Fuyani

… Born in 1924 Fuyani was a factory worker. He was the rural organiser of the  African National Congress , and prominent in New … Member of the African…

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Leon Madakeni

… Leon Madakeni, star of the South African film Wanaka, a member of the African National Congress  (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe …

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1928

Leslie Sonny Thuso Monnanyane

… Monnanyane was born in 1928. He was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) during the Defiance Campaign and became a prominent Orange Free…

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1925

Obed Tseko Motshabi

… Born in 1925, Motshabi worked as a clerk. He took part in the 1944 Alexandra Township bus boycott movement and the shantytown movement after World War II. …

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1902-1976

J.J.R Jolobe

… of poems, Umyezo (1936). He also played a major role in the compilation and translation of the English-Xhosa-Afrikaans dictionary. …

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1952

Membathisi Mphumzi Shepherd Mdladlana

… May 1952 Shepherd Mdladlana was born in  Keiskammahoek  in the Eastern Cape. He has been South African Minister of Labour since 1998 and is a member of the…

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Patricia Jobodwana

… Jobodwana was the first and youngest Black woman to graduate from a South … university. She enrolled at Fort Hare University at the age of 14 for a BSc in…

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1901-1980

Louise Latsky

… Latsky was an author and zoologist. She studied at the University of Stellenbosch, and was the first woman to be awarded a doctorate at this university. …

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1958-2009

Frans “Ting Ting” Masango

… had a good academic record which was interrupted by the  1976 student uprising .  He played an active role in the uprising. … MK soldier, one of the accused…

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1960-1982

Siphiwo Maxwell “Congress” Mthimkhulu

… son of Sipho and Joyce Nobantu Mthimkhulu was born on the 23 March 1960. He grew up in Njoli Street, Zwide Township … Elizabeth. His political activism began…

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1969

Michael Shivute

… was detained on 16th June 1969 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act and was held at the Ondagwa police cells in South West Africa where he …

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1986

Clarence Lucky Payi

… Pretoria Central Prison. In 1984, Payi and Xulu, acted on the orders of a rogue MK commander, assassinated ANC underground operative Ben Langa (the brother…

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1942-1999

Lucky Sibiya

… early art career consisted of carving decorative motifs on the surfaces of gourds for lampshade bases. He was given … by Cecil Skotnes and Bill Ainslie. In…

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1952

Willis Nxumalo

… in numerous group exhibitions.  He won an award in 1972 at the Bulawayo Art Exhibition, Zimbabwe, and currently works … art in Empangeni.  Nxumalo's work is…

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1964-1985

Vincent Tshabalala

… Tshabalala became politically influenced at a young age by the Bethal Trial in 1977 where a number of Pan Africanist … he went to Minerva High School in…

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1948

Dr Irvin Khoza

… Dr Irvin Khoza, known as the “Iron Duke”, was born on 27 January 1948 in Alexandra Township. He began his education at the Roma Mission School in Alexandra…

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1948

Jeanne Zaidel-Rudolph

… a student, she displayed an extraordinary gift for playing the piano. Under the guidance of her teachers (including Goldie Zaidel, Philip … “Presidency…

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Max Coleman

… Max Coleman was the Human Rights Commissioner,a businessman .He was married … Coleman, they had four sons, and became active members of the Detainees Parents…

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1928-1978

Regina Buthelezi

… She trained at the Evangelical Lutheran Church Art and Craft Centre (ELC), … known about her.  She exhibited on exhibitions arranged by the ELC Art and Craft…

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