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1959-2016

Junaid Ahmed

… produced and directed numerous documentaries. Through his company Fineline Productions, he has produced and … manager on the feature, Gandhi, My Father , in…

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1927-2005

Rev. Helenard Joe (Allan) Hendrickse

… from Livingstone High School in Cape Town where many of his teachers belonged to the Non-European Unity … Church,then acted as an assistant minister in his…

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1962

Derrick Vusimusi Nxumalo

… 1985 where he received encouragement from  Jo Thorpe  for his felttip pen drawings on paper. In mid-1986 he started a … a miner on Vaal Reef Gold Mines. In…

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1935

Solomon Kerzner

… a revolution. At its core is a man who has finally found his niche, the loophole that will allow him to realise his vision of an Oz, a Xanadu, a place of…

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1960

David Dabede Mabuza

… from Mngwenya College of Education in 1985. He furthered his studies at University of South Africa (UNISA) with … degree in 1989. Mabuza has been involved in…

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1944-2009

Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini

… Dlamini's 16-year-old brother to return to Swaziland on his own, had a serious impact on Dlamini's outlook. Dlamini … the Ndaleni Training Institute, Natal,…

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1921-2001

Athol Edwin Thorne

… was born in Springs, South Africa on 15th October 1921. His family soon moved to Durban where he attended school and university. His parents were not…

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1931-2012

Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson

… of the Witwatersrand with a B.Com, and in 1954 he obtained his LLB Cum Laude. Two years later he was admitted to the … 2001 he became the Chief Justice of…

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1949-2016

Rocky Malebane-Metsing

… in the area until he matriculated. After completing his schooling, Malebane-Metsing worked for local government. … as youth protests spread from Soweto to…

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1937-2002

Justice Gizenga Mpanza

… born on 5 September 1937 at Groutville Mission Reserve. His father was one of Chief Luthuli's indunas (advisors). … same year Mpanza married Regina Dludla in…

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1884-1933

Richard Msimang

… day and boarding). He stayed in Taunton after finishing his secondary education and then lived at Queen's while … Mangena, who both influenced the way in…

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1917-2013

Mfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose

… 1917 at Kwa Mdingi, in King Williams Town. He completed his primary schooling at Kwa Mdingi Lower Primary School … armed attacks on the apartheid regime. The…

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1924-2011

Henry Mutile Fazzie

… (MK) and underwent military training in Ethiopia. On his way back to South Africa, he was captured in Rhodesia … Africa he was imprisoned on Robben Island…

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1936-2011

Joseph Johannes Marks

… Marks was born on 22 April 1936 in Mossel Bay, where his father, a fisherman, was also born.  He grew up in … fruit and vegetable hawker in 1976 after he was…

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1971

Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba

… Gigaba. He has three sisters and a brother. Gigaba did his primary school education at Mathonsi Primary School in Mandeni around 1983. He then proceeded to…

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1935-2013

Sipo Elijah Mzimela

… and Germany. While living in Germany he married his first wife, Esther, and they had two daughters, Nomusa … Eventually Mzimela moved to the United States to…

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1957

Saleem Badat

… the 1976 Soweto uprising , developing into activism during his student days – serving on the student wages commission , … Projects at the Andrew W. Mellon…

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1897-1961

Elias Phakane Moretsele

… This underscored Moretsele's commitment to and love for his tribe of origin, the Pedi of the North-Eastern Transvaal, which characterised his entire public…

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1820-1875

John Thomas Baines

… Norfolk, England (often reffered to as Thomas Baines). His father was a master mariner and Baines was educated at … from there he undertook three journeys to…

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1942

Ben Wa Mokoena Arnold

… in Albertville and was drawn to the Islamic faith early in his life. Despite his upbringing in a Protestant home, the ecstatic dancing of dervishes…

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1916-1988

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld

… the army at the outbreak of World War II, when many of his neighbours were violently opposed to South African … leadership rank serving as Vice Chairman. In…

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1919-2000

Jim Bailey

… young Jim, aged 20, followed in the aviation footsteps of his mother, who had been the first woman to fly … Africa to take care of the business interests…

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1918-1967

Patrick Baker Duncan

… for over a decade, attracting notice from the beginning of his political career because of his famous father, a former governor-general of South Africa. ……

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1927-2019

Ben Turok

… (CoD). He was born in Latvia in 1927 and came with his family to South Africa in 1934. After graduating from the … of the consultative committee of the…

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1865-1950

Daniel Cornelis Boonzaier

… was a SASA member, but there is no surviving record of his participation in any of its exhibitions. He most likely saw no need to exhibit since his work…

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George Montsioa

… Natural Ruler of the Barolong Tribe. He received his early education at his home and later he went to England for higher education. … African Barrister in…

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1905-1977

Hyman Meir Basner

… and moved to South Africa at an early age. Basner  and his mother  joined other family members in South Africa in … was a lawyer in Johannesburg and he…

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1908-1986

Nathaniel Impey Honono

… he was selected president of the CATA and began to use his popularity among his collegues to build a spirit resistance to the … president of CATA for many…

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1936-2011

Bafana Cyril Dlamini

… family of a prominent political and trade union activist. His father, Steven Dlamini was a member of the African … arrested after attempting to cross to…

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1922-1985

John Nyathi Pokela

… tirelessly to unite PAC factions on Robben Island. After his release in 1980, Pokela went into exile where he was … which they did in 1982. He made a…

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