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1928-1993

Sefofane Samuel "Solly Smith" Khunyeli

… in Steynsrus,near Kroonstad in the Orange Free State,where his father had a brick making business.He attended high … Madolwana) in the same web of blackmail…

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1930

Zachius Botlhoko Molete

… the Orange Free State of mixed Tswana-Ndebele parentage. His father was a teacher. He spent 1949 and 1950 at Kroonstad … National Congress  (ANC), and…

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1929-2005

Isaac Bokala

… were arrested at dawn for treason.  He was reunited with his family on 21 December 1956 after he was released on bail … 1958, charges were withdrawn against…

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1871-1936

Eugene Marais

… on a Waterberg farm, north of Pretoria and created some of his best poetry. It was also around this time that he … which was posthumously published after he…

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1930-2012

Alfred Khumalo

… at the WiIberforce Institute in Evaton. Khumalo began his working career as a journalist in 1951, freelancing for Bantu World , where he took photographs to…

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1964-2007

Lucky Philip Dube

… near Ermelo in the eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga). His mother, Sarah, considered his birth after a few unsuccessful pregnancy attempts so …

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John J. Skomolo

… Africans entered the militant decade of the 1950s, he lent his support to the Defiance Campaign of 1952, and helped to organise volunteers in his hometown of…

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1950-2012

Roy Padayachie

… University of KwaZulu-Natal). He went onto to complete his B.Sc Masters degree at the University of London. … organising the UDF structures in Chatsworth. He…

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1924-1968

Canodoise (Can) Themba

… also worked for The Golden City Post in Johannesburg. His work, including “The Suit”, won several prizes, including the 1953 Drum award. His stories were…

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1943

Moebien Wadee

… born in Sophiatown in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family moved to Kliptown. He studied medicine at Glasgow University in Scotland, where he…

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1885-1959

Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu

… newspaper in 1884, Imvo Zabantsundu (Black opinion). His father was also a founding member of the South African … the University of Fort Hare).  John Tengo…

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1944

Kevin Dowling

…  on December 2 1990, and Archbishop Denis Hurley conferred his Episcopal consecration on January 27 1991. Bishop Dowling … that he believed in democracy and…

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1944

Virgile Joseph Bonhomme

… Joseph Bonhomme was born in Durban on 15 March 1944 and his parents were Patricia and Francoise Virgile Bonhomme.He … wages. Appalled at the miserably low…

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1969

Ernest “Ernie” Theodore Els

… and Hettie Els. At school Els was very sporty but golf was his first love. In 1984 age 14, Els rose to prominence, when … United States. The very same year…

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1964

Petrus (Fanie) Stephanus De Villiers

… cricket team and in the 1992/93 cricket season he started his career for the South African team, playing in One Day Internationals. In the next season he…

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Fani Mkhize

… earned a living dealing in live chickens. He now supports his family by creating wheeled, fur covered wooden animals. Mkize sells his work outside the Old…

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1945

Joel Sibisi

… animals and mythical creatures leap off the surface of his pots. He exhibited at the Durban Art Gallery (DAG) on the … Drift. The DAG acquired work by him…

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1920-2000

Fred Carneson

… Fred’s parents were both almost illiterate though his father learned to read just enough to enjoy simple books. His father worked as a coach painter for the…

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Percival Mdala

… Anglican Church, but nothing from the Government.Percy and his colleague, a Mr. Ganga, started a programme of house … active in the fight for black education…

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1893-1947

Sir Shafa’at Ahmad Khan

… the Chairman of the All-India Muslim Conference. Pursuing his scholarly interests, he presided over the All-India Modem … GIP Railway Committee of the…

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Douglas G. Wolton

… doctrine, issued by the Comintem in 1928, Wolton and his wife, also a party activist, backed the slogan, … Act and sentenced to another three months hard…

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1966

Andreas Vlachakis

… in the local newspaper and magazine industry since 1995. His work has been published both locally and internationally. … in Photography from the Technikon of…

B-0009208

1922-1998

Robert Elias Mokxotho Matji

… the BCP and joined the Marematlou Freedom Party. During his tenure in Lesotho, he continued to support the underground activities of the ANC, alongside his…

B-0008487

1937

Bokwe James Mafuna

… delegates when,learning of the Mail's refusal,he announced his immediate resignation from the newspaper. Shezi  was … in March 1973.After three months in…

B-0080525

1950-2012

Zwelakhe Sisulu

… nine, he was taken to Swaziland to live with family while his father was an accused in the Rivonia trial in 1963. He … to South Africa in 1968 and a year…

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1930

Plaatjies Joseph Paul

… an unpaid staff member at Fighting Talk and New Age in his off-hours. He helped organize the May Day work stoppage … 1960s he became a member of Umkhonto we…

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Siva Pillay

… served with no remission from the State. Following his release from prison, Pillay was banned, in terms of the … Sedick Isaacs , a fellow prisoner on Robben…

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1874-1965

Sir Winston Spencer Churchill

… as an honorary member of the Imperial Light Horse. During his long career as statesman he held South Africa and its … in deep affection and General J.C…

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2012

Patrick Akhona Jijase

… shot in the head and forearm by the police. He left behind his mother, father, brother, two sisters and nephew, who all depended on him financially…

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1940

Yusuf Joe Jacobs

… was born in District Six, Cape Town on 17 September 1940.  His father was Ismail Jacobs, a tailor.  His paternal grandfather was Manan Jamie, who came to…

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