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1913-1996

George Gangen Ponnen

… Gangen George Ponnen  was born on 1 June 1913 in the district of Rooikopjes near Durban, in the then Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). His father Ponnen, born ……

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1932-1997

Abdool Karrim Essak

… Abdool Karrim Essak was born in 1925 in India.  He was the third child of Fathima and Ishaq Hashim. His father was an adventurer and left his family to seek…

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Myron Peter

… Durban , Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal - KZN). He studied at the University of Durban-Westville (UDW) [now University of KwaZulu-Natal - UKZN]. Following the…

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1697-1734

Jan Smiesing

… This article was written by Joline Young for SAHO The school Outside of the Slave Lodge, under a tree in Spin Street, enslaved people … Enslaved person,…

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1928-2008

Cleopas Madoda Nsibande

… Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…

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1928-2008

Cleopas Madoda Nsibande

… Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near Ermelo in the Mpumalanga province of South Africa. He attended…

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1952

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

… , Transvaal (now Gauteng) on 17 November 1952. He is the second of the three children of Erdmuth and Samuel Ramaphosa, a retired … Chairman of the Student…

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1933-1993

Eschel Mostert Rhoodie

… Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. He served as the Secretary … Author and key player…

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1956

Jennifer Schreiner

… and Else Schreiner.  Else and Deneys were active members of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA).  Deneys did not join any political party after the LPSA…

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1925-2013

Colin Wells Eglin

… He grew up in Pinelands, Cape Town, but moved at the age of nine to live with his aunt, outside Hobhouse, Eastern Free State after his father died. Eglin…

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1934-2011

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal

… Kader Abdul Asmal was born on 8th of October in 1934, in the small rural town of Stanger, … overtly political, his parents encouraged lively debate in the…

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1952

Glenn Moss

… Glenn Moss was born in Pretoria on 5 May 1952, the second son of Solly Moss, a salesman, and Phyllis Moss, a secretary. He … and then attended Pretoria Boys…

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1942

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma

… at Nkandla in northern Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal ). He is the first born of five children of his father Nobhekisisa Zuma and his … His mother had three sons…

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1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a … Narasa Reddy, was a follower of Gandhi and…

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1946-2010

Paul Alberts

… Paul Alb   erts, one of South Africa’s leading social documentary photographers, … in 1946 in Pretoria .  He spent his youth in Botswana and the Limpopo…

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Reverend Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile

… Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile, the son of Simon Stofile and Miriam Ngcongcobela, was born on 27 December 1944, in the Winterberg District of Adelaide, Eastern…

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1910-1977

Percy John "Jack" Hodgson

… ‘Jack’ Hodgson born on 17 August 1910 in Roodepoort, was the eldest son of three children born to Jessy (nee Turner) and Percy John … died in a mine accident…

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1908-1975

Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer

… Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer was born on 23 April 1908 in the Orange Free State. He was born into a prominent Afrikaans family, son of Percy Ulrich Fischer,…

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1929-2026

Leon Levy

… Lithuania . Levy and his twin brother, Norman Levy, were the youngest of four children. Born just two months after the Wall Street Crash of October 1929, he…

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1898-1967

Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli

… Nobel Peace Prize Laureate in 1960, was President-General of the African National Congress  (ANC) from December 1952 until his death in 1967. Chief Luthuli…

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1900-1976

Emil Sachs

… was born on 11 November 1900, in Kamaai, Lithuania. He was the fourth of the five children of Abraham Saks, later changed to 'Sachs', … Verwey, E. J. (1995)…

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1911-1999

Harry Snitcher

… early schooling was in Uniondale and then in Gouda. After the premature death of his father in 1924, the young Snitcher and his four brothers and sisters…

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1923-2003

Maggie Resha

… Magdaline Resha was born on the 5th of May 1923 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape. She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia Mamodise … Member of…

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1923-2003

Magdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha

… Magdaline Resha was born on the 5th of May 1923 in Matatiele, Eastern Cape . She was the second daughter of Mr. Oziel Tsekiso and Lidia Mamodise … (1991) …

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1885-1970

Kerr Alexander

… Early Life: Alexander Kerr was the first of six children born to William and Elizabeth Findlay Kerr. When he was six years old the Kerr family moved to…

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1916-1976

Dawood Seedat

… Dawood Seedat (1916-1976) was the grandson of a Ladysmith, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) trader M.E. Seedat, … Moosa. After qualifying as a bookkeeper, Seedat…

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1910-1974

Raymond Francis (Ray) Budd

… Budd was born on 9 June 1910 in Mowbray, Cape Town. He was the only child of Robert and Ada Lea Budd. His father, originally from England, was in the…

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1931-1998

Justice John Mowbray Didcott

… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in 1948, he went to the University of Cape Town where he obtained a BA in 1951 and an LLB in … public speaker. In his first year he…

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1892-1975

Haile Selassie I

… Early years The 225th and last Ethiopian Emperor, Haile Selassie was born … name given by his parents was Lij Tafari Makonnen. He was the only surviving son…

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1947

Roelof Petrus (Roelf) Meyer

… (Roelf) Meyer was born in Port Elizabeth on 16 July 1947, the son of Hudson and Hannah Meyer. His father was a farmer in the Humansdorp district in what is…

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