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1869-1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

… *Note: The focus of this biography is on Gandhi's life and times in South … on 2 October 1869, in Porbandar, Gujarat, India. He was the last child of…

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1770

Chief Dingiswayo

… Paramount Chief of the Mthethwa and leader of various northern Nguni groups who lived in the Zululand area before  Shaka  brought them under his … Paramount…

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1830-1913

Gordon Sprigg

… John Gordon Sprig was born in Ipswich, England in 1830, the son of a pastor. He schooled at Ipswich and at other private … office. He became a reporter…

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1957

Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma

… Please note:  This biography is a modified extract from the following source: Gastrow, S. (1992)  Who`s Who in South … would like to contribute to this…

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1947

Dr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy

… Thaniachallam Kistnasamy Naicker, worked as a builder at the local Huletts Sugar Mill and his mother, Shanbagavalli, was a housewife. Kistnasamy  attended…

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1873-1917

Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube

… Nokutela Dube was the first wife of Reverend John Langalibalele Dube , the first President General of the South African Native … Contribution of biography by…

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1961

Jo Ractliffe

… Jo Ractliffe is a documentary photographer who captures the traces of violence, displacement and struggle in a landscape. The images evoke memory and history…

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1932

Dr Essop Essak Jassat

… Dr Essop Essak Jassat, the second of three children, was born on 5 October 1932 in 11th Street … a hawker and a shopkeeper.Dr Jassat matriculated from the…

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1915-1972

William Frederick Nkomo

… was born in Makapanstad near Pretoria in 1915. He was the son of a Methodist minister, Abraham Nkomo, and attended primary … in Rosettenville, Johannesburg…

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1959

Cheryl Carolus

… Cheryl Carolus was born on 20 April 1959 in the Cape Flats of Cape Town to a working class family. Her father was … selected as head prefect in matric. She…

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1874-1965

Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood

… was born on 22 January 1874 in Grahamstown . She was one of the six children of the first mayor of Grahamstown, George Samuel Wood, and his … Verwey, E.J. …

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1959-2002

Peter Mokaba

… he did both his primary and high school education. During the  1976 uprisings , Mokaba became a leader of school boycotts, which led to his expulsion from…

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1953-1993

Sam Tambani

… Sam Tambane was born in the village of Tshiozwi Ha-Sinthumele in Venda on 23 August 1953. Sam was the first child of Kutama Fridah Tambani and Nkhumeleni …

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1918-1996

Rowley Israel Arenstein

… Rowley Israel Arenstein was born on 7th of July in 1918. Arenstein was a prominent Durban attorney,the son of immigrant eastern European jews and a leader of…

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1951

Frank Chikane

… Frank Chikane, the son of James and Erenia Chikane, was born on 3 January 1951 in Johannesburg . His father was  a preacher in the Apostolic Faith Mission …

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1876-1932

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

… Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje was born on 9 October 1876 in the Boshof district of the Orange Free State. His parents were Christians who … Teacher, court…

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1874-1932

Daniel Simon Letanka

… Daniel Simon Letanka was born at Saulspoort in the Rustenburg district of the Transvaal in 1874 and attended the Native College in … From Protest to…

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1952

Popo Molefe

… was born in 1952 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He was one of eight children, and spent most of his youth living with … When growing up, Molefe used to visit…

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1911-1985

Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle

… Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle was the eighth and youngest child of Setlhare Hebron Mokgatle, a skilled builder and carpenter, … His grandfather was…

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Thomas G. Karis

… Karis, a former foreign service officer who was a critic of U. S. policy on South Africa and who became a leading historian of the South African liberation…

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1957

Saleem Badat

… Dr Saleem Badat holds Bachelors and Honours degrees in the Social Sciences from the University of KwaZulu-Natal, a Certificate in Higher Education and ……

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1925-1961

Patrice Émery Lumumba

… Lumumba was born on 2 July 1925, at Onalua village near the Katako-Kombe Town in the Sankuru district of north-eastern Kasai, Congo (modern day the…

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1955

Bantu Holomisa

… Holomisa was born on 25 July 1955 at Mqanduli, Transkei , the son of the late Chief Bazindlovu Holomisa who had been a member of … UDM,    Bantu Holomisa,…

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1936-1999

Ahmed Gora Ebrahim

… at Sastri College and Natal University (now University of kwaZulu-Natal) in Durban and the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg, Transvaal (now…

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1922-1988

Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada

… Transvaal (now Gauteng) where he was a member of the Progressive Forum. In 1951, two of Dundee’s sons, … at Wits as politically trained and dedicated members…

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1947-1985

Matthew Goniwe

… was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His parents David and Elizabeth were farm …  [Accessed…

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1913-1990

Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng

… Lekoane Mothopeng, was born on 10 September 1913, in the Orange Free State (now Free State) near the town of Vrede. Shortly after his birth, his family moved…

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1924-2004

Peter McKenzie Brown

… in Durban on 24 December 1924 to a wealthy family. While the Peter was seven, his father was killed during a polo … keen polo player, later clandestinely…

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1890-1938

Wilhelmina Louisa Freund

… was born on 17 March 1890 in Holstein, Germany. She was the youngest child of John Freund and Metha Mentzel, German immigrants who met in Philippolis and…

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1928-1986

Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo

… acting as King. Jongintaba raised Nelson Mandela at the ‘Great Place’ Mqhekezweni when his own father died in the 1920s.Many years later, former Prime…

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