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1932

Amy Thornton

… Western Cape). Both her parents were actively involved in the struggle, and it did not take long for Thornton to follow … 1948 when she was just sixteen…

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1798-1853

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius

… was born on 27 November 1798 near  Graaff-Reinet  in the Cape Colony. He was educated by travelling teachers and … By 1837 he still lived in Graaff Reinet…

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1920-2000

Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo

… , Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She started her education at the Doornfontein School of the American Board of Missions and then went on to the Inanda … (1980), A…

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1922

Elsa Joubert

… 19 October 1922 in Paarl where she grew up, and studied at the universities of Stellenbosch (BA and SOD) and Cape Town (MA in … and plays. Joubert’s works…

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1656-1734

Anna De Koningh

… Anna De Koningh was the daughter of Angela van Bengale. She arrived with Angela from Batavia, … Anna de Koning was to make quite a name for herself at the…

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1936-2009

Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils

… to visit his relative Jacqueline Arenstein , a member of the Communist Party of South Africa , when he first met Eleanor.  Eleanor joined the underground …

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1942

Vera Gow (Adams)

… Town . Her primary school years were spent near Evaton in the Free State Province where her father was Dean of the Theological School at the Wilberforce…

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1930-1994

Elijah Barayi

… was born in Lingelihle, (Cradock ) Eastern Cape, on 15th of  June  in 1930. He was one of eight children of working … matriculated at Healdtown Institute in…

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1914-1998

Archibald Jacob Gumede

… Archibald Jacob Gumede was born in Pietermaritzburg on 1st of March in 1914,the son of Lillian (born Mgqogqoza) and Josiah Tshangana … matriculated in 1932…

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1931-2015

Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena

… a trained nurse before she became involved full time in the liberation struggle.   In the late 1960s and early 1970s Oshadi was the executive director of the…

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1995

Enver Hassim

… Enver Hassim was born in the Transvaal, where he was part of a large family, with two brothers and four sisters. His father made a living as a middleman and…

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1907-1995

Professor Harold Jack Simons

… Jack Simons was born on 1 February 1907 in Riversdale in the Cape. He was educated in South Africa and for a few years was attached to a law firm and was…

B-0009059

1881-1969

Daniël Francois Malherbe

… Malherbe was born on 28 May 1881 in Dal Josafat in the Cape Colony, to P. J. Malherbe, a founder of the Genootskap vir Regte Afrikaners (Society for Real …

B-0008419

1881-1971

Reverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane

… interpreter. In 1908 he began theological training at the Lessyton Theological school near Queenstown. He was … politically active. In 1919 he was elected as…

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1950

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

… in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), South Africa. He was the eldest child of Alimal and Appasamy Cooper. Cooper matriculated from Sastri College, Durban in…

B-0007957

1939-2012

Sedick Isaacs

… Sedick Isaacs was born in 1939 and grew up in the Bo-Kaap, Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape). He was the second eldest in a family of four…

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1903-1979

Josie Palmer

… Garson and Stephen Bonny Mpama, an interpreter for the Potchefstroom resident magistrate. She grew up in … ) but moved back to Potchefstroom in 1921. ‘Palmer…

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1909

Isaac Bangani Tabata

… (known as  I.B. Tabata)  was born near Queenstown in the Cape in 1909 and received his secondary schooling at … Lovedale. After attending Fort Hare for some…

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1929-2024

James Matthews

… standard seven, Matthews began to work and held a variety of jobs, including newspaper boy, office messenger, clerk and telephonist. However, for Matthews,…

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1938

Elza Miles (Botha)

… born in 1938. In 1960 Miles obtained a BA in Fine Arts at the University of Pretoria, followed by a BA Honours in Afrikaans-Nederlands … her Doctorate in Lit…

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1950

Martin Plaut

… His father was a furniture designer who had a shop on the Cape Town Foreshore [Plaut Interior Design] and his … his father was born in Dusseldorf, Germany,…

B-0068305

1945-2025

David Hemson

… up in a very strict Christian household sheltered from the realities of what was happening in South Africa politically and socially. He was drafted out of…

B-0094484

1951-1985

Sparrow Mkonto

… He left school after Standard 8 (Grade 10) and worked for the Railways, where he joined the railway workers’ union. Mkonto married his wife Sindiswa … lived…

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1854-1922

Christiaan Rudolf De Wet

… formal education, spending his days helping his father in the management of the farm Nuwejaarsfontein, near the present town of … and rebel leader. His name…

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1937-2011

Fikile Charles Bam

… Fikile Charles Bam was born on 18 July 1937, in Tsolo in the Eastern Cape. He attended St. Peter’s Secondary School from 1956, and went on to study law at…

B-0007820

1963

Roger Meintjes

… and bought a second-hand enlarger advertised in the under-R20 column in one of the Cape newspapers.  In 1985, Meintjes went to study at …

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1943-2008

Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo

… at Putellos, Umbumbulu, about 30 kilometers South East of Durban, the fifth of the 11 children of Flora and Isaac Dhlomo, a transport … for Umbumbulu,…

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1934-2021

Ronnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)

… chose to live in Cato Manor. They bought a small piece of ground to develop a market garden. His paternal … a housewife. Govender has ten siblings. He…

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Joel Joffe

… from Palestine. After a Catholic boarding school, the Marist Brothers College, Joffe studied law at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg,…

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1944

Virgile Joseph Bonhomme

… College where he completed Standard Six (Grade Eight). At the age of 15 he became an apprentice upholsterer at a furniture … business, where he remained for…

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