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1951

Patricia De Lille

… Patricia de Lille, a South African politician, was born the 17 February, 1951 in Beaufort West to Henry and Gertrude Lindt. She is the third of seven…

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1954-2019

Paul Grendon

… and artist that used his art as a medium to shed light on the political struggles of the time. His work will go on to leave a deep and …

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2013

Ephraim Nkwe

… In the midst of the State of Emergency , the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) was … 2013]| Tau M.P., (2013). SA: Mpho Parks Tau: Address by the Executive…

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1892

Herbert Henry Curson

… Herbert Henry Curson, the eldest son of Henry Charles Curson, was born on 22 September 1892 in … KwaZulu Natal and he received his professional training at…

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1930-2007

Elize Botha

… , West Rand, Transvaal (now Gauteng ). She enrolled at the University of Stellenbosch, Western Cape, in 1948 and majored in … a Doctor of Literature and…

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1948-2026

Mosiuoa Gerard Patrick "Terror" Lekota

… on 13 August 1948, into a working-class family. He was the eldest of seven children. Most of Lekota’s schooling was completed … his schooling just a few…

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1919-1987

James Madhlope Phillips

… and this had negative socio-economic repercussions for the family. The young Phillips was forced to work as a waiter and garden … in politics in 1940 when he…

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1962-2007

Humphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza

… Magwaza was born on 4 April 1962, in Lamontville, one of the oldest Durban townships, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal – … drama. As a political activist he was very…

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1933-1965

Ingrid Jonker

… Ingrid Jonker was born on 19 September 1933 on a farm in the rural area of Douglas, near Kimberley in the Northern Cape . After her parents’ divorce, Jonker …

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1950

Jacob Sello (Jackie) Selebi

… was born on 7 March 1950 in Johannesburg.  Selebi was the African National Congress (ANC) representative to the Soviet Union's World Federation of Democratic…

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1921-2005

Mahomed “Chota” Motala

… studied medicine in Bombay, India, from 1939. It was at the height of the Indian struggle for liberation against British …

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1952

Barbara Anne Hogan

… at St Dominics Convent School. She then registered at the University of Witwatersrand where she obtained a degree in Development … a group of students who…

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1930

Josiah Khiphusizi Jele

… Jele.Like many black South Africans, Jele was exposed to the harsh conditions of colonialism and apartheid at an early age. His home-town … experiences among…

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1932-1988

Johnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini

… he trained as a teacher before teaching in Mzinyathi in the Inanda area. When the apartheid government imposed Bantu Education he resigned … on to pursue…

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1932-2010

Sheena Duncan

… Sheena Duncan was born in Johannesburg on 7th of December in 1932 and was the eldest of the five children in her family. She was educated at the … Teacher,…

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1954

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu

… Lindiwe Sisulu was born on the 10th of May 1954, in Johannesburg . She is the daughter of  African National Congress  (ANC) veterans,  … Disa, The Torture of…

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1895-1983

Rev. James Arthur Calata

… as a teacher at St.Mathews College and as a priest in the Anglican Church.Calata served as a minister at St. James … and in national church affairs, serving…

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1944

Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi

… Sekhukhuneland, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). He was the first born to Maria and Manabane Rachidi and had three … other siblings. His parents were both…

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1946-2006

Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley

… October 1946 in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal). He was the eldest child of Joyce Margaret and Narainsamy Moodley, a teacher and later Director of the…

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1953

Sandile Ngcobo

… born on 1 March 1953 in Durban, South Africa.  Ngcobo was the beneficiary of a scholarship from Barclays Bank between 1973 and 1976. In 1975 Ngcobo graduated…

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1941

Sue Williamson

… immigrated to South Africa in 1948. Williamson studied at the Art Students' League in New York from 1963-65. In 1983 she was awarded an Advanced Diploma in…

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1871-1939

Robert Gwelo Goodman

… Gwelo Goodman was born in 1871, Taplow, England. Goodman's The Parade and the City Hall, Cape Town (1917) is a painting that has special relevance for this…

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1936-2018

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

… Early Years Nomzamo Winifred Zanyiwe Madikizela was born, the fifth of nine children, in the village of Mbongweni, Bizana , in the Transkei on 26 … Suzanne …

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1938-2018

Keorapetse William Kgositsile

… Kgositsile began writing as a hobby. He soon got a job at the newspaper, New Age, where he contributed poetry and news reporting. The New Age was a radical…

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1924-2009

Dennis Brutus

… parents moved to Port Elizabeth where he grew up,at the age of four he attended Paterson High School. He graduated from the University of Fort Hare with…

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1936-2011

Lawrence Schlemmer

… Pretoria Boys High, he studied art under Walter Battiss at the University of Pretoria. Schlemmer then went on to study sociology and social work at the…

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1916-1993

Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda

… 1916, in Herschel district, bordering Lesotho. He was the first son of Mildred Mei, a school teacher and Gxumekelana Charles Mda, … his local school, Mda…

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1926-2021

Maniben Sita

… Maniben Sita was born on 24 December 1926 in the Asiatic Bazaar, ( Marabastad ,  Pretoria ) in Transvaal … and been greatly influenced by  Mahatma Gandhi ,…

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Nontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho

… Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major female poet to write in Xhosa , …

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1955

Shirley Gunn

… Honors degree, she became involved in community work in the Hout Bay area. It was also during this period that she became politically active. She was…

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