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1960

Penelope Jane Dunlop

… chose PJ Powers as her stage name using her initials and the name Powers. She began her professional singing career as lead singer of the all-girl group…

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1943-1980

Pierre Jacy Fourie

… was born on 26 June 1943 in Malvern, Johannesburg. He was the first recorded White boxer to fight against a Black opponent in South Africa. Fourie was the…

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1977-2006

Lebo Mathosa

… Lebo Mathosa was born in Daveyton in the East Rand. She began singing at the age of seven in the local church choir. The Mathosa family moved to … A. Lebo…

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1926

Kesval “Kay” Moonsamy

… “Kay” Moonsamy was born on 5 July 1926. He was active in the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) from the mid-1940s onward. In the early 1950s he served as treasurer…

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1847-1932

Harriette Emily Colenso

… Colenso was She was born in Norfolk, England, in 1847, the oldest child of Bishop John William Colenso of Natal. … death in 1883, she acted as his assistant,…

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1950-2014

Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba

… Krugersdorp , western Gauteng , in December 1950. She was the second eldest of four daughters and a brother. Her father was the nephew of Samuel Matshoba, an…

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1957-1985

Richard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane

… Tladi, Soweto.  Molokoane became politically active during the student uprising of 1976, and like many of his contemporaries he went into exile. In exile, he…

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1906-1979

Cecil Williams

… producing plays using black and white actors and by the 1950’s, he had become a well known figure particularly in Johannesburg where he lived. Amongst his…

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1943

Moebien Wadee

… Wadee was born in Sophiatown in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family moved to Kliptown. He studied … a period of about two years.  Wadee moved to…

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1934-2011

Abdool Kader Hassim

… in India. He began schooling around 1941/1942 in Dundee at the Dundee Indian High School until the beginning of 1951 when he and his elder brother went to ……

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1935-2009

Cassim Saloojee

… it was difficult for Indians to rent property or land in the Transvaal, were prohibited from purchasing land. Later … remained poor. Saloojee began his…

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1906-1980

Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi

… was born in Engcobo, Transkei on 28 February 1906, the second child of Valelo James Butshingi and Angeline … school situated between Engcobo and Idutywa. He…

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1939-1997

Enos Mabuza

… Enos Mabuza was born on 6 June 1939 at the Sheba Gold Mine. He attended the Sheba Mine School until Std 4 and moved to Barberton Community School until Std 6…

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1892-1956

Manilal Gandhi

… Gandhi was born  on 28 October 1892 in Rajkot, India, the second son of Kasturba and  Mohandas Gandhi . He had … training centres and Manilal was regarded as…

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1931-2018

Samir Amin

… capitalism, colonialism and (under)development was one of the most important contributions to the discussion over the Third Worlds place in the World economy…

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Dan Tloome

… Born in the Orange Free State, Tloome became involved in trade union work in the 1930s and joined the Communist Party. In 1941 he was chosen vice-president…

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1897-1979

Edgar Harry Brookes

… with his family in 1901.In 1920 he was hired to teach at the University of Pretoria while working towards a doctorral … white academic and prominent…

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1889-1981

Nhlumba Bertha Mkhize

… After his death her family moved to Inanda. She was one of the first students to attend the Inanda Seminary and thereafter went to Ohlange Institute. … also…

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1904-1983

Alex Hepple

… Alex Hepple was born in the Johannesburg suburb of La Rochelle on 28 August 1904. His … an immigrant from Sunderland, was a shop steward of the Amalgamated…

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1905

Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld

… 29th July, 1905 in Jönköping City, Southern Sweden. He was the youngest of the four sons of Agnes Hammarskjöld and Hjalmar Hammarskjöld. The latter was the…

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1918-1973

Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus

… in Zeerust, he showed leadership qualities by captaining the school rugby team. During the Great Depression of the 1930's he was forced to leave school and…

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1920-2010

Robert Hodgins

… "For me, it is very simple. The act of painting at a particular moment is able, for … understands, nor even try to understand, to open up the whole world of…

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1943

Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi

… 5th March in 1943. She developed a life-long love for the designs of traditional arts and craft as a young girl, … soon realized that she needed to receive…

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Vusi Mahlasela

… their home. He grew up listening to people singing at the shebeen which fuelled his love for music. Mahlasela made … Mahlasela describes a childhood very…

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1941-2007

Hilary Mutch

… family. Her father, a South African worked as a doctor at the time. Later in 1943 the family moved back to South Africa. Claire went to … Roedean school…

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1942

Pamela dos Santos (nee Beira)

… which brought her into contact with people involved in the political struggle. In 1961, dos Santos participated, … graffiti writing and so on, calling for…

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1956

Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

… as a child and as a result spent close to four years in the hospital until the age of 6. Manzini’s parents, who were teachers, were both active members of…

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1924-2009

Ricardo Rangel

… born on 15 February 1924 in Lourenço Marques, now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. His mother was a black Mozambiquan … Chinese heritage. Rangel began his…

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1965

Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko

… Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko was born on the 2 April 1965, at Charteston Location, Nigel. She completed her junior primary education at the Jabavu East…

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