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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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1933

Bishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba

… born on 29 March 1933 outside Polokwane, Limpopo. He was the last born in a family of six. His father Reuben Tshomoko Sethulane worked as a … in Nebo…

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1948

Randolph Hartzenberg

… in 1966 and a Higher Diploma Drama in Education from the University of Cape Town in 1989, educating has been a huge part of his … High School in Athlone and…

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1949

Michael Nkolo Maapola

… was born in 1949 in Hammanskraal , a township north of Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). He showed an interest in art as a child, and by the age of…

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1927-2009

Harriet Bolton

… was born in 1927 in Makwassie in Southern Transvaal, the eldest of four children – a younger brother and two sisters. Her … a secretarial course. She started…

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1897-1986

Gertrud Theiler

… Gertrud Theiler was the youngest daughter of sir Arnold Theiler KCMG, founder and first director of the Veterinary Institute, Onderstepoort, and his wife,…

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1930-2005

Hamilton Naki

… Hamilton Naki was born in the small village of Ngcangane in the Eastern Cape in 1930. His family was poor and after …

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1956

Murphy Morobe

… 2 October 1956 in Soweto. When he was young he spent a lot of time with his uncle, a Minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and moved around…

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Mavuso Walter Msimang

… in central Tanzania, at Kongwa, an ANC military base in the 1960s. He became a leading member of the MK high command and in 1967 he was MK’s Chief of ……

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1921-1976

Leslie Massina

… Massina left school to become a factory worker. He was the son of Luke Masssina,a police detective who had been gain access into the African National…

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1928-2016

Clarence Mlami Makwetu

… Mlami Makwetu was born on 6th December 1928 in Hoyita, in the Cofimvaba district, Transkei. He was the second of five children of Minah and Gqongo Makwetu…

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1932-1995

Barney Simon

… June 30, 1995, Johannesburg), was a long-time force behind the growth of indigenous South African black drama and served as the artistic director of the non…

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1926-1994

Lennox Sebe

… Sebe was born on 26 June 1926. He completed his matric at the Lovedale College. Upon his completion he went to attend a … a diploma in agriculture. Sebe…

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1927-1974

James Kantor

… and Pauline ‘Polly’ (Braude) Kantor. James Kantor was one of Johannesburg’s best-known and successful lawyers who got … He excelled as a divorce lawyer. He…

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1915

Benjamin S. Rajuili

… Benjamin S. Rajuili was born in the Sotho-speaking Matatiele district of the Transkei in 1915, the son of a schoolmaster. He attended … Minister of the…

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1916-2006

Anton Edward Rupert

… Rupert was born on 4 October 1916 in Graaff-Reinet in the south-central Karoo. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria for a medical degree, however, due…

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1911-1980

Lillian Masediba Ngoyi

… Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria in 1911 to a family of six children, and obtained her primary schooling in … factory where she worked from 1945 to 1956…

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1920-2005

Raymond Mhlaba

… Mhlaba was born in Mazoka village at Fort Beaufort in the Eastern Cape.He was one of eight children of a policeman. Five of his siblings died … he started to…

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1927-2005

Rev. Helenard Joe (Allan) Hendrickse

… was born on 22 October 1927 in Uitenhage, Eastern Cape, as the fifth of the seven children of Maria and Charles William Hendrickse, …

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1795

Sobhuza I

… Sobhuza I was the first king of the Swazi people as we know the group today. He was born in … in 1795 and succeeded his father, Ndvungunye, as king of the…

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1939-2024

Breyten Breytenbach

… Breytenbach was an opponent of the apartheid regime, whose work represented a milestone in the development of Afrikaans poetry, formally and … P. (undated)…

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1891-1965

Dr Silas Modiri Molema

… in 1891 in Mafikeng, South Africa. His father was a member of the Royal family of the Barolong chieftaincy and was secretary and chief advisors … Teacher,…

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1954-1979

Selaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi

… in Dube Village, Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was the first born son of the late Collins Molapatene, an attorney and social worker …

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1929-2010

Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews

… Matthews born in Durban, on 17 June 1929, Matthews was one of five children of Frieda and ZK Matthews, a professor, academic lawyer and anthropologist at the…

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1948

Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla

… Brigitte Mabandla was born on the 23rd of November 1948. In the mid-1970s, she worked as a youth co-ordinator at the … Youth co-ordinator at the Institute of…

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1933-2012

Evelina de Bruin

… de Bruin was born on 25 December 1933, and she grew up in the small town of Postmasburg, Northern Cape . In the early days of her life, her parents moved to…

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1942-1991

Dumile Feni

… old and he went to live with relatives in Cape Town until the age of eleven. He then began working for his father, a trader and … exercise his childhood…

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1943

Bonisile John Kani

… high school he began working with various drama groups in the New Brighton area performing in schools and community halls. In 1965 while working at the Ford…

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1944-1998

Basil Coetzee

… District Six, Cape Town, on 2 February 1944. He grew up in the area, and as a teenager showed keen interest in music. This was aided by the vibrant music…

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1941-1995

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

… attention by leading a nonviolent campaign against the multinational petroleum industry. That industry … dumped petroleum waste in Saro-Wiwa’s home region,…

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