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1936-2008

Joseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla

… Free State Province (formerly known as Orange Free State). His father moved the family out of Free State after the … of emergency and was detained on 28…

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1948

Paul Michael Sibisi

… to study for teaching at Adams Teachers' Training College. His talent was uncovered by Innocent Masondo who was his teacher. As there no art classes at Adams…

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1937-2004

Daniel Sefudi Rakgoathe

… handicrafts teachers in South Africa. Rakgoathe completed his junior certificate and in 1959 completed a two-year … enrolled for a Master's Degree. However,…

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1917

Peter Nkutsoeu Raboroko

… Raboroko was born in 1917 in the Orange Free State where his father was employed as a farm laborer.  He grew up in the slums of Sophiatown in  Johannesburg …

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1901

John Stephen Gomas

… was the only child of divorced mother,he completed most of his school before moving with his mother to the Malay Camp in Kimberly and becoming …

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1983

Nyiko Floyd Shivambu

… and International Relations. In 2004, Shivambu obtained his Master’s degree with distinction in Political Studies at the same university.  In his third year…

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1956-2020

Santu Mofokeng

… up in and around Soweto (Johannesburg), spending most of his childhood in Orlando East. Mofokeng’s initial experiences with photography were as a teen when…

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1941

Mannie Manim

… and entertainment industry in South Africa and globally. His involvement in the arts industry began as an usher at the … in South Africa.  He worked with the…

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1934

Albert Nzula

… Rouxville, in the Orange Free State in 1905. He received his formal education at Bensonvale in Herschel and at … of South Africa (CPSA) , which he joined in…

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1957-2014

Chris van Wyk

… a very young age. van Wyk rose to fame in the 1970s for his writing. He worked as an editor at the literary magazine … “Shirley, Goodness & Mercy” gave a…

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Arthur Butelezi

… Later he opened a studio at 169 Clauon Road, supplementing his income by doing odd sign-writing jobs, He painted 'native … was apparently able to support…

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1952

Kagiso Patrick Mautloa

… Art Project and has participated in the yearly workshops. His work has been exhibited at the UFH Annual Exhibitions and … and produces commerical graphic…

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1921-1976

Leslie Massina

… time of the 1918 "bucket strike", but had calmy repudiated his own testimony when cross-examined by lawers for the … Great Britain, Russia, and other…

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1951

Judus Mahlangu

… Rorke\'s Drift and in 1975 he opened a graphic studio in his house in Kwa Thema, near Springs, where he worked as a … worked with Mel Brigg in Springs. Until…

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1956

Zacharia Solly Shoke

… 1956 in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg. Shoke received his education at Orlando High School, Soweto Township, south … struggle against the South African…

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1941

Jonas Mosa Gwangwa

… and the movie   Othello .  He has won numerous awards his music throughout his career. …

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Laurence Neill Nathan

… of South African Students (NUSAS), which contributed to his political awareness. Nathan was elected President of … in the ECC for political and not pacifist…

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1937-2011

Sizakele Sigxashe

… where he received military training and also pursued his studies for a PhD in Economics.  While in Russia he … son when he deployed in Tanzania. After…

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1956

Murphy Morobe

… in Soweto. When he was young he spent a lot of time with his uncle, a Minister in the African Methodist Episcopal … family. He began school in Ermelo, but in…

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1908-2003

Ismail Ahmed Cachalia

… the British Indian Association, was in prison because of his involvement in the first passive resistance campaign led … to Johannesburg, where he became a…

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1923

Thembekile Enoch kaTshunungwa

… he began to explore the possibilities of working with his cousin,  Chief Kaiser Matanzima , in the Transkeian … eventually became the Pan Africanist Congress…

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1907-1987

Richard Gert Sibande

… he acquired the nickname "Lion of the East". Because of his political activities, Sibande was hounded by the … the witness stand in the Treason trial, where…

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1958

Emmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande

… Financial Sector Coalition Campaign (FSCC). He obtained his PhD in Industrial Sociology from the University of Natal … Dr Nzimande has published numerous…

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1949-2024

Pravin Jamnadas Gordhan

… of the SACP’s Central Committee. In 1974 he completed his pharmacy internship at King Edward VIII Hospital in … the then Natal Provincial Administration…

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1962

Guy Tillim

… African photographers, in 1986, and since then has seen his work widely published. His involvement with Afrapix continued until 1990, alongside … Mondi Award…

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1948

Timothy Peter Jenkin

… This led to learning more about the injustice in his own country.[4] He later wrote that he had "grown up a … to bring about change in South Africa. Here…

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1931

Matsobane Morris Matsemela

… School up to Standard 6. Matsemela started working at his uncle’s dairy farm in Lady Selbourne, and later joined … Morris Matsemela with the Order of Luthuli…

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c 1880s

Mweli Skota

… Congress, Skota was national and even pan-African in his outlook; it was he who in the late 1920s made the call, … elsewhere in Africa was realised at least…

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1946-2012

Professor Gert ‘Jakes’ Johannes Gerwel

… the University of Western Cape (UWC), where he began his passionate foray into his studies of the Afrikaner language. He earned a reputation …

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