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Ben Khoapa

… moved to Johannesburg where he began working for the YMCA. In 1968, the YMCA sent him on a trip to the United States where he learned about the political…

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Connie Mofokeng

… Mofokeng was a member of the Soweto Student Representative Council (SSRC) at the time of the  Soweto uprising . After the uprising she was … Member of the…

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1956

Graham Goddard

… Woodstock, Cape Town. His parents were factory workers in the Woodstock/Salt River area. Goddard lived most of his life on the Cape Flats, in Wetton, Wynberg…

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1929-2014

Sadie Forman

… and prolific writer, who was extremely active in the anti-apartheid and communist movements. Four years later, he would become one of the 156 men and women…

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1937-2011

Sizakele Sigxashe

… Sizakele Sigxashe was born on 21 June 1937. Sigxashe joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1959 and became involved in its anti apartheid activities…

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1903-1985

John Koenakeefe Mohl

… Mohl was born on 29 September 1903 in Dinokana, Zeerust in the North-West Province. Mohl's father was a carpenter who … father eventually withdrew him from…

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1940-2005

Nesta Mathom Nala

… Nesta Mathom Nala, born in 1940, lived and worked in the Thukela valley at Oyaya, near Ndondondweni, in the Mamba area of Inkhanyezi. At the age of twelve,…

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1879-1940

Charles Templeman Loram

… in May 10 in  1879. He studied at Cambridge,University of Cape Town and at Columbia University, where he completed a Ph.D. in 1917. His doctoral dissertation…

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1939

Manfred Zylla

… to confront reality. I use art as a tool to get to know the world in which I live. And I use art as a tool to experience my own reality within the world in…

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1937-2002

Justice Gizenga Mpanza

… 1937 at Groutville Mission Reserve. His father was one of Chief Luthuli's indunas (advisors). Mpanza went to school … arrived in Durban in 1954, he went to…

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1921-1980

President Seretse Khama

… His grandfather was Kgosi (King) Khama III, known as Khama the Good, the ruler of the Bangwato people. Under his rule and with his approval, … Seretse Khama …

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Dr Gomolemo Mokae

… Gomolemo Mokae was born in Ga-Mokopane. He was the last of the eight children born of a Methodist minister, Reverend …

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1969-2019

Philemon Masinga

… or ‘Chippa’ as he is affectionately known by thousands of soccer lovers was born on 28 June 1969 in Klerksdorp, … (North-West Province). At primary school…

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1919-1999

Phyllis Altman

… could not afford university fees she accepted a loan from the Transvaal Education Department which was conditional on her teaching after graduation. While…

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1974

Wim Botha

… Wim Botha is a contemporary artist working mainly in the mediums of sculpture and installation. He was born in Pretoria in 1974 and grew up in a suburban…

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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 … in Kliptown. Later he lived in Lenasia for a…

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1956-2003

Muziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba

… in 1956. His art is uniquely grounded in his experience of life and contemporary events in KwaZulu-Natal. He reflects … this experience, as Andy Mason has…

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1920-1991

Jonas Dinous Matlou

… Jonas Dinous Matlou was born 2 June 1920 in Diepsloot north of Johannesburg. He became an early member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL)…

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1961

Brett Murray

… was born in Pretoria in 1961. From 1985-1989 he studied at the Michaelis School at the University of Cape Town (UCT) where he obtained a Bachelor and Masters…

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1932-2008

Miriam Makeba

… born in March 4th, in 1932 Johannesburg , during a time of economic depression. Her mother, a domestic worker, was … to sing at church, and performed her…

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1939

Percy Ndithembile Konqobe

… . This work has informed his art, instilling a sense of mysticism in many of his pieces. Konqobe began creating works of art in the early 1970s, encouraged…

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1951-2025

Rashid Lombard

… school, he trained as an architectural draughtsman. During the 1980s, Lombard worked in the audio-visual department of a large construction company in Cape…

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1924-1972

Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson

… Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson  was born of coloured and Swazi parents in 1924 in the Hectorspruit district of the Eastern Transvaal, he graduated from St. Peter…

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Pious Goodman Mei

… Born in 1912, he joined the African National Congress in 1936. As an organiser for the Congress of the People and organising secretary of the African Textile…

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1814-1893

George Christopher Cato

… Christopher Cato was born in 25 February 1814, London. The eldest son of a Huguenot family called Caton who settled in London. His family, silk weaving…

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1956

Anthony James (Tony) Leon

… College. Leon went on to register a law degree with the  University of Witwatersrand . His leadership qualities manifested … themselves while still at…

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1961-1976

Lesley Hastings Ndlovu

… Hastings Ndlovu was a fifteen-year-old boy during the Soweto Uprising in 1976 . He is widely believed to be the first boy who was shot dead by police on that…

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1934

Abdullah Ibrahim

… South African musician, Abdullah Ibrahim was born on the 9 October 1934 in Cape Town, South Africa. Born Adolph … in jazz music as a pianist and composer,…

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1947-1972

Mthuli ka Shezi

… a playwright and a cultural activist. He was president of the Students Representative Council at the University of Zululand and later solidified his…

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1739-1793

Baron Joachim van Plettenberg

… J.A. van Plettenberg was born on the 8 March 1739 in Leeuwarden in Friesland, the Netherlands, the son of Hendrik Casimir and Agatha Petronella van Ammena…

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