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1906-1982

Walter Battiss

… to an English Methodist family in 1906, and became one of South Africa’s first and most important abstract painters. … in 1917, and drew and painted since…

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1916-1968

Leng Dixon

… Leng Dixon was born in 1916 in Cape Town. He joined the New Group after his return from the Camberwell School of Art in London from 1937 to 1938 and a period…

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1864-1977

Oscar Hollander

… Germany, 1864. He lived in SA from 1889; date and place of death not known. Information on Oscar Hollander, who … George Crosland Robinson and studied for a…

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1959-2016

Junaid Ahmed

… 1976. After completing a B.A. (Hon) degree in Drama from the then University of Durban-Westville (now UKZN), he began acting and producing … community and in…

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1939

Wopko Jensma

… in Middelburg, Cape Town. He received his education at the University of Potchefstroom , but his studies were temporally … Degree in Fine Arts with…

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1941-1997

Welcome Mandla Koboka

… he studied art under Cecil Skotnes and Ephraim Ngatane at the Polly Street Art Centre . He worked in charcoal, inks, … and oils, becoming most recognised for…

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1917-1958

Christopher W. M. Gell

… Gell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1917. One of the most respected White champions of the African cause,After graduating from Cambridge University …

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1810-1841

Rev. George Champion

… Reverend George Champion was born in the state of Connecticut, United States in 1810. After graduating from Yale University, Champion joined the American…

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1986

Luvuyo Mgobhozi

… (ANC) members were executed in what became known as the "Quarry Road" incident near Durban on September 7, 1986. The men were uMkhonto we Sizwe operatives,…

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Wycliffe MIungisi Tsotsi

… President of the  All African Convention  (AAC) from 1948 to 1959. Born in the Transkei, he graduated from Port Hare in 1935 and first … President of the All…

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1945-1988

Stanley Bongani Nkosi

… years old his family moved to Dukhatole tear Germiston in the Transvaal. He attended school in Gerpiston, Swaziland and … privately with Cecil Skotnes and…

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1975

Tikkie Sibisi

… with a single parent, his father, and three sisters. (At the age of four his mother died during the ritual of Sangoma training) His father was a welder at …

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1891

Captain Lancelot Andrew Ariba

… distinction and late studied architecture in Leeds and at the RA Schools 11 London. His ideals were based on the notion of a symbiotic relationship between…

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2012

Bongani Mdze

… Bongani Mdze (28) was from Jabavu, Mataliele in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2005. He was the first person in his family to work at the…

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1957-2006

Monty Johannes Motloung

… his matric as he was interrupted by his involvement in the  Student Uprisings . In January 1977 Motloung left for Swaziland with his friend Sam Kenneth Mnisi…

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1925-1983

Kippie Jeremiah Moeketsi

… taste later in life. Kippie's first musical instrument was the clarinet which he played with his first band known as the Band in Blue. Kippie and the Band in…

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Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli

… Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli, originally a resident in the Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange … 8 March 1954 that banished her to Uitkyk Farm…

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1976

Fenuel Mogatusi

… in July 1976 and died in detention on 28 September 1976.The Act under which he was held was undisclosed but he was reportedly arrested on charges of theft…

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1920

Hymie Barsel

… Born in 1920 Barsel worked as a clerk. During the 30s he was assaulted when taking part in demonstrations against the Blackshirt Movement. He was secretary…

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1804-1856

Chief Sekonyela

… Sekonyela was born in 1804 in Harrismith next to the Wilge River. He was born in the royal family and later became the Chief of the Batlokwa people. His…

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Logan K. Ntlabati

… Logan K. Ntlabati was a prominent member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) national executive committee in the 1940s, he was born in the Transkei and…

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1963

Lennox Madikane

… Lennox Madikane was a member of the Pan African Congress (PAC) and Poqo , the military wing of the PAC. Following Poqo attacks in …

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1904-2002

Ernest Methuen Mancoba

… 1904. From 1920 to 1924 Mancoba trained as a teacher at the Diocesan Training College, Grace Dieu near Pietersburg … wood carving there from Sister Pauline…

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Mabel Balfour

… anti-apartheid activist. Balfour was first involved with the unions representing food and canning workers. After many leaders from the South African Congress…

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1955

Zamokwake Samuel Gumede

… District. As a boy he modelled cattle in clay. He attended the Langkloof Higher Primary School from 1962 to 1969.  In 1981 he was introduced to Sister…

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Victor V. T. Mbobo

… Victor V. T. Mbobo was born in the Cape, he graduated from Fort Hare in 1935. While teaching at a Pretoria high school, he participated in the founding of…

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2012

Thobisile Zibambele

… Thobisile Zibambele (39) was from Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2009. On … Thobisile was killed at scene 1 after being…

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mid 1800s-1921

Martin Lutuli

… Martin Lutuli was born in the mid-1800s, he was raised and educated at the American Zulu Mission at Groutville in Natal, where his … had been among the first…

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2012

Thembinkosi Gwelani

… Thembinkosi Gwelani (27) was from Makhwaleni, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Cape. On 16 August he was not employed at Lonmin but had gone to the Koppie to take…

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1977

Benedict ‘Bennie’ Saul McCarthy

… Town in November 12, 1977. His soccer career began with the Cape Town based club, Cape Town Spurs. He made his first … in 1997 against Netherlands, when…

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