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1945-2013

Zolile Hamilton Keke

… Zolile Hamilton Keke was born on 31st of October 1945 in East London and grew up in Duncan Village … attended Welsh High School in East London where he…

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1943-2005

Ronnie Levitan

… born in Johannesburg where he graduated as an architect in the 1950s. He moved to Cape Town in the late 1970s where he worked as an architect in the design…

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1772-1841

Sir Rufane Shaw Donkin

… British soldier, and Governor at the Cape from 1820-21. He named the burgeoning port of Algoa Bay, Port Elizabeth in memory of the death of his … British …

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02-October1937

Rev. Mzwandile Maqina

… Rev. Mzwandile Ebenezer Maqina was born in 2nd of October 1937,New Brighton .He grew up in Port Elizabeth ,the son of two teachers,attended Lovedale,taught…

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1966

Hangula Shonyeka

… In 1967 the minister of justice announced that a detainee had died in detention in 1966,but did not mention the detainee's name.In 1970,in parliament the…

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1829-1871

Tiyo Soga

… Tiyo Soga was born in 1829. He was the most famous pupil of the Lovedale missionaries. On a visit to Scotland in 1857, he …

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1939

Allina Ndebele

… was born on 10 December 1939 in Ekuhlengeni mission, on the Swart Mfolozi near Vryheid, Natal. Ndebele attended school in the Swart Mfolozi area where she…

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1922-2004

Sheila Cussons

… Sheila Cussons was born at the Moravian Missionary Station near Piketberg , Western Cape … , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) and studied fine art at the University…

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1878-1914

Jopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie

… Jopie Fourie was born in the Pretoria district in 1878. He was a scout and dispatch rider during the  South African War , and was wounded and captured in an…

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1948

George Msimang

… School in 1968 after completing Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo … for a year, beginning in 1969. In 1971…

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1927

C. M Kobus

… C. M Kobus was the African attorney and founding member of the  Non-European Unity Movement  (NEUM). Holder of a B.A. … Attorney, teacher and founding member…

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1870-1943

Sir Patrick Duncan

… College, Oxford, where he gained several distinctions. At the age of 23 he entered the Revenue Department at Somerset House, London, and was …

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1898-1914

Valliamma Munuswamy Mudaliar

… The participation of women passive resisters was a key element of the Satyagraha Campaign of 1913 - 1914. Angered by the … ‘Soweto’ supplement, The Leader ……

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1942

Jeanie Noel

… Jeanie Noel was born in  Durban  as one of twelve children, however her family was fortunate enough … something that was not common in coloured communities…

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1929-2000

Esme Bodenstein

… in London before moving to Cape Town . There she joined the Modern Youth Society (MYS), a left-wing association which attracted many former Communist Party…

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1885

Nehemiah Tile

… Leader of the first major secessionist church in South Africa, Tile was born in Tembuland in the Transkei and received some formal education at Boloto. He ……

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1929

Peter Papela Nthite

… Born 1929, the son of a labourer, he grew up in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. From … support his family, working as a truck driver. Joining the  African National…

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1859-1942

Lord William Waldegrave Palmer Selborne

… Lord William Palmer, the second Earl of Selborne was born in 1859. He studied history at the University of Oxford. He was Under-Secretary for the … Potgieter…

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1934-2010

Edward Sonnyboy Bhengu

… born on 8 November 1934 in Sophiatown to Gladys Toti in the Italian household of the Mattera family. He was the first born son of Pasquale … D., (2010), '…

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Yazeed Kamaldien

… at Peninsula Technikon, which he completed in 2001. Part of the course was a section on photojournalism. Extra lessons in photography included a short course…

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1904-1986

Jean van der Poel

… on to become a prominent historian. Her studies began at the University of Cape Town (UCT) , and she completed her doctorate at the London School Of…

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1954

Themba Daniel Mbongwa

… He continued with his primary education at Mkhomazi on the Natal South Coast and then at Umzomuhle L.P. School, … where he was encouraged to make art objects…

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1908

Edgar Arthur Deane

… Deane was born in 1908. He became national secretary of the Coloured Furniture Workers' Union and a politician, serving for a period on the Cape Town City…

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1890-1978

Benjamin John Peter Tyamzashe

… privately between 1913 and 1924, while teaching at the Tiger Kloof Institution in Vryburg. In 1938, Tyamzashe’s … Agnes Masango.  He was invited to conduct a…

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1961-1988

Johannes Maisha (Stanza) Bopape

… He joined  South African Students’ Organisation  and the local African National Congress Youth League branch. … involved in his community and was elected in…

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Barney William Ngakane

… Ngakane moved to Springs, where he served as chairman of a Liberal Party branch in the early 1960s. In December 1960 he acted as chairman at the consultative…

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1936

Mama Beshenga

… During the 1960s, at the height of the forced removals with the introduction of the Native Law Amendment Act , there was great panic and …

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1943-2000

Mampe Mosia Makhaya

… Training courses in different European countries such as the UK, Norway, Germany and Russia. In 1976, Makhaya join the  African National Congress  (ANC) and…

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