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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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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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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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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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1960

Steve Dyer

… in Pietermaritzburg in 1960. He taught himself to play the guitar at the age of eleven. He studied music at the University of …

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1948-2014

Jan Willem Jordaan

… is a painter, sculptor and graphic artist. He studied at the University of Pretoria, obtaining a BA (FA). He taught history of art at … University then from…

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Stephen Mini

… He was an early leader of the  African National Congress  (ANC), serving at times as head of the House of Chiefs. He was also among the first leaders of ……

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Diana (Di) Bishop

… eleven in 1961 when South Africa became a republic. During the celebrations, she refused to attend a military display, influencing her other siblings to do…

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Jonathan Ngwenya

… Kwame Nkrumah Military Base. In 1978, he was deployed to the APLA headquarters in Dar-es-Salaam, Tanzania. Between … Platoon and Company Commander…

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1874-1965

Sir Winston Spencer Churchill

… in 1874. He came to South Africa as a correspondent to the Morning Post during the South African War of 1889-1902, and was taken prisoner in Natal when the…

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1962

Lucky Shabalala

… an early age he started carving heads.  Shabalala attended the Community Arts Workshop in the 1980s in Durban. He has obtained a number of commissions from…

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1967

Sparks Mahamba

… Sparks Mahamba was a member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) and  uMkhonto we Sizwe  (MK). Mahamba was killed in the Third Battle of the Wankie…

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1964

Thinus Mathee

… his schooling, he completed his national service in the SA Army. While at school, he developed a keen interest in photography. He photographed for the school…

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Arthur Butelezi

… Butelezi was educated at the Wesleyan Methodist School, Volks rust where he received … Training School in Pretoria where painting was included in the…

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1894-1982

Madie Hall-Xuma

… figure in middle-class social circles, she headed the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) from … Carolina, and met Xuma, then a widower, on his…

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1890-1841

Ruth Elizabeth Arndt

… Africa in 1982. In South Africa, Arndt set about informing the government on the importance of pre-school education. She served as honorary secretary, …

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1947

Phillmon Velangetshe Sangweni

… many years for a carpet company in Durban, but left during the workers’ strikes of 1976. Sangweni no lives in the Empangeni district where he works as a…

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Joseph Nkatlo

… Joseph Nkatlo was vice-chairman of the Liberal Party in the Cape, he was a delegate to the December 1960 consultative … Joseph Nkatlo was vice-chairman of…

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1906

Martha Mohlakoane

… Mohlakoane was born in 1906 to a family of farm squatters. She worked in domestic service for 22 years. Mohlakoane joined the  African National Congress  in…

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1941-1985

Judson Diza Kuzwayo

… in rural Natal and completed his junior certificate at the Loram Secondary School.He joined the African National Congress (ANC) as a teenager in 1957,he…

B-0077958

1917

Elijah Thomas Zondi

… Zondi, an evangelist and Bellinah Mchunu.  He attended the Burnside Community School in Dundee from 1921 to 1926.  From 1931 to 1932, he then attended the…

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1937-2004

Daniel Sefudi Rakgoathe

… Standard VI, Rakgoathe was taught art by Mr Maseko, one f the first black handicrafts teachers in South Africa. … program at Botshabelo Training Institute…

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1955-1985

Malesella Benjamin Moloise

… 1985 at Pretoria Central Prison for his supposed role in the 1982 murder of a black security policeman. However, the African National Congress claimed…

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1709-1785

Georg Schmidt

… Georg Schmidt was born in Kunewalde on 30 September 1709 as the son of a peasant family. He was converted to Christianity at the age of 16. In 1726, Schmidt…

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Mrs N. S. Lachimi Pillay

… Mrs. N. S. Pillay (Lachimi), sister-in-law of Veerammal Naidoo, went with Veerammal and her mother to Natal during the third phase of the Satyagraha . She…

B-0095284

1966

Bellington Mampe

… in September 1963 after being detained for 140 days at the Worcester police station.The Act he was detained under and the cause of death were undisclosed…

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2012

John Kutlwano Legingoane

… for 5 years. On 16 August 2012 John was shot twice in the neck and head. The bullets were fired from an R4 or R5 rifle and immediately … grandfather,…

B-0121597

1923

Dr Hassen (Ike) Mahomed Moosa

… a medical practitioner. He was educated at Fort Hare and the University of Cape Town (UCT) and was active in the political movement since his student days…

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1904

Joan Morice

… veterinarian, was born in Barberton in 1904. She completed the first two years of pre-veterinary study at the University of Witwatersrand, and the next three…

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