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1954

Vincent Oliphant

… to Port Elizabeth. He completed his primary education at the Alicedale Methodist Primary School, and his secondary education in Uitenhage and the Hoërskool …

B-0008852

2012

Jackson Lehupa

… Jackson Lehupa (48) was from Mount Fletcher in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2007. On … shoulder, buttock, groin, thighs, calves and…

B-0121635

1943-2002

Duke Ketye

… a bursary for a correspondence study course through the Famous Art School in Connecticut, USA. Between 1965 and … renovated some unused buildings at…

B-0008245

Peter Engblom

… He is a descendant of the original Scandinavian Missionaries who evangelised … after matriculating in Zululand, he studied photography at the Bavarian State…

B-0068395

1948-1996

Vuminkosi Zulu

… born on 24 November 1948 in Mapumulo, KwaZulu-Natal. From the age of thirteen Zulu attended school in Kranskop for six years … to 1972 he attended Rorke's…

B-0009213

Robert Moffat

… His parents were not wealthy. He was father-in-law to the missionary-explorer, David Livingstone and father to John … by Cecil John Rhodes to negotiate what…

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1945

Professor Raymond Suttner

… Raymond Suttner is Emeritus Professor at the University of South Africa as well as Honorary Professor at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg…

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1926-2011

John A. Mavuso

… times as a messenger and a shopkeeper. He was a member of the African National Congress national executive committee from 1955 to 1956 and was active in the…

B-0008502

1918-1979

Suliman (Solly) Mahomed Nathie

… was a businessman in Evaton and played an active role in the Evaton bus boycott of 1955 to 1956. He had earlier been jailed for participation in the 1946…

B-0008748

1804-1856

Chief Kgosi 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…

B-0068424

1831-1900

Piet Joubert

… Acted as President of the Transvaal when the territory was annexed in 1877, joined Kruger and … Ingogo and Majuba Hill. Joubert became commandant-general of…

B-0008220

1954

Vincent Baloyi

… Soweto where his family moved in 1961. He studied art at the Fred Clarke Higher' Primary School in Soweto and … In 1972 he met Eric Mbatha and began studying…

B-0007817

1881-1963

Frank Wiles

… was born in Cambridge, England, 1881. Frank Wiles was the son of sculptor Henry Wiles and the brother or W. G. Wiles . Prior to his arrival in SA in …

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1810-1906

Inkosi Sigananda Shezi

… joined Chief Bambatha (also Bambata) and other chiefs in the rebellion against the imposition of the Poll Tax by the colonial government. During the …

B-0009034

1847-1929

Millicent Fawcett

… Fawcett was part of the Ladies’ Committee that was sent over from Britain during the  Anglo Boer War  in order to inspect the conditions in …

B-0067466

1928

Christina Jasson

… Born in 1928 Jasson worked as a clerk. She was active in the Port Elizabeth trade union movement, organising food and … leading several strikes. Her daughter…

B-0008201

1945

Joel Sibisi

… Rorke's Drift. After leaving school he worked on farms in the Dundee area. In 1970-71 he attended the ELC Centre where he trained in the Ceramic Workshop. He…

B-0009045

John S. P. Motloheloa

… was born in Basutoland (now Lesotho), he grew up in the Orange Free State and went to Cape Town in 1938. In the mid-1950s he was acting secretary of the…

B-0068114

1865-1923

Chief Dalindyebo

… Chief Dalindyebo, of the Tembus, was born in 1865. At the age of 14 years he was admitted into St. John's, where he …

B-0007971

2012

Khanare Elais Monesa

… (36) was from Maseru in Lesotho. He started working in the mines in 1999. After working at two previous mines, he … 2012, Khanare was killed at scene 1 after…

B-0121600

1862-1931

Percy Fitzpatrick

… Percy Fitzpatrick best known for his book, Jock of the Bushveld and other children's books. Fitzpatrick was one of the leaders of Johannesburg's Reform…

B-0008073

1967-1985

Sipho Philip Mutsi

… Sipho Philip Mutsi died in 1985 at the Odendaalrus police station, he was the youngest detainee to die in police custody at age 17. He … Richard Spoor,…

B-0075593

1931-1994

Lucas Ted Sithole

… in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was one of ten sons of a Zulu lay priest in the Zion Christian Church, Richard Ndlala Sithole, and a … name…

B-0009074

1890-1983

Magdalena Gertruide Sauer

… Magdalena, daughter of W. Sauer, Cabinet Minister, was the first woman to … a colleague, was responsible for restoring a section of the Malay Quarter in the…

B-0008988

1951

Sabata Manaka

…  He lived in Phiri, Soweto, Johannesburg. Manaka left the country in 1978. His brother,  Ezekiel Mosioa Manaka tracked him to  the Dukwe camp,  in Botswana,…

B-0075102

1914

Valiamma Munuswami Mudaliar

… Munuswami Mudaliar was a young girl who decided to join in the last phases of  Gandhi ’s  Satyagraha  in 1913. On 29 October  Mudaliar  … joined other women…

B-0068153

1985

Bheki Zacharia Mvulane

… died in detention on 29 March, 1985. A fellow-detainee of Mvulane said: "I saw a white policeman in Katlehong Police Station fling Bheki against the wall,…

B-0008717

1938

Robert Cedric Wilcox

… Robert Cedric Wilcox - a member of the NEUM/Unity Movement (Non-European Unity Movement), APDUSA (the African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa), …

B-0078948

1963

Alson Ntshangase

… School; he had to leave school in Standard 9 due to lack of finances. He is largely self-taught as an artist. He … artists.  In 1993/4 he attended a…

B-0008827

1844-1934

Francis William Reitz

… in 1844. He became an advocate and from 1874 was the President of the Orange Free State Appeal Court. He became President of … P. (undated). “South Africa…

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