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1910-1960s

Jameson Gilbert Coka

… Coka was born in 1910 on a white farm near Vryheid, Natal, the son of a sharecropper. He won a bursary to Adams College, where … his schooling to junior…

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1969

Jonathan Neil Rhodes

… KwaZulu-Natal on 27 July 1969. He grew up in the picturesque Pietermaritzburg town and excelled in cricket … batsman Inzamam Ul-Haq after a magnificent catch…

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2012

Thabiso Johannes Thelejane

… Johannes Thelejane (55) was from Pabellong, Matatiele in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in October … Mr Thelejane was killed at scene 2. He…

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Hamilton Kraai

… Hamilton Kraai was born and educated at Peddie in the Cape, he went to work as a warehouse foreman in Johannesburg, where he joined the  African National…

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Rev. Joseph J Doke

… Reverend Doke Became acquainted with Gandhi during the plague outbreak in Johannesburg. He was the Minister of the Johannesburg Baptist Church. He offered to…

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1909

Frank Modiba

… in 1909 Modiba was a cabinetmaker. While a youngster in the Tzaneen district, he refused to tend the sheep of a European cattle farmer and received eight…

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2012

Mafolisi Mabiya

… Mafolisi Mabiya (28) was from Dutywa in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2007. On … 2012 Mafolisi was killed at scene 2 after being shot in…

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Rosalie van der Gucht

… moved to South Africa in 1939 and took up a position at the Grahamstown Training College where she started a career … was offered a position as assistant in…

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1958-1985

Vernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng

… Vernom Nkadimeng was born in 1958 to the  African National Congress (ANC) activist and trade unionist  John Nkadimeng .    Nkadimeng skipped the country…

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1929

Selby Themba Ngendane

… Selby Themba Ngendane was born about 1929 in the Eastern Cape and attended Fort Hare, where he was active in the African National Congress Youth League…

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Alan Wieder

… has been working since 1999 with South Africans who fought the apartheid regime. Besides numerous academic articles, … and Comrade, and most recently Ruth…

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2012

Henry Mvuyisi Pato

… Henry Mvuyisi Pato (35) was from Mbizana in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin in 2011. On 16 … 2012 Mvuyisi was killed at scene 2 after being…

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1955

Matsilela Ephraim “Jomo” Sono

… Orlando East in Soweto, Johannesburg on 17 July 1955. At the age of 8, his father Eric “Scara” Bamuza Sono, a midfielder for  Orlando Pirates  in the 1960s,…

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1934-1989

William Stewart Ainslie

… on 10 April 1934 in Bedford (Eastern Cape). Studied at the university of Natal, Pietermartizburg (BA) 1952-1955 and (BA Hons Fine … he established Bill…

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1951

Patricia Horn

… Pat Horn initially got exposed to politics in the early 1970s through her involvement with adult literacy … started a literacy project involving factory…

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1969

Lucas Radebe

… old, his parents sent him away to Bophuthatswana to avoid the violence in the township. Soccer was one of his favourite pastimes, and his talent was soon…

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Alex Moumbaris

… came to South Africa in 1973. His wife was detained during the same period of his detention, but was later released without charge. Moumbaris was charged…

B-0068118

1944

Wiseman Mbambo

… He was born at Inanda, KwaZulu-Natal. He is a sculptor of figures and he works in wood. He attended school at the Umgeni Mission Station and trained as a…

B-0008508

1942

Ben Wa Mokoena Arnold

… Skotnes at Poly Street Art Center and later was a pupil of Sydney Kumalo. From 1961 to 1968 he was an assistant an … Recreation Centre. From 1980 to 1982 and…

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1923-1989

Bonakele Milner Ntsangani

… Milner Ntsangani was born in 1923 in Middledrift in the Eastern Cape. He was one of six children and had a twin brother. He attended school at … group. He…

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Nelson Mukhuba

… as a gifted wooden sculpture. His methods were learnt from the Vha-Venda wood sculptures. He worked primarily with Marula and Jacaranda wood, producing…

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1893-1952

Hendrik Andries Hanekom

… Hendrik Andries Hanekom was born on 17 June 1893. He was the son of Hendrik Hanekom. Hanekom was educated at Beaufort West … was first employed as a…

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Anneke Laurie

… father was a missionary doctor. Shortly after her birth, the family was forced to leave the country because of the civil war. Since then her family has moved…

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1972

Leoni Marinovich

… Leoni has co- produced one 24 minute documentary, Village of the Spirits, for SABC2 (2001), a 52 minute film on the Eritreain liberation struggle (yet to be…

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Dr. Pholile Mpofu

… Dr. Mpofu noticed that the field of dermatology tended to be neglected by black doctors, and … She became interested in dermatology while working at the…

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1958

Victor Shange

… in 1958. Victor showed keen interest in art at the tender age of 6 and his talent developed as he grew until he could … artist. His work depicts landscapes…

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1948

Justice Zac Yacoob

… on 3 March 1948.  He became blind at 16 months because of meningitis. Yacoob attended Durban's Arthur Blaxall School for the Blind from 1956 to 1966. From…

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1945

Joyce Patricia Nokhuthula Khoza

… Born 1945, Groutville. In 1967 she attended the Teachers’ Training Course, Adam’s College, Amanzimtoti; in 1969 she took the Special course in Arts and…

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1952

Gert Petrus Swart

… from Queensborough High School in 1969, he enrolled at the Natal Technical College, Durban, where he obtained a … by his father’s interest in carving, he…

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1963

David Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane

… David Hlongwane was born on 1 January 1963 in the Zwelethemba township of Worcester. He studied at Vuyisile High School, without … Chicken Farms in Worcester…

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