SAHO global search

1959

Kiren Thathia

… in Durban. In 1983 he obtained a BA(FA) from University of Durban Westville (UDW); in 1988 an MA(FA) cum laude and in … leaving Durban to take up a teaching…

B-0009133

1860-1921

Ellias John Mqoboli

… E. J. Mqoboli was born around 1860 in the Cape and educated at Healdtown, Mqoboli trained first as … as a speaker and writer, he played a prominent part in…

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1922-1978

Shulamith Muller

… was born in Pretoria in December 1922. She studied law at the University of Pretoria, and was admitted as an attorney in 1948. She joined the South African…

B-0068157

2012

Motisaoitsile Van Wyk Sagalala

… Van Wyk Sagalala (60) was from Bophirima Setlagole in the Retlong Municipal District of the North West. On 16 August 2012 Mr Sagalala was killed at …

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1969

Michael Shivute

… Shivute was detained on 16th June 1969 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act and was held at the Ondagwa police cells in South West Africa where he …

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1901-1953

Thambi Naransamy Naidoo

… 1901 in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) where the family had moved during the Anglo-Boer War (also known as the South African War).  He was the…

B-0068206

2012

Makhosandile Mkhonjwa

… Makhosandile Mkhonjwa (28) was from Bizana in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2008. On … August 2012 he was killed at scene 2 after…

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2012

Pumzile Sokanyile

… Sokanyile (48) was from Mdumazulu Location, Ngqeleni in the Eastern Cape. He started working for Lonmin in 2001. On … 13 August 2012 Mr Sokanyile was killed…

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1986

Clarence Lucky Payi

… Pretoria Central Prison. In 1984, Payi and Xulu, acted on the orders of a rogue MK commander, assassinated ANC underground operative Ben Langa (the brother…

B-0076039

1942-1999

Lucky Sibiya

… Seminary, Hammanskraal. His early art career consisted of carving decorative motifs on the surfaces of gourds for lampshade bases. He was given … by Cecil…

B-0009050

1964

Petrus (Fanie) Stephanus De Villiers

… Fanie de Villiers was born on the 13th October 1964 in Vereeniging. In 1985 he started playing for the Northern Transvaal cricket team and in the 1992/93 ……

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1890-1958

Gerard Moerdyk

… Gerard Moerdyk designed the Voortrekker Monument in Pretoria, some churches and public buildings. On churches he replaced the traditional crucifix with an…

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1923

Lucas Mangope

… From 1947 to 1949 he worked in the Department of Native Affairs and in 1951 commenced studying for the Higher Primary Teacher's Diploma at Bethel College…

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2012

Nkosiyabo Xalabile

… Nkosiyabo Xalabile (30) was from Elliotdale in the Eastern Cape. He began working for Lonmin around 2004. On … at scene 2 after being shot in his thigh and…

B-0121639

1897-1972

Nils Severin Andersen

… an art career until he enrolled for art studies at the Durban Technical College.He also joined the NSA, becoming a Council member in 1929 and its President ……

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1964

Menzi Mcunu

… School. In 1985 he received informal training in art at the Community Arts Workshop, Durban. In 1987 he was awarded a bursary by the Daily News to study art…

B-0008531

1950

Christian Malcolm

… He was born in Durban. He studied at the Natal Technical College, Durban, the Croydon College of Design, Surrey, England, and at the UN(P) where he ……

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Charlene Smith

… rape survivor, journalist/writer who became well-known, at the age of 17 when she reported on the 1976 Soweto uprising  the dead bodies and the intense …

B-0009083

1959

Connie September

… Cornelia “Connie” September was born 26 June 1959 in the Western Cape and grew up on the West Coast where her mother would send her for holidays. … were…

B-0096276

1964-2000

Julius Thamsanqa Kuboni

… he was a sculptor. According to Julius, his father had the most influence on his work as a sculptor. He attended the Lamontville High School until 1982 and…

B-0008283

1972

Mujahid Safodien

… Mujahid was born on 17 of March 1972. He matriculated at the Alexandra Senior … to do a Graphic design and Fine Art Photography diploma at the Cape Town…

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Hannah Lurie

… She was born in Johannesburg. She trained at Natal College of Art under Mary Stainbank and Karin Jonzen, London … for her bronze sculpture. She has served as…

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1943-1967

Denise Darvall

… achieved renown when on 3 December 1967, she became the donor in the world’s first successful human heart transplant, … and was essentially brain dead. At 9…

B-0007989

1981

Isaac Mofokeng

… Isaac Mofokeng was born in Rustenburg in 1981. He attended the Mokutuli and Seipone primary schools in Sebokeng and Orange Farm respectively. Later he…

B-0008596

1966

Leong Yun Pin

… November 1966 after being detained on 18 Novemver 1966 at the Leeuwkop prison under the 180-day clause.The official cause of death at an inquest was given as…

B-0074849

1931-1989

Richard Rive

… a Coloured, or “mixed race”, area under apartheid. With the aid of a scholarship, Rive attended high school in Cape Town and studied at the University of…

B-0008959

1927

Julius Phumelele Busa

… and was an African National Congress (ANC) organiser for the Congress of the People. His charges in the Treason Trial were withdrawn …

B-0007903

John Moshoeu

… Soweto, Transvaal (now Gauteng Province). Shoes or the ‘dribbling wizard’ as he was popularly known for his skills in the field of play, began his soccer…

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