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1957-1980

Leonard Tebogo Tume

… 10), he joined the Railway Police as a constable. He left his home in November 1976 when he joined the African National … During this time, he took on the…

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1984

Siphiwe Tshabalala

… the prestigious Kaizer Chiefs academy. He finished off his youth career at Mamelodi Sundowns before beginning his professional career in 2003. Siphiwe…

B-0152260

1971

Solomon David Lion

… Lion, was expelled from Basutoland to the Union after his religious sect was banned. The Sechaba-sa-Batung … which caused “a good deal of concern to the…

B-0147760

5 June1958-2021

Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu

… Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga Province). Raised by his grandmother, Sarah Mthembu, and his uncles, he grew up in Kromkrans, a reserve for Black … the…

B-0150697

1965

Mduduzi Richard Shabalala

… Durban, Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) on 24 July 1965. His father was a prominent civic rights leader in Lamontville Township. Shabalala completed his primary…

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1924-2010

Harry Heinz Schwarz

… being thrown off a tram for being a Jew. In 1934, Schwarz, his younger brother Kurt and his mother Alma left Germany for South Africa travelling on the SS…

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1626-1699

Sheik Yusuf

… of Bantam, also known as Ageng (the Great). He supported his father-in-law against the Dutch East In dia Company … but in 1684 was banished to Ceylon, as the…

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1950-2017

Glynn Griffiths

… Africa,though he was a British citizen by birth through his parents and grandparents. (His paternal grandfather travelled from the South Wales … often…

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1966-2012

Sicelo Shiceka

… Lusikisiki in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) His greatest influence was his grandfather, a warrior of the  1960 Pondo revolt  against … were found…

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1946-2020

Eric Magamana Lubisi

… son and had five sisters. At the age of twelve, he and his family relocated to Mamelodi Johannesburg. Transvaal. He completed his matric at Mamelodi High…

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1966

Dingaan Bongani Thobela

… was born at Baragwanath hospital on 24 September 1966. His mother named him Bongani, but his paternal grandmother decided he should have a different name…

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1953

Ashley La Grange

… in PE and philosophy and ran a swimming school to pay his way through a teaching diploma and a BFA and MFA in South … year’s fees. Ashley la Grange juggled…

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1940

John Maxwell Coetzee

… parents in Cape Town on 9 February 1940. Coetzee spent his childhood in there, as well as in Worcester, a … of the liberal South African party of General Jan…

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1958-2012

Aaron Sipho Madondo

… Aaron Sipho Madondo, the last of 11 children in his family was born on 6 August 1958 in Mofolo South, Soweto.  He began his primary school education at Gugu…

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1986

Ngwenduna Vanda

… Cape. He was killed in combat with the Transkeian forces. His body was exhumed from the Transkei where he had been … given a pauper's burial by the then…

B-0149396

1919

M. J. M. Williams Shope

… of the northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received no formal schooling. …

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1908

Thomas Selema Masekela

… him to train as a health inspector. In 1939 he obtained his NTC2 and began working as a health induna on City Deep …

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1949-2010

Robert Edward Jansen

… was admitted to hospital with chronic bronchitis with his lung capacity rapidly diminishing. Although on a …

B-0008196

1947-2008

Mike Terry

… a major threat to international peace and security. From his days as a student leader in the late 1960s and for more …

B-0068549

1952-1985

Ruben Xulu

… both stone and wood. Xulu remained at Hlabisa until 1970. His major works produced for the mission church Malusi Omuhle …

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1810-1841

Rev. George Champion

… to obtain the Zulu king’s permission to work among his subjects. Despite Dingane’s indunas voicing some …

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1918-1998

Mark Shope

… of the Northern Transvaal, he became a breadwinner for his family at an early age and received no formal schooling. …

B-0009039

Josias Madzunya

… he served an 18-month sentence for incitement; on his release he was endorsed out of Johannesburg. …

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2008

Alfred Toto Metele

… kept a close eye on  BCC members, especially Metele due to his devout  membership to the African National Congress (ANC) … to testify against fellow comrades…

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1953

Alan Arnold Aderem

… Alan Arnold Aderem was restricted to his Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape) home. His house arrrest restricted him to his home between the hours…

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1930s-2014

David Patrick Russell

… the struggle against apartheid from an early age. He did his first degree at the University of Cape Town, and then … of the Resurrection, Mirfield, England,…

B-0144759

1934-2003

Buzwe Stanley Mabizela

… the ANC Youth League. A son to a farm worker, Mabizela did his primary education in Port Elizabeth where he also became … politicised. After passed Standard…

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David Ngwabeni

… East District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], had his banishment order issued on 19 June 1953. However, before … to three years imprisonment with…

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Mhlabuvelile Hlamandana

… He was accused by state officials of being careless in his duties, disrupting the smooth functioning of the Isikelo … including arson and public violence in…

B-0149276

1931-2003

Ebrahim Badsha

… in Natal. He grew up in a large Gujarati Muslim home. His father, Ismail Essop Badsha, came to the colony of Natal with his elder sister and her husband as…

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