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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 …

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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 …

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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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1949

Lex Mpati

… Lex Mpati was born in Durban. His maternal grandparents were from the Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, and this is where his parents sent him when he was a baby…

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1949

Renfrew Leslie Christie

… state was involved with nuclear weapons. This is when his hunt for Apartheid’s nuclear bombs started. While … times for political activism. Christie did not…

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Phindile Fethi

… restricted to Germiston, Transvaal (now Gauteng).  After his release, he was immediately served with a banning order restricting him to his house between 6pm…

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1918-2008

David Hepburn Craighead

… He was born to parents of English and Scottish descent. His father, who worked as a mine manager passed away when … political and personal work was severely…

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1793-1876

William Cock

… , requiring supplies was even refused water. A cargo his agents purchased for his account, the seller refused to deliver when he found it … supplied the ship…

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1924-2002

Makholeka Matthews Meyiwa

… He then attended Mpolweni Mission where he completed his secondary school education. Meyiwa progressed to Adams College to study for his junior certificate…

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1920

Joel Mabi Lengisi

… July 1954, Lengisi was ‘ordered forthwith to withdraw from his 'place of residence in the district Duncan Village, East … under escort to Barberton.’ In 1955…

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1977

Siyabonga “Bhele” Nomvethe

… , Natal (now Kwazulu Natal) was born on 2 December 1977. His carrer began in primary school in kwaMashu, where he … and Sabatha FC, the amateur clubs that…

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Aubrey Mokoena

… World War II. He grew up in the township, but due to his mother’s bad health was brought up by Anna Khomo. He was still in contact with his family, and they…

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1937

Fanele Mbali

… Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana Mkhonto and his brother William Ntozakhe decided on the Mbali surname as … Mkhonto family tree line. He spent the…

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1921-2009

Livingstone Mqotsi

… 18 April 1921. Mqotsi was born into a low income family, his father was a farmer. After completing primary school in … work in schools. The Native Affairs…

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1934

Moosa “Mosie” Moolla

… western Transvaal town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export business. The … following the Great Depression of the…

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1946-1987

Phindile Mfeti

… Jiba. Mfeti was released from prison on 17 May 1977. Upon his release, he was placed under house arrest in Germiston.   … law.  The South African authorities…

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1943-2017

Govin Reddy

… seeds of Reddy’s activism were sown as a youngster around his passion for sport, especially cricket. Facilities were … schools stirred a sense of injustice…

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1961

Janet Mary Cherry

… while she was driving. She has received numerous death threats and has been assaulted by white thugs. Janet's …

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1924-2009

Richard Owen Dudley

… in Cape Town and grew up in the house bought in 1852 by his great-grandfather in Palmboom Road, Newlands. The large house was shared by his father, Samuel,…

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1940-1981

John Marinus Ferus

… He was acquitted but banned and house arrested on his release.  In 1966 he was imprisoned for four months for breaking his banning order. In 1967 he was…

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William Mosehle Sekhukhune

… of Paramount Chief Sekhukhune. It was alleged that his status gave him great influence in the area and he used … and violent armed attacks on the police. At…

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Martin Nambala Wilpard

… that he was guilty of various misconducts.  He accused his wife of poisoning him and attempted to murder her, solicited money from his wife’s brother, forced…

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1918-2011

Judge Erns Jansen

… from Afrikaans Boys' High School in Pretoria, attained his BA LLB cum laude at Pretoria University and began … He was appointed to the Appellate Division in…

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1926

Tlou Theophilus Cholo

… at Kgakana Village, Polokwane. A son to a trade unionist, his father worked in Johannesburg where he was an active … Primary School in Limpopo. At the age of…

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1944-2004

Moses Ndlovu

… is in the Otto Bluff area near Pietermaritzburg, Natal. His parents were farm tenants. Ndlovu attended primary school in Crammond, Natal. His first…

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1955

Lloyd Spencer

… in 1955. As a teenager, he had developed and printed his own medium format photos using his father's antique cameras as well as his dad’s kitchen (or…

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1965

Lesetja Kganyago

… to Northern Province, now known as Limpopo province, with his mother. Kganyago matriculated at Pox College in … of the Witwatersrand (Wits), but he did not…

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Douglas Ramokgopa

… of the national Native Affairs Department (NAD) regarding his movement, communication between local and national … made a written request to be permitted to…

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J. Congress M. Mbata

… and Cornell Universities in the United States. His writings include "Race and Resistance in South Africa," …

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