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1917-1993

Oliver Tambo

… Early years Oliver Reginald Kaizana Tambo (more popularly known as Oliver Tambo or OR) was born in the village of Kantilla, Bizana, in … mother, Julia, was…

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1961

Dali Tambo

… Dali Tambo is the son of the late former ANC President Oliver Tambo and his wife Adelaide Tambo , He has two sisters, Nomathemba and Tselane Tambo. When…

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1929-2007

Adelaide Frances Tambo

… Adelaide Frances Tambo (nee Tshukudu) was born on 18 July 1929 in Top Location, Vereeniging, in the Vaal Triangle. Tambo attended the St Thomas Practising…

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1927-2021

Thembi Shange Nobadula

… A stalwart of the African National Congress (ANC) and the … (UK), where she became neighbours with Adelaide and Oliver Tambo while helping to establish the…

B-0150940

1938

Viacheslav “Ivan” Shiryaev

… Socialist Republics (USSR) Foreign Affairs and became a First-Class Counsellor in the diplomatic ranks. He served … he played an important role in the…

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1925-2015

Ruth Mompati

… 6.  After completing standard 6, she had to work for a year in Vryburg before going to the college. She worked for … her neighbour, Mrs Njiwa, who was…

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1936

Luli Callinicos

… and was involved in the trade union movement.  She became a member of the Congress of Democrats in her youth, and wrote … (1993). In 1992, she was…

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1923-1986

Moses Mbheki Mncane Mabhida

… on 14 October 1923,he was  one of seven children in a rural family that was later forced off the land.Mabhida … Lobatse conference in October 1962, he was…

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Joseph Fansio Mati

… Joseph Faniso Mati was born on a farm near Adelaide, Eastern Cape and grew up in Port … caused by the Group of Eight, which tried to topple Oliver Tambo ,…

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1942

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

… on June 18 1942, in Mbewuleni (meaning ‘place of seed’), a tiny village in Idutywa in Transkei (now Eastern Cape). His … twentieth century. Its alumni…

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1921-2004

Ambrose Mzimkhulu Makiwane

… Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student strike. The son of two teachers, who also … leaders of the ANC and SACP leadership,…

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1928-2008

Cleopas Madoda Nsibande

… Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near … Chief Albert Luthuli, Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo. In 1958,…

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1928-2008

Cleopas Madoda Nsibande

… Cleopas Nsibande was born into a family of seven on 25 March 1928, in Nyibe Location near … Chief Albert Luthuli, Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo. In 1958,…

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1921-1985

Florence Mophosho

… was the first of the three children. Florence's mother was a qualified teacher, but worked as a domestic worker. … such as Moses Kotane , Moretsele , J.B…

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1942

Helene Marie Passtoors

… Hélène Passtoors, a Belgian national was born in the Netherlands (from a … under the immediate command of Slovo, with Oliver Tambo as the Commander of…

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1928-1980

Kate Dinkwetsi Molale

… Dinkwetsi Molale was born in 1928 and died in 1980 after a car accident. In 1954 she was elected as Secretary General … 1975. In 1978 she joined the…

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1923-1986

Moses Mabhida

… Thornville near Pietermaritzburg on 14 October 1923, into a poor family which was later forced off the land. Mabhida … Lobatse conference in October 1962, he…

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1932-1968

Benson Tsele

… African National Congress (ANC) . This was no mean feat at a time when any political activism was interpreted by the … patrolling Rhodesian army – to reach…

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1942

Terry Bell

… Ceiren, an animator and university lecturer and Brendan, a photographer. In 1961 Joe Gqabi recruited him “briefly and … ANC supporting members were not…

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1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… Province. He completed the tenth grade and found work as a construction labourer after coming to Johannesburg in 1951. … government. At his funeral, the late…

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Benjamin Johnson Langa

… Benjamin (Ben) Johnson, Langa’s father, was a Minister of Religion and his mother was a housewife who was … facts were known to the leadership of the ANC,…

B-0080452

1936

Moritz Isaac ("Manu") Herbstein

… Cape. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Sc in Engineering in 1958. From 1959-1970 Herbstein lived … contributions to the ANC via an…

B-0008155

1932-2009

Aidan Walsh

… worked as curator at the NSA before beginning to work as a full-time painter in 1987. His stay in 1986 at the Cité in … was played an important role in his…

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Ambrose Makiwane

… Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student strike. This, coupled with that his parents could … leaders of the ANC and SACP…

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1905-1982

John Collins

… child on the four children born to Arthur Collins, a master builder and his wife, Hannah Priscilla Edwards. He … South Africa, where he met with Nelson…

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1917-1997

Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje

… he made his way to Fort Hare, where he graduated with a B.A. degree in 1944, later obtaining advanced degrees in … took up law and served articles in the…

B-0068312

1934

Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu

… on 8th  of May in 1934 in Natal. He began his career as a teacher in 1952. His years of teaching culminated in the … Affairs at the University of Zululand in…

B-0007851

1943-2009

Jan van Eck

… when he was five years old with his mother and father, a classical piano teacher. He matriculated at Bonnievale High … and journalists, were praised by late…

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1916-1993

Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda

… bordering Lesotho. He was the first son of Mildred Mei, a school teacher and Gxumekelana Charles Mda, a headman, … comprised of Nelson Mandela, Walter Sisulu…

B-0008532

1942

Zweledinga Pallo Jordan

… mother, Dr Priscilla Phyllis Jordan (born, Ntantala), was a teacher, researcher and lecturer. Both his parents were … training.In 1979, on the recommendation…

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