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1919-2008

Noni Jabavu

… Helen Nontando (Noni) Jabavu was born in 1919 in the Eastern Cape into a literary … first African female writers and journalists. In 1955 Noni Jabavu…

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1859-1921

John Tengo Jabavu

… John Tengo Jabavu was born on 11 January  in 1859 near the Methodist … his pupils taking a great interest in their studies. Young Jabavu was of the great…

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1889-1946

Alexander Macaulay Jabavu

… Alexander Macaulay Jabavu was born in 1889 in King William's Town, he was the second son of  John Tengo Jabavu . After studying at Lovedale, he taught…

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1885-1959

Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu

… Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu (D. D. T) Jabavu was born in the Cape Colony in 20 October in 1885. He was the eldest son of John Tengo Jabavu , a politician…

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Jonas Jabavu Mzondi

… Jonas Jabavu Mzondi …

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1933-1967

Jonas Jabavu Mzondi

… Jonas Jabavu Mzondi …

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Allan Kirkland Soga

… the  Izwi Labantu,  a Cape paper that rivaled  John Tengo Jabavu's   Imvo Zabantsundu,  and with the Native Advocate, a …

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1858-1936

Dr. Walter Benson Rubusana

… Africans, his status was second only to that of John Tengo Jabavu . Thus, when Jabavu withheld his support from the South African Native … (APO), D Dwanya,…

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1952-1981

Robert Mokwena (George Sello)

… as George Sello, was born on 4 April 1952 in White City Jabavu, Soweto in the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng …

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2012

Bongani Mdze

… Bongani Mdze (28) was from Jabavu, Mataliele in the Eastern Cape. He began working for …

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1919

M. J. M. Williams Shope

… M. J. M. Williams Shope was born in 1919 in the Letaba district … 1952 Defiance Campaign , he served as a branch chairman in Jabavu Township in  Johannesburg…

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1918-1998

Mark Shope

… 1952 Defiance Campaign, he served as a branch chairman in Jabavu township in Johannesburg. He was among the accused in …

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1875-1945

Samuel E. K. Mqhayi

… first stanza. Writing about the song in 1934,  D. D. T. Jabavu  said, "Of late the Black races of the Union and the …

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1859-1936

Meshach Pelem

… Africans in the Cape, rivaling such men as  John Tengo Jabavu  and  Walter Rubusana  for influence among educated …

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1866-1935

Henry Burton

… in this election by a young Sol Plaatje and Tengo Jabavu, the editor of Imvu (see Willan footnote 73 p. 604). … had ‘good grounds for an election petition.’…

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1925

Gertrude Shope

… to 1966 Shope was the chairperson of the Central Western Jabavu Branch of the  Federation of South African Women … member of the ANC, chairperson of the…

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1879-1924

Alfred Mangena

… passed by Britain's parliament in 1909.Pixley Seme, D.D.T.Jabavu, M.K.Gandhi and others,Mangena accompanied the … biography. Francolin Publishers, Cape Town,…

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1851-1932

Joseph Booth

… boarders in his Cape Town home, one of whom was  D. D. T. Jabavu , Booth drew up ambitious plans for a system of …

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1935-2008

Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)

… In 1958 they got a municipal stance in Central Western Jabavu to erect a shack. In 1976, her son  Tsietsi  led the …

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1965

Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko

… Nigel. She completed her junior primary education at the Jabavu East Community School, and then attended St Matthews …

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1901-1968

Zachariah Keodirelang Matthews

… East African and Anglo-Egyptian Sudan. After D. D. T. Jabavu 's retirement in 1944 Matthews became head of Fort … Natives' Representative Council (NRC)…

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1906-1968

Archibald Campbell Jordan

… of Fort Hare after the retirement of Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu . In 1956 Jordan became the first African to receive a … E.J. Verwey, (1995), New Dictionary…

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1938

Ngoako David Thebehali

… World. In 1968 Thebehali offered to represent White City Jabavu at town council level. In 1976 he became the head of …

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1942-2017

Joe “Sdumo” Mafela

… Kliptown for five years. In 1952 they moved to White City Jabavu, a township that was conceived as a temporary shelter …

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1885-1970

Kerr Alexander

… learnt that he had only one teaching colleague, D.D.T. Jabavu. Nevertheless the college was declared officially open …

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1936-1990

Chris McGregor

… a septet to the Catsle Larger Jazz Festival in Soweto, Jabavu. At the end of the festival, he spent time in …

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1916-1993

Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda

… when its leadership, led by its president D.D.T. Jabavu , was suspected of and criticised for betraying their …

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1955-1985

Jacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake

… born on 8 December 1955, and grew up in Central Western Jabavu in Soweto near Johannesburg. He was 10 years old when, …

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1944

Mongane Wally Serote

… and later at Morris Isaacson High – the school in Jabavu, Soweto, which would much later play a significant …

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1957-1990

Teboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini

… Mashinini was born on 27 January 1957 in Central Western Jabavu, Soweto. Mashinini was the second son of Ramothibi, a …

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