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1897-1961

Elias Phakane Moretsele

… for his tribe of origin, the Pedi of the North-Eastern Transvaal, which characterised his entire public career. … (ANC) only began after the drastic…

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1852-1918

Schalk Burger

… he became a member of the Volksraad (People’s Council) in Transvaal representing Lydenburg. During his term he served … was tasked with discussing closer…

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1861-1951

Sefako Mapogo Makgatho

… was born at GaMphahlele, in the Pietersburg district in Transvaal (now Limpopo province) in 1861. He was the son of … until 1906 when he, together with other…

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C. S. Ramohanoe

… C. S Ramohanoe was a provincial President of the Transvaal  African National Congress  (ANC) from 1944 to 1950 … in efforts to revive the ANC in the late…

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1874-1932

Daniel Simon Letanka

… was born at Saulspoort in the Rustenburg district of the Transvaal in 1874 and attended the Native College in … education overseas, he organised a choir that…

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1949-2015

Clive Edward Butler Rice

… University of Natal. Clive started playing cricket for the Transvaal Nuffield XI in 1967 and eventually showed glimpses … of a fine all–rounder, which earned…

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1853-1917

Dr. Leander Starr Jameson

… He became very popular and among those he treated were the Transvaal President, Paul Kruger and the Matabele King, … part of the Bechuanaland Protectorate…

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Nimrod Boyce Tantsi

… to Witbank as a full-time  ANC  organiser for the eastern Transvaal. When the short-lived League of African Rights was … the popular political song "Mayibuye…

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1874-1965

Richard Feetham

… with the task of reconstituting local government in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). He resigned in 1905 when he was admitted to the Transvaal Bar and from 1907…

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1909-1985

Moses Josiah Madiba

… in 1930, matric in 1933 and the B.A. degree in 1941 with a Transvaal Education Department bursary, and the U.E.D. in … Madiba was the first secretary of the…

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Acting Chief Moepadira Mphahlele

… Acting Chief of the Mphahlele community in the Northern Transvaal. He was banished from Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo…

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Gaur Radebe

… made his mark in 1941 when, as secretary for mines in the Transvaal ANC, he was among the founders of the African … the Alexandra branch of the ANC, Radebe…

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1903-1979

Josie Palmer

… ‘Josie’ Palmer (Mpama) was born in 1903 in Potchefstroom, Transvaal (now North West Province ), to Georgina Garson and … magistrate. She grew up in…

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1925

Stanley B. Lollan

… one of the few significant coloured activists in the Transvaal in the 1950s. A clerk by occupation, he was … of the South African Coloured People's…

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1923

James “Jobe” Hadebe

… member of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Transvaal. During the ANC boycott of Bantu Education schools … "cultural clubs" for children. He also…

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1925-2010

Ethel Walt

… Province). Her family relocated to Yeoville, Johannesburg, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng), when she was still a young … injustices of apartheid. This would…

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1935

Jeremiah W Dunjwa

… the 1919 passive resistance campaign against passes in the Transvaal, secretary of the Transvaal  African National Congress  (ANC) and, in the early …

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1831-1900

Piet Joubert

… Acted as President of the Transvaal when the territory was annexed in 1877, joined … and Majuba Hill. Joubert became commandant-general of the Transvaal and…

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1921-1976

Leslie Massina

… of laundry workers and was later elected secretary of the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Unions. During the … Campaign  he was deputy volunteer-in…

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1798-1853

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius

… defeated them. In 1842 Britain annexed Natal, with the Transvaal following in 1848. In 1847 Pretorius, who had … their commitment to Britain. He moved to…

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1953-1982

Dr. Neil Hudson Aggett

… Black hospitals in Umtata, Eastern Cape and Tembisa, Transvaal (now Gauteng). While working at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg, Transvaal,…

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1939

Chief Malebogo

… Range. Malebogo became chief in 1880. He saw the Transvaal Boers as intruders who were trying to change his … On 27 April 1894 and again on 7th May,…

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1930

Plaatjies Joseph Paul

… in 1930 in Ferreirastown,Johannesburg.Joseph joined the Transvaal Indian Congress Youth League as a teenager. After … was surprisingly successful.An active…

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1926-2021

Maniben Sita

… 1926 in the Asiatic Bazaar, ( Marabastad ,  Pretoria ) in Transvaal (now Gauteng), into a highly politically-active … been greatly influenced by  Mahatma…

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1918-1979

Suliman (Solly) Mahomed Nathie

… Resistance Campaign . He was a branch chairman of the Transvaal Indian Congress in Evaton, and was an accused in … in late 1958.  In 1961, while serving as…

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Dilizantaba Mji

… June 26 protest, and in 1951 he was elected to head the Transvaal Youth League. In 1952 he was elected to the  … national executive committee but soon…

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Cijimpi Mnyandu

… and you are banished to Sibasa, [Tshivhase], Northern Transvaal [now Limpopo Province].’ He was given £2 [R4] and … from ‘Makhanya Tribal Area’ to…

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1928-2009

Suliman Moosa Esakjee

… He worked as a clerk, and was an active member of the  Transvaal Indian Congress  (TIC) from its inception. He served as the Joint Secretary of the Transvaal…

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1825-1904

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger

… and his family later accompanied Potgieter to the Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga) where they founded Ohrigstad, near … signing of the Sand River…

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1870-1943

Sir Patrick Duncan

… Colonial Secretary in the Milner administration in the Transvaal, and in 1906 acted as Lieutenant-Governor of that colony. When the Transvaal received self…

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