1918-
Political activist, lawyer and President of the ANC when he was arrested for treason in 1962. In 1964, his five year sentence was extended to life. De Klerk released him in 1990. Awarded the Nobel peace prize, with De Klerk, in 1993. In 1994, became first black president of SA.
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1853-1902
Diamond tycoon founded De Beers Minining Co. in 1880. Named Rhodesia after himself. Established the Rhodes Scholarship.
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1931-
Taught HS before studying theology. Ordained in 1960. In 1975 apppointed Dean of St. Mary's Cathedral in Johannesburg, the first black to hold the position. Social activist for racial equality. Sought the abolution of SA passport laws and the deportation of blacks to so-called "homelands." Awarded Nobel Peace Prize in 1984.
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Paul Kruger
1825-1904
Verteran of the Great Trek. Lion-hunter and military leader. Fought during the first first Anglo-Boer War (1880-1881), which was won by the Boers. Elected president of Transvaal in 1883 and served for four terms. Declared war on Britain in 1899 and begain the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902). Escaped to Holland in 1900. At the end of the war, he went into exile to Clarens, Switzerland, where he died in 1904
He established the first game park, which now bares his name. Prior to 1994 and the election of Nelson Mandela, his birthday, October 10, was celebrated as a national holiday.
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Vasco da Gamma
Portuguese explorer, first to sail around tip of SA and named Cape of Good Hope. Named the region of Natal after first seeing it on Christmas 1497.
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Hassan Howa
1922-1992
Indian, social activist for equal rights in the sport of cricket.
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1898-1976
Ecentric painter and artist famous for her "Owl House." Considered an extraordinary piece of "outsider art." She committed suicide by drinking caustic acid in 1976.
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Johannes Brand
Namesake of Johanesburg.
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Piet Retief
Leader of the Voortrekkers (Boer Trekkers). In an attempt to escape British rule, the Boers in 1836 began migrating inward, but they found fierce resistance from the native Zulu. In 1838, he signed a treaty with the Zulu chief Dingaan, but he and his party where murdered by the Zulu. The Boers revenged the death of Retief by a massacre of the Zulu in December of 1838 in the Battle of Blood River.
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1936-
After practicing law for a year elected to parliament in 1972. Elected president in 1989 and called for an end to a racist SA. Freed Nelson Mandela and won Nobel Peace Prize with Nelson Mandela in 1993.
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1922-
Performed first heart transplant in 1967 at the Groote Schuur Hospital in Cape Town.
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Mohandas Gandhi
1869-1947
Came to SA in 1893 as a 24 year old lawyer to work on a lawsuit between two Indian trading companies. While traveling from Durban to Pretoria, he was evicted from a 1st class train car. The event had such an impact on him that he spent the next 21 years fighting for the civil rights of Indians in SA. In 1894, he founded the Natal Indian Congress. This was eightteen years before the ANC was founded in 1912. His efforts lead to the passage of the Indians' Relief Act of 1914. Gandhi returned to returned to India where he spend the remainder of his life working for Indian independence of British rule, which was finally granted in 1947. Gandhi was killed by a Hindo fantic who as angry about his religious tolerance.
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Simon van der Stel
1639 - 1699
First wine producer in SA. Settled in the Eerste river valley in 1679 and began producing wine. He called the area Van der Stel se Bosch (Van der Stel's Bush), which evolved into Stellenbosch. Van der Stel also afixed his name to Simon's Bay in 1687 from the which the name Simon's Town is derived. His home, van der Stel Manor is a major tourist attraction.
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1855-1920
Wrote "The Story of an African Farm" in 1883. During the Boer wars she was interned for her writtens.
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Dr. Arnoldus Pannevis
1838-1884
The Afrikaaner Language Musuem credits Pannevis as being the father of the movement to make Afrikaaner the official language of the country. He was motivated by his desire to have the natives study the bible, but he realized that the bibles written in Dutch were too different from the spoken and written Afrikaaner.
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Kippie Moeketsi
1925-1958
Famous Sax Player. A jazz club in Jo'burg is named after him. Peter Esterhuysen wrote a book about him titled: "Kippie Moeketsi: Sad Man of Jazz"
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