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History Through Pictures
29 August 1688
A French minister, Pierre Simond, joins the Huguenots at the Cape by order of the Heeren XVII (Lords Seventeen)
2 September 1958
Hendrik Verwoerd becomes Prime Minister
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Di Bishop: (1950 - ) Political Activist. In 1981 she was arrested for the first time for being in an Port Elizabeth township without a permit.
Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood: (1927 - ) Activist and Trade unionist. In 1951, when a call came from a trade union movement to stage a one-day strike, she decided to throw in her weight against the unjust laws.
Elizabeth Mafikeng: (1918 - ) Activist. She first rose to the position of National Vice-President of the ANC Women's League and later elected into the National Executive Committee FEDSAW in the 1940s.
