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Mar 18, 2013

Truth and Reconciliation Commission Special Hearings - Prisons

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Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)
Article
Mar 15, 2013

Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC)

The Transvaal Indian Youth Congress (TIYC) was formed in Transvaal (now Gauteng) as the youth wing of the Transvaal Indi...

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Mrs N. S. Lachimi Pillay
Biography
Mar 14, 2013

Mrs N. S. Lachimi Pillay

Participated in the Indian miners’ strike of 1913, political prisoner 

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Elias Mathope Motsoaledi
Biography
Mar 14, 2013

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

Political prisoner, trade unionist, banned person

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Veerammal Naidoo
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Mar 14, 2013

Veerammal Naidoo

  Political prisoner, took part in passive resistance.

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Article
Mar 14, 2013

Durban moment redirect

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Ramnie Dinat
Biography
Mar 14, 2013

Ramnie Dinat

  Political activist, political prisoner, member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, exiled person, active in the A...

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Simon Nkabinde
Biography
Mar 14, 2013

Simon Nkabinde

Artist - Musician

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Indres Naidoo
Biography
Mar 13, 2013

Indres Naidoo

Indrasena (Indres) Elatchininathan Naidoo worked as a clerk and became the main support of the family after the death of...

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Jeffry Dumo Baqwa
Biography
Mar 13, 2013

Jeffry Dumo Baqwa

Member of the Black Consciousness Movement, Medical doctor

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John Collins
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Mar 13, 2013

John Collins

Anglican Priest, Anti Apartheid Activist, Founder of the International Defence and Aid Fund, (IDAF). 

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Emmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande
Biography
Mar 13, 2013

Emmanuel Bonginkosi Nzimande

Industrial Sociologist, Industrial Psychologist,  lecturer, author,  member of a number of progressive education organis...

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Mar 11, 2013

From the 1973 Durban strikes to the Marikana massacre and De Doorns conflict: How trade unions acquired their power and what has gone wrong with employment relations in South Africa subsequently by Johann Maree

Forty years ago during January and February 1973 mass strikes by African workers in Durban broke out in protest against ...

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Enver Hassim
Biography
Mar 11, 2013

Enver Hassim

Lawyer, member of the Non European Unity Movement, Progressive Forum, the Coloured Peoples Congress, Africa Peoples Demo...

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The Natives Land Act of 1913
Article
Mar 06, 2013

The Natives Land Act of 1913

Introduction The history of White colonial land dispossession did not begin with the passing of the Native Land Act ...

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