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Last name First name Synopsis Date of birth Date of death
Habase Andile 26-November-1992
James “Jobe” Hadebe portraitHadebe James Teacher and political activist. A member of the African National Congress (ANC) Hadebe served as Transvaal Provincial Secretary of the ANC during the 1950s. An accused in the Treason Trial, Hadebe left South Africa to serve as an ANC representative internationally during his exile. 29 October 1923
Hadebe Mandlenkosi
Reggie Hadebe portraitHadebe Reggie 27 October 1992
Hadi Gordon
Hadjie Dawood
Hadjie Mohammed
Dr Hoosen Mia Haffejee portraitHaffejee Hoosen

Political activist, dentist and political detainee.

 06-November-1950 03-August-1977
Peter Hain portraitHain Peter 16-February-1950
Walter Vannet Hain portraitHain Walter A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)
Adelaine Florence Hain portraitHain Adelaine Political prisoner, banned, exiled person, Anti Apartheid activist 16 February 1927 8 September 2019
Haita Solomon
Haita Yustus
Hajaig Fatima
Eve Hall portraitHall Eve Anti-apartheid activist, COD and ANC member, journalist, launched the ANC women section’s first bulletin- Voice of Women, one of the first White women to be jailed for opposing apartheid, banned 20 March 1937 2007
Madie Hall-Xuma portraitHall-Xuma Madie Headed the African National Congress Women's League, fund raiser for the ANC, founder of the popular Zenzele self-help movement, president of the national council of the South African Young Women's Christian Association 1894 10-September-1982
George Hallett portraitHallett George Documentary Photographer, Designer, Lecturer  1942 1 July 2020
Abel Haluteni portraitHaluteni Abel
Hamakwayo James 09-October-1966
Hamateni Nathanoel
Cele Bhekokwakhe Hamilton portraitHamilton Cele
Weizman William Hamilton portraitHamilton Weizman
Siphiwe Hamlet portraitHamlet Siphiwe (approx 1988)
Michael Frank Hamlyn portraitHamlyn Michael Botswana raid by SANDF
Dag Hjalmar Agne Carl Hammarskjöld portraitHammarskjöld Dag Hjalmar Former United Nations Secretary General 29 July 1905
Hamulemo Simeon
Simeon Nanumgana Hamulemo portraitHamulemo Simeon
Simon Tembile Hanabe portraitHanabe Simon
James Handler portraitHandler James Part of the End Conscription Campaign and SAUJS
Hendrik Andries Hanekom portraitHanekom Hendrik Afrikaans theatrical pioneer and actor 17-June-1893 14-January-1952
Derek Andre Hanekom portraitHanekom Derek

A member of the African National Congress, was involved in intelligence.

 13-January-1953
Hanekom Patricia
Nghidipo Jesaja Hanfinu portraitHanfinu Nghidipo
Hanghwo Kristoff
Kristoff Mulunga Hanghwo portraitHanghwo Kristoff
Chris Hani portraitHani Thembisile Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe and General-Secretary of the SACP. 28-June-1942 10-April-1993
Gilbert Hani portraitHani Gilbert

A member of the ANC and banished person

Hanise Vuyisile
Vuyisile Oswald Hanise portraitHanise Vuyisile
Nicolas Qibile Hans portraitHans Nicolas 1941 30 May 1967
Hansie Vuyisile
Eric Stanchell Harber portraitHarber Eric A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA)and SANROC.
Anton Harber portraitHarber Anton A Journolist
Michael Alan Harmel portraitHarmel Michael Intellectual and revolutionary. Member of the SACP and  MK’s High Command. 07-February-1915 18-June-1974
Barbara Harmel portraitHarmel Barbara
Ray Harmel portraitHarmel Ray A member of the CPSA and the ANC.
Ray Harmel (nee Adler) portraitHarmel (nee Adler) Ray Revolutionary, trade unionist and SACP member 1905
Matsididi Harold portraitHarold Matsididi
Imam Abdullah Haron portraitHaron Abdullah Muslim cleric, killed in police detention 08-February-1924 27-September-1969
Bikitsha Harrington portraitHarrington Bikitsha
Mpondwana Harrington portraitHarrington Mpondwana
Frederick John Harris portraitHarris Frederick Teacher, a member of the executive committee of the Liberal Party in the Transvaal, as well as a chairman of the South African Non-Racial Olympic Committee.  04-July-1937 01-April-1965
Harris Ronald 16-September-1976
Mkalipi Duma Harris portraitHarris Mkalipi
Wilfred Harrison portraitHarrison Wilfred A member of the Communist Party of South Africa
Loggenberg Harry portraitHarry Loggenberg
Mathebe Harry portraitHarry Mathebe
Maxine Hart portraitHart Maxine A member of the African National Congress, also detained but given a suspended sentence.
David Hartman portraitHartman David Documentary photographer and member of Afrapix photographic collective 1961
Dulcie Hartwell portraitHartwell Dulcie
Randolph Hartzenberg portraitHartzenberg Randolph 1948
Viola Hashe portraitHashe Viola

Labour activist, first women leader of SACWU and vice-president of SACTU

 1926 1977
Govan Mantyi Hashe portraitHashe Govan
Sipho Hashe portraitHashe Sipho Brutaly murdered by Police
Joseph Hashe portraitHashe Joseph
Wilson Hashe portraitHashe Wilson
Sipho Samuel Hashe portraitHashe Sipho

Member of ANC, MK and PEBCO, Robben Island prisoner, General Secretary of PEBCO, member of UDF, one of the ‘PEBCO Three’

 1934 May 1985
Kay Hassan portraitHassan Kay Artist 1956
Abdool Kader Hassim portraitHassim Abdool Lawyer, freedom fighter, founding member of APDUSA and Robben Island prisoner 10-November-1934 10-November-2011
Enver Hassim portraitHassim Enver

Lawyer, member of the Non European Unity Movement, Progressive Forum, the Coloured Peoples Congress, Africa Peoples Democratic Union of Southern Africa (APDUSA), and the Society of Young Africa

 11/28/1995
Goolam Nabbie Hassim portraitHassim Goolam
Kader Hassim portraitHassim Kader
Michael Hathorn portraitHathorn Michael Medical doctor and political activist, detained in Durban without trial in 1960 and moved to London in 1965 1922
Marthinus Hattingh portraitHattingh Marthinus Photograher. 03- August-1964
Haufiku Nghidipo
Stephen Thromp Hayes portraitHayes Stephen
Amy Beatrice Hazell portraitHazell Amy Beatrice frtist 1864 1946
Bessie Amelia Head portraitHead Bessie Teacher, author and journalist 06-July-1937 17-April-1986
Harold Head portraitHead Harold A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA), banned by the apartheid government.
Sikisana Gushebetela Headman portraitHeadman Sikisana
George Arthur Heard portraitHeard George

Political journalist

 1906
Mnikina Khumbelele Hector portraitHector Mnikina
Tembisile Heleni portraitHeleni Tembisile
Thozamile Heleni portraitHeleni Thozamile
Ellen Phyllis Hellman portraitHellman Ellen Social anthropologist, academic, member of the SAIRR and the Progressive Party 25 August 1908 06-November-1982
Charles Daniel Helm portraitHelm Charles

Missionary of London Missionary Society; Spent years doing missionary work at Hope Fountain, Bulawayo; King Lobengula’s interpreter and adviser, thought to be the man behind the origins of the Rhodesian Ridgeback dog.

Hempe Ngcola
Hemson David

Lecturer, lawyer, author, trade union and labour activist.

 18 July 1945 7 November 2025
Agrippus Henda portraitHenda Agrippus
Molefe Hendrick portraitHendrick Molefe
Bobby Hendricks portraitHendricks Bobby Saxophone player known as the “King of Langarm”, a popular form of South African Coloured dance music 07-February-1936 07-March-1999
Hendricks Gordon
Hanana Highman Hendricks portraitHendricks Hanana
Ronald Hendricks portraitHendricks Ronald
Hendricks Titus
Rev. Helenard Joe (Allan) Hendrickse portraitHendrickse Helenard Politician and former Labour Party leader 22-October-1927 16-March-2005
Plaatjies Hendrik portraitHendrik Plaatjies
Gordon Frederick Hendriks portraitHendriks Gordon
Hengula Ruben
Ruben Hengula portraitHengula Ruben
Henne Zingisile 18-April-1991
Baartman Henry portraitHenry Baartman
Conjwa Henry portraitHenry Conjwa
Fazzie Henry portraitHenry Fazzie
Alex Hepple portraitHepple Alex Trade unionist, socialist, member of the anti-fascist movement, Member of the Transvaal Provincial Parliament, founder and Chairman of the Treason Trial Defence Fund and Chairman of the South African Defence and Aid Fund, writer and author. 28-August-1904 16-November-1983
Bob Hepple portraitHepple Bob Revonia Trialist and Lawyer 11-August-1934 21-August-2015
Meriam Hepple portraitHepple Meriam
Bhoya Herbert portraitHerbert Bhoya
Jakavula Herbert portraitHerbert Jakavula
Ndzongeni Herbert portraitHerbert Ndzongeni
Moritz Isaac ("Manu") Herbstein portraitHerbstein Moritz South African writer, engineer and anti-apartheid activist 10-March-1936
Hermanus Jim
James Barry Munnik Hertzog portraitHertzog James Lawyer, judge and South African Prime Minister 6 April 1866 21 November 1942
Rob Anthony John (Bob) Hewitt portraitHewitt Rob Anthony John (Bob) fhampion SA Tennis player 12 January 1940
Hewu Plaatjie
Hewukile Andile
Anne Heyman portraitHeyman Anne A member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), the South African Communist Party (SACP) and South African Congress of Democrats (COD) 16-June-1961 31-January-2014
Isaac Heyman portraitHeyman Isaac
Issie Heyman portraitHeyman Issie A member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and the South African Communist Party (SACP)
Issy Heymann portraitHeymann Issy A member of South African Communist Party (SACP), executive member of the Native Trade Assistance Union, the Jewish Workers Club, Springbok Legion and the Congress of Democrats, South Africa's first 180 day prisoner, political prisoner   24 December 1910 1989
Edward Heynes portraitHeynes Edward
Penny Heyns portraitHeyns Penny

South African swimmer

 8 November 1974
Denis Higgs portraitHiggs Denis A member of the African Resistance Movement (ARM).
Jean Farre Hill portraitHill Jean A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA), banned by the apartheid government.
Ken Hill portraitHill Ken A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA), banned by the apartheid government.
Steve Hilton-Barber portraitHilton-Barber Steve Photographer, member of Afrapix. 1962 23-May-2002
Hina Sipho
Nosiza Hina portraitHina Nosiza
Sipo Fielden Hina portraitHina Sipo
Baruch Hirson portraitHirson Baruch  Historian, editor, member of the COD, NCL and ARM, a political activist, exiled person, physics lecturer 10 December 1921 3 October 1999
Bertram Martin Hirson portraitHirson Bertram
Ndeutala Selma Hishongwa portraitHishongwa Ndeutala Ndeutala Hishongwa is an author and scholar and was active in the liberation struggle through SWAPO.
Laura Stella Hitchins portraitHitchins Laura
Peter Donald Hjul portraitHjul Peter A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA), banned by the apartheid government.
Hlale Moses
Moses Veli Hlale portraitHlale Moses
Vincent Mbamama Hlamandana portraitHlamandana Vincent

Banished person.

Mhlabuvelile Hlamandana portraitHlamandana Mhlabuvelile

Banished person.

Mhlabuvelile Hlamandane portraitHlamandane Mhlabuvelile
Jeremiah Hlanyane portraitHlanyane Jeremiah 21-March-1960
Hlanyare Sephiri
Bartholomew Hlapane portraitHlapane Bartholomew Member of the ANC and SACP, state witness in many political trials 24-August-1918 16-December-1982
Hlapo Johannes
Hlati Nkosinathi
Machocho Hlatshqayo portraitHlatshqayo Machocho
Hlatshwayo Joyce 26-December-1976
Hlatshwayo Cyprian 11-November-1987
Hlatshwayo Nelco
Hlatshwayo Themba
Hlatswayo Hlatswayo portraitHlatswayo Hlatswayo
Joseph Hlatswayo portraitHlatswayo Joseph
John Hlatywayo portraitHlatywayo John Artist 1928
Hlekani Gandi 26-March-1968
Hlekani Stanford
Hlekani Stanford
John Ndabeni Hlekani portraitHlekani John
Stanford Hlekani portraitHlekani Stanford
Julayi Hlekiso portraitHlekiso Julayi 11 June 1992
Thozamile Hliso portraitHliso Thozamile
Hlobo Mziwoxolo

UNITA ambushes

 06-October-1988
Nicholas Hlobo portraitHlobo Nicholas artist 01-January-1975
Wandile Hlobo portraitHlobo Wandile 00/00/86
Hlokwane N.C. 26-December-1976
Robert Hlomuka portraitHlomuka Robert December 1993
Hlongwa Christopher
Simon Rura Hlongwa portraitHlongwa Simon
Hlongwa Siza
David Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane portraitHlongwana David artist, educator  01-January-1963
Hlongwane Johannes 12-December-1976
Hlongwane Petros 25-July-1976
B. Sydney Hlongwane portraitHlongwane B.
Nelson Hlongwane portraitHlongwane Nelson
Mhlupeki Hlongwane portraitHlongwane Mhlupeki

Banished person.

 15 February 1961
Hlongwane David
Vuyani Hlongwani portraitHlongwani Vuyani
Mcenjulwa Ngwevu Hlongwe portraitHlongwe Mcenjulwa 1904 21 March 1962
Esrom Hlonyane portraitHlonyane Esrom
Hloyi Goliyati
Joseph Arsenius Hlphe portraitHlphe Joseph
Mark Hlubi portraitHlubi Mark
Jackson Mbhazima Hlungwani portraitHlungwane Jackson Artist 1923 20-January-2010
Charles Mangaliso Hobe portraitHobe Charles
Emily Hobhouse portraitHobhouse Emily British welfare campaigner who is primarily remembered for her work related to British concentration camps in South Africa. 09-April-1860 08-June-1926
Hobo Titi
Titi Kleya Hobo portraitHobo Titi
Headman Hobulongwe portraitHobulongwe Headman
Robert Hodgins portraitHodgins Robert South African painter 27-June-1920 15-March-2010
John Hodgkiss portraitHodgkiss John Photographer 25 September 1966 15 March 2012
Percy John "Jack" Hodgson portraitHodgson Percy Political activist, Member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) . 17-August-1910 03-December-1977
Rica Hodgson portraitHodgson Rica

A member of South African Congress of Democrats (COD), and the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)

 01-July-1920 11-January-2018
Jach Hodgson portraitHodgson Jach
Spenser Hodgson portraitHodgson Spenser An architect
Franz Hodi portraitHodi Franz Artist
Raymond Hoffenberg portraitHoffenberg Raymond Medical specialist, professor, author, member of the Liberal Party, Chair of the Advisory Committee to the National Union of South African Students, Chairperson of the Defence and Aid Fund, banned person, exile, internationally renowned clinical endocr 16 March 1923 22 April 2007
Chamusso Roggerio Hoffsani portraitHoffsani Chamusso
Jan Hofmeyr portraitHofmeyr Jan Afrikaner cultural activist 1845 1909
William Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr portraitHofmeyr William 22 November 1954
Barbara Anne Hogan portraitHogan Barbara Member of the ANC, Political prisoner, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister.  28-February-1952
Hoho Qonda 1956 11-November-1988
Hoho Acacia
Qondo Hoho portraitHoho Qondo 00/00/88
Hoko Madoda
Billie Holiday portraitHoliday Billie 11/11/88
Jinta Holiday portraitHoliday Jinta
Anthony “Tony” Holiday portraitHoliday Anthony A member of the South African Communist Party (SACP), Anti-Apartheid Movement (AAM) and the African National Congress (ANC). Detained for seven years.
Anthony Holiday portraitHoliday Anthony

Journalist, imprisoned for underground politcal activities

Heidi Holland portraitHolland Heidi Journalist and author 06-October-1947 11-August-2012
Dutch Holland portraitHolland Dutch A member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)
Nita Holland portraitHolland Nita A member of South African Communist Party (SACP) and South African Congress of Democrats (COD)
Sarah Gertrude Holland portraitHolland Sarah

Awarded the Order of Mendi for Bravery in Silver for providing shelter to orphaned children and sacrificing her own life to save the lives of the children in her care.

 11 April 1952 9 February 2010
Oscar Hollander portraitHollander Oscar Artist 02-November-1864 September-1977
Tim Holmes portraitHolmes Tim A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA).
Patrick Holo portraitHolo Patrick South African linocut artist and teacher 09-February-1948
Bantu Holomisa portraitHolomisa Bantubonke (Bantu) Major General (retired) of the Transkei Defence Force, Chairman of the Military Council of Transkei, leader of the Transkei delegation to CODESA, Deputy Minister of Environment and Tourism of South Africa, co-founder of the United Democratic Movement ( 25-July-1955
Phathekile Holomisa portraitHolomisa Phathekile

Chief of the AmaGebe Tribe. Chair of the Joint Constitutional Review Committee. He is President of the Congress of Traditional Leaders of South Africa. Holomisa is a member of the Unitra Council in the Eastern Cape.

 16 August 1959
Homane Sajini
Sikweyiya Honeyville portraitHoneyville Sikweyiya
Nathaniel Impey Honono portraitHonono Nathaniel Educator, businessman and political activist. member of AAC, CATA and TLSA 21-October-1908 31-December-1986
Hoogaardt Spasiena 09-September-1976
Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk portraitHoogendyk Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Member of the Springbok Legion and Congress of Democrats (CoD), accused in the Treason Trial of 1956. 1911 12 February 1990
Jan Hendrik Hoogendyk portraitHoogendyk Jan
Jacqueline Hoogendyk portraitHoogendyk Jacqueline A member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the South African Congress of Democrats (COD)
Rosa Hope portraitHope Rosa Artist (print-making), Lecturer and member of the South African Society of Artists 08-June-1902 07-May-1972
Patricia Horn portraitHorn Pat Trade unionist and interntiona co-ordinator of StreetNet 1951
Peter Rudolf Gisela Horn portraitHorn Peter 7 December 1934 23 July 2019
Isaac Osier Horvitch portraitHorvitch Isaac Osier Member of the CPSA, architect, 1956 Treason trialist 1920
Isaac ‘Ike’ Osler Horvitch portraitHorvitch Isaac "Ike" Architect, anti-apartheid activist, member of the SACP, Treason trialist 9 October 1920 28 December 2005
Mitzi Horvitch portraitHorvitch Mitzi A member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA)
Cere Hoseham portraitHoseham Cere
Sean “John” Hosey portraitHosey Sean A member of the Young Communist League (YCL), based in the United Kingdom.
Mokone Hosia portraitHosia Mokone
Hassan Howa portraitHowa Hassan Prominent activist in the struggle against racial segregation in competitive sports during apartheid 09-August-1922 12-February-1992
Marawu Howard portraitHoward Marawu
Dulcie Howes portraitHowes Dulcie Teacher and First South African Professional ballet dancer 31-December-1908 19-March-1993
Pongoloshe Hoye portraitHoye Pongoloshe 09-May-1965
Cekiso Hoyi portraitHoyi Cekiso
Jon Lynton David Hrusa portraitHrusa Jon Award Winning Photographer, Photojournalist 24 October 1965 19 December 2011
Gasuebe Hubhuli portraitHubhuli Gasuebe
Father Trevor Huddleston portraitHuddleston Trevor Anglican priest, author, one of the first recipients of the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe Award, Chair of the Trustees of the International Defenc 15 June 1913 20 April 1998
Andre Huguenet portraitHuguenet Andre ffrikaans actor, producer, manager and writer. 22 October 1906 15 June 1961                  
Huna Bernard
Huna Mathews
Mathews Huna portraitHuna Mathews
Bernard Mandla Huna portraitHuna Bernard
Roland Hunter portraitHunter Roland
Hunter Roland
Gopallal Hurbans portraitHurbans Gopallal Sugar farmer, Vice President of the NIC  1915
Mnyani Hurbert portraitHurbert Mnyani
Archbishop Dennis Hurley portraitHurley Dennis A catholic Archbishop
Abdurahman Ebrahim Hurzuk portraitHurzuk Abdurahman
Father Bernhard Alexander CMM Huss portraitHuss Bernhard Alexander CMM Missionary and social reformer 1876
Mike Hutchings portraitHutchings Mike 1963
Hutchinson Alfred "Tough"

Teacher, author, 1956 Treason trialist, member of the ANC.

 1924 14-October-1972
Dean Hutton portraitHutton Dean Photographer, performance artist and activist 03-May-1976
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