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Fanie Jason
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Fanie Jason

Photographer

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Jacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake
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Sep 02, 2019

Jacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake

Boxer, insurance clerk

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Gideon Mendel
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Feb 17, 2011

Gideon Mendel

Photographer, Photojournalist

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Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge
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Aug 07, 2019

Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge

Attorney, member of the ANCYL and the ANC, Robben Island prisoner, banned person

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Nyiko Floyd Shivambu
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Feb 08, 2017

Nyiko Floyd Shivambu

Member of Parliament for the Economic Freedom Fighters.

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Mar 01, 2012

Hangula Shonyeka

In 1967 the minister of justice announced that a detainee had died in detention in 1966,but did not mention the detaine...

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Mar 01, 2012

Bellington Mampe

Bellington Mampe was a Poqo activist, He died in hospital while in custody.Mr Bellington Mampe died in September 1963 a...

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Mar 01, 2012

James Hamakwayo

The early records that were kept by the Black Sash and South Africa Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR),Mr JH was detain...

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Pongoloshe Hoye
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Aug 22, 2019

Pongoloshe Hoye

Mr Pongoloshe Hoye died in detention in the Transkei on 9th May 1965.He was being held under Transkei Proclamation R400....

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Mar 01, 2012

Leong Yun Pin

Mr Leong Pin died on 19 November 1966 after being detained on 18 Novemver 1966 at the Leeuwkop prison under the 180-day ...

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Joseph Alfers
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Feb 17, 2011

Joseph Alfers

Photographer, reporter, television and media producer

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Alpheus Madaba Madiba
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Aug 07, 2019

Alpheus Madaba Madiba

Political Activist

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David Hartman
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Sep 25, 2012

David Hartman

Documentary photographer and member of Afrapix photographic collective

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Paul Weinberg
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Oct 22, 2011

Paul Weinberg

Photojournalist, documentary photographer, taught photography at the Open School, media worker worked at the Institute o...

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Jundea Bolowa Tubakwa
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Jundea Bolowa Tubakwa

According to the minster of police in May 1969 Mr Jundea Tubakwa was detained on 10th September 1968 under section 6(1) ...

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