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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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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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Alpheus Madaba Madiba
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Aug 07, 2019

Alpheus Madaba Madiba

Political Activist

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Jundea Bolowa Tubakwa
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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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Caleb Mayekiso
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Aug 22, 2019

Caleb Mayekiso

Caleb Mayekiso was an African National Congress (ANC) supporter who was arrested on 16 January 1964 in Graaff-Reinet, C...

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Solwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Solwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle

Member of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP), Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Commander...

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Mar 01, 2012

Michael Shivute

Mr Michael Shivute was detained on 16th June 1969 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act and was held at the Ondagwa po...

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Lionel Rusty Bernstein
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Feb 17, 2011

Lionel Rusty Bernstein

Writer, Political Activist, Architect, SACP and MK member, banned person, politcal prisoner, exile,  recipient of The Or...

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Elias Mathope Motsoaledi
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Mar 14, 2013

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

Political prisoner, trade unionist, banned person

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Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi
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Feb 17, 2011

Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi

Organiser for the African Textile Workers Union in Port Elizabeth, member of the ANC and Umkhonto We Sizwe, Treasurer of...

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Vuyisile Mini
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Feb 17, 2011

Vuyisile Mini

Trade unionist, Secretary of SACTU, member of ANC and MK, singer and one of the first ANC members to be executed by the ...

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