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Ernest Mamashila
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Aug 22, 2019

Ernest Mamashila

Mr Ernest Mamashila, aged 35,was detained on 16 November 1976 under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act.His wife was told ...

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Humphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Humphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza

Actor, photographer, activist and member of Afrapix

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Mar 01, 2012

Wellington Mlungisi Tshazibane

Mr Wellington Tshazibane,aged 30,an employee of the De Beers-Lesotho Mining Company,was detained on 9th December 1976 at...

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Lawrence Ndzanga
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Aug 22, 2019

Lawrence Ndzanga

Mr Lawrence Ndzanga,aged 53, a former secretary of the Railway Workers Union and a national executive committee member o...

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Sangxeke Alfred Banca
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Aug 22, 2019

Sangxeke Alfred Banca

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Silas Bani
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Aug 22, 2019

Silas Bani

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Mogamat Taufie Bardien
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Feb 17, 2011

Mogamat Taufie Bardien

Banned political activist, Bardien was involved in the Unity Movement, Coloured Affairs Department (CAD) and South Afric...

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Hymie Barsel
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Feb 17, 2011

Hymie Barsel

1956 Treason Trialist and member of the SACP

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Elmon Malele
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Feb 17, 2011

Elmon Malele

A member of the African National Congress (ANC), Malele was an activist involved in the 1952 Defiance Campaign, one of t...

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Mar 01, 2012

Samuel Malinga

Mr Samuel Malinga,aged 45,died in the intensive care unit of the Edendale Hospital in Pietermaritzberg on 22 February 19...

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Pixie Benjamin
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Feb 11, 2020

Pixie Benjamin

Organizer of the 1956’s Women’s March, Charged, Arrested and Banned for Distributing Illegal Literature under the Suppre...

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Colette “Bubbles” Thorne
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Colette “Bubbles” Thorne

A part of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD), South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Modern Youth Socie...

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Feb 26, 2020

Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu

Mthembu was an active member of the African National Congress (ANC) who escaped into exile to Angola and died in an ambu...

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Mar 26, 2012

Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson

Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson, a former Methodist Minister was  restricted to Johannesburg. In 1973 he join...

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Jacob Koti Dikobo
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Aug 22, 2019

Jacob Koti Dikobo

Youth Director of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA), Black Consciousness Movement activist and ...

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