Connections
Indian South Africans timeline 1950-1959
22 PEOPLE
- Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) AbrahamsAnti-Apartheid activist and trade unionist
- Phyllis AltmanPolitical activist and trade unionist (1950s)
- Harry Themba GwalaTeacher, member of SACTU, SACP and ANC.
- Leon LevyTrade unionist, Author, SACTU Leader and 1956 Treason trialist
- Moses MabhidaMabhida was an outstanding leader of humble origins who became a dominant figure in the…
- Elizabeth MafekengTrade unionist, National Vice-President of the ANC Women's League and member of the…
- Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels Advocate of the Supreme Court of South Africa, volunteer in the South African Armed…
- J B MarksTeacher, political activist, trade unionist, banned person, political prisoner, exile,…
- Shanthivathie (Shanthie) NaidooPolitical activist, banned person, political prisoner,, exiled person, member of the…
- Billy NairActivist, Trade Unionist, Treason Trialist, Political Prisoner and later Member of…
- Dr Hersheela NarseeActivist, Teacher, Director: Research coordination, Monitoring and Evaluation at…
- Ronald “Ron” PressChemical engineer, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP), South African…
- Dr Abdullah AbdurahmanMedical Doctor, Cape Muslim leader & founder of the anti-apartheid movement, African…
- Ismail Ahmed CachaliaPolitical activist and exile. A leading member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and the…
- Dr Sathasivan “Saths” CooperVice President of the NIC,Member of the BC movement, Secretary of the BPC, Vice President…
- Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" CoovadiaNatal Indian Congress, United Democratic Front and African National Congress activist,…
- Dr Yusuf Mohamed DadooMedical doctor, banned person, political prisoner, exile,President of the Indian Social…
- Bhawani Sannyassi DayalCampaigner for Indian rights
- Abdul Khalek Mohamed DocratAbdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat, AKM or “Doc” as he was popularly known, was one of the…
- Ebrahim Ismail EbrahimChair of the Greyville Branch of the NIC, NIC delegate to the Congress of the People,…
- Mohandas Karamchand Gandhilawyer, founder of the Natal Indian Congress, political prisoner, leader of the Indian…
- Ela GandhiPeace activist, Social Worker, Founder of Natal Organisation of Women, member of the NIC…