Connections
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- Ismail Ahmed CachaliaPolitical activist and exile. A leading member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and the…
- Ebrahim Ismail EbrahimChair of the Greyville Branch of the NIC, NIC delegate to the Congress of the People,…
- Father Trevor HuddlestonAnglican priest, author, one of the first recipients of the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe…
- Rick TurnerVisionary academic who inspired a generation of young activists (student's movements) and…
- Dawood SeedatFounder member of the Liberal Study Group, elected secretary of the Communist Party of…
- Zuleikha MayatActivist, author, founding member of the Women’s Cultural Group (WCG), involved with the…
- Jerry Dibanhlele KhumaloANC member and political activist
- Leon LevyTrade unionist, Author, SACTU Leader and 1956 Treason trialist
- Chief Albert John Mvumbi LuthuliTeacher, ANC President-General, 1956 Treason Trialist, banned person and Nobel Peace…
- Zachariah Keodirelang MatthewsSouth African academic, African National Congress politician, Botswana's first ambassador…
- Motsamai Keyecwe MphoMember of the ANC, 1956 Treason Trialist, founder member of the Bechuanaland People’s…
- Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) AbrahamsAnti-Apartheid activist and trade unionist
- Adams Farid Ahmed Member of the SAIC and the SACP, 1956 Treason Trialist
- Ray Alexander SimonsSecretary of the South African Communist Party and Trade Union stalwart, General…
- Phyllis AltmanPolitical activist and trade unionist (1950s)
- William H. "Bill" AndrewsPioneer of the trade union movement and first General Secretary of the Communist Party of…
- Jacqueline (Jackie) ArensteinJournalist, Legal Advisor to Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, jailed from 1966-1970 under the…
- Rowley Israel ArensteinLawyer, banned person, trade union advisor, member of the South African Communist Party…
- Mohamed (Bob) Suleman AsmalCommerical traveller, executive member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and a member of…
- Frances BaardOrganiser of the African National Congress (ANC) Women’s League and Trade Unionist.
- Yetta BarenblattTrade Unionist, member of the East London Worker’s Civic League and Secretary of the…
- Hymie Barsel1956 Treason Trialist and member of the SACP
- Esther BarselPolitical activist, worked with SACTU and a member of the Young Communist League (YCL)…
- Joe SlovoMember of the South Africa Communist Party, founding member of the Congress of Democrats,…