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Published September 16, 2019Updated November 27, 2019

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Ngeni Gaga
Died: May 9, 1965 in Transkei (Natural causes)
Mr Ngeni Gaga,aged 19,died under Transkei Proclamation R400 of 1960 on 9th May 1965 . Mr Gaga had been detained in the Transkei less than 24 hours earlier.At the inquest the official cause of death was given as natural causes.
Published September 16, 2019Updated November 27, 2019

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James Tyita
Died: January 24, 1964 in Port Elizabeth (Suicide by hanging)
Mr James Tyita died on 24 January 1964 after being detained in Port Elizabeth.He was detained under the 90-day detention law.The official cause of death was suicide by hanging.He was reportedly found in his cell hanged with his scarf.The period of detention was undisclosed.
Published September 14, 2019Updated September 14, 2019

Morris Zwi was born in South Africa and later moved to the United Kingdom. He began working in social documentary photography through his need to 'bear witness' and to record what was happening around him as he grew up in South Africa, under the abhorrent Apartheid political system.

Published September 14, 2019Updated January 16, 2020

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Deseni Soobben
Born: 1963

Deseni Soobben was 10 when her grandfather, a businessman returned from a trip to Japan and gave her a Kodak lnstamatic camera.

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