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1915-1995

Yusuf Cachalia

… Yusuf Cachalia was born in Johannesburg on 15 January 1915. A … Council for the De­fiance Campaign along with James Moroka,Yusuf Dadoo,Walter Sisulu and J.B…

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1626-1699

Sheik Yusuf

… Sheik Yusuf, ruler of Gowa on the Islands of Celebes in South East … He was also the brother of the Sultan of Macassar. In 1646 Yusuf went to Bantam in Java…

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1909-1983

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo

… Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South … anti- apartheid movement." - ES Reddy Early life Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo was born on 5…

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1940

Yusuf Joe Jacobs

… Yusuf (Joe) Jacobs was born in District Six, Cape Town on 17 … mines in Kimberley in charge of mining teams. Jacob’s mother was Zubeida Carr. During the war…

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1927

Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood

… Western Cape, with about 800 defiers who signed up and Asa's home was the centre of the campaign. Asa then linked up … grandmother. It is during her time in…

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1905-1962

Goolam H. Gool

… March 1905, in Cape Town, Western Cape. He was the son of Yusuf Gool, born in India, in 1864. He made his way to Cape … in 1885 and married a local Malay…

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1913-1970

Debi Singh

… Council in the mid-1940s he was instrumental in bringing  Yusuf Dadoo  and  G M Naicker  to positions of leadership in …

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Professor Brij Maharaj

… at a grocery store on Prince Edward Street, in Durban’s Grey Street (now Dr Yusuf Dadoo) business district; his mother Sushiela Maharaj … He is a member of…

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1923-2013

Reginald (Reggie) September

… part of the Congress Alliance. He served as the SACPO’s general secretary from 1954 until 1961, when the government … strategy for the struggle, with Oliver…

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1943

Moebien Wadee

… from the African majority. Together with his comrade, Yusuf Vawda, he organised boycotts of elections and … to government policies and the other doing the…

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1920-2013

Zainab Ebrahim Asvat

… high school in the transvaal. In her teenage years she met Yusuf Dadoo , after he returned to South Africa from medical … of the NIC, were the leaders of the…

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1940

Ebrahim Ismail Asvat

… On 23 January 1909, Aswat followed Ahmed Mohamed Cachalia’s example by informing his creditors of his determination to … imprisonment), N.M. Naidoo,…

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1906-1999

Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)

… close political relations with Dr. G. M. Naicker and Dr. Yusuf Dadoo . On 29 June 1946, Dr. Goonam was sentenced to … Gandhi, G. and Reddy, E.S. (eds) (1993)…

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1930-2013

Amina Cachalia

… Thandray, later secretary of the TIC, who became Amina’s mentor. When she was fifteen years old, she transferred as … and applied. This is when she first met…

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1920-2008

Brian Percy Bunting

… University where he ran a campus newspaper, Wu’s views, and literary magazine, Umpa. He was elected … to the Springbok Legion and he edited the Springbok…

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1908-2003

Ismail Ahmed Cachalia

… of South Africa on 5 December 1908. At the time Cachalia’s father, who was the chairman of the British Indian … where he became a business partner of his…

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1941-1971

Ahmed Timol

… was born in Breyton, Transvaal on 3 November 1941 to Haji Yusuf Ahmed Timol and Hawa Ismail Dindar. His father came to … extra income. As a child, Timol…

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1922-1992

Hassan Howa

… As a young man, Howa was deeply influenced by his father Yusuf Howa, who was a prominent member of the South African … for cricket, a game famously described…

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1935-2009

Cassim Saloojee

… in 1935. Here his grandfather ran a shop next to Dr. Yusuf Dadoo’s father’s store. After he was married, Saloojee’s father moved with … of Parliament (post…

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1914-2004

Ray Alexander Simons

… campaign. She was involved with all facets of the Party's work, and after being dismissed from a job for attending … of South African Women (FEDSAW) , which…

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1944-2020

Rajes Pillay

… (now Northern Cape Province) where she grew up. Pillay’s father, T.V.R. Pillay, was president of the Kimberley … Vedic Society and secretary of the Cape…

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1926-1982

Poomoney Moodley

… duties were considered to be less taxing. [iii] Poomoney’s passion for fighting injustice was first ignited in the … when she accompanied her father to…

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1937

Fanele Mbali

… on 1 December 1937 in a village called Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana Mkhonto and his brother William … Queenstown in 1941 then moved to…

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1929-2017

Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada

… Indian High School, he came under the influence of Dr. Yusuf Dadoo  and the Cachalia brothers, who were leaders of the freedom movement in the Transvaal…

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1918-2000

Ismail Chota Meer

… was forced to go to work at an early age when his father’s business collapsed in 1930. Meer  moved to Durban to work … Dr AB Xuma of the African National…

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1934

Moosa “Mosie” Moolla

… international politics during this period sparked Mosie’s interest in current affairs. Boarding with a  Transvaal … distributing leaflets. He was elected to…

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1961

Dali Tambo

… organised numerous concerts in Europe during the 1980’s in protest against the inhuman injustices happening in … Little Steven (Steven van Zandt). Part of…

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1950-1977

Dr Hoosen Mia Haffejee

… and completed his primary schooling at St. Paul’s School and Marion School. He finished his secondary … Haffejee enrolled for inter-science at the Bhavan's…

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1892-1985

Dr James Sebe Moroka

… young Black students in Scotland, and although Moroka’s parents were not keen to send him overseas, MacDonald … hijacked by forces opposed to nationalism. In…

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1925-2013

Alan Robert Lipman

… under the leadership of figureheads such as Moses Kotane , Yusuf Dadoo and JB Marks . Following his graduation, Lipman … moved back to Johannesburg and…

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