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BiographyRobert M. Resha
… and he took up freelance journalism, moving to Sophiatown in Johannesburg around 1940. He later became … at the time of the banishment order, he was living…
BiographyWilliam Mini
… At the time of the trial he had been taking part in the Sophiatown bus boycott. …
BiographyJoseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla
… Joseph (Joe) Mbuku Nhlanhla was born on 4 December 1936 in Sophiatown. He was one of the five children of Christina Toli … were living became intolerable,…
BiographyMaggie Resha
… By 1952, Resha was serving as an office-bearer for the ANC Sophiatown Branch and was also elected to the NEC of the … 1,000 women to protest against the…
BiographyFather Trevor Huddleston
… As the Priest-in-Charge of the CR’s Anglican Mission in Sophiatown and Orlando, Huddleston ministered in the … became involved in protests against forced…
BiographyMagdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha
… By 1952, Resha was serving as an office-bearer for the ANC Sophiatown Branch and was also elected to the NEC of the … 1,000 women to protest against the…
David Maphugumzana Sibeko, insurance agent, journalist and politician, is born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg.
… insurance agent, journalist and politician, is born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. …
BiographyWilliam “Bloke” Modisane
… 'Bloke' Modisane was born on 28 August 1923. He grew up in Sophiatown, a multiracial suburb in Johannesburg. His father … book is similar to Can Themba's…
Experiencing Sophiatown - Conversations among Residents about the Past, Present and Future of the Community
… Experiencing Sophiatown - Conversations among Residents about the Past, …
BiographyChief Mshiywa Henry Tshabalala
… Defiance Campaign. Secretary of the Working Committee, ANC Sophiatown. Indictment quashed in 1959. After the trial, he … Clerk, Secretary of the Working…
BiographyNelson Mukhuba
… Mukhuba\'s stay in Sophiatown lasted until 1958. He returned to Tshakuma where …
BiographyDon Mattera
… He grew up in the mixed area of Johannesburg called Sophiatown before the apartheid government moved his family … against the removals of Black, Coloured,…
Emma Thandi Mashinini
… in Soweto ; however her parents managed to relocate to Sophiatown . In Sophiatown, Mashinini attended the Bantu Secondary School, …
BiographyKate Dinkwetsi Molale
… In 1954 she was elected as Secretary General of the Sophiatown branch of the African National Congress (ANC) . … Secretary General of the Sophiatown branch…
BiographyNomhlangano Beauty Mkhize
… Nomhlangano Beauty Mkhize was born on 12 April 1940 in Sophiatown, Transvaal Province (now Gauteng). Her family’s forced removal from Sophiatown to…
BiographySydney Alex Kumalo
… . The sculptor and painter, was born on 13 April 1935 in Sophiatown , Johannesburg. He often accompanied his father, a … , Soweto after Black people were…
BiographyJohn Koenakeefe Mohl
… The artist later returned to South Africa and settled in Sophiatown, where he started running art classes from his … van Melten (documented as van Walter and…
BiographyDolly Rathebe
… grew up within the unique cultural and political milieu of Sophiatown in the 1930s and 1940s. As a young woman, Rathebe … was drawn to the burgeoning and…
BiographyRita Alice Ndzanga
… ). Her father worked in Johannesburg and they lived in Sophiatown . At the age of seven her mother returned to … standard six (Grade Eight), the family…
Vuyi Lesley Mbalo
… Vuyi Lesley Mbalo was born in Sophiatown into a Catholic family. He grew up in the suburb …
BiographyHarold Rubin
… own quartet. The quartet snuck into the black township, Sophiatown, and made music with saxophonist Kippy Moeketsi … where he grew up as a man and artist;…
BiographyDavid Sibeko
… David Maphgumzana Sibeko was born on 26 August 1938 in Sophiatown, Johannesburg . He received his schooling at the St Cyprian's Anglican School in…
BiographyPeter Nkutsoeu Raboroko
… employed as a farm laborer. He grew up in the slums of Sophiatown in Johannesburg . He made his way through the …
BiographyAdams Farid Ahmed
… was involve in the campaign against the removal of Sophiatown,him and Kathrada were charged with incitement were …
BiographyMoebien Wadee
… Moebien Wadee was born in Sophiatown in 1943. He schooled in the area before his family …
William (Bloke) Modisane, journalist, writer and actor is born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He died in 1986 in Dortmund, West G
… (Bloke) Modisane, journalist, writer and actor is born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. He died in 1986 in Dortmund, West G …
Walter Sisulu acts as speaker at a meeting of the African National Congress in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Sisulu urges the Black
… speaker at a meeting of the African National Congress in Sophiatown, Johannesburg. Sisulu urges the Black …
BiographyJohn Matshikiza
… John Matshikiza was born in Sophiatown, Johannesburg in 1954. Sophiatown was soon after demolished to make way for the …
BiographyJohannes (Joe) Modise
… organisers. When the Strijdom government declared Sophiatown a White area the residents who were threatened by … 1955. His political activities as an…
BiographyMiriam Tlali
… in Johannesburg , Transvaal ( Gauteng ). She grew up in Sophiatown . Miriam wanted to study literature at the …