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"We are of the World and the World is with Us": Address on Receiving the Degree of Doctor of Laws Honoris Causa from the Jawaharlal Nehru University by O. R. Tambo , New Delhi, 9 May 1986
… assembly to receive an honorary degree of Doctor of Laws. The question I have pondered without results from the … Africa's jurists as men or women of law, if…
BiographyIsaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho
… known, was soon confronted with the discriminatory laws and exploitative conditions which people experienced under apartheid labour laws. He joined the…
BiographyPeter Hans Paul Gastrow
… South Africa, Gastrow proposed that the interim government pass a law of amnesty. He supported the view that amnesty be …
BiographyEbrahim Ismail Ebrahim
… In March 1959 Ebrahim was a delegate to the Anti-Pass Conference in Johannesburg addressed by Oliver Tambo. … helped organise the African National Congress …
EventBusiness Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck.
Business Day reports that minister of law and order, Adriaan Vlok, said that apartheid has become an albatross around the country's neck. 'If you ask a black…
BiographyJohn Stephen Gomas
… police who had shot dead an African in Paarl for having no pass,Gomas served three months in jail under the "hostility …
BiographyMogoeng Thomas Mogoeng
… the University of Zululand in 1983, a LLB (Bachelor of Laws) from the University of Natal (now University of KwaZulu-Natal) in 1985, and a LLM (Master of…
BiographyHarry Heinz Schwarz
… Nazi regime. He was subject to the Third Reich’s racial laws against Jews, notably, as a young child being thrown off …
BiographyShapurji Sorabji
Shapurji Sorabji was born in Adajan, India. He belonged to a well-known Parsi family in Bombay and was a cousin of Parsee Rustomjee, a loyal friend of Gandhi…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
Christopher Daluxolo Mpofu (popularly known as Dali Mpofu) is a South African advocate, legal expert, and former African National Congress (ANC) stalwart…
BiographyThembi Shange Nobadula
… Gauteng), marching in opposition to the discriminatory pass laws , which were being extended to women. At that time, both …
BiographySelloane Ethel Leisa
… to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, in opposition to the pass laws . In the 1950s, she married her husband Nicodemus Leisa. …
BiographyZuleikha Mayat
… could accommodate her due to the segregationist apartheid laws (the only available school was for White learners). Her …
BiographySewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum
… Country Club, after having been satisfied that apartheid laws would not be broken. “Suitable arrangements” were made … and his perseverance in the face of…
BiographyJudge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs
… of Cape Town, he took part in the Defiance of Unjust Laws Campaign. Three years later, he attended the Congress of … under apartheid's racist statutes and…
BiographyHalton Cheadle
Michael Halton Cheadle was born on 30 July 1949. He received a BA Honours and BProc from UNISA. Cheadle then completed a Bachelor of Law from Witwatersrand…
BiographyCanodoise (Can) Themba
… a degree in English, which he completed with a first class pass. After graduating, Themba moved to Sophiatown, …
BiographyYvonne Mokgoro
… of Law (LLB) two years later, and completed Master of Laws (LLM) in 1987. She also studied at the University of … of South Africa. She has been conferred…
BiographyNontetha Nkwenkwe
… miles to see her, but were arrested and charged under the pass laws. In 1930, a second delegation was immediately loaded …
BiographyLewis Baker
Lewis Baker was married to Villa Baker. He was a civil rights lawyer, and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The couple continued their…
BiographyHyman Meir Basner
… Democratic Party (ADP). In 1944 he was involve in the anti-pass campaign and Alexandra bus boycott. He went to the …
BiographyBheki Mlangeni
Bheki Mlangeni was born on 28 December 1958 at Jabulani, Soweto Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng), and he was the fourth child of five children. …
BiographyLex Mpati
… Service Commission. Rhodes University bestowed a Doctor of Laws (honoris causa) on him in 2004, marking the 100th year …
BiographyKwena Matlala
… opposed to the ‘government of the Boers and its oppressive laws.’ Kwena Matlala was released from banishment in 1963. …
BiographyCharles Nupen
… as an attorney for seven years. His involvement began with Pass Law cases, defending people who were charged with pass law offences. After this he began…
BiographyMoosa “Mosie” Moolla
… participated in the Campaign for the Defiance of Unjust Laws and was imprisoned for close to a month. Due to his …
BiographyGovindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
… Campaign , passive resistance against discriminatory laws passed against Indians, began in earnest in July 1907 … for the Satyagraha Campaign, aimed at…
BiographyWolfie Kodesh
Wolfie Kodesh was born in Benoni on 18 October 1918. His paternal grandparents arrived in South Africa after fleeing the pogroms in Eastern Europe. His mother,…
BiographyHarold Wolpe
Harold Wolpe was born on 14 January 1926 in Johannesburg to a Lithuanian Jewish family. Wolpe graduated with a BA in Social Studies in 1949 and an LLB in 1952…
BiographyMithrasagaran “Murthie” Naidoo
Mithrasagaran (Murthie) Naidoo was the son of Ama and Thambi Naidoo. He worked as a clerk and was detained for political activities, without charges, for…