SAHO global search

1937-1965

Ndazana Nathaniel Nakasa (Nat Nakasa)

… one day Nakasa had challenged a social psychologist for about two hours, in between shouting and screaming about judging civilizations and 'how the White man…

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1928-2009

Suliman Moosa Esakjee

… Campaign: " ... (at) that time there was a big uproar about the removal of Sophiatown. The people being under the … we were organising by street... and…

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1942-2017

Joe “Sdumo” Mafela

… The movie was shot during the 1976 Soweto riots. Asked about the impact of the 1976 riots on his acting career and … in voice-overs, radio materials and…

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1856-1919

Saul Msane

… Msane was born in Natal, but very little is known about his early life. He was educated at the Edendale Mission … Congress (NNC), which aimed at educating…

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1924-2008

Esther Barsel

… He was subsequently found not guilty. The unique thing about this trial is that it was the only trial during the … died. Barsel continued her active…

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1932-2008

Miriam Makeba

… South Africa refused to renew her passport. King Kong  was about a boxer who kills his sweetheart and later dies in … that her passport had been revoked. In…

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1857-1941

Baden Powell

… by their mother to make their own fun. They learned about the outdoors, built boats and sailed them and went on … country. He also wrote a book called "Aids…

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1930-1985

Molly Blackburn

… she was asked by Matthew Goniwe to officially inquire about rent restructuring in the Lingelihle township near … and Brian Bishop were killed. Her funeral…

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1895-1960

Sorabjee Rustomjee

… later. Gandhi wrote in Satyagraha in South Africa about the bravery of Sorabji during the strike in Natal: … Lukin was present on the scene with his soldiers…

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1928-1978

Regina Buthelezi

… training there under Allina Ndebele.  Very little is known about her.  She exhibited on exhibitions arranged by the ELC …

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1929-2014

Peter Clarke

… and when your parents read you can’t help being curious about this”.  By the time he was four the family moved to a … A comment by his domestic worker sister…

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1936

George Sewpersadh

… apartheid and I felt it was wrong. I had to do something about opposing apartheid. I was influenced a bit by the … I was the Chairman of the branch. We used…

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1881-1965

Margaret Roach Killie Campbell

… publications, which cover a broad sweep of information about southern Africa, with particular emphasis on the … homeland, South Africa, that made me so keen…

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1947-2012

Heidi Holland

… the most insightful book to have ever been written so far about the Zimbabwean ruler. Mugabe, who had just emerged from 11 years in prison, was about to…

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1932

David Phaswane Mogano

… School in Pietersburg. He arrived in Johannesburg in about 1950 and worked as a cook in a hotel. During 1959 he …

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1939

Manfred Zylla

… and arrived in South Africa in 1970. A series of woodcuts about the 1976 Soweto uprising, and the creation of … invited members of the community to express…

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1890-1841

Ruth Elizabeth Arndt

… died in South Africa in 1982. In South Africa, Arndt set about informing the government on the importance of …

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1958-2001

Mathews ‘’Loop-en-val’’ Motshwarateu

… a peculiar way of running that made it look like he was about to fall over at any moment. His teachers started …

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1936-2001

Margareth Baloi

… She took a firm decision to play her part to help bring about a better life for all people. In 1990, Margareth joined …

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2012

Ntandazo Nokhamba

… Nosakhe Nokhamba, “He called on 16 August 2012 and asked about the children. He said that he would call again after …

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1888-1948

James M. Thaele

… of a Basuto chief and a Coloured mother. From 1906 until about 1910, he studied at Lovedale, where his early … showman. In 1913 he went to America, where he…

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Veerammal Naidoo

… Gandhi reproduced an extract from a letter he had received about Veerammal: You have heard of Mrs. Naidoo’s passing. She met with an accident about three…

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Nontsizi (Cizama, Imbongikazi yakwaCizama) Mgqwetho

… Virtually nothing is known about the life of the first and only major female poet to … often employ hyperbole and caricature, some information about Mgqwetho…

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1954

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu

… pain was worse sitting down.” Police constantly asked her about things she knew nothing about. Her arrest had nothing to do with the ANC. “What I was … so…

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1931-2011

Basil Lewis (Dolly) D’Oliveira

… which was shared by twenty five other teams. He would walk about 10 miles (about 16km) on the morning of a match to help prepare the … an entire month…

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1957-2011

Gisele Wulfsohn

… HIV/Aids journey. I could choose to close up and not talk about it at all, or to go out there, talk about it and find out as much about it as I could. And I…

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Peter Engblom

… before returning to Zululand. In 1997 he created a CD-ROM about Zululand and the Zulu people entitled A Land called …

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1930-2013

Amina Cachalia

… it upon himself to develop the awareness of his students about conditions in South Africa. Her father died when she was about twelve and it was Mervy…

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1950

Christian Malcolm

… KZN Midlands; and since its inception he has worked with about 150 major South African printmakers, botanical and …

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1910

Stephen Tefu

… Stephen Tefu was born about 1910, he was recruited to the  Communist Party of South …

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