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1926-1977

Viola Hashe

… Union and the Dairy Workers Union. Hashe also joined the  African National Congress  (ANC) in the early 1950s. In 1953 … to take effect. From 1956 on, she…

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1948

Alec Erwin

… was also a visiting lecturer at the Centre of Southern African Studies at the University of York for a year between … group of White activists from the…

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1863-1928

Henry Reed Ngcayiya

… North. In the 1890s he was ordained as a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church (AMEC), but after a split … political involvement started shortly…

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1878-1941

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

… as a driver for the Boer commandos during the South African War. During his time there he learned to speak High … Middelburg, Transvaal, where he also…

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1942-2020

George Hallett

… and Guilds of London. He freelanced for the famous South African magazine Drum, but the politics of segregation made … moved to London where he made contact…

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1962

Guy Tillim

… Town in 1983, Tillim joined Afrapix, a collective of South African photographers, in 1986, and since then has seen his … His work has been included in many…

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1851-1932

Joseph Booth

… unorthodox approach to mission work and his schemes for African self-help and advancement eventually created friction … around 1903 as an alleged supporter…

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1952-2004

Sipho Gumede

… explored the possibilities of mixing jazz and traditional African music. In 1982 he joined Khaya Mhlangu and together … Places, was released. The next year,…

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1956

Paul Weinberg

… removal. In late 1981 Weinberg was recruited by the South African exiled artists of the MEDU collective in Botswana to … and Double Vision, exploring the…

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1915

Benjamin S. Rajuili

… a B.A. degree. After teaching, he became a minister of the African Methodist Episcopal Church in Dube township,  … 1962 he was general secretary of the…

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1958-1985

Vernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng

… Vernom Nkadimeng was born in 1958 to the  African National Congress (ANC) activist and trade unionist  … in political training before was deployed to  South…

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1955

Rafique (Rafs) Mayet

… at the Daily Dispatch in East London and later at the New African in Durban and as a member of the Afrapix collective. … meetings and conferences. In 1998 he…

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1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… known as ES Reddy has been active in support of the South African freedom movement for more than half a century. He … in the 1920s, was a member of the Board…

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1876-1932

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

… German and Dutch, as well as English and all the major African vernaculars. Advancement in the civil service being … to the Kimberley Diamond Fields…

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S. S. Tema

… later president of the quasipolitical Interdenominational African Ministers' Federation. On the periphery of organised … of a committee in the Transvaal…

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1920-2004

Nimrod Sekeramane Nathale

… During the 1950s, Sejake was a leading member of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU), and the African National Congress (ANC) in Soweto. Noted…

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1905-1977

Hyman Meir Basner

… he was a co-founder with Paul Ramotsoane Mosaka of the African Democratic Party in 1943 and a Natives' … Jones .He often defended Africans in court and aided…

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1936-2011

Bafana Cyril Dlamini

… activist. His father, Steven Dlamini was a member of the African National Congress (ANC)’s National Executive Committee (NEC) , President of South African…

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1903-1957

Dr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo

… B.A. degree in journalism, he was the first black South African to be awarded a B.A. through private study at Unisa and the first black South African in the…

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1873-1917

Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube

… Dube , the first President General of the South African Native National Congress  (SANNC- later renamed the African National Congress  ANC). As an equal…

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1916-1993

Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda

… Mda cut his teeth in politics when he attended the All-African Convention meeting in Bloemfontein in mid-1936. He … end of the latter part of the 1930s, Mda…

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Tim Bruwer

… Apartheid  and took an active role in opposing the South African government of the time. More recently Robert Kaplan, … into a middle class Afrikaner family…

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Esmé Berman

… Esmé Berman, a Jewish South African art historian, author and researcher, was born in … to write a comprehensive and well-researched book on South African…

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1880

Daniel William

… Port Elizabeth , the son of a West Indian father and an African mother. Ordained as an Anglican minister, he later became leader of the separatist African…

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Pious Goodman Mei

… Born in 1912, he joined the African National Congress in 1936. As an organiser for the Congress of the People and organising secretary of the African Textile…

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1950

Martin Plaut

… of trade unions and ultimately Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU). In 1978, Plaut worked for a … an easy task, as the Anti-Apartheid Movement…

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1938-2018

Keorapetse William Kgositsile

… activist Ruth First . Kgositsile, being a member of the African National Congress  (ANC), through the newspaper, … My Name is Afrika , which established him…

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1948

George Msimang

… in 1968 after completing Standard VIII. He came to the African Art Centre in Durban and was encouraged by Jo Thorpe … He has exhibited a number of times at…

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