SAHO global search

1946

Deton (Tito) Zungu

… who brought it to the attention of Jo Thorpe at the African Art Centre, Durban where his work was first … (Vita Art Now). Awards: 1971: Art SA Today (award)…

B-0009269

1893-1975

Max Yergan

… was asked to aid in drafting the constitution of the All African Convention. He had a reputation as a forceful and … York and joined Paul Robeson in founding…

B-0009252

1926

Kesval “Kay” Moonsamy

… was forced into exile and worked in Zambia with the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) and the African National Congress (ANC). In the early…

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Mabel Balfour

… Mabel Balfour was a South African trade unionist and an anti-apartheid activist. … and canning workers. After many leaders from the South African Congress of…

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1870-1947

Horatio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle

… he continued studying and in 1892 became the first African to pass the Cape Civil Service Examination, passing … In 1894 Mbelle became a clerk and the…

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1965

Tracy Payne

… , CT, 2013 'Changing Faces: Profiling Portraits in South African Art', Barnard Gallery, Cape Town, 2013 'Dinner … The Expression of Containment in…

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Joel Joffe

… in 1956 and six years later was called to the South African bar. In his autobiography, Mandela described Joffe’s … “the general behind the scenes in our…

B-0066325

1909-1972

Dr Kwame Nkrumah

… the United States following the mass internal migration of African Americans from the Southern regions. At the … as a student activist, Nkrumah helped to…

B-0125505

1583-1663

Njinga Ana de Sousa

… has also made her an important inspiration for more recent African feminists [1] . Njinga was born around 1582 in the … “Njinga of Matamba in a New…

B-0123373

1952

Glenn Moss

… graduating with majors in Political Science, English and African Studies. He subsequently completed a BA Honours in … both on campus, and in the National…

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1912-1964

Daniel R Koza

… of Gordon's Trotskyism,Koza became deputy secretary of the African Commercial and Distributive Workers' Union (ACDWU) in … leanings. In the 1940s he was…

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1891-1970

Arthur William Blaxall

… He was a clergyman who was convicted of aiding the African National Congress (ANC) and the Pan Africanist … until 1950. He became a pacifist, chairman of the…

B-0007861

1921-1976

Leslie Massina

… police detective who had been gain access into the African National Congress (ANC) at the time of the 1918 … laundry workers and soon after became an…

B-0008477

1883-1967

Ethel Ruth Prowse

… Prowse is known for her significant contribution to South African Art. She spent her childhood on the slopes of Devil … a year later she was elected to be a…

B-0008917

1888-1963

Bernard Lazarus Sigamoney

… promoter in Durban. Sigamoney took a break from South African politics in December 1922 and travelled abroad to … continued throughout his life. In 1940 he…

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1908-2003

Ismail Ahmed Cachalia

… with other militant political organisations amongst African, Coloured and White in the fight for equal rights. In … Indian passive resistance campaign . This…

B-0007912

1857-1919

William Philip Schreiner

… of Gottlob and Rebekah Schreiner. He studied at the South African College, Cape Town and furthered his studies at … and against the Second Anglo Boer War, or…

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Dr Gomolemo Mokae

… on to Ga-Rankuwa. He is an ardent and active promoter of African langauges. Author, medical doctor and political …  and The secret in my bosom  were…

B-0067979

1914-1998

Archibald Jacob Gumede

… former Ciskei . Gumede subsequently studied at the South African Native College (now University of Fort Hare) at … two years. During this time, he came into…

B-0008130

1905-1994

Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels

… Africa in 1930. In May 1940 he volunteered for the South African Armed Forces and was assigned to the Air Force … and Acting-Chair of the General Council of…

B-0008386

1894-1982

Madie Hall-Xuma

… figure in middle-class social circles, she headed the African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL) from 1943 … in women's organisations and as a…

B-0009246

1913-1969

C. J. Mayekiso

… was a textile worker and later became president of the African Textile Workers' Union. He was a trade unionist and a leader of the  African National Congress…

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1922

Mary Goitsemang Ranta

… mint, and later took employment as a typist for the African Iron and Steel Workers’ Union. By the early 1950s she … steward for the Garment Workers’ Union …

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1961

Graeme Williams

… photographer. In 1991 he started contributing to the South African documentary collective, Afrapix. Williams later went … evident in his work is a unique…

B-0009228

1930-2013

Amina Cachalia

… that time, Amina had contact with the leadership of the  African National Congress (ANC)  who frequented the TIC offices, but she did not have much contact…

B-0007909

1972

Zanele Muholi

… that which is systematically erased from both South African and international narratives: lesbian weddings, trans … project to commodity the black female…

B-0121549

1941

Sue Williamson

… immigrants that came to Cape Town from other parts of the African continent to secure new lives for themselves and … has participated in several major…

B-0009230

1925-1983

Cassim Mohammed Bassa

… was a member of the executive committees of the South African National Council for the Blind and the South African National Council for the Deaf. These…

B-0007834

1908-1982

Monica Hunter Wilson

… first woman to be appointed as a full professor at a South African university. During this period, she participated in … associated with the wedding cake and…

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