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Bertha Mkhize

… in business until 1965 when the Durban City Council forced African businesses to move out of the area. Bertha was a … for women in 1931 and 1936. She was…

B-0067956

1964

R. Daniel

… leanings. In the 1940s he was associated with the  All African Convention  AAC) and the short-lived African Democratic Party. He died in 1964. …

B-0008276

1948

Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso

… was central to the formation of the  Congress of South African and Trade Unions  (Cosatu), and served on the … its inaugural congress. In February 1986 when…

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1931-2012

Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson

… soccer team and was selected for the Combined  South African Universities soccer team in 1952.  Chaskalson acted … in which former President  Nelson Mandela …

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1874-1932

Daniel Simon Letanka

… for the next 20 years. A founding member of the  South African Native National Congress  (renamed the ANC in 1925), … in the "bucket strike" of 1918, Letanka…

B-0008320

1897-1986

Gertrud Theiler

… College in Grahamstown and from there went to the South African College in Cape Town, from where she graduated with a … of which the relating to the nematode…

B-0009135

1977

Makhaya Ntini

… Roger Telemachus failed a fitness test. He made his South African one-day debut at Perth in early 1998, bowling well in … in the same year and he was part of…

B-0008820

1909

Isaac Bangani Tabata

… serving as a member of its executive. He joined the Cape African Voters' Association and educated himself politically … and attacking government programs…

B-0068521

1924-1993

Cornelius Judah Fazzie

… the influence of the deputy headmaster who was an ardent African Nationalist .A member of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in East London ……

B-0008060

1963

Nomvula Paula Mokonyane

… (YCS). She was a founder member of the Congress of South African Students  (COSAS), an organiser in the Federation of … Allied Workers’ Union of South Africa…

B-0096739

1959-2024

Tito Mboweni

… the National University of Lesotho (NUL), and joined the African National Congress (ANC) . After completing his … political commitments to the ANC upon…

B-0008523

1903-1972

J B Marks

… a midwife. His father was a staunch supporter of the African National Congress (ANC). In 1919, his parents … A political activist and trade unionist, he…

B-0008450

1917-1985

Jordan Kush Ngubane

… to 1951 the country's leading forum for the expression of African political opinion. Using the power of his paper to … Ngubane was generally recognised and…

B-0068246

1895-1962

Elliot Tonjeni

… in the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union and the  African National Congress . He left the CPSA in 1929 but … an instrument for promoting political…

B-0068612

1927

C. M Kobus

… C. M Kobus was the African attorney and founding member of the  Non-European … the mid-1950s he served as national secretary of the  All African Convention  …

B-0008268

1879-1958

Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha

… studied extramural Political Science Courses at the South African School of Mines and Technology, now the University of … is evident from 1907 when he worked…

B-0068221

1916-2015

Sarah Carneson

… Carneson’s parents were founding members of South African Communist Party (SACP), and in 1931, at age 18, … At the time, Fred was a serviceman on leave from…

B-0007920

1922-1988

Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada

… the motions of Congress members by appealing to them for African unity. The 1950s saw an increasing working together between the African and Indian peoples…

B-0080477

1916-1965

Dr Arthur Elias Letele

… Cape Province. Following this, he studied at the South African Native College, which later became Fort Hare … involvement in politics began in 1944, when he…

B-0008321

James J. Majoro

… and ex-miner, Majoro was instrumental in establishing the African Mineworkers' Union. He later became its secretary and … was an organizing secretary of the…

B-0008389

1950

Yvonne Mokgoro

… : She served on the Advisory Committee of the South African - Canadian Linkage Project, from its inception in … Fund which she chairs, Mandela-Rhodes Trust,…

B-0008610

1894-1966

Irma Stern

… she has also worked as a sculptor whose portrayal of African people gave her white counterparts insight into the African ways of life. In 1927, Irma won the…

B-0009102

1943

Bonisile John Kani

… unnamed prison. The plays were widely performed in South African and internationally.  In 1974 Kani and Winston went … his role in My Children My Africa! On…

B-0094591

1952

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

… became involved in students politics and joined the South African Students Organization (SASO) in 1972. In 1974 he … leading to the formations of the…

B-0008934

1928-2010

Professor Fatima Meer

… family played leading roles in the Natal and South African Indian Congress .   From a young age Fatima started … dramatic show of militant anti-government…

B-0065346

1936-1988

Morgan Gonaseelan Naidoo

… first non-racial national swimming organisation, the South African Swimming Federation (SAASwiF). When the headquarters … repeatedly held meetings with the …

B-0121659

1929-2008

Billy Nair

… and resignation of the General Secretary of the South African Tin Workers Union (SATWU), S.V.Reddy, Nair became the … Nair was invited to join the secretly…

B-0008740

1879-1940

Charles Templeman Loram

… dissertation, published as  The Education of the South African Native (1917), was long the standard work on me … superintendent of education in 1930. Loram's…

B-0008334