SAHO global search

1945-2013

Dirk Johannes Coetzee

… 1963 he followed his father and work in the post office.From 1980 to 1981, Coetzee was a commander at Vlakplaas … Stadium in Durban, and Sizwe Kondile , a…

B-0097350

1908-1993

Manonmoney "Ama" Naidoo

… Gauteng ) on 30 November 1908. Her family was originally from the Thanjavur district in India and her maternal … labourers. Her mother married Govindasamy…

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1851-1931

Rev. Mangena Maake Mokone

… in 1851. His mother was daughter of Sephate and was from a royal lineage. In 1863, his father, a junior chief of … also an independent church. Their…

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1869-1948

Franklin Kaye Kendall

… joined the reconstituted SASA, and was later its President from 1917 to 1918. A dynamic personality, he was also a founder of the CPIA and served as its…

B-0008240

1848-1916

James Mata Dwane

… Methodist Episcopal Church. The AME accepted affiliation from the Ethiopians and appointed Dwane their general … consultation with other Ethiopian leaders…

B-0008036

1924-2009

Ricardo Rangel

… a black Mozambiquan and his father was a Greek businessman from a multifaceted background, with African, European and … in censorship by the Portuguese…

B-0099470

1977

Samuel Malinga

… was reported to have denied that her husband suffered from any heart complaint and said he had no pills.'He was a healthy man and certainly did not suffer…

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1949

Norman Catherine

… Catherine works in an assortment of media, ranging from oil, acrylic, watercolour, and airbrush; as well as … passing decade was characterized by different…

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1895-1960

Sorabjee Rustomjee

… to join his father in the first batch of Satyagrahis from Phoenix, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) in September 1913, … Rustomji then hardly 18 years of age, had…

B-0068389

1922

George Edward Peake

… period of the  Treason Trial , in which he was a defendant from 1956 until late 1958. He received banning orders in 1955 … 1964. In early 1968 the Apartheid…

B-0068302

1948

Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla

… she taught English and Law at the Botswana polytechnic and from 1983 to 1986 she taught Commercial Law at the Botswana Institute of Administration and…

B-0008348

1922

Greenwood Dumisa Ngotyana

… important organiser for the Congress of the People. Banned from 1955, he was endorsed out of Cape Town after his release from the Treason Trial in late 1957…

B-0008779

1909

Selby Bangani Ngcobo

… Claims committee but soon afterwards withdrew from political activity to concentrate on his academic … the constitution of the Progressive Party. After…

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Jean Powell

… She has given workshops on art in Mozambique and in KZN. From 1972 she worked in vitreous enamel and in stained glass … doors, gates, screens and on murals,…

B-0008910

1957

Pansy Tlakula

… LLB and later Harvard, where she obtained her Masters.   From 1995, Tlakula has held high profile positions in several … commissioner of the South African…

B-0096673

1922

Michael Hathorn

… worked at the Alexandra Health Centre & University Clinic from 1952 to 1955, and then both moved to work at the Durban … the Durban Central Prison in 1960,…

B-0122028

1852-1917

Isaac Williams Wauchope

… As a gesture of goodwill, ten young people were married from each faction. One couple was a Xhosa orphan girl and a … name was William Wauchope. [11] The…

B-0125334

1937-1986

Bessie Amelia Head

… to at the time. Her mother, Bessie Amelia Emery, came from a wealthy family of Scottish descent. No information on … for teenagers. The latter received many…

B-0008149

1921-2005

Mahomed “Chota” Motala

… at Sastri College and studied medicine in Bombay, India, from 1939. It was at the height of the Indian struggle for … second Black doctor to do so. Most of…

B-0008657

1916-1984

Ernest Sedumedi Moloto

… tendencies of Tswana poetry) in 1970 – all qualifications from the University of South Africa. In 1974 he also read … In the latter capacity he served the…

B-0008627

1928-2011

Henry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi

… Campaign  and was subsequently expelled and barred from the teaching profession. To make ends meet, he briefly … taught the basics of reading and writing. On…

B-0064853

1925-2020

Andrew Mokete Mlangeni

… served as a member of a democratically elected Parliament from 1994 to 2004 and in the National Assembly from 2009 until 2014, when he retired. In 1992,…

B-0008579

1921-2012

Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho

… (now Botswana) on 3 February 1921. His family came from a non-Setswana-speaking ethnic group, the Beyei. Mpho … in Kliptown in 1955, Mpho led more than 200…

B-0008685

1942-1991

Dumile Feni

… numerous walls in the hospital. He received support from Lionel Abrams, Bill Ainslie and Barney Simon. Dumile … Dumile did exhibit in New York, his income…

B-0008062

1955-2010

Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander

… where he also grew up. Following his matriculation from the William Pescod High School in 1975, he worked for … Congress (PAC) President, Zeph Mothopong, who…

B-0007785

1919-1984

Cassim Amra

… The Call for Freedom and Justice , was published from Amra’s home on Milton Road, Durban. He wrote many of the … are fainting by the dozen every day in Union…

B-0095730

1950-2012

Roy Padayachie

… in training a large number of pre-school teachers from Umlazi and KwaMashu  townships. Padayachie served as an … Communications Authority of South Africa …

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