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Trineke Weijdema

… was established in 1976, and decided to focus on the South African, Zimbabwean and Namibian freedom movements. The KZA provided the African National Congress…

B-0009219

1945

Professor Raymond Suttner

… 1988 but defied these and travelled to the Organisation of African Unity meeting in 1989 and returned in 1990. Suttner … for South Africa and overseas…

B-0068511

1915

Yusaf Ahmed Cachalia

… by the apartheid government. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress in the 1940s and 1950s; he was instrumental in bringing about African…

B-0079921

1955-1991

Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo

… where he studied law and he was active in the South African Student Organisation (SASO). At university, he was … Group. Nxumalo was deployed to Prague as the…

B-0068699

1953-1993

Sam Tambani

… was recruited into the underground structures of the South African Communist Party (CPSA). In the mid 80’s, he served in the underground structures of the…

B-0125201

1947-2019

Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo

… 1967, a school established by American missionaries of the African Methodist Episcopal Church.He helped pave the streets … of Johannesburg in the 1920s,and…

B-0125661

1910-1974

Raymond Francis (Ray) Budd

… Town as a fitter at the Salt River Workshops of the South African Railways and also at Table Bay Harbour. Upon … become the Western Province Local Committee…

B-0007895

1970

Leleti Khumalo

… Khumalo was a force to be reckoned with as a black South African actress during apartheid era.In 1991, together with … became the biggest film production to…

B-0067755

1937-2004

Daniel Sefudi Rakgoathe

… scholarship and in 1983 completed an MA degree in African Studies at the University of California, Los Angeles, … Today). 1969: Camden Ans Centre, London, UK…

B-0008933

Nomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela

… Ngwevela served in diverse capacities as member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in exile. She was based in … meetings, the Non-Aligned Movement and…

B-0068250

1880-1963

Edward Arthur Roworth

… Edward Roworth was a British born South African artist. Roworth came to South Africa in 1902 with the … In 1908, Roworth was elected president of the South…

B-0008967

1922-2010

Eulalie Doreen Stott

… by her school principal who was a member of the South African Institute of Race Relations. At the age of 12 she … of the living conditions of Africans, and…

B-0074109

1950

Jacob Sello (Jackie) Selebi

… was born on 7 March 1950 in Johannesburg.  Selebi was the African National Congress (ANC) representative to the Soviet … 1983 to 1987. In 1987, he was…

B-0073823

1922-1992

Hassan Howa

… father Yusuf Howa, who was a prominent member of the South African Indian Congress (SAIC), which stood for justice, … segregation began to impact on all…

B-0008178

1922

Sir Sydney Kentridge

… University of the Witwatersrand. He served with the South African forces in World War II for four years and went on to … Kentridge practised for more than 30…

B-0086256

1908-1992

Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay

… After the  First World War  Thambi Naidoo of the  South African Indian Congress  (SAIC) took his teenage daughters, … The Asiatics (Land and Trading)…

B-0068309

1874-1965

Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood

… which would house the library in future. In 1925 the South African Library for the Blind was officially opened by R.W. … Wood was a co-founder, with Bowen…

B-0009237

1919-1987

James Madhlope Phillips

… of Non-European Trade Unions, which later became the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). At the time, he was also the treasurer of the Transvaal…

B-0068220

1914-2004

Ray Alexander Simons

… In the 1950s, it played a leading role in the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) . She also wrote a … Florence Mkhize , she helped found the…

B-0007783

1936-2016

Hermanus Gabriel Loots

… is most noted for his role in exposing brutality at African National Congress camps in 1984 , which culminated … Source: From the collections of the Library…

B-0120752

1959

Jane Alexander

… popular contemporary pieces in the collection of the South African National Gallery in Cape Town . Other major … living on Long Street in Cape Town in the…

B-0007786

1946-2010

Paul Alberts

… (text: Abraham H De Vries). In Camera: Portraits of South African Artists , H.A.U.M., Cape Town, 1979 (text: André P … Smuts) (The book was also published in…

B-0007779

1908-1964

Molly Fischer

… under Bram’s influence Fischer became involved in South African Politics. Together the pair participated in food … over 80 striking post office workers…

B-0008070

1945-2025

David Hemson

… socially. He was drafted out of high school to the South African Army. (He was one of the few men at his school who … During his trip he spent a lot of time…

B-0094484

Wycliffe MIungisi Tsotsi

… President of the  All African Convention  (AAC) from 1948 to 1959. Born in the … AAC from 1936 and was instrumental in bringing the Cape African Teachers'…

B-0009167

1886-1977

Mary Agard Pocock

… algae. During World War II  she was a member of the South African Women’s Auxiliary Service. Pocock was part of the South African Association of University…

B-0008899

1913-1970

Debi Singh

… G M Naicker  to positions of leadership in the  South African Indian Congress . In 1946 he served as secretary of … the  Defiance Campaign  of 1952. An…

B-0009064

1945

Omar Badsha

… of the Durban Students Union and was later drawn into the African National Congress (ANC) underground and worked with … Award, 1968, and "Images of Africa"…

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