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1906-1980

Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi

… about. From 1941-1944, he was assistant secretary for the African Commercial and Distributive Workers Union, which had … 1944, he was one of the delegates…

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1900-1984

Princess Magogo

… from abroad, like David Rycroft from the school of African and Oriental studies in London, and Henry Weman, … Hugh Tracy, director of the International…

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1987

Mads Nørgaard

… providing editorial input and webmaster services for South African History Online, a website that aims to tell the … his home. Newspapers and publications…

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1948-1996

Vuminkosi Zulu

… Examples of his work can be seen in numerous South African and overseas collections. Zulu died in 1996. … (two-person exhibition with Judus Mahlangu). 1984:…

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1920-1993

Hudson William Edison Ntsanwisi

… Limpopo province. Ntsanwisi received a BA (1962) and MA in African studies (1965) from the  University of South Africa . … of the North (Turfloop). There he…

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1959-2002

Peter Mokaba

… Front (UDF) . He became the first president of the South African Youth Congress in 1987 (see note below), which later … Peter Mokaba died on 9 June 2002…

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1928-2009

Curtis Nkondo

… Louis Trichardt and due to there being no high school for African children in the area; he went to live with his aunt … At the weekends they attended…

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1944-1998

Basil Coetzee

… other musicians forged a new and unique identity of South African jazz in the 1960s and 1970s. Coetzee played jazz … the vibrant Marabi and Kwela dance…

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1930

Josiah Khiphusizi Jele

… apartheid. In 1950, at an age of 20 Jele joined the African National Congress (ANC) and actively recruited cadres … In 1970 to 1971 Jele was secretary for…

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1934-2021

Ronnie Govender (Sathiseelan Gurulingam Govender)

… that was formed to protest against the exclusion of African students from outside South Africa attending … Muthal Naidoo and Prem Singh. They produced the…

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1933

Mildred Lesiea

… Province (now Western Cape ), the only official area for African accommodation in Cape Town in the 1930s. She grew up … both Sotho and Afrikaans, although…

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1871-1946

John Langalibalele Dube

… western education by the missionaries and the traditional African society’s way of life. He spent his early schooling … in 1901. The institute functioned as…

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1924-2009

Dennis Brutus

… in his youth, he was also a founder member of the South African Sports Association, an alternative to the White … sports bodies of the time.  As Secretary of…

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1949

Jeremy Patrick Cronin

… in 1972-1973 at the Sorbonne in Paris. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and was instructed in … by Ronnie Kasrils . He was the spokesperson for…

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1912-2001

Milwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba

… tide of the growing threat of overt racism engulfing South African society, held his first solo exhibition in East … last few years of his life, this great…

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1917-1957

Henry ‘Mr Drum’ Nxumalo

… experienced journalist who counted many highly respected African intellectuals and writers among his friends and … to go abroad, and he duly enlisted in the…

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1936

Bhekisisa Harold Nxasana

… where he became a trade union organiser for the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU). In 1967 he was … of furthering the aims of a banned…

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1919

M. J. M. Williams Shope

… and Railway and Harbours worker, he became involved in the African Laundry Workers' Union in the years after  World War … Council of Non-European Trade…

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1918-1998

Mark Shope

… and Railway and Harbours worker, he became involved in the African Laundry Workers' Union in the years after World War … Council of Non-European Trade Unions…

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1889

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…

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1910-1969

Florence Matomela

… Florence was the Cape provincial organiser of the  African National Congress Women's League (ANCWL)  and vice-president of the  Federation of South African…

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1959-1985

Nomkhosi Mary Mini

… was born in 1959, the daughter of Vuyisile Mini , South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) activist and first African National Congress (ANC) member to…

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Vella Pillay

… It was at University that I met a number of Indian and African students as well as several Whites with a Marxist … and the crucial importance of the…

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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. …

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1948

Zanemvula Kizito Mda

… a founding member and later became the President of the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in 1947. In … the British Broadcasting Corporation’s …

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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…

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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 ……

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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…

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