SAHO global search

2012

Mzukisi Sompeta

… two nieces, nephew and young daughter. His father died about two months after he was killed. According to his …

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1957-1990

Teboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini

… reading material. Through Tiro, Mashinini started reading about the history of Africa’s struggles, American slavery, the Human Rights Movements in the USA…

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1929-2008

Billy Nair

… and human rights. Billy Nair (2002), Interview segment about Passive Resistance [3:30] Billy Nair (2002), Interview segment about Freedom Charter, Treason…

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1921-2020

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

… and became a Sangoma. When his father and stepmother heard about this, he was told never to set foot in their house … opportunity to gain knowledge and to…

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1963

Justice Sfiso Mkame

… ideas. In Door of no return Ka-Mkame has created a scene about the slave trade in Senegal’s Goree Island where, … The work is dedicated to the children who,…

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1967-2005

Buyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi

… valid. The death of township art poses a critical question about the nature of the art required within a period of … Mandindi addresses a related issue in…

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1962

Greg Marinovich

… part-time at the  Financial Mail . South Africa was about to undergo a massive change, and in the Vaal and Reef … but mostly to concentrate on writing a non…

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1932-2010

Sheena Duncan

… political causes of suffering, especially those brought about by the pass laws. Always working in a voluntary … and pamphlets that were meant to help…

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2012

Mgcineni Noki

… his sister, Nolufefe Noki, “It was really painful to hear about my brother’s death. I have since seen a doctor at the …

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1948

Conny Braam

… exile and asked to assist with Operation Vula. Braam went about helping with the setting up of safe-houses inside South …

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1986

Luvuyo Mgobhozi

… Truth and Reconcilliation Council, Steyn admits to lying about the death of the four men in order to cover up their …

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1945

Pieter Dirk-Uys

… as ‘the most famous white woman in South Africa’, and about whom he has written a biography. Uys, either as himself …

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Cecil Sols

… through media training. In 1983 he joined Afrapix and set about to help establish a branch of Afrapix as well as a …

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14 January1918-1999

Dimitri Tsafendas

… 1950, Tsafendas was arrested in Portugal and interrogated about his political activities in Mozambique in 1938. He was … him “of pretending to be a…

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1900

Thomas Mbeki

… his background except that he was Xhosa-speaking and born about 1900. About 1924 he enrolled in the  Communist Party of South …

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1955-2021

Cecyl Esau

… to his children. They would also have regular discussions about current affairs and subsequently, Esau became an avid … going to political meetings, very…

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1951-1985

Sparrow Mkonto

… was assaulted before being released. He made a statement about it to his lawyer, and laid charges against the police. … After the meeting, the four men left…

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Marapo Seopa

… who had already passed away whenever she was asked about her children. It is probable that my mother mentioned … to her dead children when she was asked by…

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1918-1990

Frank Alexander Landman

… [viii] . Frank continued as a member of the TLSA, speaking about the political and social implications of apartheid … as though nothing had happened and did…

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2018

Vondela Landingwe

… of the Soweto uprisings of 1976 . He was imprisoned for about 10 years on Robben Island. When he was released from …

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S. S. Tema

… For many years the president of IDAMF in the Transvaal, in about 1961 he was elected its national president. …

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1886-1964

Charles Kwelemthini Sakwe

… Charles Kwelemthini Sakwe was born about 1886 in Idutywa in the Transkei and educated at …

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1941-1997

Welcome Mandla Koboka

… focused on life in the townships, depicting people going about their daily lives in vivid colours with abstraction. …

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Ben Khoapa

… sent him on a trip to the United States where he learned about the political conditions of African Americans. On his …

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1933

Joyce Piliso-Seroke

… in Africa, Europe and the United States where she spoke about the ravages of apartheid. In 1975, she was appointed to … understand the effects of the harsh…

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1964-2004

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie

… her first band at this stage, the Tiny Tots. When she was about 16 years old, renowned producer Koloi Lebona came from … home after a number of Cape Town…

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Unknown-1663

Doman

… In about 1657 Doman, a Goring-haiqua Khoisan, was sent to … had witnessed Dutch military tactics in Java, they darted about erratically to frustrate Dutch…

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1919-1984

Cassim Amra

… became involved,”  Amra added, “because - - -  they heard about European women knitting for soldiers. She reads about Mrs. So-and-So’s war effort to raise so…

B-0095730

1929-2009

Ronald “Ron” Press

… and his sister Lydia. In his formative years he learnt about trade unionism, about struggle, poverty and how to fight and organise. Trade … newspaper. The…

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Bisho Jarsa

… siblings asking their mother, Dimbiti: "What's Ma talking about... what's the matter with her? What's she saying?" Their mother would respond: "Don't worry…

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