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1933-1986

Fabian Defu Ribeiro

… and Katherine Ribeiro (nee Mothibe). His father came from Beira, Mozambique and passed away in 1942. His mother, who came from Brits, passed away in 1975. He…

B-0008955

1912

Goolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad

… . He remained a member of that committee until 1961, from 1943 to 1958 as its General Secretary, and in 1959 as … Council was formed, he was elected to serve…

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Molefe Pheto

… return to South Africa. He wrote a book entitled the Bull from Moruleng:Vistas of Home and Exile (2012)  in which he … have "thrown in the towel" or “sulked”…

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1927

Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood

… was called) used to read the newspaper to her father and from that she started hating the Apartheid Laws, especially … Areas Act and the Pass Laws . In 1951,…

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1888-1956

Sonja Schlesin

… of more than £6 was,  “I am not here to draw a salary from you.  I am here because I like to work with you and I … in which she said:   “--- But I implore…

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1956

Chris Ledochowski

… born in 1956 in Pretoria . He grew up in Johannesburg and from 1968 to 1974 he attended Waterford- Kamhlaba, a non … undergo conscription in the South…

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Ndeutala Selma Hishongwa

… in Zambia. She was sent to Sweden to study on scholarship from the Lutheran World Federation and studied at the … and Women of Namibia: The Changing Role of…

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1964

Suzanne ‘Zan’ Louw

… Other examples chronicle acts of resistance. The woodcuts from this period were particularly imposing. This was due not … enhanced by her decision to use…

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1923-2010

Jackson Mbhazima Hlungwani

… had no formal training as an artist and learned to carve from his father who made utility items for his community. He … Hlungwani lived in Mbokhoto,…

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1917

Peter Nkutsoeu Raboroko

… the educational channels then open to Africans, going from St. Peter's Secondary School through Fort Hare in the … Accra. He was later among a group of PAC…

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1917-1997

Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje

… was succeeded as president by  Nelson Mandela  and retired from active politics. When teaching lost appeal as a … qualifying as an attorney in 1959. He was…

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1893-1975

Max Yergan

… he studied at Shaw University and Springfield College. From about 1920 to 1936 he lived in South Africa as a … praised the government's separate development…

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Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli

… Despite the banishment of her partner and other leaders from Witzieshoek, there continued to be opposition to state … be in the “general public’s interest”…

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1874-1959

Daniel Francois Malan

… development. Malan was dour and unbending and retired from office in 1954 after achieving nearly all of the objectives that had originally drawn him away…

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Ramnie Dinat

… police. Dinat spent four months in detention and escaped from South Africa soon after release. Ramnie decided to leave … she obtained an "exit permit,"…

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1889-1970

James “Sofasonke” Mpanza

… Mpanza was born in 1889. Mpanza was founder and leader from the mid-1940s of the Sofasonke Party of Orlando … where in 1944 he led thousands of Africans,…

B-0008680

1923

James “Jobe” Hadebe

… Dar es Salaam, Tanzania reported that Hadebe ‘had resigned from the external mission of the Congress for personal and … membership of the Congress. He…

B-0008138

1926

Kesval “Kay” Moonsamy

… 1926. He was active in the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) from the mid-1940s onward. In the early 1950s he served as … hard labour.  He was a defendant in the…

B-0068092

1922-2004

Evelyn Ntoko Mase

… first wife - and much of what is known of her comes from his words or the words of their contemporaries. As a … There was an obsessional element to it that…

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1639-1712

Simon van der Stel

… Stel intensified his efforts to obtain cattle and sheep from indigenous groups in the most destructive of manners. In … was determined to prohibit the…

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1869-1944

Kasturba Gandhi

… at the time. First, the practice protected young girls from becoming the object of sexual advances, and thus … home of her husband, it was best if she…

B-0084124

1955

Adam Glasser

… on a cruise ship in the Caribbean, he asked for lessons from a harmonica player he had met, from there his interest was sparked to learn how to master ……

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1879-1935

Tielman Johannes de Villiers Roos

… Towards the end of 1912 Botha dismissed  J B M Hertzog  from his cabinet and Roos protested by demonstrating at the … put word into action when Hertzog…

B-0067328

1945

Paul Stopforth

… He was born in 1945 in Johannesburg, South Africa. From the age of 19 he studied at the NATD, Johannesburg … in Fine Art at the Natal Technical College in…

B-0009104

1953

Mosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale

… West High School in 1972. His nickname “Tokyo" was derived from his involvement with the sport of karate in his youth. … Sexwale was appointed as premier of…

B-0009025

1927-2009

Harriet Bolton

… on 2nd of August 1934 by James Bolton, a furniture worker from the United Kingdom. It was during this time that Bolton … establish trade unions for black…

B-0066421

1963

Robert John McBride

… maternal grandparents were a White Afrikaner bus driver from the rural village of Harding in southern Natal, and a … father. Robert grew up in Wentworth, a…

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Piet Retief

… Jacobus, a farmer  and Debora Retief. His ancestors were from Provence in France. Piet Retief lived with his father … leave the Cape Colony in search of a…

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