SAHO global search

1923-2004

Wilton Zimasile Mkwayi

… clerk, and a stevedore.He became a union organiser for the African Textile Workers in Port Elizabeth in the early 1950s, he later served as treasurer of the…

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Jonathan Ngwenya

… until 1994, after which he was integrated into the  South African National Defence Force  (SANDF) as a major and … and later joined the Directing Staff at…

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1960

Ismail Vadi

… He served as a national vice-president of the South African Democratic Teachers' Union (SADTU) from 1990 to 1994. … a Member of Parliament (National Assembly…

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1911-1990

Jan Hendrik Hofmeyer Hoogendyk

… to Jackie, an accountant. He enlisted with the South African Forces in 1942 to fight against Nazi Germany during … baby. He was also an active member of the…

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1907-1983

Michael Guthrie Scott

… him to return.In South Africa he was assigned by the South African Church Institute to become an Assistant Priest at the … serious disagreements with the…

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1936-2016

Indres Naidoo

… ("Spear of the Nation") (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1961 and joined the South African Communist Party (SACP) in 1961…

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1903-1938

Wolf Kibel

… Johannesburg - 1948 Overseas Exhibition of South African Art, Tate Gallery - 1950 Memorial Exhibition, … Town - 1976/7 Prestige Retrospective Exhibition,…

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1959

Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi

… Correspondence College. In 1977 he joined the African National Congress (ANC), in the next year he was a … Organisation (AZAPO), and in 1981 he joined the …

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1954

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu

… of May 1954, in Johannesburg . She is the daughter of  African National Congress  (ANC) veterans,  Walter  and  … in London. However, her dream was shattered…

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1950

Biddy Partridge

… first began work as a freelance photographer for the South African Council for Higher Education (SACHED). From … the process of relocating to Zimbabwe…

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1945-2013

Dirk Johannes Coetzee

… of Pretoria, Gauteng, as the headquarters of the South African Police counterinsurgency unit working for the … Vlakplaas police squad.Coetzee ordered the…

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1930-2018

Billy Modise

… was on his way to Fort Hare that he resolved to join the  African National Congress  (ANC). While at Fort Hare he … also became a member of the  National…

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1953

Penny Siopis

… had a major retrospective, Time and Again, at Iziko South African National Gallery and later that year at the Wits … Time and Again: A Retrospective…

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1940

Gille De Vlieg

… view of South Africa, a view not seen on the South African TV screen then.” The next several years she spent … de Vlieg Photographic Collection is held by…

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1936-2008

Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo

… specialising in Applied Mathematics. Masondo joined the  African National Congress’ (ANC)  military wing,  Umkhonto we … and return of the exiles, Masondo…

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1885-1961

Anna Victoria Mangena

… profession which was about the only profession open to African youths at the time, she decided to become a nurse. … training under Dr Neil Macvicar* who was…

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1939

Wopko Jensma

… as an extension of his personal experiences with the South African government. He had a mixed racial marriage that was not allowed or even recognized by the…

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1936

Lionel Davis

… Plains, New York, USA. In 1995 he worked for the South African National Art Gallery as a part time art educator. … Basil and Leon. Curriculum vitae…

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1947-1976

Mapetla Frank Mohapi

… of Black Consciousness, and became active in the South African Students Organisation (SASO)   regional secretary in … by Mohapi. He helped people leave the…

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1970-2004

Phaswane Mpe

… At the age of 19, he left for Johannesburg to study African Literature at the University of the Witwatersrand … He returned to Wits and completed a Master’s…

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1957-1985

Richard Barney Lekgotla Molokoane

… he went into exile. In exile, he joined the  African National Congress (ANC)  and the June 16 Detachment … plant and the shelling of the headquarters of the…

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1934-2013

Ian Berry

… Berry moved to South Africa in 1952. Roger Madden, a South African photographer who had worked as an assistant to Ansel … and was offered a position as…

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1929-1994

Ruth Gosschalk

… Party of South Africa  (CPSA - later renamed the South African Communist Party - SACP) and became politicised. … as the regional secretary of the  Federation…

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1961

Brett Murray

… to South Africa." He inquires upon the clash between African and European cultures in the old and new South … a group exhibition, 'Liberated Voices', at the…

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1955

William Kentridge

… impositions. In 1976, he attained a degree in Politics and African Studies at the University of the Witwatersrand after … era, he acquired international…

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1895-1960

Sorabjee Rustomjee

… He was elected a member of the council of the South African Indian Congress at its inaugural session in 1923, and … to lobby at the United Nations for action…

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1965

Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko

… She was an executive member of the Moroka Branch African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) as a Pioneer’s … of the Vuyani Mabaxa Branch and was re…

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1938

Nana Henrietta Moabi

… Congress (PAC) in 1959, when it broke away from the African National Congress (ANC). Moabi participated in the … elections in South Africa, she formed part…

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1913-1996

George Gangen Ponnen

… roads and transportation facilities. Their neighbours were African people who lived in huts. Two of his brothers worked … work seekers. After a long search,…

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