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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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1907-1995

Professor Harold Jack Simons

… London School of Economics. From 1937 until 1964 he taught African law and administration at the University of Cape … He was a defendant in the sedition…

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1933-2017

Miriam Tlali

… under the title Between Two Worlds by Longman African Classics. In 1980, Tlali published her second novel … and 1990, Tlali was a visiting scholar at the…

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1960

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

… prompted her to leave the country and she joined the  African National Congress (ANC)  in exile in Zimbabwe . After … her time in exile that she became a…

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Nimrod Boyce Tantsi

… for the eastern Transvaal. When the short-lived League of African Rights was set up by the  Communist Party (CPSA)  in … Pretoria . He was also active in the…

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1952-2006

Thozamile Richard (Thozi) Gqweta

… and 1985,Gqweta was harassed by both Ciskeian and South African security police with repeated detentions and … to have all charges dropped in November…

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1938-2016

Judith Mason

… Pretoria, Judith Mason is one of the most well known South African artists. She matriculated from the Pretoria High … a short time. Her work became part of…

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1956

Murphy Morobe

… he spent a lot of time with his uncle, a Minister in the African Methodist Episcopal Church, and moved around with the … read up on them at libraries. In…

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1930-2011

Magnus Malan

… and in 1973 he was appointed as chief of the South African Army. Then in 1976, he was also made chief of the South African Defense Force, becoming the…

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1953-2022

Jessie Yasmin Duarte

… and administer a scholarship fund to educate and skill the African National Congress (ANC) and UDF activists to develop … as Chief Operations Officer in the…

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1957

Kate O’Regan

… for Development Law at UCT. She was also an advisor to the African National Congress (ANC) on land claims legislation, … A Charter for Social Justice, a…

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14 January1918-1999

Dimitri Tsafendas

… South Africa illegally aged 20 and joined the South African Communist Party. He had already left for Canada as a seaman on a Greek freighter by the time the…

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Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

… decision taken by the leadership of the NIC and the  South African Indian Congress (SAIC)  to work with the government … prompted much protest from the…

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Stanley Silwana

… Stanley Silwana was one of the first African recruits to the  Communist Party of South Africa … to the western Cape, where he became an organiser for the …

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Violet Weinberg

… in 1917. [3] Eli Weinberg, who was a member of the South African Communist Party (CPSA) , persuaded Violet to join the … South Africans without their passes…

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1881-1951

Pixley ka Isaka Seme

… Native Union” is a document that mapped out a strategy for African people in reaction to developments designed to … of the time, Seme is considered the…

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1858-1936

Dr. Walter Benson Rubusana

… of religion lent their moral authority to enlisting African labourers, wagon drivers, scouts and hundreds of … and actively involved in proselytising its…

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1886-1982

Henry Selby Msimang

… and his wife Joanah Radebe. Joel Msimang was a well-known African preacher who founded the Independent Methodist … started in 1912 when he was a founder…

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1950-2008

Yunus Ismail Mahomed

… including a national class boycott organised by the South African Students’ Organisation (SASO) in 1972. But the … the late 1970s Mohamed had joined the…

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1942

Zweledinga Pallo Jordan

… State. His father, Dr Archibald Campbell Jordan, was an African novelist, linguist and academic and his mother, Dr … School of Economics. Jordan worked in…

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1938

Elza Miles (Botha)

… may account for her subsequent research into the lives of African artists in South Africa. When the late Sipho Sepamla … norms and Art History. Ever since…

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1867-1946

Josiah Tshangana Gumede

… equality, with policies in place to educate and liberate African females. One of Josiah’s fellow-pupils was Charlotte … began teaching at Somerset East in…

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1927-2023

Blanche la Guma

… Party of South Africa (CPSA – later renamed the South African Communist Party - SACP) meetings in Athlone, where … active, first in the formation of the…

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1885-1970

Kerr Alexander

… applied for the post of first principal of the South African Native College (now the University of Fort Hare) in … received a Doctorate of Law honoris causa…

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1895-1983

Rev. James Arthur Calata

… affairs, serving as president of the Inter-denominational African Ministers' Federation (IDAMF) and pressing for a … within the Anglican Church.He was…

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1930-2013

Professor Bernard Magubane

… He became politically involved and joined the African National Congress (ANC), attending ANC rallies and … university, he worked closely with the ANC and the…

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1927-2009

Harriet Bolton

… she attended sent her to work as a bookkeeper at the South African Typographical Union (SATU). After a year she quit her … GWIU out of TUCSA because of lack…

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1946-2014

Mafika Pascal Gwala

… with intense police and government intervention in South African life, led to a radicalization of Gwala’s generation, … join the budding group within the…

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1952

Nozizwe Charlotte Madlala-Routledge

… literate adults. In 1979, Madlala-Routledge joined the African National Congress (ANC) underground. In 1983, she … for a year. In 1984, Madlala-Routledge…

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1946

Malcolm Payne

… Payne has attained status as an influential South African artist, and has won several awards. These include … First Prize at New Signatures Competition of…

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