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1952

Saint Mokoena

… him to draw more pictures. He read an article about the African Art Centre in Durban. In 1986 he visited this centre … his work. In 1987 he won an award at…

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1947-2008

Mike Terry

… to an appeal by  Chief Albert Luthuli , President of the  African National Congress (ANC)  and other leaders for a boycott of all South African goods in…

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1934-2012

Ellen Lambert

… Mount Frere in the Eastern Cape Province . She joined the African National Congress (ANC) at the age of 19 in 1953. She … Consequently, she was constantly…

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1950

Peter Hain

… Nairobi Kenya but he grew up in Pretoria after his south african born parents returned home in 1951.His … and was acquitted in London court in 1976 after the…

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1954

Wendy Schwegmann

… Town. She lived in Johannesburg and worked as the South African photographic correspondent for Reuters wire service. … works are held in the permanent…

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1920

Jaydew Nasib Singh

… of both the  Natal Indian Congress  (NIC) and the  South African Indian Congress  (SAIC) and played a leading part in organising Indian-African co-operation…

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1938

Enos Molapo Makhubedu

… by Transnet to paint six panels on aspects of South African history for the Transnet corporate headquarters in … Movement. While these artists draw…

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1932-2013

Louis Luyt

… and shortly afterward was elected President of the South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU). It was during this … autocratically. In 1992, Luyt clashed…

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1944

Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi

… Christian Movement (UCM) and the National Union of South African Students  (NUSAS). Dissatisfaction with both … saw him participating in the formation of the…

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1951-2025

Rashid Lombard

… which he was the Festival Director. Lombard promoted South African jazz music. Jazz Rocks, a book of his jazz … International Jazz Festival, which paid…

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1949

Gill Marcus

… 10 August, 1949 to parents who were active members of the African National Congress (ANC). She grew up in Johannesburg … went into exile where she spent her…

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1939

Manfred Zylla

… event, up to 3 x 2 meters in size, depicting typical South African characters and scenarios. Zylla's artistic … a period of eight months. They satirized…

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1954-2008

John Matshikiza

… then combined stage acting in London with activism for the African National Congress (ANC). In the early 1970s he helped … also lived in the United States,…

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1956

Dikobe Ben Martins

… of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) the liberation army of the African National Congress (ANC) and leading figures of the … to becoming a Member of Parliament, he was…

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Reverend Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile

… Stofile entered politics in 1963 as a member of the African Students' Association, an  African National Congress  (ANC) front organisation but only … sport…

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1932-2008

Miriam Makeba

… could mix.  It was the scene of kwela music, marabi and African jazz and big band music became popular.  Miriam … group, the Skylarks, which combined jazz…

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1900-1976

Emil Sachs

… elected to the national executive committee of the South African Trade and Labour Council (SATLC). In March 1927 he … founded a film company that brought…

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1957-1990

Teboho “Tsietsi” Mashinini

… very confident.” As a teenager of his time, he preferred African-American fashions, especially drawn to hippie … and had a vibrant social life. Mashinini…

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1925-2009

Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams

… During the early 1950s a large majority of South African activists were banned by the Apartheid regime. One of … Abrahams was also the Western Cape secretary…

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1889-1946

Alexander Macaulay Jabavu

… to 1937 a member of the executive committee of the  All African Convention , of which his brother,  D. D. T. Jabavu , … KIand CWU,which he regard as the only…

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1956

Christopher Nceba Faku

… was elected as regional organiser of the Eastern Cape  African National Congress  (ANC) and also held an ANC/South African Communist Party (SACP) local…

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1906-1947

Benedict Wallet Vilakazi

… and was a prize winner of the International Institute of African Languages and Cultures. He was a distinguished Zulu … were traditional "praise-songs"…

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1930

Matthew Nkoana

… became a supporter of the Africanist faction within the  African National Congress  (ANC). Arrested in March 1960 for … has contributed to various…

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1931

Abednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo

… black students and the white-led National Union of South African Students. He completed a BA degree in 1956 and later … mission, attending meetings of the…

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Abner S. Mtimkulu

… including the December 1935 conference of the  All African Convention  (AAC). He served on the  Africans' … Claims  committee and was senior chaplain of the …

B-0068152

1915-1971

H. A. Naidoo

… United Nations in 1946 as a representative of the South African Passive Resistance Council. In 1948 he was among the … abortive attempt to prove sedition in…

B-0008731

1939-2022

Francis Wilson

… worldview. He mentions the liberal National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) as some of his circle of … for many years (until 2001) was the director…

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