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1955-2010

Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander

… High Court ordered that this group refrain from gathering or organising under the PAC’s name or colours. He died on 13 October 2010 aged 55. … Pan Africanist…

B-0007785

1919-1984

Cassim Amra

… this war fund. Is it being waged in their interests, or in the interests of the working people of any country? … leaders of the NIC] is a coward, without…

B-0095730

1915

Reverend Beyers Naudé

… publication Pro Veritate. Naude was serving as minister, or dominee, in the Aasvoëlkop congregation during this time … it was confiscated again. In October…

B-0068227

1855-1920

Olive Schreiner

… She did not agree with British imperialism in South Africa or with the South African (Anglo-Boer) War 1899-1902  that … opposed racism in whatever form,…

B-0008997

1926-2004

Ethel de Keyser

… of the future. Activists were being picked up and detained or jailed, and, when the ANC and other political …

B-0007984

1920

Kwena Matlala

… who was not destined by tradition to become an acting or permanent kgoÅ¡i (king).’ She was also opposed to the …

B-0093911

1955

Gana Makabeni

… efforts to organise African unions, independent of white or Communist leadership. In 1942 he helped found the Council …

B-0008391

1918-2016

Kobera Manual

… left the school, I don’t know whether the principal or my father had something to do with it, and we got a new … many of the housewives took in “washing for…

B-0121850

1936

Moritz Isaac ("Manu") Herbstein

Manu Herbstein was born in 1936 in Muizenburg in the Western Cape. He graduated from the University of Cape Town with a B.Sc in Engineering in 1958. From 1959…

B-0008155

1917-1958

Christopher W. M. Gell

… made it impossible for NPsecurity forces to threaten or detain him,although they continually tried to tap his …

B-0008097

1924-1961

Petros Molefe

… Official sources suggest that one of them, either Molefe or Ramutsi, managed to get as far as the door of the building …

B-0073992

1908-1993

Dulcie Howes

… Can Match the singleness of purpose, the foresight, or tenacity through all adversity, of Dulcie Howes ... She … but politely persuasive, and few had the…

B-0008179

1928-2009

Suliman Moosa Esakjee

… strength of the organisation in the area, a public meeting or house meeting would be convened to elaborate on the … of the people in the campaign either as…

B-0008051

1924-2021

Kenneth Kaunda

… (The aim of the awards is to recognise organisations or individuals who have, through excellence, innovation, … creativity, inventiveness, social…

B-0008233

1931

Raymond Ackerman

… that's wrong for the man in the street, be he black or white. This man had a huge influence on me. In those days … almost thirty years. Long before it was…

B-0007770

1940

Ela Gandhi

… and I said, No, I have to go to school now. I was eight or nine years old”. Her parents agreed to send her to a … a society that would enable them to…

B-0008090

1915-1983

B J Vorster [John Vorster]

… Balthazar Johannes Vorster (also known as BJ Vorster or John Vorster) was the Prime Minister of South Africa from … legislation that allowed the police to…

B-0009211

1927

Dinah Molefe

… Decoration began with the application of clay coils, dots or texture in a basic repeat pattern. She, like members of …

B-0008618

1920-1991

Jonas Dinous Matlou

… for exiles going north to escape arrest in South Africa or to train as members of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), the ANC's …

B-0008490

1976

Fenuel Mogatusi

… during Soweto unrest. It is not known whether an inquest or post-mortem was held into Mr Mogatusi's death.In reply to …

B-0074827

1906-1967

George John Golding

… Council, set up in 1943, and was attacked as a quisling or traitor by radical Coloureds who opposed collaboration …

B-0008107

1940

Yusuf Joe Jacobs

… in the event that leadership needed to exit in haste, or that cadres might have to make their way out of the … the Durban area and was not allowed to attend…

B-0073817

1946

Deton (Tito) Zungu

… district, Natal. Zungu received no formal education or art training. As a teenager he made clay models and in …

B-0009269

1935-2026

Shanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo

… confinement throughout and was not allowed to shower or have a bath. Water was brought to her, and she was not … confinement. Neither her family nor her…

B-0008735

1932

Dr. Frene Noshir Ginwala

… Africa in the nineteenth century [6] . It is not known why or how her grandparents came to the country of her birth but … majority of indentured Indians were…

B-0084128

1885-1970

Kerr Alexander

… buildings available for the embryonic college were four or five bungalows situated on the lands surroun­ding the … sphere of black education was not confined…

B-0007781

1959

Romeo Zamani Makhanya

… The period that Makhanya spent teaching produced little or no significant art work as all his energies were focused … out colleges of education. Many people…

B-0008398

1930-2013

Professor Bernard Magubane

… settlement at Cato Manor, Durban  when Magubane was seven or eight years old. He attended the Mazenod Primary School in … and after completing his Junior…

B-0095733

Mme Makwena Matlala

… empty house’ in a place where she was not able to speak or understand the local language. The authorities provided no financial or other support until twelve…

B-0080664

1868-1928

Enoch Mgijima

… houses on government land without registering themselves or paying taxes, as was required by law. After a year of … was held in Queenstown. They were charged…

B-0064903