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1929-2007

Adelaide Frances Tambo

… in Johannesburg. In 1944, she started working for the African National Congress (ANC) as a courier, while studying … subject for most of the students. At 18,…

B-0009120

1884-1933

Richard Msimang

… teeth. In 1912 Msimang was a founder member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC, after 1923 ANC) . As … the issuing of passes to women…

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1954-1979

Selaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi

… and dance. He was one of the organisers of the 1970 South African Student Organisation (SASO), Student Christian … for exile sometime in November/December…

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1934-2006

Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make

… son of a priest, and later moved to Evaton.the son of an African Methodist  Episcopal minister,Make grew up in … four others.  Make was described as a…

B-0008393

1938-1979

David Sibeko

… person with the Freedom Commit­tee of the Organization of African Unity. In 1968 Sibeko was appointed head of the PAC's … this capacity he was the first…

B-0068453

1819-1901

Marthinus Wessel Pretorius

… Andries Pretorius, and the first president of the South African Republic and founder of Pretoria. He died on the 19th …

B-0008916

Jansie Lourens

… Niehaus , were found guilty of active participation in the African National Congress  (ANC), the planting of bombs, …

B-0008336

Frank A. Pendla

… Frank A. Pendla was the president of the Cape African Congress in the early 1940s until suspended by  A. B. … clerk, and a restaurant proprietor. President…

B-0068307

1925-2012

Professor Emeritus Phillip Tobias

… politics, and was the chair of the National Union of South African Students   (NUSAS). Tobias, then 19,  while studying, … and Head of the Department of…

B-0086265

1947-1974

Abram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro

… articles that they regarded as "objectionable”: the South African Students Organisation (SASO) Policy Manifesto and the … same year, he was elected the…

B-0009149

1934-2015

Bob Hepple

… the Treason Trial Defence Fund and Chairman of the South African Defence and Aid Fund The young Hepple attended Jeppe … acquitted of the flimsy charge. …

B-0066332

1924-2008

Esther Barsel

… Barsel dedicated her life to the struggle of the South African people from an early age, joining the Young Communist … Party of South Africa (CPSA) – later…

B-0007832

Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg

… Two years later, he enlisted voluntarily in the South African Defence Force (SADF) and saw action in North Africa … He actively supported the National Union…

B-0095464

1933

Bishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba

… communist MP to read. As a consequence, Mogoba joined the  African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). As his elder … this period, he was involved with…

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1841-1926

John Xavier Merriman

… Africa in 1910. He was considered a liberal in the South African context but he also held fairly conservative views. … between English and Afrikaner, and saw…

B-0008546

1908

Edgar Arthur Deane

… Town City Council. Deane became the chairman of the South African Coloured People's Organisation in the 1950s. In 1962 …

B-0007980

1898-1969

Nana Sita

… the ideal of Gandhi and have suffered the rigours of South African prison life and they are continuing to make further … resistance of all the oppressed…

B-0009073

1923-1986

William “Bloke” Modisane

… was published by Black Orpheus , was about an educated African, who is 'situated' above his people and finds he does not fit in neatly anywhere. Modisane was…

B-0008589

1848-1916

James Mata Dwane

… to establish a link between the Ethiopians and the Black African Methodist Episcopal Church. The AME accepted … relationship of the American church with its…

B-0008036

1932

Nkosinathi Benson Fihla

… nearby University of Fort Hare, and in 1954 he joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). He attended … and he was sentenced to 14 years…

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1949-1984

Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)

… as the Vice-President of the National Union of South African Students  (NUSAS) and President of its the social … Society . Curtis also worked as an archivist…

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1860-1926

Emily Hobhouse

… In 1899 Emily Hobhouse was appointed secretary of the South African Conciliation Committee, which was a group that … in South Africa. Three months later she…

B-0008164

1929-2011

Margaret Nash

… the Anglican Board of Social Responsibility and the South African Council of Churches . Nash was driven by a … outrage and was a great embarrassment for the…

B-0067757

1928-1978

Regina Buthelezi

… arranged by the ELC Art and Craft Centre in major South African art museums. She is represented in public and private …

B-0007906

1926-2011

John A. Mavuso

… as a messenger and a shopkeeper. He was a member of the African National Congress national executive committee from … Member of the African National Congress…

B-0008502

Hamilton Kraai

… a warehouse foreman in Johannesburg, where he joined the  African National Congress  (ANC). In 1918 he was arrested on … From Protest to challenge: A…

B-0008277

1860-1921

Ellias John Mqoboli

… writer, he played a prominent part in the founding of the African National Congress (ANC) in 1912 and became its first … From Protest to challenge: A…

B-0008689

Mkhuseli Joseph Kettledas

… Mkhuseli Joseph Kettledas joined the Pan African Congress ( PAC ) in 1961. He was arrested on 8 April …

B-0097818

James D. Ngojo

… Non-European Conference and served as a member of the  African National Congress  (ANC) deputation to the minister … 1927 Non-European Conference and served…

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