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Vusi Mahlasela

… and scrutinized.  In 1988 he joined the congress of South African Writers, which exposed him to many other writers and … Mahlasela has collected many…

B-0096899

1928-2017

Edward 'Eddie' John Daniels

… National Committee for Liberation, which later became the African Resistance Movement, in 1961. The National Committee … on Robben Island. He belonged to the…

B-0094071

1947

Pandelani Jeremia Nefolovhodwe

… and he was also elected as national president of the South African Student Organisation (SASO). After SASO was banned on … Hoc Committee on Democracy and…

B-0070372

1935

Judge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs

… 1988, a bomb that was placed in his car in Maputo by South African security agents, blew up. He lost an arm and the … Sachs worked closely with Oliver Tambo …

B-0008976

1941-2007

Hilary Mutch

… London into a Jewish family. Her father, a South African worked as a doctor at the time. Later in 1943 the … when she alongside her husband Ronnie Mutch…

B-0095214

1959

Carl Niehaus

… the apartheid system. He joined and became a deacon in the African Dutch Reformed Church in Alexandra and in July 1980 Niehaus joined the African National…

B-0008791

1920-1977

Elmon Malele

… regime to Moroka Emergency Camp. Malele joined the  African National Congress (ANC)  during the  1952 Defiance … its interests.  His “crime” was that he was…

B-0008416

1897-1961

Elias Phakane Moretsele

… age he moved to Johannesburg where he joined the South African Native National Congress (SANNC, since 1923 the ANC) … entire public career. Moretsele's…

B-0068097

Elijah H. Mdolomba

… Rebellion  in 1906, he was chaplain to a loyalist African army unit in Natal, and during World War I he served in France with an African labor battalion. In…

B-0149458

1954

Bheki Myeni

… and is a full-time artist. His work has been shown by the African Art Centre, Things Gallery, Portfolio Art Foundation …

B-0008721

1958-1985

Watson Mzwandile Majova

… Majova,  Paulos Madiba,  Aaron Makwe,  members of the African National Congress  (ANC) and  uMkhonto we Sizwe …

B-0077086

1960

Dumisani Andrew Phillip Phungula

… to 1993 he was Regional Co-ordinator Congress of South African Writers (COSAW). He has done book illustrations for a …

B-0008885

John Gomas

… In 1928 he was elected vice-president of the western Cape African National Congress (ANC), and he became a leader of …

B-0008110

1925-1968

Patrick Mosell Molaoa

… matriculation. He was one of the first activists of the African National Congress (ANC) to die as a guerrilla …

B-0008617

1953

Nomadhlangala Cosy Europa Ndabezitha

… principal in Natal was a founding member of the South African Native National Congress (SANNC) later renamed the  African National Congress  (ANC). He was a…

B-0144798

1897-1961

Winifred Seqwana

… 1897 and settled in Cape Town , where she became the first African woman member of the Communist Party of South Africa … introduced until May 1962. She…

B-0150276

1965

Lesetja Kganyago

… at the University of London’s school of Oriental and African studies where he completed it in 1994. In addition to … National Bank (FNB). He served as an…

B-0149216

1953-2020

Walter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela

… this changed once he was introduced to a number of African writers who ignited his passion for literature. … Chakela discovered the works of some of the most…

B-0150280

1922

Thomas Titus Nkobi

… . Member of the national executive committee of the  African National Congress  (ANC) from 1958 and a leader of …

B-0068266

1948

Conny Braam

… organisation. This organisation offered support to the  African National Congress (ANC)  in exile and informed the …

B-0007884

1954

Themba Daniel Mbongwa

… 1985, 1987 and 1989. He has also exhibited his work at the African Art Centre, Durban. At present he is a self-employed …

B-0008521

1964-2000

Julius Thamsanqa Kuboni

… of exhibitions held at the Durban Art Gallery and at the African Art Centre. In 1995 his work was included in the …

B-0008283

1955

Thamsanqa Rutherford (Thami) Jali

… he was awarded First Prize in Sculpture at the Festival of African Arts, University of Zululand, for his wood sculpture, …

B-0008194

1987

Johnson Ngwevela

… Johnson Ngwevela was a longtime activist in the  African National Congress  (ANC) and the  Communist Party of … From Protest to challenge: A documentary…

B-0008786

1986

Luvuyo Mgobhozi

… Luvuyo Mgobhozi along with three other African National Congress (ANC) members were executed in what …

B-0077101

1922-1997

Dr. Phuthuma Seoka

… Western Cape. WITS (Standard Bank Foundation Collection of African. Art). 1987: Goodman Gallery (solo). Basel, …

B-0009018

1929

Selby Themba Ngendane

… Cape and attended Fort Hare, where he was active in the African National Congress Youth League during the 1952  … Member of the African National Congress…

B-0068242

1919

Joseph Albert Mokoena

… 1949 he was elected to the national executive of the  African National Congress (ANC), though he did not take an …

B-0067980

1943-2005

Ronnie Levitan

… Town, gave him his appreciation for the diversity of South African cites and small towns like Hanover in the Karoo. He …

B-0008325