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1918-1973

Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus

… to 100 percent in 1961. Erasmus was a member of South African Council of Transport Workers (SACTW) from 1948. He … elected to the national executive…

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1943-1987

John Ndevasia Muafangejo

… Drift). 1969: Camden Arts Centre, London, UK (Contemporary African Art). DAM (Art SA Today). 1969-70: Canada””tour, … (Stanswa Biennale). 1986: Gallery 21 …

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1959-2011

Zimasile Ngqawana

… instruments such as the piano, tenor saxophone, harmonica, African cowbells. Ngqawana later enrolled and completed a … in the 1990s, Ngqawana worked…

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1931-2018

Alexander Lionel Boraine 'Alex'

… Africa (IDASA) which tried to close the gaps within South African society. Boraine was the Executive Director of the … of the Truth and Reconciliation…

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1927-2018

Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe

… Johannesburg after being sent there by the then Fort Hare African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) to deliver a … been poisoned and wanted to know the…

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1880

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer

… house during 1916 riots. In 1924, as member of the South African Party under General  Jan Smuts , Oppenheimer … discovered diamonds in Namaqualand in 1927,…

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1933-1986

Samora Machel

… avoid starvation, his relatives went to work in the South African mines under repressive and dangerous conditions. Soon … Machel left Mozambique and…

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1957-2011

Gisele Wulfsohn

… . She was picture editor/photographer for The South African Women's Health Book published by Oxford University … and photograph Bongani's Day: From Dusk to…

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1938-2005

Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka

… intrigued by politics when he saw a picture of MB Yegwa an African National Congress (ANC) Executive Committee member on … became politically active. In 1959…

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1958

Jonathan Shapiro

… Gatherings Act caused some consternation in the South African Defence Force (SADF ) and his being monitored by … Went in 4X4 (2001) Bushwhacked (2002) Dr Do…

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1905-1930

Johannes Nkosi

… involved with the 1919 anti-pass campaign of the  South African Native National Congress (SANNC and African National Congress (ANC)  after 1923) and became…

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Keable Mote

… ICU. He was a participant at the conferences of the All African Convention (AAC) in 1935-1937. …

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Victor V. T. Mbobo

… him as a possible candidate for the  African National Congress  (ANC) presidency. He was elected … From Protest to challenge: A documentary History of…

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Isaiah MacDonald Maseko

… A chairman of the Orlando  African National Congress  (ANC) during the 1952  Defiance …

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1874-1965

Sir Winston Spencer Churchill

… as a correspondent to the Morning Post during the South African War of 1889-1902, and was taken prisoner in Natal …

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1950

Christian Malcolm

… its inception he has worked with about 150 major South African printmakers, botanical and wildlife artists and …

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1910

Stephen Tefu

… Non-European Trade Unions; later he became chairman of the African General Workers' Union in Pretoria. Banned in the … Federation of Non-European Trade…

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Paul Landau

… and Democracy Today" conference organised by South African History Online, University of the Witswatersrand, The …

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Charlene Smith

… on changing attitudes towards women, on educating South African society and doing away with the myths and ignorance …

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1910

Pitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane

… Pitness Simelane was born in 1910. He was a leader of the  African National Congress  in Natal in the 1950s. As a …

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1929

Peter Papela Nthite

… his family, working as a truck driver. Joining the  African National Congress  during the 1952  Defiance Campaign …

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1923-1960

Howard S. Ngcobo

… He worked for a time as a salesman. Active in the Natal African National Congress Youth League in the 1950s, he … From Protest to challenge: A documentary…

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Unknown

Bransby Ndobe

… Elliot Tonjeni ,  Bransby Ndobe  did much to organise  African National Congress  (ANC) branches between Cape Town …

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1932-2016

Diana Mary Mitchell

… during 1976 [xxiii] . Later she received a MA degree in African History from that same university [xxiv]. With a … leaders she collected an impressive…

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1906-1966

August Aime Balkema

… dutch publishers have featured prominently in the South African book industry. They include JJ van Schaik, Gerrit … Even in those pre-war years Balkema had…

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1905-1982

John Collins

… his various struggles, becoming especially active on South African issues. John and Diana had four sons: Andrew, Peter, … , Oliver Tambo  , Walter Sisulu ,…

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1967

Francois Pienaar

… and captained the team on 89 occasions. In 1992 the South African Rugby Football Union (SARFU) was inaugurated after … . This ended ten years of isolation…

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1956

Jennifer Schreiner

… Representative Council (SRC), National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), Wages Commission and Communities … In 1979 Schreiner was recruited into and…

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