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1929-2006

Arthur Albert Hugh Adams

… 1950’s had confirmed that there was no place for black or mixed race artists. Like his hero, Francisco de Goya, he … on one level, these works could scarcely…

B-0007774

1920-2004

Nimrod Sekeramane Nathale

… militant, uncompromising approach is recorded in Organise or Starve , the history of SACTU. He was arrested and charged … University which was critical of…

B-0094641

1906-1980

Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi

… Transvaal worker’s unions. However, it is not known how or when this involvement came about. From 1941-1944, he was …

B-0007908

1941-1989

Maggie Mikula

… beer pot), the geometric designs found on vinyl earplugs or the ’Amasumpa’ (pyramid shaped carvings) found on …

B-0067163

1963

David Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane

… he experienced. He did not seek another job as a labourer or additional formal education, seeking to avoid the …

B-0098953

1851-1919

Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino

… franchise to all Blacks, whether in the British colonies or the Boer Republics. Peregrino, who served as secretary of … including his widow, left South…

B-0122673

1995

Enver Hassim

… in the days when black lawyers practiced either criminal or civil law, although Hassim excelled in both spheres. His … for Barbarism and organized its sales…

B-0080308

1929-2010

Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews

… some 1 800 political activists imprisoned without charge or trial. He was subsequently released. He then escaped to … Other than flights via the then-Jan…

B-0008499

1948

Randolph Hartzenberg

… the capitalist society? The box is also an association or analogy for being put into one as a human, a category, race or class. We are put in boxes. In this…

B-0121736

1949

Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe

… he had to travel to the rural areas, staying in shacks or hostels. The course material he developed exposed miners … in NUM and Cosatu.” Motlanthe held the…

B-0068113

1943-1989

Dr. Abu Baker Asvat

… Rather than pursuing a well-paying medical job in Lenasia or elsewhere in Johannesburg, Asvat felt his services were … arrived in the community, there were…

B-0084103

1940-2005

Nesta Mathom Nala

… in slanting lozenges, often combined with floral motifs or raised pellets and incised chevron patterns arranged in …

B-0008744

1958

Jillian Edelstein

… . Among many others, Edelstein was awarded the Visa d'Or at the International Festival of Photojournalism in …

B-0008040

1974

Wim Botha

… The works are often dark and in states of battle or conflict, to be brief. …

B-0122132

1919

Olive Peace Landman

… country to be raided by the police either at dawn [iii] or on other occasions at night during between May and … Acting on tip-offs, Olive would bury leaflets…

B-0122648

1991

Mokgadi Caster Semenya

… being the centre of a public debate about hyperandrogeny, or high levels of testosterone in female athletes, in women's … Semenya did not enter the World…

B-0123949

1962-2007

Humphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza

… his butchery. Black people, whether living in townships or in rural ‘homeland’ areas, could not own their domestic or business properties or their homes even…

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1924-2004

Peter McKenzie Brown

… allow him to leave Pietermaritzburg, attend any gatherings or visit educational institutions, and he had to report … Shortly after this, an anonymous writer …

B-0007890

1932

Mimi Coertse

… in the traditions of European culture, and knew little or nothing about what is regarded as "the Mozart style". Yet … hard and well, to "put back" into music…

B-0007947

1936-2018

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

… how this man could allow himself to be treated thusly, or why her father, who was such a staunch moralist, would not … to leave and further her academic…

B-0008431

1857-1941

Baden Powell

… Baden Powell or BP was born Robert Stephenson Smyth Baden Powell was born …

B-0007805

1897-1976

Helen Elizabeth Martins

… It was some time after this, somewhere in her late forties or early fifties that 'Miss Helen', as she became known, was …

B-0008456

1885-1961

Anna Victoria Mangena

… Mangena received her schooling at the Inanda Seminary (or Lindley's Seminary). Instead of following the teaching …

B-0008435

1939

Wopko Jensma

… He had a mixed racial marriage that was not allowed or even recognized by the South African laws. But, Once and …

B-0008203

Elias Monare

… schools in Benoni and prevented children from entering or exiting their schools. It was alleged that he wielded …

B-0080861

1909-1997

Frances Baard

… solitary confinement for an entire year without visitors or reading matter. She was later charged and convicted of …

B-0007802

1938

Nana Henrietta Moabi

… the values of human dignity irrespective of origin, colour or gender. In 2008, the South African Government conferred …

B-0093134

1943

Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin

… Moerane, in particular, didn't want politics or anything attacking apartheid to be published in the … political activists at the toilets in Westgate Station…

B-0068455

1937-Cape Town,South Africa

Jacqueline Daane-van Rensburg

… war broke out. Should the Springboks visit New Zealand or not? Daane became involved in that fight and on 5 March … all those opposing apartheid were labeled…

B-0007968