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1956

Richard Steele

… studies in Cape Town. It was around this time that the Soweto student uprising took place and Steele found himself …

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1938-1999

Ezrom Legae

… mid-1970s until his death in January 1999, Legae lived in Soweto, Johannesburg, with his family and worked full time as …

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1948

Patrick Holo

… was accentuated by the oppression of student protests in Soweto which occurred during the same year. At the time he …

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1952

Barbara Anne Hogan

… the African National Congress (ANC) in 1977 after the Soweto Uprising and became involved in its underground work. …

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1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… 1976. It was a tribute to Gqabi's relationship with the Soweto students that three who were crucial witnesses refused …

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1964-2004

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie

… the future.' Brenda went to live with Lebona's family in Soweto , where she was supposed to finish school before …

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Harry Moyaga

… 1981: Black Art Today, Standard Bank, Jabulani, Soweto. 1982: Art toward social development. An Exhibition of …

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1953

Edwin Cameron

… Patron of the Community AIDS Response (CARE) Patron of Soweto HIV/AIDS Counsellors’ Association (SOHACA) Co-founder …

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1920-2018

Rica Hodgson

… which was established by the ANC in Tanzania after the Soweto Uprising. She served as secretary to the late Tim …

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1961

David Hartman

… schooling. He was deeply emotionally affected by the 1976 Soweto students uprising and as a result he became active in …

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1952-1981

Krishna Rabilal

… the former Portuguese colonisers in Mozambique . The 1976 Soweto student uprising starting as a revolt against the use of Afrikaans as the medium of teaching…

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1918-2011

Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu

… Albertina and Walter Sisulu lived at No. 7372 in Orlando, Soweto . The house belonged to Walter’s family, and it was … inferior `Bantu’ education . Her home…

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1958

Firoz Cachalia

… time) for distributing pamphlets commemorating the 1976 Soweto students uprising . The Security Police severely …

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1914-1998

Archibald Jacob Gumede

… own legal practice in Pinetown, Natal. In 1976, before the Soweto uprisings , Gumede participated in the formation of an … the problems at African schools…

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1949-2016

Rocky Malebane-Metsing

… out in 1976, amid turmoil as youth protests spread from Soweto to the region. His political activity drew the …

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1935

Durant Basi Sihlali

… Until his death of a heart attack in May 2004 at his Soweto home, he exhibited work throughout South Africa, as …

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1908-1981

Eli Weinberg

… from his daily report to the police station.  During the Soweto upheavals in 1976, he left South Africa illegally on …

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1949

Sadecque Variava

… 35km south of Johannesburg, and a few kilometres south of Soweto. Variava gathered together a group of activists, thus … They were soon joined by Shiqomo, a…

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1873-1905

Enoch Mankayi Sontonga

… into one National Anthem. Sontonga lived in Pimville, Soweto, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He passed away …

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1937

Adriaan Vlok

… Crisis Committee, the Release Mandela Campaign, the Soweto Civic Association, the South African Youth Congress …

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1954-1982

Topsy Madaka

… of an organisation similar to the Committee of Ten of Soweto. They engaged other activists that included Billy …

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1921-2016

Elizabeth Komikie Gumede

… Komikie Gumede died in 2016. She lived in Chiawelo in Soweto, Gauteng, right until her death. Gumede is remembered …

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1960

Letlapa Mphahlele

… him to Tsietsi Mashini ni and Khotso Seatlholo of the Soweto Students Representative Council (SSRC) . He lived with … other areas in the Vaal region.   He…

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1953-1982

Dr. Neil Hudson Aggett

… (now Gauteng). While working at Baragwanath Hospital in Soweto, Johannesburg, Transvaal, Aggett won the trust and …

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1953-2005

Prince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu

… In 1976, because of the national uprisings following the Soweto shootings, his studies were disrupted. He resumed his …

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1936-1990

Chris McGregor

… took a septet to the Catsle Larger Jazz Festival in Soweto, Jabavu. At the end of the festival, he spent time in …

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1932

Dr Essop Essak Jassat

… the resurgence of community mobilisation after the 1976 Soweto uprising the apartheid government redoubled its …

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1925-2020

John Kgwana Nkadimeng

… he fled the country on 24 July 1976; a month after the  Soweto uprising  began. Nkadimeng went to Swaziland where he …

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Mohammed Tikly

… Continent, to campaign against apartheid.   After the 1976 Soweto Uprising , he, with others, formed an ANC education …

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1935-1988

Sydney Kumalo

… out of the "white" city to the South Western Townships, or Soweto. Raised in Diepkloof and educated at Madibane High … in works like "The Messenger", …

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