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1911-1980

Lillian Masediba Ngoyi

… 1945 to 1956. She joined the  Garment Workers Union (GWU)  under Solly Sachs, and soon became one of its leading … accused out on bail, Ngoyi was imprisoned…

B-0068245

1947

Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele

… her parents discussing the detention of her uncle under the 90-day detention clause . She attended the G. H. … and White students as members. SASO was formed…

B-0068381

1945

Luis Inácio Lula da Silva

… steadily in the ranks. In the late 1970s, when Brazil was under military rule, he helped organise union activities, … region of Sertão, and to strengthen…

B-0065251

1903-1938

Wolf Kibel

… to Kibel as a child. He studied briefly in Poland under the guidance of Appelbaum, a painter visiting from … privately. Between 1923 and 1925 he studied…

B-0008258

1950-2014

Nikiwe Deborah Matshoba

… spell in solitary confinement. In 1976 she was arrested under the Suppression of Communism Act and detained at the … in Pietermaritzburg, Natal (she was on…

B-0080678

1940-2012

Matlakana Philemon Tefu

… on the African continent. In 1957 Ghana became independent under Kwame Nkrumah. The news of its independence and its leadership under a black a person became…

B-0085151

1762-1834

Henry Bathurst

… 1812 he become Secretary of State for War and Colonies under the Earl of Liverpool until April 1827. During this … From 1828 to 1830 he was Lord President of…

B-0007835

1911-1991

Dorothy Joan Wright

… 1911. Wright was the daughter of Dorothy Kay and studied under Francis Pickford-Marriott at the Port Elizabeth … Rondo Capriccioso, a work slightly out of…

B-0009238

Lickard Aba

… Likard Aba was banned under Act No. 44 of 1950 (Suppression of Communism Act) …

B-0079861

Franz Hodi

… Hodi worked at Mariannhill under Sister Pientia Selhorst C.P.S. between 1960 and 1967.  …

B-0008167

1874-1939

Charlotte Maxeke

… that her family did in fact live in the Dwaars River area under Chief Ramokgopa for a while. It is possible that … Episcopal Church (AMEC). At the university…

B-0008503

1886-1955

Richard Victor Selope Thema

… was owned by whites but written by and for Africans. Under Thema's editorship the paper became an important medium … Thema to attend and participate in…

B-0009137

Myron Peter

… the first Secretary of the ANC’s Overport Branch working under the Chairperson, Ismail Chota (IC) Meer .  As a branch … representative of the ANC Western…

B-0008880

1935-2026

Shanthivathie (Shanthie) Naidoo

… in December 1963, when she was subjected to restrictions under a five-year banning order. Her brother Indres Naidoo … was banned again in 1968 and was then…

B-0008735

Mangaliso Patrick Mkhatshwa

… Mkhatshwa, a Catholic priest, was restricted to Pretoria under the Internal Security Act . Mkhatshwa was detained from … Development. Upon being unbanned,…

B-0148027

1960

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

… of the Western Cape (UWC). As she had grown up under the guidance of her grandmother, who was a unionist, … Congress (ANC)  in exile in Zimbabwe . After…

B-0008622

1969

Lucas Radebe

… would become a very popular player in his adopted country. Under the new manager George Graham his career began to … lead the national soccer team in the…

B-0008926

1905-1992

Helen Joseph

… took a job with the Garment Workers Union (GWU) and came under the influence of Solly Sachs , Johanna Cornelius and … police persecution. She was the first…

B-0008217

Jomo Kenyatta

… (an agave used for agricultural twine) farm in Thika, under the tutelage of John Cook, who had been in charge of … Municipal Council Public Works Department …

B-0099749

1944-1998

Basil Coetzee

… self-taught. After District Six was declared a White area under the Group Areas Act, forced removals that followed … music was also inspired by prevailing…

B-0095355

1950

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

… South Africa in 1974. This resulted in him being arrested under the Terrorism Act and sentenced to 10 years … was again detained, in September 1984, with…

B-0007957

1919-1998

George Naicker

… 1963. At that time Naicker was detained for 55 days under the notorious 90-Day Detention Law and was subsequently … managed to obtain newspapers and a radio…

B-0068192

1955-1991

Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo

… contain numerous articles of his contributions, published under various pen names. If one looks at his articles over … the nations; he believed this could…

B-0068699

1966

Leong Yun Pin

… being detained on 18 Novemver 1966 at the Leeuwkop prison under the 180-day clause.The official cause of death at an …

B-0074849

1947

Dr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy

… an “afternoon school”. Classes were also conducted outside under the trees. Rainy weather meant school had to close for …  located in Chatsworth, an area set…

B-0123670

1918-2002

Arnold Selby

… Textile Union, a post he held until his banning in 1953 under the Suppression of Communism Act. Africans were not … they had no legal bargaining rights with…

B-0068700

Elliot Mngadi

… reached areas such as the Dannhauser districtthat were under the African National Congress (ANC) He worked closely … In 1960 Mngadi was arrested and detained…

B-0149214

1895-1951

Dorothy Ruth Boxall

… to the promotion of music in South Africa. She studied under Prof. P.R. Kirby of the Department of Music at the … by the children’s orchestra. In 1947 a mass…

B-0007882

1976

Jacob Zungwane Mashabane

… being detained for four days. The law he was being held under was undisclosed.Mr Mashabane had been involved in … could be held responsible for the death…

B-0074817

1897-1986

Gertrud Theiler

… of years at schools of tropical medicine in Liverpool, under Prof. Warrington Yorke, and London, under Prof. R.I. Leiper. She wrote four scientific papers on…

B-0009135