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1956

Susan Shabangu

… as the assistant secretary for the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) and the Federation of Transvaal Women … T&GWU. Shabangu was also a member of…

B-0150644

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

1980

Pule Mabe

… [1] . Mabe rose to political prominence when he was in the African National Congress Youth League ( ANCYL ) then led by … of the ANCYL. In 2012, Malema was…

B-0152039

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…

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1901-1969

Phillip Qipu Vundla

… a mine clerk. In the mid-1940s he was an organiser for the African Mineworkers' Union and also served on the National … he was elected to the national…

B-0149520

J. S. Likhing

… in New York. He was general secretary of the separatist African Orthodox Church, president of the Bechuanaland-Griqualand West,  African National Congress  …

B-0149487

1957

Thabang Sampson Phathakge Makwetla

… South Africa, on 18 May 1957. He joined the South African Student Movement (SASM), as a high school student in … in 1984, Makwetla became a front commander…

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Matsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]

… Teacher Unity talks that led to the formation of the South African Democratic Teachers Union (SADTU). She was the regional chair of the African National…

B-0152607

1927

S. Mac Lepolesa

… the Orange Free State in the 1940s, he organized for the  African National Congress  (ANC) and served as the national … From Protest to challenge: A…

B-0149489

1928

Temba D. A. Mqota

… in 1928, Temba D. A. Mqota was a student. He joined the African National Congress in 1946 and supported the Indian … the Laundry Workers' Union in Port…

B-0149427

1948-2003

Magwaza Alfred Maphalala

… was recruited into the underground structures of both the African National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP).  In the middle of…

B-0148464

1954

Lesedi Billy Masetlha

… black consciousness ideas and became a leader in the South African Students' Movement.He was involved in the nascent … ANC. He is a founder member of the…

B-0141695

1918-2009

Elizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng

… then served, between 1954 and 1959 “as President of the African Food and Canning WorkersUnion (AFCWU) and branch … working conditions, she joined the Paarl…

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1913

Manasseh Tebatso Moerane

… up teaching in Natal in 1935 and the same year joined the  African National Congress  (ANC), of which his father had … made an abortive attempt to establish…

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Eddie J. Khaile

… CPSA. When  J. T. Gumede  became president-general of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in June 1927, Khaile was … From Protest to challenge: A…

B-0149495

1924-2008

Zolile Malindi

… political meetings and within a few years had joined the African National Congress(ANC) and the CP,as well as the … laws in the workplace and the harsh…

B-0141683

Hettie Du Preez

… the first national conference of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) in 1954. She also joined the first … She also played a prominent role in the…

B-0150453

Mary Butcher Turok

… apartheid during the 1950s as a member of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD). As a member of the COD … sent as a delegate to Cairo, in Egypt, - to…

B-0150129

1954

Billy Lesedi Masetlha

… Gauteng). He is a founder member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) and participated in the formation of … in 1976. He was arrested for…

B-0149223

1923-2011

William Tilden McClain

… to London to study at the London School of Oriental and African Studies. During this time McClain began to attend meetings of the African National Congress…

B-0148783

1922-2010

Lettie Malindi

… family later migrated to Cape Town. Matibi had joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1912 when it was formed, … disabled in Maitland , and became a…

B-0150379

1963-2023

Tiego Moseneke

… Front ( UDF), and was a member of the first Gauteng African National Congress (ANC) executive after the unbanning … United Democratic Front, and a…

B-0151993

Paula Ensor

… active. She became a leader in the National Union of South African Students  (NUSAS) and active in the Wages Commission … involved with the anti-apartheid…

B-0148532

1920-1991

Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu

… Township under the Group Areas Act where she joined the African National Congress   (ANC) and later the African National Congress Womens League (ANCWL)…

B-0148782

1927

William Sinclair Winship

… and Neglect, as well as convener of the Congress of South African Cardiac Society in Durban. Recognised well beyond the … of the Steering Committee which…

B-0149434

1879-1924

Alfred Mangena

… Bar in 1909. In 1910 he returned home as the first Black African in South Africa to qualify as an attorney.Founding member of the African National Congress …

B-0141684

1939-2023

Essop Goolam Pahad

… member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and the South African Indian Congress . He has four brothers, one of whom … science at Wits and he completed his…

B-0151905

1926-1996

Harold Wolpe

… and a leading activist in the National Union of South African Students . In his autobiography, former President … of the liberation struggle’. Wolpe, a …

B-0141688

1935

Moyisile Douglas Tyutyu

… at the hands of the apartheid regime. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in the 1950s when he was just … he joined other MK members who integrated…

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