SAHO global search

5 June1958-2021

Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu

… first time, becoming a student leader. However, his poor background meant that on many occasions during school, he was …

B-0150697

1948

Sumboornam Pillay

… the pillars of the Hindu religion. Later, this religious background would influence Moodley to join the Black …

B-0150469

1942

Zweledinga Pallo Jordan

… recruits to  Umkhonto we Sizwe , employing his academic background in history to compile a syllabus for political …

B-0008215

1894-1966

Irma Stern

… and black gouache and the additions of watercolour in the background could well have been undertaken in her studio …

B-0009102

1943

Bonisile John Kani

… to acquire theatrical skills because of a poor educational background or lack of funds. Today the Lab runs outreach and …

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1866-1942

James Barry Munnik Hertzog

… to South Africa's participation: Because of his German background, he was sympathetic to their cause and openly …

B-0008156

1940-2011

Wangari Maathai

… [xxix] The book documented the accounts of a girl with the background of central highlands Kenya, becoming the first … her work, this includes her Western…

B-0120967

1947-2007

Neville Wilson Curtis

… white student organisation.In 1971 despite his outsider background in an organization traditionally led by private …

B-0094976

1938

Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils

… and Forestry from 1999 – 2004. Modise explained that his background had in fact helped prepare him since “the rivers …

B-0008229

1917-1979

Benjamin Magson Kies

… a lecture in the NEF on the 29 th  May, 1943 entitled The Background of Segregation  (Kies, 1943). Out of The Background of Segregation  came the basic…

B-0067724

1932-2016

Diana Mary Mitchell

… African History from that same university [xxiv]. With a background in History and Education, and with access to many …

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1906-1966

August Aime Balkema

… in South Africa after the war, he brought with him a background of locally unprecedented scope and sophistication. …

B-0007812

1841-1926

John Xavier Merriman

… to take up public positions and preferred working in the background, effectively as leader of the Bond. A feud between …

B-0008546

1942

Ali Bacher

… by Mike Gatting, took place in early 1990 against a background of political turmoil as black politicians flexed …

B-0007803

1929-2006

Arthur Albert Hugh Adams

… student Peter Clarke, who was from a poor working class background and would later become one of the leading artists …

B-0007774

1949-2015

Robert Carl-Heinz Shell

… because he reached beyond the borders of a “privileged” background in a way that many of his peers did not seem able …

B-0100280

1923-2014

Nadine Gordimer

… the novel, the heroine has to free herself from her mining background prejudices, she learns from the intellectuals she …

B-0008117

1910-1987

Mattheus Uys Krige

… the like. [3] Even a cursorybrief  investigation into his background clearly demonstrates that Krige did not come from … of it, he “wept tears of joy.” [23]…

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1946-2014

Mafika Pascal Gwala

… of being Black . . . to accept his tribal or African background is to accept that there is nothing wrong with … combination to produce poetry that captured…

B-0085150

1929-1985

Simon Moroke Lekgetho

Simon Moroke Lekgetho was born in Schoemansville near Hartebeespoort Dam in 1929. He was self-taught, despite lessons in drawing taught at the occupational…

B-0008312

1898-1969

Nana Sita

… resumed in 1967, Nanabhai read a 19- page statement on the background of the Group Areas Act which he described as a …

B-0009073

1918-1974

Margaret Gazo

Margaret Gazo was born on 1 January 1918.  She was one of the organisers of the Women's March to the Union Buildings. The women were protesting against the…

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Madi Gray

… in 1948. Consequently, she was afraid that with their background they might be subject to pressure again.  As a …

B-0068704

1933-2020

Denis Theodore Goldberg

…  (his wife at the time) also came from a political background with both her parents being political …

B-0008105

1928-2010

Professor Fatima Meer

… strong Gujarati-Indian and Muslim cultural ethos against a background of a first generation immigrant family struggling …

B-0065346

1912-2003

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

… active part in raising the children. Albertina Thethiwe’s background was relatively sheltered and through her …

B-0065415

1955

Jabulani Sam Nhlengethwa

Jabulani Sam Nhlengethwa was born on 9 January 1955 in the Payneville township of Springs, Gauteng (formerly Transvaal). Forced removals in the area made his…

B-0008790

1932

Dr. Frene Noshir Ginwala

… that she came from a relatively affluent and cosmopolitan background. Considering she rose to prominence in the ANC at …

B-0084128

1959

Mzwakhe Mbuli

… His early work generally featured simple drum beats in the background, but the musical complexity of his work increased …

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