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1935-2012

Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood

… of firearms and ammunition. As a key leader in the Transvaal Anti- South African Indian Council Committee, … also played a significant role in the revival of…

B-0071944

1871-1952

Dr. Hans Merensky

… travelled through the area that used to be known as the Transvaal. Dr Merensky discovered tin near Pretoria and … a farm close to Duiwelskloof in the north…

B-0008545

1925-2000

Alfred Baphetuxolo Nzo

… Alfred Nzo was born on 19 June 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a … his second year of study he left Fort Hare and…

B-0068295

1926-2009

Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes

… Gallery, London, UK (solo; SA Artists). Johannesburg (Transvaal Academy). 1966: Pretoria (Republic Festival … 1960: Quadrennial Exhibition (prize for…

B-0009079

1934-2010

Bertha Gxowa (Mashaba)

… in prison after refusing to pay a fine. In 1955 she became Transvaal secretary, then national vice-president. Bertha … her were withdrawn a year later.She…

B-0008468

1925-1968

Patrick Mosell Molaoa

… He was active in the ANC Youth League and served as its Transvaal treasurer and assistant secretary in the mid-1950s …

B-0008617

Elliot Shabangu

… to re-establish the banned ANC. On 16 February 1970 the Transvaal Attorney-General decided to drop the charges, … involved in teaching members of the youth…

B-0149245

1939-2023

Essop Goolam Pahad

… on the 21st of June 1939 in Schweizer-Reneke in Western Transvaal (now North West Province).  He grew up in a family … Goolam Hoosain Ismael Pahad was a…

B-0151905

1880-1945

Shapurji Jivanji Randeria

… all rights of British citizenship. He crossed the Natal-Transvaal border in August 1908, along with Parsee Rustomjee … to claim his right as an educated…

B-0148511

1970

George Mokate Ramafoku

… and that an inquiry was held at Pilansberg, Western Transvaal (now North West Province) on 25 March 1935.  The 15 … Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg…

B-0148407

1960

Ismail Vadi

… had a varied political career. He was an activist in the  Transvaal Indian Congress  (TIC) and the  United Democratic … Teacher, lecturer, member of the…

B-0068648

1915

Benjamin S. Rajuili

… a member of its provincial executive committee in the Transvaal. In 1963 he campaigned successfully for election to … Progressive Party Provincial Executive…

B-0008932

1914

Valiamma Munuswami Mudaliar

… Pietermaritzburg and Durban before crossing the Transvaal border. At this time it was against Asiatic law for …

B-0068153

Mfoloe Ramokgadi

… conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province). An order of 9 September … 1955 banishing him from Rustenburg…

B-0149320

Abel Mabe

… in Mabieskraal, (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province). An order issued on 9 … 1955, which banished him from Rustenburg to…

B-0147773

Maema Matlala

… his residence, Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo], and told him that he and … on 7 March 1951 to Bushbuckridge,…

B-0149322

1950

Siphiwe Nyanda

… Nyanda was appointed political commissar for the ANC's Transvaal Urban Machinery, covering the PWV, Pretoria, the … he became uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) Chief of…

B-0008841

1854-1922

Christiaan Rudolf De Wet

… were to have sixteen children. Upon the annexation of the Transvaal in 1877, he moved to the Vredefort district in the … and from there to Rietfontein in the…

B-0007999

Tom Lebekoe

… conflict in Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province).   An order dated 9 … which banished him from Rustenburg to…

B-0149374

1892-1985

Dr James Sebe Moroka

… the ANC.’ According to Peter Walshe, ‘the radicals of the Transvaal left-wing and the Youth League had acquired a more … were submitted, tensions were rife…

B-0068105

1935

Lydia Kompe

… born in 1935 in Matlala, near Pietersburg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). Her father was a … in 1985. In 1986, Kompe moved back to the…

B-0149514

1971

Paulus Howell Mopeli

… in 1952 to the Middelburg district of the [Eastern] Transvaal [now Mpumalanga]. His banishment order described … and unrest” and he should be banished to…

B-0148419

1900

Thomas Mbeki

… Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union  (ICU) in the Transvaal in late 1924, Mbeki became one of his principal lieutenants, serving for a time as Transvaal…

B-0144777

Michael Matlala

… from Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo Province] in June 1953, to … Trust Farm in the Sibasa District, …

B-0149362

1933

Joyce Piliso-Seroke

… Joyce Piliso-Seroke was born in Crown Mines, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) on 11 July 1933. She completed her … documented abroad. From 1992 to…

B-0122528

1879-1966

Alfred Assegai (Mkhonto) Kumalo

… four his parents moved to Amajuba in the southeast of the Transvaal Republic where Kumalo herded cattle. Though … foot, since the Natal Railway had been…

B-0008285

1903-1957

Dr. Jacob Mfaniselwa Nhlapo

… Methodist Institution near Ventersdorp in the Western Transvaal. He went on to shape it into an outstanding place … of the ANC; Rev. J.B. Webb, Chairman of…

B-0008789

1955

Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi

… at Tauyatswala small village near Polokwane, in Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo Province). Ramatlhodi's father was a … ANC, Ramatlhodi was appointed the…

B-0008935

1922-2013

Vesta Smith

… known as Ma Vee) was born in Sophiatown , Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng ) on 20 July 1922. Her father worked … President’s Council. She was co-chair…

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