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Boy Mvemve

… upon hearing that the apartheid security agents were about to close in on him. By the time the agents eventually … his pregnant newlywed. In doing so, he…

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1936-1973

Benni Gwigwi Mrwebi

… South Africa. It was written specifically to speak to and about the realities facing young black south africans whilst …

B-0122621

1891-1955

Dora Nginza

… known as Friends of Dora Nginza raised concerns about the state of her grave in the dilapidated cemetery. The …

B-0124047

1961-1994

Feroza Adam

… to 1993. Adam was on the steering committee that brought about the National Women’s Coalition (NWC) and in addition …

B-0007772

1962-2013

Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala

… who was an aspiring boxer. Matlala was so passionate about boxing that he decided to turn professional in 1979. At …

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1911-1985

Susanna Helena Kok

… Under M.P. Loedolff and his wife, this leper colony served about 78 clinics, some as far as 500km away. Kok was in …

B-0008271

1970

Leleti Khumalo

… The Zulu (1999), written and directed by Mbongeni Ngema, about King Cetshwayo and the Battle of Isandlwana, fought …

B-0067755

1952

Tiyani Lybon Mabasa

… and no seats in Parliament.Mabasa  has been very vocal about his views, even travelling to the United States, …

B-0074549

1917-1957

Henry ‘Mr Drum’ Nxumalo

… Abrahams, Nxumalo had the sense that great things were about to happen in Africa and that a responsible and …

B-0068169

1927

Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood

… 1952, Worcester had taken lead in the Western Cape, with about 800 defiers who signed up and Asa's home was the centre …

B-0007976

1942

Pamela dos Santos (nee Beira)

… to ‘indecency with the intent to commit immorality’. From about the middle of 1961 dos Santos worked for Helen Joseph , …

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Dieter 'Felix' Gerhardt

… on HMS Tenby (F65), and passed classified information about the weapon systems there to the Soviets. Among the … responsible for passing the first…

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1957-1990

Teboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini

… reading material. Through Tiro, Mashinini started reading about the history of Africa’s struggles, American slavery, the Human Rights Movements in the USA…

B-0141698

1939

Marcus Solomon

… and that following overseas rugby players and learning about their worlds enabled them to gain an international … hosted vibrant intellectual events: Solomon…

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1930-2013

Ismail Jacob Mohamed

… the young Mohamed along to be recruited as well, and lied about his age. It did not work. Mohamed was malnourished and … that he was excellent at the subject…

B-0148778

1922-2004

Evelyn Ntoko Mase

… persuade me to come back to Umtata. We had many arguments about this, and I patiently explained to her that politics … 2005. Makaziwe maintained that her…

B-0125085

1959

Gideon Mendel

… working on Drowning World, an art and advocacy project about flooding, his personal response to our climate crisis. …                Living with Floodwaters,…

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1841-1898

Nongqawuse

… this description by a police informant: A girl of about 16 years of age, has a silly look, and appeared to me … who lived near your kraal, and if so state…

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Charles Daniel Helm

… residence of Lobengula, the Ndebele King. The couple spent about 40 years as missionaries in Bulawayo. Helm was well …

B-0148823

1877-Unknown

Samuel Makama Martin Masabalala

… quite well-known. He was appointed ICU organiser-in-chief about 1922 but apparently did not remain long in this …

B-0141693

Mohamed Farouk Asvat

… of his milieu, making him one of the few who can write about these traumatic times with such lucidity and lyricism. … University Of Albuquerque “Farouk Asvat…

B-0147318

1933

Rebecca Lan

… increasingly Zionistic after World War II . After learning about the movement in England, Norman Lourie founded Habonim … youth movement. Habonim aims to…

B-0150420

1982

Jabulile Nyawose

… of Shadrack Maphumulo , in 1977, which they had read about in a daily newspaper.  The members of the cell feared that the police might discover the…

B-0149401

1955

Lloyd Spencer

… painters of the Dutch Golden Age. In the 1980s he wrote about photography for publications such as Ten-8 and New … liberation for Spencer which allowed him…

B-0149881

1909-1983

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo

… in him taking classes in Russian in order to learn more about the Soviet Union. Dadoo participated in a student … involvement in World War II. Dadoo’s…

B-0007970

1950-1990

Muntu Myeza

… defiance to the ban, on 25 June 1974 Myeza led a crowd of about 10 000 people at the Curries Stadium in Durban. In the …

B-0121056

Approx 1870s-1935

Isaiah Mdliwamafa Shembe

… heard a voice urging him to pray. He did not know anything about praying except for having heard from the elders that …

B-0121675

1929-2017

Emma Thandi Mashinini

… wrote a book, Strikes have Followed me all my Life, about her experiences in Pretoria Central Prison, Jeppe …

B-0008471

1927-2007

Theo Mthembu

… In 1955, he moved to Dube Village, Soweto where he set about establishing a boxing club, at first using a classroom …

B-0008699

1941-2011

Ian Mkhize

… spread that Mkhize had returned to Hambanathi, a mob of about 200 Inkatha supporters waving pangas, axes and spears …

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