SAHO global search

1940-2009

Dr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang

… “You will not force me into a corner into saying yes or no.” (BBC News, 2000) Tshabalala-Msimang continued to … end any further speculation of this fact by…

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1936-2012

Dr. Neville Edward Alexander

… from home, Alexander felt that he was a religious doubter or an agnostic. Yet, becoming a radical socialist  makes … always the spokesperson for the…

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1866-1935

Henry Burton

… Burton left Kimberly before the start of the South African or Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) and became the legal aide to … rights of citizens of the Cape…

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1888-1956

Sonja Schlesin

… Law Amendment Ordinance and Immigration Restriction Act or “Black Act” . When the Restriction Act came into force in … “I never once had reason to doubt her…

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Thomas G. Karis

… that it is hard to call to mind a single parallel or precedent.” After obtaining a major grant from the …

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1950

Martin Plaut

… as a democratic organisation to cut ties with the PAC or COSATU and allow the ANC to dictate how they should relate …

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1881-1971

Reverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane

… to discuss the Tomlinson Report (Report of the Commission/or the Socio-Economic Development of the Bantu Areas) …

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1895-1983

Rev. James Arthur Calata

… did not seek to continue to serve either as Cape president or as secretary general. However, unlike Xuma, who retired …

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1941

Mannie Manim

… Manim's association with Athol Fugard as lighting designer or producer started in 1970 with  Boesman and Lena  and  …

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Joel Joffe

… Government conferred the Order of the Companions of OR Tambo, Silver on Lord Joel Joffe for his excellent …

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1906-1983

Victor Sidney Norton

… him. If his judgements were not always free from prejudice or oversimplification, they at least left no one in doubt as …

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1938-2018

Keorapetse William Kgositsile

… didactic writing: either you are a tool of oppression or an instrument of liberation." In 1961, under the …

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1911-1999

Harry Snitcher

… in 1937.He had an intuitive gift in pitching his questions or his argument at his fellow human beings. He appeared …

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1953

Mosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale

… MOCOH Energy and Arcus Gibb Engineering. He is director or patron of several other companies and institutions and …

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1619-1677

Jan van Riebeeck

… April 1652 The VOC had no desire for either the conquest or the administration of a territory in southern Africa. …

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1953

Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana

… BCM members dispersed so as to avoid further banishment or imprisonment. However, like Mpumlwana, this did not stop …

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1942

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma

… parental home in kwaMaphumulo, Natal. At the age of seven or eight, Zuma began herding his grandfather’s cattle while … and Security has reason to believe…

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1913-1996

George Gangen Ponnen

… of corruption, bribery etc. Though he was unable to read or write, he was able to narrate stories of exploitation, … to a suburb of Durban called Manning…

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1928-2023

Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi

… attend funerals and that people who have been to funerals or anywhere where there is a corpse or a bereavement, have to spend time away, later cleansed…

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1926-2004

Wilfrid Edward Cooper

… Chief Philemon Elifas 1976       Steve Biko for defeating or obstructing justice 1976       David and Susan Rabkin for … the Cape Times, to attend socials…

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1854-1922

Christiaan Rudolf De Wet

… legendary. In order to decide whether to continue the war or to accept the British terms the Boer leaders called a … and six of Botha's men were killed; the…

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1840-1887

Johannes Jane Tane Kekana

… Kekana had only one wife who was either called Nontwa or Makgoboketsa. They had five sons and two daughters. In …

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1880

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer

… the copper mines in what was known as Northern Rhodesia, or Zambia today. To access a social history of diamond and …

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1933-1986

Samora Machel

… Machel joined the Front for the Liberation of Mozambique or FRELIMO, as it was called by most. FRELIMO was dedicated … and health clinics for the poor. He…

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1943-2008

Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo

… and Culture, Dhlomo introduced 'Good Citizenship' or 'Ubuntu - Botho' as a compulsory subject at all schools in …

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1953-2005

Prince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu

… treasury director. Mahlangu refused to vote on the issue or comment on Ivan Maswanganye's use of fraudulent …

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1908-1982

Monica Hunter Wilson

… historians and anthropologists that have either developed or revisited key research sites and themes in her central and …

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1950

Biddy Partridge

… while viewing her photographs of their parents, relatives or other people they know. Among those is poet Mak Manaka, …

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1957-2011

Gisele Wulfsohn

… I could choose to close up and not talk about it at all, or to go out there, talk about it and find out as much about …

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1929-2014

Sadie Forman

… and forbade her from entering any educational institution or factory premises. Eventually, Forman was allowed to take a …

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