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1950

Thenjiwe Mtintso

… she became a student activist in the South African Student Organisation (SASO) and Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). …

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1963

Nomvula Paula Mokonyane

… leadership of the civic movement, the Kagiso Residents’ Organisation. Mokonyane became a shop steward and leader of …

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1950

Raphael Magwaza

He was born at Eshowe, KZN. He trained at Rorke’s Drift as a sculptor in 1972. He was a member of the Thupelo Art Workshop in 1990. At present he works mainly…

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1974

Stella Nyanzi

… condemnation from organisations like PEN, an international organisation that encourages freedom of expression in …

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Theodore B. Lujiza

Theodore B. Lujiza was born in 1886 and educated at Lovedale, he was working in a bank in East London when Clements Kadalie arrived there to establish a branch…

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1936

C. S. Mabaso

…  (ANC) newspaper. He was a member of the Transvaal Native Organisation before the founding of the ANC in 1912 and took …

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1867-1946

Josiah Tshangana Gumede

… civil rights) Society headed by John Khumalo, but the organisation failed to develop into a strong political … that there was an urgent need for a more…

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David Ngwabeni

David Ngwabeni originally a resident at Ngwabeni Location, Victoria East District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], had his banishment order issued on 19…

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1897-1962

Richard Granville Baloyi

… while coloured members preferred to establish their own organisation. In May 1939 Baloyi was a member of the ANC … with the All-African Convention (AAC) a…

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1952

Glenn Moss

… the Industrial Aid Society, but was forced out of union organisation as a result of ideological and strategic … which continued to meet with the South…

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1923-2003

Maggie Resha

… oppressed people of South Africa. She attended numerous Organisation of African Unity (OAU) meetings and African … also the ANC’s representative to the Pan…

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1923-2003

Magdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha

… oppressed people of South Africa. She attended numerous Organisation of African Unity (OAU) meetings and African … also the ANC’s representative to the Pan…

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1934-2004

Dullah Mohamed Omar

… Peoples' Convention (BPC) and the South African Students' Organisation (SASO). His willingness to serve people of … of the National Association of Democratic…

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1918-2009

Elizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng

Elizabeth Mafekeng was born in 1918 in Tarkastad and attended school until Standard 7. Living conditions in her birthplace forced her to leave for Paarl in…

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1851-1930

William Henry Beaumont

… in Pietermaritzburg and arranged for the training and organisation of 1 000 men for defence and was once again …

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1939-2023

Essop Goolam Pahad

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

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1939-2001

Laurent Kabila

… lack of involvement in the party and the general lack of organisation in the group. By this time, Mobutu had renamed …

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1947-1976

Mapetla Frank Mohapi

… and became active in the South African Students Organisation (SASO)   regional secretary in the Eastern Cape …

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1912-1974

Johanna Catharina Cornelius

… over the years. Many workers also got involved in the organisation of the Union. In 1933 Johanna spent a month in …

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1937-2019

Zubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet

… 4 Women's Jail (Old Fort). She is currently serving as the organisation's treasurer and research officer.In 2013 Umtapo …

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1955-1985

Qaqawuli Godolozi

… as a clerk. He then joined the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO). PEBCO was an affiliate of the United …

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2016

Juda Ngwenya

… by the renowned news wire services, Reuters to join the organisation. In a career spanning over two and half decades, …

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1931-2015

Dr. Oshadi Maphefo Jane Mangena

… of the founding members of Pitseng Trust Women’s Fund (an organisation that makes grants to support women’s …

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1965

Faith Nonhlanhla Mazibuko

… (SOYCO), Young Christian Students (YCS) and Soweto Civic Organisation. She was an executive member of the Moroka …

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1913-1996

George Gangen Ponnen

… They won that debate. In 1934, the Grey Shirts, an organisation sympathetic to Hitler’s Nazis, were holding … discussed various problems of trade union work…

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1934

Moosa “Mosie” Moolla

… writing and distributing leaflets. He was elected to the organisation’s executive committee and then as the joint … ANC representative to the Afro-Asian…

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1948

Sumboornam Pillay

… most politically active. Within the South African Student Organisation (SASO) , the Black Community Programmes (BCP) , … Teachers Association of South Africa…

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Anthony Holiday

Anthony Holiday had served as a senior reporter on the Cape Times newspaper prior to his arrest, and had also been employed by the Rand Daily Mail as a…

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1946

Chief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk

… detention, as they were afraid to be associated with any organisation challenging the state. As a result of this, Van … joined the Detainee Parent Support…

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1936

George Sewpersadh

… NIC was not banned, but most of the members were, so the organisation did not function from 1960 to 1971. In 1971 Mewa Ramgobin revived the organisation…

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