SAHO global search

2013

Ronald (Ronnie) Britten

… elected to the Head Unity Committee of the Unity Movement. By 1963 the entire liberation movement was subjected to the … the country to continue and further…

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1916-2015

Sarah Carneson

… the Young Communist League of South Africa (YCLSA).  By 1934 she was a member of the Communist Party of South … into a fundraising committee for the families…

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1942-1999

Lucky Sibiya

… of gourds for lampshade bases. He was given guidance by Cecil Skotnes and Bill Ainslie. In 1974 he travelled to …

B-0009050

1923

Zamazulu Thembekile Nkosi

… in  KwaZulu-Natal . Her decision to nurse was motivated by a wish to help the sick. She worked hard to reach her …

B-0008807

Frank A. Pendla

… Cape African Congress in the early 1940s until suspended by  A. B. Xuma  in September 1942. Born in the Cape, he …

B-0068307

1986

Peter (Petrus) Nchabeleng

… buried  in Apel, Sekhukhuniland. The funeral was attended by 20,000 people …

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1964-1985

Vincent Tshabalala

… Tshabalala became politically influenced at a young age by the Bethal Trial in 1977 where a number of Pan Africanist …

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1886-1963

Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn

… land in the Ermelo district. In 1905 he was employed by a business firm, but two years later decided to become a … was recognised as the authority on South…

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1952

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

… which he started in 1997. [2] Ramaphosa was then appointed by the President to the position of Special Envoy to South … continues to act in this capacity…

B-0008934

1956

Trevor Andrew Manuel

… was unacceptable. In his matric year Manuel was influenced by students at the University of the Western Cape and … related issues. He was working for a…

B-0008437

1924-2008

Esther Barsel

… League (YCL) at just fourteen years old. Influenced by a Jewish friend, Barsel also became a member of the … after Hymie Barsel’s banning in 1950) was picked…

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1866-1942

James Barry Munnik Hertzog

… the University of Amsterdam. He had become disillusioned by the treatment of Afrikaners because of the British laws governing them and hoped he could change…

B-0008156

Professor Sir Raymond Hoffenberg

… College of Physicians, a postgraduate medical diploma run by the Federation of the Medical Royal Colleges of the United … he was a senior researcher in…

B-0095464

1935-2019

Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam

… students mainly from high schools throughout Natal, and by 1960/63 were on the verge of forming a national student … then known).  In 1958 he was chosen to…

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1953-2014

Russel Botman

… Free State Province). His mother had supported his family by working as a typist for the “coloured” Nederduitse …

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1935-2008

Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)

… into political exile, one of which came back and was tried by the courts for having the intentions of doing military to … Wheels. The project was a feeding…

B-0008472

1802-1887

Frederick Timpson I’Ons

… Andries StockenstrÁ¶m. He was also commissioned by military officers to do portraits of Black chiefs like … & Du Plessis, 1972: 138). His work has been…

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1947-1976

Mapetla Frank Mohapi

… a finding on the suicide claim - the note was confirmed by a leading British handwriting expert as a forgery but … she and her husband, Lindelwa, were…

B-0066279

1924-2009

Ricardo Rangel

… political challenges his work posed resulted in censorship by the Portuguese authorities and harassment from police. In … on current events, sports and…

B-0099470

1977

Samuel Malinga

… process of the heart of fairly long standing,complemented by the development of changes in his lungs. Pneumonia was a … among Africans. 'His death would not…

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2016

Juda Ngwenya

… years in the employ of the newspaper, he was approached by the renowned news wire services, Reuters to join the … Bible Church in Johannesburg. Juda Ngwenya…

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Elias Monare

… accused of encouraging opposition to the increase of rent by the local municipality, urging people to boycott municipal … town location, he was accused of …

B-0080861

1949

Norman Catherine

… the last 40 years. Each passing decade was characterized by different features, from the airbrush paintings of the … of 1980s. His work in the late 1980s was…

B-0007927

1928-1978

Regina Buthelezi

… is known about her.  She exhibited on exhibitions arranged by the ELC Art and Craft Centre in major South African art …

B-0007906

1925

Stanley B. Lollan

… coloured activists in the Transvaal in the 1950s. A clerk by occupation, he was secretary of the South African Coloured …

B-0008332

1933-2002

Norma Kitson

… and a younger brother, Mark. Her father was a chemist by training and was the president of the Point Yacht Club, as …

B-0008265

1922-1978

Shulamith Muller

… (SACP) in the early 1940s and was “listed” as a Communist by the apartheid regime in 1951, appearing on The List at No. … Public contribution by Ruth Muller …

B-0068157

1950

Elizabeth Mbatha

… pottery workshop and was taught traditional coil pottery by women potters such as Dinah Molefe . Her work has been …

B-0008511

1967

Theophilus Doctorson Khumalo

… When Khumalo began his soccer career, he was mentored by his father. His first team as a professional player was …

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