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1920

Joel Mabi Lengisi

… League (ANCYL) leader.  In October 1952, Lengisiwas banned under the Suppression of Communism Act (SCA).On 6 July 1954, … ‘immediately arrested in East…

B-0141697

1918-1977

Elijah Nkwenkwe Loza

… we Sizwe .He was held for three successive periods under the 90-day detention law in 1963, he was chargeds late … was reversed on appeal in 1965.He was…

B-0141670

1925-1992

Yvonne Bryceland

… Fugard were many and included S tatements After an Arrest Under the Immorality Act and The Road to Mecca . The former … Kani and Winston Ntshona, in…

B-0007894

1894-1961

Hermione Stephanie Lombard Faure

… to August 1923, Faure was in Antwerp where she studied under renowned Flemish elocutionist Prof. Modestus Lauwerijs … this period she also studied speech…

B-0008058

1942

Helene Marie Passtoors

… she participated in highly secretive special operations under the immediate command of Slovo, with Oliver Tambo as … in the military structures of the ANC,…

B-0068677

1917-1985

Jordan Kush Ngubane

… only newspaper owned entirely by Africans. Writing under both his own name and the pen names  "Kanyisa" and … the March 1961 follow-up conference. He was…

B-0068246

1962

Molatodi Thomas Lehupela

… through a meeting with Father Frans Claerhout in 1984; under his guidance Lehupela learned how to do wood sculpture. …

B-0008310

1952

Gert Petrus Swart

… Technikon Natal, where he studied sculpture for two years under Andries Botha and Jeremy Wafer. In 1983 he co-founded …

B-0009115

Stanley Silwana

… in Cape Town after being one of the first people convicted under the "hostility clause" of the 1927 Native …

B-0009055

1914

Josepha Selhorst

… Westphalia, Germany. She studied at UN(P) 1941-47 under Rosa Hope gaining a BA(FA) 1947 and 1956-57 at …

B-0009016

1928-1980

Kate Dinkwetsi Molale

… position until 1975. In 1978 she joined the delegation under  Oliver Tambo  to Cuba. Molale spent her last years in …

B-0067991

1933-2020

Denis Theodore Goldberg

… active. She was subjected to solitary confinement under the 90 Day Detention Law in 1963 after Goldberg had … the youngest of the accused, aged 31. Goldberg…

B-0008105

1995

Enver Hassim

… issuing of a banning order for both Hassim and his wife under which they were not allowed to communicate until … was given by the authorities. Zulei was also…

B-0080308

1950-2008

Yunus Ismail Mahomed

… of conscience, and as a teen in 1966, a time of great fear under a blanket of repression, he courageously distributed … suffered house arrest and detention,…

B-0008382

1901-1975

Vivian Fitzsimons

For many south africans, the name Fitzsimons will always be linked to snakes - to their diversity and the treatment of their venomous bites. Rightly so, as…

B-0149501

1935-1988

Sydney Alex Kumalo

… invaded Abyssinia (later called Ethiopia), which was under Emperor Haile Silassie . The sculptor and painter, was … a generation of Black South African…

B-0122872

1903-1985

John Koenakeefe Mohl

… business; therefore he established the Apollo Art gallery under the name of a Belgian, Frank van Melten (documented as … expositions. He was a founding…

B-0008603

1931-2017

Thandi Klaasen

… apartheid Sophiatown went uninvestigated and unpunished. Under apartheid, violence against Black citizens was … Rathebe, Miriam Makeba, Dorothy Masuka, and…

B-0008266

1942

Vera Gow (Adams)

… joined the legendary Eoan Group in District Six , where under the guidance and leadership of its founder, Mrs … company in South Africa, albeit an amateur…

B-0008119

1978

Sibusiso Robert Duma

… a studio space behind his house. For four years Duma was under Makhoba’s tutelage, and has since shared a stage with … in 1978. Training Initially self…

B-0008025

1938-1971

Ephraim Mojalefa Ngatane

… studied painting at the Centre between 1952 and 1954, under Cecil Skotnes. His experience of the shantytowns and … michaelstevenson.com From 1954 to 1956…

B-0008767

1792-1852

Andries Hendrik Potgieter

… in 1834. In 1835 a group of Voortrekkers left the colony under his leadership. His departure had been delayed by the … clear that Boer leaders had to unite…

B-0068319

1931-1964

Suliman “Babla” Saloojee

… my comrade and source of strength, had been picked up under the ninety-day detention law, brutally interrogated and … to his death. I have never doubted,…

B-0064871

1930-1978

Sewsunker ‘Papwa’ Sewgolum

… his game as an amateur in “non-European” tournaments. Under pressure, the authorities permitted Sewgolum to play in … sport. For inadvertently putting the…

B-0009023

1928-2017

Edward 'Eddie' John Daniels

… a Teacher's Diploma and became a teacher. His memoirs under the title There and Back: Robben Island 1964-1979, were … Even after the judge painted a picture…

B-0094071

1943-1967

Basil Paul Petersen February

… Their activities soon landed February in prison twice under the 90 day detention act .Under the 90 day detention act, a police special unit called …

B-0071685

1966

Jodi Bieber

… 1993 as a darkroom assistant at the Star Newspaper under the guidance of the late Ken Oosterbroek. Bieber … of Excellence" , Haus der Kulturen der Weldt,…

B-0007853

1926-1977

Viola Hashe

… she was the first woman to be threatened with deportation under Section 29 of the Urban Areas Act. No reasons were … with  Frances Baard  and  Mary Moodley ,…

B-0080306

1935-2013

Sipo Elijah Mzimela

… Services in the South African government of national unity under Nelson Mandela , from 1994 to 1998. It was under Mzimela’s direction that Robben Island, the…

B-0095734

1920-1977

Elmon Malele

… arrested by government security forces. He was later put under house arrest and banned from attending any gatherings … of the preparatory examination. In…

B-0008416