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1915-2003

Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat

… of the hundreds of people listed as a member of the CPSA under the Suppression of Communism Act. Docrat was, also one … 1969 which restricted him and…

B-0008013

George Montsioa

… recording secretary of the African National Congress under the presidency of the Rev. J.L. Dube. He married Miss …

B-0008634

1804-1856

Chief Kgosi Sekonyela

… in Kuruman, where they were stopped by the Griquas under Waterboer in 1823. In the early 1830s Sekonyela became …

B-0068424

1870-1945

Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama

… postmaster at the end of 1907 after he refused to register under the Black Act and was arrested in January 1908. On 27 … cases dropped. Cama was reinstated…

B-0148512

1987

Johnson Ngwevela

… for Cape Town. He was one of the first leaders banned under the Suppression of Communism Act in 1952, at which time …

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1986

Luvuyo Mgobhozi

… to arrest the MK operatives whom were consequently held under suveillance at their KwaMushu hideout for seven days. … the former Durban police officers who…

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1920-1991

Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu

… relocated from the Cape Town city centre to Langa Township under the Group Areas Act where she joined the African … women activists, arrested and detained…

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1854-1925

Alfred Milner

… Liberal who became Chancellor of the Exchequer in 1887 under Lord Salisbury and the Conservative Party, and who used his influence to get Milner appointed as…

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1951-1985

Sparrow Mkonto

… 1972. They had one child, Lonwabo. Mkonto lived and worked under trying conditions. The average wage of a railway worker … separated and driven back towards…

B-0064863

1925-2012

Professor Emeritus Phillip Tobias

…   (NUSAS). Tobias, then 19,  while studying, genetics under Professor Raymond Dart - famous for his discovery of … Taung Skull in 1924 - and Professor Joe…

B-0086265

1956

Trevor Andrew Manuel

… into hiding. He was, nevertheless, arrested and detained under the Internal Security Act from 22 October 1985. On 15 … This time he was kept a Pollsmoor…

B-0008437

1900-1972

Vernon Celliers Berrange

… appointed a 'liquidator', a certain Mr J de Villiers, under the Suppression of Communism Act, who requested more … to receive medical treatment. The Security…

B-0096208

1934-2015

Bob Hepple

… of the Student Liberal Association and went on trial under the Illegal Squatting Act for organising a political meeting in Orlando Township (Johannesburg)…

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1956-1979

Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu

… charged with two counts of murder and several charges under the Terrorism Act. Mahlangu pleaded not guilty to the … found guilty on two counts of murder and…

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1915-1983

B J Vorster [John Vorster]

… completing his studies in 1938. He studied  sociology under HF Verwoerd, and was appointed chairperson of the … provincial executive. On April 23 1942 he was…

B-0009211

2018

Vondela Landingwe

… rugby for Crusaders in Gugulethu and Western Province under the auspices of the non-racial South African Rugby …

B-0125519

S. S. Tema

… National Congress  (ANC) after it had become dormant under  Pixley Seme's  leadership. With the defeat of  A. B … National Congress (ANC) after it had become…

B-0068536

1957

Pansy Tlakula

… in South Africa, where a large number of women still live under African customary law and treated like minors rather …

B-0096673

1941-1997

Welcome Mandla Koboka

… born in Johannesburg in 1941. At age twenty he studied art under Cecil Skotnes and Ephraim Ngatane at the Polly Street …

B-0098965

Ben Khoapa

… Christianity in an Apartheid Society). Khoapa was placed under house arrest in 1973. This may have been as a result of …

B-0073075

1923-1966

Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal

… of emergency that was declared. In 1963, he was detained under the 90-day law and again released with no charges being …

B-0007799

1931-2011

Isaiah Stein

… Athlone. He was among the first to be removed in this way under the Group Areas Act. He swiftly built homes that … Stein was later the first struggle figure…

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1921-2005

Mahomed “Chota” Motala

… Congress (NIC) had been taken over by a radical leadership under young militant Dr Monty Naicker . In 1950 Motala was … area. Late in the eighties, he was…

B-0008657

1952

Barbara Anne Hogan

… government agents wrongly placed a bomb intended for her under another woman’s car. Hogan was arrested in 1981 and … She was charged with treason and other…

B-0008169

1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… completing his prison term, he was re-arrested and charged under the Sabotage Act. He was convicted and sentenced to ten … produced the "Green Book". After a…

B-0008120

1922-1963

Solwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle

… far from the Botswana border, the group was arrested and under interrogation one of them broke and gave them the last … police. On Monday 19 August 1963,…

B-0008782

1899-1996

Mary Agnes Stainbank

… – 1921 Mary Stainbank trained at the Durban School of Art under the renowned British ceramicist, John Adams, who … In 1922, she enrolled at the Royal College…

B-0066295

1933-2012

Evelina de Bruin

… as charged with  Sethwala’s murder and public violence under clause of common purpose . De Bruin appeared in court … from his house. Twenty five of the…

B-0094076

1928-2010

Jean Clarice Middleton

… inherited the family house. On leaving prison, she was put under house arrest and banned under the Suppression of Communism Act . She could no longer …

B-0074116

1936-2011

Lawrence Schlemmer

… After matriculating at Pretoria Boys High, he studied art under Walter Battiss at the University of Pretoria. Schlemmer … person was the culprit and that he…

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