SAHO global search

1958-1991

Bheki Mlangeni

… Captain Johannes Dirk Coetzee made his own revelations about his activities as the commander of a covert South …

B-0149380

1960-2020

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela

… controversial tweets on the social media platform Twitter, about land reform in South Africa. One of the tweets she …

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1932-2021

James Steven Mzilikazi Khumalo

… music education and performance. He was deeply passionate about folk music traditions as well as the history and … Prof Khumalo wrote the song, Insizw’endala…

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1949

Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe

… ANC chairperson of the region.  Motlanthe was concerned about the effect his absence was having on NUM whilst engaged … the ANC, his critics claimed that he…

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1942-1993

Chris Hani

… ANC leadership. He remained underground in Cape Town for about four months and in May proceeded to Johannesburg where … Hani then moved to Lesotho where he…

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1937-2015

Mohamed Ismail Dinat

… them while encouraging them to think deeply and critically about socioeconomic inequality. Dinat passed away after a …

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1921-2001

Athol Edwin Thorne

… order of the day. Outside the long narrow block of cells, about 12 feet wide, was an equally long exercise yard. …

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1840-1887

Johannes Jane Tane Kekana

… near Boschplaats (Bosplaas), north of Hammanskraal. In about 1860 they moved to the nearby farm Haakdoornfontein on …

B-0008239

1880

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer

… diamond merchants, provided him with critical information about the diamond market. Such inside information allowed …

B-0008856

1943-2008

Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo

… was born on 28 December 1943 at Putellos, Umbumbulu, about 30 kilometers South East of Durban, the fifth of the 11 …

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1931-2000

Hendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee

… racially specific commissioners’ courts. He was serious about legal reform and in April1986 he asked for a legal …

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1942-2002

Alfred Temba Qabula

… in the Worker’s Cultural Local with the workers to write about their lives and experiences. In 1987 he resigned from …

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1908-1982

Monica Hunter Wilson

… Cape Town from 1952 to 1973.  Monica dispelled many myths about African society that had arisen from racially based …

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1876-1932

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

… who belonged to the Setswana-speaking Barolong tribe. About the time he was born, his parents moved to the Pniel …

B-0008897

1938-2005

Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka

… he was sentenced to 18 years in prison.  After spending about 10 months in Pretoria Central Prison, he was …

B-0094432

1920-2013

Zainab Ebrahim Asvat

… led to great hardship for their families and Zainab set about organising a network of support. She raised funds, …

B-0007800

1929-2014

Sadie Forman

… with having no money, compelled Forman to start thinking about following in the footsteps of other political families …

B-0080054

1946-2006

Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley

… (NUSAS) was wrong. His political ideologies were brought about by incidents that he witnessed, such the protest march …

B-0008636

1958

Jonathan Shapiro

… institutions. Resulting from hard-hitting cartoons about President Jacob Zuma, he has twice been sued by Zuma …

B-0096423

1945-2013

Dirk Johannes Coetzee

… with Pauw and confirmed Nofomela’s story.Coetzee told Pauw about the two years that he had been the Vlakplaas commander. …

B-0097350

1940

Gille De Vlieg

… had a camera and a couple of lenses but knew very little about photography. Paul Weinberg taught her how to process …

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1925-2020

John Kgwana Nkadimeng

… as a domestic worker in Germiston where he remained for about a year. He returned home in 1945 and in 1946 was …

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1934

Reverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu

… political activists in Durban.  He was released after about 35 days when lawyers indicated that they would bring a …

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1918-2013

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

… history teacher, Weaver Newana, added his own oral history about the wars between the British and amaXhosa. Mandela’s … townships and communicated to the…

B-0065300

1926-2013

Maqashu Leonard Mdingi

… He was then, wrapped in a cloth and put in dry ice for about five hours. He suffered internal injuries. Mdingi was …

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1901-1975

Vivian Fitzsimons

… done more than the Fitzsimons family to inform the public about our serpentine fauna or to alleviate the dangerous … and his two sons to the cause of…

B-0149501

1948

Sumboornam Pillay

… activist, conscientising communities through theatre about the socio-economic and political situation in the … South Africa for all. She continues to hold…

B-0150469

1925

Lillian Diedericks

… in their language, mobilising and conscientising them about the political situation at the time. During the 1940s … leaders made up of both men and women…

B-0150170

Matsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]

… parties was not adequately solicited, leading to concerns about the inclusivity and legitimacy of the bill (Horisani … This lack of financial transparency…

B-0152607

1450-1500

Bartolomeu Dias

… the Portuguese sphere of influence. Early information about Dias's voyage is limited because all the actual records … When Da Gama returned to Portugal in…

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