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1931

Abednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo

… and in March 1961 he was sentenced to a two-year term under the Suppression of Communism Act. He fled to Swaziland …

B-0068237

Abner S. Mtimkulu

… president during Dube's long final illness in the 1940s. Under Dube and Mtimkulu, the Natal Congress attempted to …

B-0068152

1915-1971

H. A. Naidoo

… unionist, and Natal sugar workers made important gains under his leadership in the early 1940s. Naidoo represented a …

B-0008731

1958-2004

Khotso Seatlholo

… the Security Police arrested Seatlholo and charged him under the Terrorism Act . He had come into the country to …

B-0074550

Nobuhle Hilary Mohapi

… who died in detention, was banned for five years, in 1979, under the Internal Security Act .  …

B-0148069

1934-2011

Abdool Kader Hassim

… Theatre. These were for Whites only. He was placed under house arrest for five years, on 22 June 1964, in … 16 June 1971, when he was formally charged on…

B-0008146

1920-1996

Alcott Skei Gwentshe

… in various towns in the Eastern Cape and was clearly under the watch of the security police.   They registered … of the Hot Shots musical band.’ Gwentshe was…

B-0008137

1908-1992

Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay

… Muniamma and Shunmugam Pillay. Most of these women were under twenty. In September 1946, they were called to take … of food to leaders of the liberation…

B-0068309

1935

Durant Basi Sihlali

… he began informal art classes at the Chiawelo Art Centre under Alphius Kubeka, attending from 1950 to 1953. He also … partly through sales of work at the…

B-0098973

1908-1981

Eli Weinberg

… of the Suppression of Communism Act. From 1953, he lived under a succession of banning orders.  In 1960, he was … 150 000 entries from 58 countries submitted…

B-0009221

Ambrose Makiwane

… continued with his political activism at Fort Hare under the mentorship of ANC members who taught at the … to Xhosa speaking Africans and was to bring the…

B-0069129

Jafta Kgalabi Masemola

… Island.  After the banning of the PAC on April 8, 1960 under the Unlawful Organizations Act , Masemola and other PAC … On 17 April 1990, Masemola was killed…

B-0080980

1894-1982

Charles Robberts (Blackie) Swart

… freed and allowed to continue teaching, he was placed under house arrest. The cell where he was held has been … leaders. Coalition and the resultant fusion…

B-0009114

1928-2010

Professor Fatima Meer

… Defiance Campaign in 1952. She was amongst those banned under the new Suppression of Communism Act for a period of … struggle and she continued to write and…

B-0065346

20 January-1967

Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)

… of KwaZulu-Natal were designated as "native reserves" under the 1913 Land Act, limiting African land ownership to … (born 1959) and Mafika Jeremiah Mkize …

B-0153080

5 June1958-2021

Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu

… Front (UDF) in the Gauteng region from 1988 to 1990 under the leadership of the late Albertina Sisulu . He went … (SACC) and it was through his involvement…

B-0150697

Mithrasagaran “Murthie” Naidoo

… where he was kept in solitary confinement for four months under the 180 day law .   Murthie had absolutely no contact …   He was detained again from November…

B-0148745

1990

Nancy Graham Dick

… Communist Party (SACP)  herself. In 1950 Dick was listed under the  Suppression of Communism Act  and was later banned … a result of her activism, the…

B-0147394

1864-1977

Oscar Hollander

… George Crosland Robinson and studied for a time under the latter. It is from this phase of his work that the …

B-0008171

1976

Fenuel Mogatusi

… 1976 and died in detention on 28 September 1976.The Act under which he was held was undisclosed but he was reportedly …

B-0074827

1963-1976

Hector Pieterson

… at the memorial in Soweto. "I saw a child fall down. Under a shower of bullets, I rushed forward and went for the …

B-0008889

1910-1960s

Jameson Gilbert Coka

… African Liberator.  In 1946 he was among 52 people charged under war measure 145 and the Riotous Assemblies Act.he …

B-0007951

1962

Sandi Smit

… member and Afrapix photographer. On the 15th of June, under the emergency regulations, Smit was detained and …

B-0149876

Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

… the NIA, (of which PR was a leading member) and the NIC (under AI Kajee ) under the banner of the NIC. Within the NIC there emerged a … moved in. The first…

B-0068301

Herbert Mekutu

… Detained during the 1960 State of Emergency . Banned under the Suppression of Communism Act . Prohibited from …

B-0149236

1915-2004

David Wilcox Bopape

… the  Communist Party of South Africa   ( CPSA ) in 1940 under General Secretary  Moses Kotane  and, finding no … fighting for liberation. In 1942 he joined…

B-0007870

1930-2013

Amina Cachalia

… that she became aware of racial politics. Here she came under the influence of Mervy Thandray, a teacher who belonged … heart operation. Yusuf, her husband,…

B-0007909

1892-1985

Dr James Sebe Moroka

… Town for Southampton in 1911 on the Caledonian Castle, under the care of MacDonald. In Edinburgh, Moroka was … denouncing it from within. From its beginnings…

B-0068105

1954

Vincent Baloyi

… Standard VI. In 1972 he met Eric Mbatha and began studying under him at the YWCA in Dube, Soweto. In 1974 Baloyi …

B-0007817

1809-1882

Bishop Nathaniel James Merriman

… private journals, published without his knowledge in 1853 under the title The Kafir, the Hottentot and the frontier …

B-0008547