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Herbert Mekutu

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

B-0149236

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

1859-1929

Sir. Julius Jeppe

… unfit for mining, later became Jeppestown and Fordsburg under Jeppe's chairmanship. In 1905, Jeppe entered into a …

B-0008204

1966-2012

John Hodgkiss

… studied fine art Rhodes University. Here he also studied under the renowned photographer Obie Oberholzer. John …

B-0085154

1976

William Nomodi Tshwane

… whether such a person had been detained,because the law under which Mr Tshwane was held was undisclosed and because …

B-0074846

1946-1972

Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe

… 1968 to 1970 he was a pupil at Rorke's Drift and studied under Azaria Mbatha . In 1970 he settled at a Lutheran …

B-0009036

1901

John Stephen Gomas

… Paarl for having no pass,Gomas served three months in jail under the "hostility clause" of the 1927 Native …

B-0080091

1929-2000

Esme Bodenstein

… was arrested and held in solitary confinement for 38 days under the 90-Day Detention Law in 1963. During this time, the …

B-0094568

1932-2012

Sister Bernard Ncube

… Women (FEDTRAW) . Sister Ncube was detained six times under emergency regulations, including once when she spent …

B-0008753

1918-1975

Thomas Patrick Murray

… to the South African Federation of Trade Unions. Under Murray's leadership the Boilermakers' Society, … liberal values, was a good public speaker and had an…

B-0008713

1905-1978

Moses Mauane Kotane

… Alexandra Township. He was one of the first to be banned under the Suppression of Communism Act, but he ignored his … detained for four months and in late…

B-0008274

1853-1917

Dr. Leander Starr Jameson

… and in control of the BSAC, aimed to bring South Africa under British dominion and encouraged disenfranchised foreign … a private army on the Pitsani Strip…

B-0008195

1951

Frank Chikane

… gives an insight into his childhood life, growing up black under apartheid, and continuing through his call to the … The others received suspended five-year…

B-0007939

1925-2010

Ethel Walt

… she fought against the forced removal of whole communities under apartheid legislation. She fought for communities like … all hours of the day and night to…

B-0095156

1940

Johnson Phillip Mlambo

… into the mismanagement of party funds while it was under Vusi Make . Several members of the PAC implicated in … certain positions within the Military…

B-0067961

1924

Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo

… and Andreas Shipanga, amongst others. Toivo was put under house arrest on his return to Namibia and Chief … military wing of SWAPO, were tried in the first…

B-0095996

1926-1982

Poomoney Moodley

… [v] In 1963 and again in 1964 Poomoney was incarcerated under the government’s 90-day detention laws, however, no … were brought against her during this…

B-0068090

1965

Pongoloshe Hoye

… in the Transkei on 9th May 1965.He was being held under Transkei Proclamation R400.He had been detained for …

B-0144817

1981

William Khanyile

… on Robben Island . On his release in 1972, he was placed under a banning order and restricted to a village in the … where he highlighted the plight of Black…

B-0149393

1965

Ngeni Gaga

… Mr Ngeni Gaga,aged 19,died under Transkei Proclamation R400 of 1960 on 9th May 1965 . Mr …

B-0149605

Monde Khakhaza

… Sentenced at Grahamstown on 17 August 1978 under the "Sabotage Act" and common law (public violence, …

B-0150601

1964

James Tyita

… after being detained in Port Elizabeth.He was detained under the 90-day detention law.The official cause of death …

B-0149603

1891-1970

Arthur William Blaxall

… need. This led to his arrest in April 1963 and conviction under the Suppression of Communism Act.In 1950s he joined the …

B-0007861

1920-2015

Sylvester Stein

… would later become well known for their accounts of life under apartheid. In the late 1950s, Stein left South Africa, …

B-0009101

1913

John Watt (Jack) Grossert

… pencil, charcoal. He carved in wood.  1930-33 he studied under Professor O J P Oxley at Natal University College, …

B-0008126

1962-1987

Mandla Nkosi

… studied at the Mofolo Arts Centre Soweto from 1982 to 1983 under Cyril Manganye. In 1983 Nkosi won an OK Bazaars bursary …

B-0008804

Dan Tloome

… a Johannesburg real estate agent. In 1963 he was placed under house arrest but fled South Africa. …

B-0068613

1881-1963

Frank Wiles

… in 1901 at the Cambridge School of Art, and in London under Walter Sickert (1860 - 1942). Frank first exhibited at …

B-0009226

1897-1963

Zainunnisa “Cissie” Gool

… a member until her death despite being a "named" communist under the Suppression of Communism Act of 1950 . …

B-0008113