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1924

Ben Baartman

… daughter, Mary Nxumalo says ‘he was lonely in his death’ – a sad ‘repeat of his life in isolation (in …

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1932-1995

Barney Simon

… in Johannesburg from its founding in 1976 until his death. In 1976 Barney Simon co-founded Johannesburg ’s  …

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1878-1941

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

… strike. Matseke remained president of the TAC until his death. Matseke was a committed Christian and played a leading …

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1927-2018

Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe

… her bid to find the truth about the cause of her husband’s death. (see her actual testimony in the References below). …

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1969-2002

Wessel Johannes “Hansie” Cronje

… for his role in a match-fixing scandal. Subsequent to his death, suspicions of foul play with regard to his plane crash … into the plane crash.  The inquest…

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14 January1918-1999

Dimitri Tsafendas

… submitted to the Commission of Enquiry into Verwoerd’s death that while in London, Tsafendas had attempted to … being transferred to a cell built specially…

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1933

Audrey Coleman

… Commission (TRC) on the work the detention and death of people under the Apartheid government. …

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Magade Madapu

… in the burning down of approximately 193 huts, one death and several injuries between 30 April and 3 May 1960. …

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Mzondeki Makhunga

… of Ntunja Mngomezulu in this area. In 1965, after the death of Chief Zombizwe, Ntunja Mngomezulu was appointed …

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William Tyabashe

… in the burning down of approximately193 huts, one death and several injuries between 30 April and 3 May 1960. …

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Jack Monamudi Matsepe

… by ‘leftist elements.’  It had already led to the death of Lucas Scott, a ‘Bantu Information Assistant’ in the …

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1976

Bhungwana Saul Mngomezulu

… related to his banishment order, in 1965, after the death of Chief Zombizwe, Ntunja Mngomezulu was appointed …

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1908-1975

Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer

… were found guilty. That they were sentenced not to death but to life imprisonment was partly a result of the … his brother’s home in Bloemfontein a few weeks…

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1936-2009

Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils

… the late ANC President Oliver Tambo from 1990 until his death in 1993 when she returned to South Africa. In November … to statements made during inquest…

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1955-1991

Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo

… question in the South African revolution. His premature death came before he completed his thesis. Nxumalo had a … family man, to his wife Mpho and their two…

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1947-1985

Matthew Goniwe

… “Thank you for your cooperation.”  The police made regular death threats against Goniwe. He had received death threats over the phone, and also received a…

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1891-1955

Dora Nginza

… Sandile, bestowed the chieftainship on her. Until her death, she remained a representative of the Eastern Cape …

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1958-2004

Martin Tose

… in various group exhibitions until his untimely death at the age of 46. Although his life was cut short by …

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1939-2024

Breyten Breytenbach

… alone in a cell directly adjoining Pretoria Central's death row. Resident in Paris, he currently divides his time …

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1886-1973

Maria Laubser

… cottage “Altyd lig” at Strand, where she lived until her death in 1973. Much of her early artwork work proved ‘too …

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1911-1985

Susanna Helena Kok

… for leprosy patients in Pretoria , and shortly before her death she assisted in a study of nerve conduction in leprosy …

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1910-1974

Raymond Francis (Ray) Budd

… Budd the national Chair. Budd held this position until his death. From 1949 to 1950, Budd was the vice-president of the …

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1926

Johannes Jacobus Degenaar

… of Bonhoeffer, the philosopher, Christian and Nazi death camp victim, Degenaar became deeply absorbed by the …

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1911-2002

Dr. Percy Yutar

… Mandela during the Rivonia Treason Trial and wanted the death sentence for him. Mandela was sentenced to life …

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1933-1986

Fabian Defu Ribeiro

… of a new practice in Mamelodi, where he worked until his death on 1 December 1986. Although Ribeiro had decided …

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1912-2001

Milwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba

… 1930s, Pemba exhibited regularly (until shortly before his death in 2001). Pemba turned professional in the late 1940s, …

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1931-2019

Isaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho

… forces captured him. He was duly tried and sentenced to death on 9 August 1968 before being imprisoned at the Khami …

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1947-1985

Twasile Champion Galela

… of the eight policemen received amnesty for their role in death of the ‘PEBCO Three. The TRC denied amnesty to other …

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1906-1979

Cecil Williams

… left South Africa for Britain where he lived until his death in 1979. In 1998 a film about Williams titled ‘ The man …

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