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1952

Oupa Joshua Gqozo

… On 4 March 1990 Brigadier Gqozo addressed two rallies, one in Bisho and the other one at Mdantsane near  East London . Subsequently mayhem … of the ANC in…

B-0008121

1918-1975

Thomas Patrick Murray

… a member of the Unity Committee in 1951, with Murray as one of its joint secretaries. This paved the way for the … In international affairs Murray also…

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1940-2023

Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia

… had come to South Africa around the 1880’s. They were part of the second wave of emigrants from India to South … For most of his young life, Coovadia lived…

B-0007958

1941

Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela

… in Alexander and her father was a health inspector and part-time sculptor. Barbara grew up in Witbank under watchful … BA degree. In February 1963 she moved…

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1945

Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak

… Allan Aubury Boesak was born at Kakamas, Northern Cape, one of eight children. His father, a schoolteacher, died when … Cape. After the first democratic…

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1938-2016

Judith Mason

… Menge on 10 October 1938 in Pretoria, Judith Mason is one of the most well known South African artists. She … of Art in Cape Town for a short time. Her work…

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1941-2011

Ian Mkhize

… fight the system from within, he stood for council and, in part because of his popularity with the Inkatha-aligned … waving pangas, axes and spears gathered…

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1903-1972

J B Marks

… of the strike were arrested and charged with sedition. One of the leaders of the 1952 Defiance Campaign , Marks was … the Suppression of Communism Act . He…

B-0008450

1921-2007

Arthur David Bensusan

… able to combine his love of medicine and photography as part-time director of this unit. He then headed the … in Africa . Dr Bensusan produced two…

B-0096200

1925-1976

Joseph Masobila Mdluli

… Mdluli was arrested in 1966 and subsequently sentenced to one year three months imprisonment. Upon his release in 1968, … of a number of young militants to…

B-0074125

1949

Lefifi Tladi

… situation in the country. The performances were part of the Black Consciousness’ contribution towards what … relations with artists in South Africa. In 1977,…

B-0122542

1912-2003

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

… worked as a nurse while Walter's mother played an active part in raising the children. Albertina Thethiwe’s background … of the underground communists is…

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1917-1979

Benjamin Magson Kies

… so…. They are exploited all the same” (Kies, 1943: 14). As part of this first move, he argued that the liberation … equipment for the needy. Inviolability of…

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1926-2004

Wilfrid Edward Cooper

… the railways as was his grandfather, Henry, who had been one of the drivers who had driven the train which took the … from Stellenbosch in December 1947 and…

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1948

Timothy Peter Jenkin

… who "unthinkingly accepted the system and for twenty-one years never questioned it".[5] At the end of 1970, Jenkin … Pretoria Prison  in 2003.[2] In 1995,…

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Nise Bulelwa Malange

… influences of township living. The change was a welcome one.  When I was leaving Cape Town,” she recalls, “the only … its independence on 26 October. For…

B-0008413

1921-2001

Athol Edwin Thorne

… Congress of the Democrats which with the formation was part of the ANC led Congress Alliance. He was active in the … and out of date penitentiary. Prison and…

B-0125363

2003

Stanley Mabizela

… the Transkei, near the border of Lesotho where he did form one and form two in one year. After completing form two, the priests at Mariazel … at Alice and…

B-0069841

1920-2013

Zainab Ebrahim Asvat

… but she took a year off and went to Durban to be part of the Passive Resistance Campaign . On 13 June 1946, … fell on them. The hooligans kicked two of the…

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1892-1950

Bhawani Sannyassi Dayal

… Young Men's Indian Associa­tion in Germiston. Dayal was one of the organizers of the Indian strike led by  Mohandas Gandhi  at Newcastle in 1913. This was…

B-0007978

1925-2020

John Kgwana Nkadimeng

… 1955 at its congress in Bloemfontein, and in 1956 he was one of 156 Congress activists accused of treason. He remained … general secretary, Nkadimeng…

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1936-2007

Archie Mafeje

… at Fort Hare University where he studied Zoology for one year. Then in 1956 he moved to pursue his studies at the … During this same year he submitted his MA…

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1892-1956

Manilal Gandhi

… as important training centres and Manilal was regarded as one of the first experimental students. Here the focus was on … trip to India joined the…

B-0008091

1934-2004

Dullah Mohamed Omar

… forced him to move his practice to Woodstock. Omar was one of the few attorneys who were prepared to take on the … Wynberg magisterial district and forbade…

B-0074108

1948

Randolph Hartzenberg

… University of Cape Town in 1989, educating has been a huge part of his professional life. He taught art at Alexander … box is also an association or analogy…

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1903-1988

Alan Stewart Paton

… copies internationally. It has also spurred two films, one made in 1951 and another in 1995, and has been credited … steadily and he reluctantly felt…

B-0067897

1967-2005

Buyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi

… of South Africa's (UNISA) Art Collection. He was one of the most exciting artists to have emerged through the … for Freedom, artists who had positioned…

B-0008432

1920-2010

Robert Hodgins

… end of the war in 1945. From 1947-1950, Hodgins studied part-time and from 1950-53, he studied full-time at the … next work, and you could live to be 300…

B-0008165

1941-2007

Hilary Mutch

… which she sold to earn extra income. Claire later worked part time for Penguin books and at a primary school in … committee. Amongst the functions of the…

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