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1942-1985

Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge

… to protect youth ill-treated in detention. She was part of the defence team in the 1984 treason trial , against … on the assassination of Victoria Mxenge’s…

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1920-1977

Elmon Malele

… in 1943, and stayed in Alexandra township. He was one of the residents forcibly removed by the apartheid regime … charged under the Suppression of Communism…

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1915-2006

Hilda Bernstein

… non-racial women's organisation in South Africa. She was one of the organisers of the Women's March to the Union … Their Triumphs and for Their Tears; Steve…

B-0007842

1940

Ela Gandhi

… for disobeying the law before she was born. He also took part in the 1952 Defiance Campaign . When she reached … in a three day stay-away. At university she…

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1904-1996

Nokukhanya Luthuli

… that same year. In 1923, she returned to Adams College as part of the staff, while simultaneously completing her higher … met Albert Luthuli at Adams College…

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1926-2021

Maniben Sita

… Dadoo ’s group were attacked – some were badly injured and one died. Sita, who was thirteen at the time, overheard her … of the elections for the House of…

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1908-1975

Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer

… home, regarded himself as an Afrikaner - a proud one. Bram initially was a vocal Nationalist. His schooling … proceeded to study law (BA LLB degree) at Grey,…

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1913-1996

George Gangen Ponnen

… where most of the women worked.  His father took part in the 1913 Strike against the £3 tax imposed on adult … brother, who was about 16 years old at the…

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1898-1967

Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli

… of the ANC’s transition from a peaceful organisation into one committed to armed struggle. Luthuli was born in 1898 … of people of all ideological…

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Benjamin Johnson Langa

… a student walkout at Fort Hare in April 1972, which was part of a countrywide walkout at black campuses, Ben returned … them orders to carry out the murder…

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1855-1920

Olive Schreiner

… Olive Schreiner was a writer and feminist and one of the first campaigners for women’s rights. She was also … Black people, both of whom were ‘underdogs’ in…

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1937

Sylvia Neame

… Neame (also known as Sylvia Neame-Jahn) was born in 1937, one of four children. She had two older brothers, Peter and … communicating with each other through…

B-0095076

1942-2018

Gerald Patrick Kearney

… near the Seminary. When his banning order was lifted, one of the first things Ramgobin did was to come to address … laugh. When she got back to Germany she…

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1841-1926

John Xavier Merriman

… a close friendship. Later still in the late 1880s, he took part in the Johannesburg Gold rush . In 1892 he bought a … introduce an elected executive rather…

B-0008546

1956

Dikobe Ben Martins

… in Pietermaritzburg and ran art workshops and set up one of the earliest silk screen and poster making collectives … and culture to the Staffrider…

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1925-2013

Colin Wells Eglin

… a similar unit in Egypt and transferred to Italy. He took part in the South African assault on Monte Sole, after which … and then in 1958 Eglin became the…

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1861-1951

Sefako Mapogo Makgatho

… he, together with other teachers in the Transvaal, formed one of the first teacher unions, the Transvaal African … (Giliomee, H and Mbenga, B) pp. 237 – 238)…

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1860-1930

Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo

… of the actual quarantine area. He also played a leading part in the formation amongst traders and other workers of … in the Johannesburg prison. Gandhi…

B-0008737

1985

Bathandwa Ndondo

… Later, Sergeant Silulami Gladstone Mose’s name emerged as one of the names mentioned on the telephone. He was an askari … guerrillas were recruited to join…

B-0075601

1933

Joyce Piliso-Seroke

… ). The YWCA had programmes and projects for women and one of the major challenges for the organisation was that … in order to bring about unity and…

B-0122528

1927

Sydney Brenner

… highly intelligent and learned to read at an early age. One of his father's customers convinced Mr. Brenner senior to … an additional year studying Anatomy…

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1929-2011

Arthur Goldreich

… up in Pietersberg in the Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo). One morning, his secondary school headmaster announced that … moved to Israel to fight in the Arab…

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1919-1998

George Naicker

… George Naicker, was one of six sons. He was born on 1 June 1919. He joined the  … clerk at GS Naidu’s office in Queen Street. He studied law part-time. Often…

B-0068192

1932-2002

Curnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu

… area between December 1961 and June 1963. For instance, one of the sabotage operations that Ndlovu and his comrades … was tried in Pietermaritzburg. Bruno…

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1961

David Hartman

… with Chris Ledochowski and Paul Grendon , Hartman formed part of the Cape Town Afrapix branch. In 1987, Hartman was … and Aid Fund for Southern Africa(IDAF)…

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1916-2006

Pieter Willem Botha

… and also became campus branch chairman. He was also a part-time reporter for Die Volksblad and a member of the … organisation. He was nearly interned by the…

B-0007879

1927-2020

Advocate George Bizos

… father was a prominent citizen, having been the mayor at one time. In 1941, when Bizos was thirteen years old, seven … with Mandela: I said you know this…

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1944

Mongane Wally Serote

… ‘When Lights Go Out’ and ‘Child of the Song’ are from part two of Behold Mama, Flowers (AD Donker, 1978). The first part of this collection is the epic title…

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1947-2007

Neville Wilson Curtis

… October 1947, Johannesburg , Transvaal (now Gauteng). his one of five children of an Australia-born miner.His father, … in the Department of Science and…

B-0094976

1830-1913

Gordon Sprigg

… parliament in 1869 as a candidate for East London. He was one of the first to urge a separation of the eastern and … that had been abolished by Molteno…

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