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1933

Abdul Samad Minty

… was instrumental in securing the suspension of the South African Olympic Committee from the Olympic movement. In 1969 … Committee of the first United Nations…

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1971

Josiah Thugwane

… Josiah Thugwane was the first Black South African athlete to win an Olympic gold medal. He was born on … marathons to support his poor family. He won the…

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1914

Piet Makgofe

… Born in 1914 Makgofe was a labourer. He joined the African National Congress in 1938 and was active in the 1946 African miners' strike. …

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1981

William Khanyile

… circles on the issue. Very soon after, he joined the South African Communist Party  (SACP) and became particularly … and charged with belonging to a banned…

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Marion Monica Sparg

… She grew-up in a white middle-class English-speaking South African family in the Eastern Cape , with German and Irish … into exile in Botswana where she made…

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1940-2023

Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad

… in the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and later in the African National Congress (ANC). His father, Goolam Hoosein … and later a Cabinet Minister in the…

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1928

James Randolph Vigne

… of the Liberal Party.  Later, the NCL was renamed the African Resistance Movement (ARM). The organization focused … writer and editor for journals such as…

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Stephanie Urdang

… her home country. However, after the banning of the South African branch of the International Defence and Aid Fund … Africa to include the struggle for…

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1926-1933

Nellie Jibiliza

… Nellie Jibiliza was born in 1926 to parents who were African National Congress (ANC) activists in Cape Town. Thus, … became particularly active in the 1950s…

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1952

Mathews Phosa

… of  Umkhonto we Sizwe  (MK), the military wing of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in Mozambique. Phosa was one … over issues such as the joint…

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1906

Jacob Mafora

… domestic servant and a gardener. He was President of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in the Orange Free State and … President of the  African National…

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Dundubela Aubrey Mokoena

… In 1999, his name appeared at Number 10 on the Gauteng African National Congress (ANC) Provincial List to go to the …

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1933

Stanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni

… 1993. The Sangweni’s home was at the centre of the South African exile communities in Zambia and Kenya in the 1970s … Campus. During this same period, he was…

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Elijah H. Mdolomba

… Rebellion  in 1906, he was chaplain to a loyalist African army unit in Natal, and during World War I he served in France with an African labor battalion. In…

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1949-2014

Jabu Sithole

… rent, housing and transport issues. Sithole joined the African National Congress (ANC) in Lesotho in 1979 and then … Sithole was active in the underground…

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1960

Pregaluxmi (Pregs) Govender

… Women’s Committee. Govender would become a member of the African National Congress (ANC) , which had been banned in … divided workers to join the non-racial…

B-0150808

1991

Pepsi Mahlangu

… Pepsi Mahlangu was the chairperson of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) in KwaThema, Springs. A member of the African National Congress  (ANC)…

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1877-Unknown

Samuel Makama Martin Masabalala

… He worked for some years in Rhodesia and served in an African unit in the Boer War. Thereafter he worked at various … Union  (ICU). In 1919 he became an…

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1913-1969

Masango Caleb job Mayekiso

… was both a provincial and national official of the South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU).As an uncleared …

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1858-1929

Mary Elizabeth Davis

… later became the Victoria League and looked after South African graves of both English and Boer combatants. She was later a member and President of the South…

B-0149219

1973

Mary Margaret Ngalo

… Canon James A. Calata , who was Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC) for many years, Ngalo entered politics at a young age. She joined…

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Emsley Manne Dipico

… In 1991, he was elected regional secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) . In 1994, Dipico became … (1994) Stepped down from Central Committee of…

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1949

Lionel Mxolisi Majombozi

… One of the group of African medical students at the University of the Witwatersrand who participated in the founding of the African National Congress Youth…

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1919

Peter Kaya Selepe

… , Selepe was born in 1919 and served in the South African army in  World War II , attaining the rank of … He was a member of the Springbok Legion and of the …

B-0149423

1962

Neil Robert Tovey

… Neil Robert Tovey is a South African Football Coach and Former player. He was born in … Former Football player, South African Coach …

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1850-1913

Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer

… in the Cape Colony. He did his education at the South African College in Cape Town. After completing his studies he … of the Cape Colony. After the outbreak…

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1903-1972

John Beaver "J.B" Marks

… a midwife. His father was a staunch supporter of the African National Congress (ANC).In 1921, his parents … unions , and in the same year became the…

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Mahomed Dawood Barmania

… represent the Cape Province on the executive of the  South African Indian Congress (SAIC). The  Smuts’s  government … was granted leave to be heard in the…

B-0148826

1941-2021

Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane

… served as vice-president of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS) . It was during this time that he … KZN, for two years before becoming a…

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