SAHO global search

1949-1985

Sicelo Mhlauli

… United Democratic Front (UDF) and attended its launch in 1983. That same year he survived an arson attack in which his …

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1924-2009

Dennis Brutus

… judge granted him political asylum to remain in the USA in 1983. All his works were banned in South Africa, although …

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1915

Reverend Beyers Naudé

… but not the Johannesburg magisterial district. In June 1983 Dr. Naudé was awarded an honorary Doctorate from the …

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1932-2016

Mewa Ramgobin

… George Sewpersadh , Paul David and Subry Govender . In 1983 he was elected as one of two national treasurers of the …

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1945-2004

Sheila Weinberg

… Court reduced the sentence, it upheld the conviction. In 1983, as a leading member of the Johannesburg Democratic …

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1956-1985

Fort Calata

… views. Calata was then transferred to work in Cradock. In 1983, Calata worked as a teacher under a newly appointed …

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1957

Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma

… and Blackburn, which lasted until her death. At the end of 1983 Macozoma, who had completed a BA through the University …

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1938

Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils

… a general officers course at Brigadier level. Therefore in 1983, Kasrils was appointed Chief of MK Intelligence.  …

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1886-1955

Richard Victor Selope Thema

… was chairperson of the committee that had to draw up a new constitution for the South African Native National … Chairperson of the committee that drew up a…

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1916-1988

John Taolo Gaetsewe

… in 1985, which has based many of its principles on the constitution of SACTU. Chief of these is the declaration that …

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1945-1996

Ruth Naomi Leon

… the Mama Cash Foundation and was a board member from 1983 to 1984. A first of its kind in the world, the Mama Cash …

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Sibongile Susan Mkhabela

… As a result, she completed her matric by correspondence in 1983. Thereafter, she formed and worked with several …

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1964

Berni Searle

… Democracies 1989-2014: Commemoration and Memory’ at Constitution Hill, in Johannesburg and ‘The film will always …

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1953-2014

Sally Gross

… accordance to the law. Gross consulted the South African Constitution and Bill of Rights, taking her case up with a …

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1953-2019

Bongani Mnguni

Bongani Mnguni was a South African photographer and photojournalist who dedicated his life to exposing the brutality of the apartheid system.  Mnguni was…

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1949

Lefifi Tladi

… exhibition at Puck Theatre in Stockholm, Sweden. In 1983, Tladi recorded a live album called Tribute to Nomazizi, …

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1914-2000

Constance Stuart Larrabee

… Constance Stuart Larabee Celebration, 1933-1983 at the South African Association of Arts, Pretoria, and …

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1915-2004

David Wilcox Bopape

… as a lay preacher in the Evangelical Lutheran Church. In 1983 he attained membership of the Estate Agents Board. In …

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Thoko Phillip Mamogobo

… visits made him a less desirable guest. However, from 1983 to 1990 Mamagobo was fortunate in that he was …

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1956

Jennifer Schreiner

… of the National Council of Women in Natal between 1983 and 1986. As Chairwoman of the Natal Midlands Women’s …

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1932

Irene Menell (nee Manderstam)

… Gauteng. In 1979, Menell became a founding member (and in 1983, the chairperson) of the national committee of the READ …

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1945

Premanathan “Prema” Naidoo

… was proud of her husband.   Shortly after his release in 1983, he was elected to the executive of the revived TIC and …

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1892-1975

Haile Selassie I

… the country and government led to him instituting a new constitution and centralizing his power. In 1935 his efforts …

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1950

Yvonne Mokgoro

… African Judiciary as per Section 165 of the South African Constitution and supportive laws In January 2012, she was …

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1941

Navanethem (Navi) Pillay

… to the inclusion of the equality clause in the country’s constitution that prohibits discrimination on grounds of …

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