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1946

Chief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk

… Town, Van Wyk boarded with a Mr and Mrs Lewin, a highly political couple under whose guidance he was first exposed to a political education, and as a…

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1851-1919

Francis Zaccharius Santiago Peregrino

… the newspaper. Peregrino also provided publicity for Black political organisations that he established in Cape Town. … 1900 establishment. The Coloured Men’s…

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1960

David Dabede Mabuza

… controversies surrounding Mabuza regard the spate of political assassinations in Mpumalanga. The most high profile … a hitman had been hired by politicians…

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Thomas G. Karis

… and also at Columbia College. He received a doctorate in political science in 1951. His special academic interest was … After publishing an article on the…

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1923-2013

Reginald (Reggie) September

… to white racism was formed by his teachers who encouraged political debate on the inequalities suffered by black people. His political involvement began when…

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1967-2005

Buyisile Patient (Billy) Mandindi

… art (1989) address the loss of innocence that came with political resistance, in particular the practice of … the nature of the art required within a period…

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1941-2007

Hilary Mutch

… on the code name "Kate". This was a period of heightened political tension in South Africa as the Apartheid government cracked down heavily on political…

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1940-2012

Matlakana Philemon Tefu

… was forcibly removed from the area to Mamelodi where his political life began. One of the factors that contributed to Tefu’s political awareness was…

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1897-1979

Edgar Harry Brookes

… commissions. In 1952 he became professor of history and political science at the University of Natal. In 1952 he … to teaching.In 1954 he became Professor in…

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1934-2004

Dullah Mohamed Omar

… at Trafalgar High School in District Six, where his political awareness was formed under the influence of his … one of the few attorneys who were prepared to…

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1965

Mduduzi Richard Shabalala

… by the residents during those years raised Shabalala’s political awareness. As a young boy, Shabalala grew up … via Lesotho to join the ANC in exile. They…

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1918-2000

Ismail Chota Meer

… the 1940s, Meer and a generation of other radical Indian political activists took over from the conservative old guard of Indian political leaders. He worked…

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1952

Barbara Anne Hogan

… the apartheid government spy network who worked stop her political activities. She survived an assassination attempt … momentum, Hogan was released in 1990…

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1930

Josiah Khiphusizi Jele

… Academies.  Between 1967 and 1968, he served as the ANC’s political commissar in Tanzania- a political education and recreation officer in the ANC’s armed ……

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1921-2012

Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho

… from the ANC branches in the West Rand. Due to his political involvement in activities of the Congress Alliance, … . After his release Mpho continued with…

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1943-2020

Devikarani Priscilla Jana

… family was constantly uprooted because of her father’s political activity. [iv]  From 1960 she attended Durban High … from society’s most economically…

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1947

Aaron Mosibudi Mangena

… studying at the University of Zululand, Mangena began his political activism when he joined the Student Representative … to discontinue his studies at the…

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1935-1988

Dulcie Evonne September

… It was here that she developed her social conscience and political commitment to the struggle for national liberation, … first group of pupils to attend…

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1925-1961

Patrice Émery Lumumba

… was working in Stanleyville, he joined the Belgian Liberal Political Party. When he relocated to Léopoldville to work at … he helped to find the Movement…

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1920

Jaydew Nasib Singh

… good looks, Singh might have had an important public political career, but government banning orders in the mid-1950s barred him from all political activity,…

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1903-1966

Edward “Eddie” Roux

… to South Africa and by 1930 was engaged on full-time political work as editor of  Umsebenzi,  the Communist … caught up with him, and he was removed from the…

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1950

Charles Nupen

… Natal, he switched to studying for a Bachelor of Arts with Political Science as a major in 1968/1969. Nupen states that … me to go into student politics and…

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1929-2001

Johannes (Joe) Modise

… who were threatened by the demolition of their homes and political organisations, such as the  African National … very involved in the one-day work stoppage…

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1934-2011

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal

… and unemployed respectively. Although not overtly political, his parents encouraged lively debate in the family … from buying a newspaper. A transformative…

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1906

George Arthur Heard

… one of South Africa's best-known and most controversial political journalists in the 1930's and early 1940's. His … editor of the Rand Daily Mail and later…

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Abner S. Mtimkulu

… When Dube died in 1946, Mtimkulu became embroiled in a political struggle that led to his defeat for the Natal presidency by A. W. G. Champion, who enjoyed…

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1929-2007

Adelaide Frances Tambo

… and at an old people's home in London. Adelaide Tambo’s political life started at the age of 10 after a raid by the … were likely to be arrested sometime and…

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1908-1981

Eli Weinberg

… of 1917 as a child, and this led to his socialist political development. During World War I, he was separated … This was his first experience of prison life…

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1980

Lindiwe Mazibuko

… at the University of Cape Town in 2006 and a BA Honours (Political Communication) in 2007. Mazibuko’s career in … to be very much in agreement with her own…

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Veerammal Naidoo

… of the repeated imprisonments of her husband, a leading political activist in the Transvaal (now Gauteng ). Thambi … Pillay took the family in, but he too…

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