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Maphuti Moraka

… Moraka.She had refused to leave but was forced into the police van.She took a three-year old child into banishment …

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1925-1982

Ruth First

… and the banning and arrest of their parents by the police constantly unsettled their childhood. Despite her … but immediately re-arrested on the pavement…

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1960-2015

Ohm Collins Chabane

… underground in 1981. Chabane was arrested by the Security Police in 1984, and was sentenced to six years imprisonment …

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1893-1958

Johannes Gerhardus Strijdom

… at Kliptown near  Johannesburg  (1956) and a massive police crackdown that saw thousands arrested, restricted and …

B-0009106

1963

David Tsolwane Uhuru Hlongwane

… brother was killed in a demonstration, allegedly by police. Hlongwane himself was arrested several times. Despite …

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1905-1992

Helen Joseph

… and banned in 1957, Helen's life became a long saga of police persecution. She was the first person to be placed …

B-0008217

1931-2015

Reggie Vandeyar

… rang out and it hit Indres on his right shoulder.  At the police station Vandeyar was severely tortured and assaulted … medical attention for his gunshot…

B-0068000

1960

David Dabede Mabuza

… Farm’. The entire incident was shrouded in secrecy, with police eventually confirming R4 million had been reported … The spate of politically linked murders…

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1944-2009

Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini

… the release of detained pupils and the removal of police from the township - no response was received. A local … on 5 and 6 November demanding the removal of…

B-0008012

1995

Enver Hassim

… a consequence, Hassim was sought by the apartheid security police and went into hiding. He deputized his wife Zulei to … was declared, Hassim was arrested…

B-0080308

1918-2002

Arnold Selby

… throughout the country. One of those who escaped the police net was Selby. He was advised to leave the country, … in the past 15 years and detained more than…

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Ngoza Mvelase

… promulgating emergency regulation and sending in the police, conflict continued.  This, it was argued, was due to …

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5 June1958-2021

Jackson Mphikwa Mthembu

… harassment and intimidation by the apartheid security police. His home was petrol bombed, he was subjected to various forms of torture at police stations,…

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1874-1932

Daniel Simon Letanka

… The government case collapsed, however, when an African police witness confessed that he had given false evidence. In …

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1954

Jayaseelen Naidoo

… by the  Soweto Uprising of 1976 . Across South Africa, police surveillance made study difficult for those associated …

B-0008732

1950

Nyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi

… to 14 days hard labour for failing to show the security police a “dompass” on the eve of his examinations.  In 1972 …

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2006

Daniel Moabi (Dan) Mohapi

… of a memorandum to the Department of Labour. Johannesburg police opened a docket against Mohapi for contravening the …

B-0070663

1862-1919

Louis Botha

… to the Empire, presented the Cullinan diamond to Edward VII and was highly praised in England and South Africa. … General De la Rey was accidentally shot…

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1944-2004

Moses Ndlovu

… out his underground work he managed to escape the security police until 1976. His cover was blown when Gwala and Azaria … This meant that he was constantly…

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1931-2019

Babette Brown

… Jassat, and Arthur Goldreich – from Marshall Square Police Station in Johannesburg on 11 August 1963, much to the apartheid government’s anger and…

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1941-1978

Rick Turner

… at Brook Street in Durban. Turner and the Security police ↵ Even before he was banned, Turner was an object of scrutiny by the apartheid security police unit…

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1976

Dumisani Mbatha

… 15 000 mourners. On 23 February 1977 the minister of police released a report in which he said that Mr Mbatha was …

B-0149632

1953

Themba Thomas Mazibuko

… a member of SASM he and fellow students were harassed by police and some of his fellow students were detained by the …

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1941-2010

Eugène Ney Terre’Blanche

… a homeland for the Boer ‘volk’ (people). He left the police services to become a farmer. Terre'Blanche stood for … on 9 August 1991 when AWB supporters…

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1940-1981

John Marinus Ferus

… he was detained again for three months and assaulted by police. He was immediately banned and house arrested again …

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James Maci

… bloodshed was only avoided through the firm action of the police.’  While there was no evidence that Chief Maci was …

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William Mosehle Sekhukhune

… incited murder and arson and violent armed attacks on the police. At the time that his banishment order was signed, he …

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Martin Nambala Wilpard

… of torture and other unacceptable punishments.  After a police investigation into a torture case, Wilpard allegedly …

B-0148477

1932-2018

Roelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha

… of assisting the African National Congress, allegedly led police to the Dutch Embassy on the pretext of pointing out an … which he partially entered before…

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