SAHO global search

1853-1902

Cecil John Rhodes

… was admitted to Oriel College Oxford, but only stayed for one term in 1873 and only returned for his second term in … cross the whole of Africa, from South…

B-0068387

1936-1988

Morgan Gonaseelan Naidoo

… South African Amateur Swimming Union (SAASU), led at one stage by a standing member of the National Party. Despite … the chair on the lifting of his banning…

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1932-2008

Miriam Makeba

… she lived in Sophiatown when it was a vibrant place and one of the few areas where all races could mix.  It was the … musical was often performed at…

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1943

Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin

… of the Clermont branch of the ANC.  In Clermont, Joyce was part of a group of young people who organised the Pioneer … at a secret meeting in Durban,…

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1936-1973

Benni Gwigwi Mrwebi

… the South African magazine Drum as a circulation manager. Part of his international acclaim is due to his numerous … African jazz and township jive and he…

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1917-1978

Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh

… which was the first Indian High school for girls. She was part of the first group of five Indian girls to matriculate … story of a Durban man, Srenika…

B-0009065

1936-1990

Chris McGregor

… Cape . He grew up in Blythswood in the Transkei (now a part of the Eastern Cape ) where his father was a principal … McGregor died in exile on 26 May 1990 in…

B-0095931

1905-1985

Douglas Chadwick Thompson

… security police. Later, Thompson was arrested and became part of the group that was accused of treason in the 1956 Treason Trial . He was one of the first of…

B-0095356

1940

Gille De Vlieg

… to the politics of the UDF and  ANC  during this time. One of her responsibilities at Black Sash was to work with … the group exhibition “Taking Sides” in…

B-0007997

1957-1980

Leonard Tebogo Tume

… (MK) cadre. He underwent military training in Botswana as part of MK G5 detachment unit whose primary mission was to … years later and operated underground…

B-0150094

1934

Albert Nzula

… in 1929 that Nzula should assume the secretaryship as part of a wider effort to Africanise the CPSA. Later that … Rights, a Communist initiated organisation…

B-0008846

Madi Gray

… She got a bursary for a couple of years but had to find part-time work so that she could continue to study. As a … a project in which she was able to get…

B-0068704

1909-1961

David Pratt

… and farmer in Magaliesburg. He owned four farms, one of which had a manganese mine. He also bred Ayrshire stud … Pratt was a staunch supporter of South…

B-0068322

1956

Murphy Morobe

… Uprising , and it was the first time that Morobe took part in a demonstration.In August 1976 the Soweto Students' … Financial and Fiscal Commission in South…

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1905-1982

John Collins

… laws.  Always concerned about social issues, he was one of four founders of War on Want, an organisation formed … Christian Action. In the meanwhile, in 1958…

B-0095263

1930-2013

Amina Cachalia

… Indian Girls’ High School. Amina was determined to take part in the  Passive Resistance Campaign  but she was not … . They were twenty-nine women in all:…

B-0007909

1957-1988

Makhosi “Tholi” Nyoka

… border. Two more cadres were ambushed on the same day, and one person managed to escape. After the events along the … and democracy. [6] End notes: [1]SABC, …

B-0149947

Sylvia Ncediwe Mdunyelwa

… performed at the Berlin Festival in 1994. She was later part of a cultural exchange programme where she went to … for her community work in Cape Town. She…

B-0096273

1948-2020

Ntongela Masilela

… strongly believed in education and his father was one of the first graduates in his village in the Northern … in South Africa (2003). In his later years, he…

B-0150368

1952

Antjie Krog

… of her poems had been translated into French. Krog formed part of the South African writers delegation invited to Aix-en-Provence for the Cite de Livre in…

B-0008279

1917-2000

Mary Thipe

… military wing, had a steady supply of fighters. She was part of the iconic women’s march of 1956 which saw 20,000 … to the pass laws . In 1960, she was among…

B-0150226

1928-2013

Judge Jan Hendrik Steyn

… Thompson. The early years were not easy. He lectured part-time at both Stellenbosch and Cape Town universities, … Juta & Co, to keep the wolf from the door…

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Eugene de Kock

… See biography written by Jaime Ibarra-Perez and forms part of the SAHO and Southern Methodist University …

B-0097943

1948

Zanemvula Kizito Mda

… Faculty of Arts, at the University of Cape Town, studying part-time until he presented his thesis for assessment on 8 … to produce programmes for the SABC…

B-0008533

1956-2020

Santu Mofokeng

… initial experiences with photography were as a teen when one of his sisters gave him his first camera.He grew up in … photographer. In 1985, Santu Mofokeng…

B-0008597

1946-2014

Mafika Pascal Gwala

… liberation was the duty of Black South Africans and no one else. Living in Durban during the years as SASO and Black … students for two weeks and discuss a…

B-0085150

1925

Obed Tseko Motshabi

… Born in 1925, Motshabi worked as a clerk. He took part in the 1944 Alexandra Township bus boycott movement and …

B-0008670

Vella Pillay

… increasingly involved, despite the fact that I was a part-time student reading for the Bachelor of Commerce degree … the existence of a deeply ingrained…

B-0008894

1941-2010

Hotep Idris Galeta

… African jazz opera ‘King Kong’, which had been playing at one of the theatres in London's West End. Galeta lived with a … his father, Jackie. Jackie McLean…

B-0068433

1960-1983

Nokuthula Orela Simelane

… the cousin of Barney Molokoane , an ANC operative who was part of the unit responsible for the SASOL 1 and 2 bombings … Mong, Williams and Ross) for…

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