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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…

B-0093135

1852-1917

Isaac Williams Wauchope

… goodwill, ten young people were married from each faction. One couple was a Xhosa orphan girl and a Khoi man. The girl … and held appreciation for his…

B-0125334

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

1914-1998

Archibald Jacob Gumede

… Zakes K. Matthews, and Tengo Don Davidson Jabavu (one-time president of the All African Convention) who were … Gumede stayed in Sophiatown. He views this…

B-0008130

1924-1969

Imam Abdullah Haron

… and activities. Shaykh Ismail Ganief was, however, the one who encouraged him to participate fully in community … shaped by internal and external forces…

B-0008144

1910

J. Nkampeni

… . Leader of the Korsten ratepayers and played an active part in defending the people's property rights. …

B-0068264

1923

Mbuyiselo Stanley Vanqa

… National Congress by the Defiance Campaign. Took an active part in subsequent Congress Campaigns such as the Bantu …

B-0009191

1927

Julius Phumelele Busa

… in 1927 Busa was a trade unionist. He played an important part in organising textile workers in Worcester, and was an …

B-0007903

1969-2002

Wessel Johannes “Hansie” Cronje

… West Indies at Bridgetown, Barbados in 1991-1992 and his One Day International Debut against Australia at the 1992 … against every team except Australia.  He…

B-0149433

1958

Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe

… CD and book of Nozincwadi Mother of Books was produced as part of her nationwide reading road show to South African … MAGIC” was screened for the public in…

B-0008559

1950

Nyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi

… on the eve of his examinations.  In 1972 he became part of the Black People’s Convention (BPC) during its … In 1986 he got involved in trade unionism when…

B-0068439

1926-1933

Nellie Jibiliza

… for African Women (CATAPAW) in 1957.  Jibiliza also took part in the Potato Boycott in 1959. Following the passing of … secretary. Nellie was also a wife and…

B-0149242

1935-2019

Surinarayan ‘Sonny’ Kala Venkatrathnam

… black students on their campuses.  They had to attend part time lectures in the evening, from eight o’clock, … continued in detention. The Security Police,…

B-0125809

1935

Durant Basi Sihlali

… largely in his personal collection until his death, in part due to the concerns of subjects who did not wish to have their image recorded, and in part…

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Mrs N. S. Lachimi Pillay

… during the third phase of the Satyagraha . She was also part of the 1913 Indian miners’ strike . She served a …

B-0095284

1984

Siphiwe Tshabalala

… born on 25 September 1984 in Soweto and went on to become one of the most well-loved and best soccer players in South … academy to join Alexandra United,…

B-0152260

Michael Matlala

… Michael (‘Mikia’) Matlala took part in Wold War 1. According to his family, he was banished, … Kruger National Park.   However, since they indicated that one…

B-0149362

1920

Hymie Barsel

… as a clerk. During the 30s he was assaulted when taking part in demonstrations against the Blackshirt Movement. He …

B-0007831

1942

Zweledinga Pallo Jordan

… the ANC at the Kangwa Game Reserve, Zambia. He was also part of the ANC's delegations to the IDASA-sponsored Dakar … 2004 to May 2009. Jordan and his wife…

B-0008215

1941

Sue Williamson

… Biennale (1997) and Dakar Biennale (2004).  Williamson was one of the many artists included in Brenton Maart’s curated … Williamson served as Chairperson of…

B-0009230

1953-2019

Bongani Mnguni

… including The World, Sowetan and Sunday World. Mnguni was one of many that had to endure the torture of apartheid … would unfold. What he captured that day…

B-0149587

1949

Kgalema Petrus Motlanthe

… in 1946. Motlanthe (also known as Mkhuluwa, the elder one) has two younger brothers, Tlatlane Ernest and Lekota … his political awareness.  Whilst at high…

B-0068113

1860-1921

Ellias John Mqoboli

… effective as a speaker and writer, he played a prominent part in the founding of the African National Congress (ANC) …

B-0008689

1928-2013

Phyllis Naidoo

… wife, Nel Sykes, who lived and worked at FOSA in Newlands. One day a patient named Govindasamy whose leaking TB gland … Nigel, Di and Roz, she decided she…

B-0008734

1872-1940

Dr Abdullah Abdurahman

… muted because Coloured people formed a relatively small part of the electorate. It was only in the late 1930s with … The improvement of educational…

B-0007765

1918-2013

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

… and as Madiba, his clan name. His father, Mgadla, was one of the grandsons of Ngubengcuka, a king of the abaThembu … Methodist Boarding School in 1938 and as…

B-0065300

1937-Cape Town,South Africa

Jacqueline Daane-van Rensburg

… he took the boy home. The ‘interview’ was necessary since one of the white women where he had delivered meat had called … that I was taking it up for the boy…

B-0007968

1935

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

… for a BA degree at the University of Natal, Durban, as a part time student. Whilst at university, Maharaj served on … to study law in the Cape or Transvaal…

B-0065611

1780-1820

Makhanda Nxele

… gave an account of the Grahamstown Battle and was also a part of the British force that held Makhanda captive. [12] … or Qhagqiwa River. Makhanda’s father,…

B-0125321

Logan K. Ntlabati

… school at Bethlehem. In the late 1940s he took an active part in Congress affairs and was known as a competent …

B-0008821