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1946

Chief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk

… boarded with a Mr and Mrs Lewin, a highly political couple under whose guidance he was first exposed to a political … he refers to himself as Nama, an ethnic…

B-0084122

1948

Hemant Kumar Waghmarae

… as an office manager.  It was here that he was arrested under Section 6 of the Suppression of Communism and … carried the news that the executive of AZAPO…

B-0073822

1945

Premanathan “Prema” Naidoo

… He was found guilty, cautioned and discharged as he was under the age of sixteen. About his political activities during that period, Prema said:   We were…

B-0148749

Benjamin Ulenga

… by South African forces in Etosha . Ulenga was charged under the Terrorism Act in 1977 alongside other SWAPO members … activists still faced persecution, as…

B-0099834

1958

Jack Mkhuseli

… three times in 1980. In September 1980 he was detained under the Internal Security Act and held at Modderbee Prison, … for his banning. On 25 August 1986,…

B-0008573

Benjamin Johnson Langa

… Lawrence', a.k.a.'Ralph' a.k.a. 'Fear'), later came under suspicion by the ANC and was detained and interrogated. Under questioning, he confessed to being a…

B-0080452

1958

Mkhuseli Khusta Jack

… three times in 1980. In September 1980 he was detained under the Internal Security Act and held at Modderbee Prison, … for his banning.On 25 August 1986,…

B-0067959

1932-2016

Mewa Ramgobin

… Black Consciousness Movement .  An executive was elected under his leadership.  In 1971 he organised a tour for the … election boycott campaigns in the…

B-0008936

1936-1999

Ahmed Gora Ebrahim

… and sophistication. Before Ebrahim went to Beijing under the auspices of the Afro-Asian Journalists Association … support for the 'Sharpeville Six',…

B-0096554

1920-1977

Marimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker

… (Natal) and again (although acting illegally since he was under ban) joint secretary of the Congress of the People … countless times, and during the 1906s he…

B-0068163

1959

Cheryl Carolus

… at John Vorster Square in Johannesburg for three weeks under emergency regulations. She was released but was … On 5 November, Carolus was arrested again and…

B-0007922

1903-1966

Edward “Eddie” Roux

… In 1963 he was forced to resign from the Liberal Party under new rules restricting "named" persons, and in 1964 he …

B-0068388

1942

Ben Wa Mokoena Arnold

… Newclare and Coronationville. In 1957 he studied under Cecil Skotnes at Poly Street Art Center and later was a …

B-0007797

Chief Maqoma

… rebanished to the infamous island prison, where he died under mysterious circumstances in 1873. And yet his name …

B-0008442

1863-1928

Edward Clark Churchill Mace

… SASA in 1902. Mace had painted in watercolour in Australia under Charles Rolando (1844-1893), a former teacher at the …

B-0008356

1932-2013

Louis Luyt

… Union (SARFU). It was during this period that he came under attack for his administration style and efforts to …

B-0008347

1943-2002

Duke Ketye

… he attended Lumko Art School in Queenstown and studied under Sister Pientia Selhorst C.P.S. He then moved to …

B-0008245

1932

Harold Athol Fugard

… and Lena 1971 Orestes 1972 Statements after an Arrest under the Immorality Act 1968 Sizwe Bansi is Dead improvised …

B-0008086

1920-2008

Lucy Mary (nee Mullins) Wiles

… Wiles originally trained as a nurse. She also studied under Nils Andersen and Walter Gilbert Wiles and studied on …

B-0008709

1954

Tony Sithembiso Yengeni

… was a member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) under the leadership of Steve Biko before joining the banned …

B-0068905

1937-1999

Marius Schoon

… Jane. In 1976 he was released from prison but was placed under a banning order which restricted him to his home …

B-0076354

1926-1994

Lennox Sebe

… Allied Workers Union (SAAWU) was banned in August 1983 under the Section 91 (b) of the Ciskei National Security Act. …

B-0009002

1960-1999

Sifiso Nkabinde

… in the political arena. He served his apprenticeship under Mzwandile Mbonga, a prominent youth leader in Richmond. …

B-0068252

1926-2017

Helen Kies

… teaching at Harold Cressy High School. Ben Kies was banned under the recently promulgated “ Suppression of Communism Act …

B-0096277

1924-1972

Alfred ‘Tough’ Hutchinson

… him for not having a pass,although  as a coloured person under South Africa law he was not required to carry one.Nokwe …

B-0008184

1899-1995

Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana

… ,  S. S. Tema , and others in reviving the Transvaal ANC. Under  A. B. Xuma  in the 1940s he served on the African …

B-0067969

1921-2016

Elizabeth Komikie Gumede

… as one of the most tortured women political prisoners under the apartheid regime, Elizabeth Komikie Gumede was born … break her will, she remained resolute…

B-0151052

1915-1989

Leo Linda Sihlali

… in 1962. A year later in 1963 he was banned and placed under house arrest by the government. When the government … arrested at Koster on their way to…

B-0148457

Dr Morris Zwi

… was happening around him as he grew up in South Africa, under the abhorrent Apartheid political system. Zwi …

B-0149762