SAHO global search

1916-2006

Anton Edward Rupert

… He believed firmly in affirmative action and black economic empowerment and he will always be remembered for his …

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1943

Mmapula Mmakgoba “Helen” Sebidi

… to travel to the USA and exhibit at the Worldwide Economic Contemporary Artists’ Fund Exhibition. In 1989, she …

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1950-2015

Virginia Engel

… Kim and Liza. Her exposure to apartheid injustices and economic exploitation as a child influenced her to take part …

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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…

B-0068388

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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1939-2023

Essop Goolam Pahad

… (now North West Province).  He grew up in a family of political activists. His father Goolam Hoosain Ismael Pahad … of Sussex.  He received his Bachelor of…

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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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Xego Michael

… Mike Xego started his political career in youth politics. He was a member of the …

B-0149389

1930

Joseph Sallie Molefi

… in the early 1950s, but they were jettisoned for political activism and ‘to become a full-time political organiser at the time of the 1952 Defiance Campaign …

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1929-2010

Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews

… of more than two people. During this period, he undertook political work underground. From 1954 to 1956, while he was … Matthews and his father, Prof. ZK…

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1944

Subbiah Moodley

… moved to Wills Road, where their neighbours included political activists N.G. Moodley, Phyllis Naidoo , and George … feeling of politicisation. He was also…

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1912-2003

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

… in the mines and his contact with Kadalie were formative political influences. In 1933 Sisulu returned to Johannesburg … This group constituted the MK’s high…

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1932-2016

Diana Mary Mitchell

… stated that this was a key moment in her formation as a political activist [xiv] . In later interviews she stated … her husband took care of them financially…

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1902-1996

Jane Gool

… Jane. This was the beginning of a lifelong partnership and political collaboration between the two. Along with figures … became the All African Convention …

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1933

Rebecca Lan

… South Africa in 1928. They had been involved in left-wing political groups in Lithuania, and Rebecca grew up hearing much political discussion at home. Her…

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1925

Lillian Diedericks

… language, mobilising and conscientising them about the political situation at the time. During the 1940s and 1950s, a lot of underground political work was…

B-0150170

1935

Don Mattera

… from Sophiatown, that Mattera became more aware of the political dimensions of his life. He then joined the  African National Congress Youth League  and…

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Molefe Pheto

… exiled to Britain after spending some time in prison as a political prisoner as a member of the BMCA and of the African … later compiled into a book And…

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1956

Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

… provided Manzini and her fellow campus activists with a political education, as they were supplied with banned political literature and often listened to…

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1919-1999

Phyllis Altman

… Teachers’ Training College in Johannesburg . Due to her political activism, the Training College attempted to expel … White schools, Altman decided to quit…

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1949

Jeremy Patrick Cronin

… a student. His aim was to further both his education and political involvement, he studied for a master's degree in … Local Prison. Prior to his arrest…

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1930-2014

Nelson “Nana” Mahomo

… the PAC in the United Front and traveled extensively on political missions. For a period in the mid-1960s in Britain … and Change. In 1968 he earned a master…

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