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Dr Morris Zwi

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

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1936-2016

Adam Small

… used his voice to capture the stark reality of life under apartheid, commenting on the challenges that poor and Black people were facing under the regime,…

B-0150288

1943-2017

Govin Reddy

… was later dispossessed of the house and farm in the 1960s under the Group Areas Act , making way for the township of … in Modderbee Prison in Benoni,…

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1946-2014

Mafika Pascal Gwala

… exile and death. Since all Black resistance and action was under surveillance, Gwala notes that reading and cultural … organization, was founded in…

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1942-1993

Chris Hani

… of detention without trial. He was subsequently charged under the Suppression of Communism Act and held in jail. He … the Zimbabwe People's Revolutionary…

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1795-1875

Abraham Faure

… health for 35 years. He was educated at Gosport in England under Dr. Bogue (1814-16) during a revival of religious and …

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1904-1983

Alex Hepple

… the liberal race policies which the SALP had developed under Hepple's leadership. Hepple was Leader of the South …

B-0066278

1948

Gavin Jantjes

… oppression and discrimination lived in South Africa under the Afrikaner Nationalist Party. The sheet, “Colour …

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1897-1974

Leo Marquard

… South African politics entitled ‘ The Black Man's Burden ’ under the pseudonym of John Burger which was published in …

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1886-1946

Franciscus Jacobus Ludovicus De Vriendt

… up a theatre company was called “Mignon Sorel’s Company,’under the auspices of the Algemeen Nederlands Verbond. In …

B-0007998

1920-2017

Violet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)

… her schooling in Welgeval and completed it at Mmabeskraal under the tutelage of Reverend Selope Thema , a prominent …

B-0068680

1888-1948

James M. Thaele

… by a court case in which he was forced to fight a charge under the Riotous Assemblies Act, from late 1930 lapsed into …

B-0068553

1956-1985

Andries Raditsela

… and dragged into the police vehicle, and detained under the Internal Security Act. While in custody he was …

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Veerammal Naidoo

… with her. Veerammal served three months with hard labour under dreadful conditions in the Pietermaritzburg prison. She …

B-0095281

1964

Ntela Richard Sikhosana

… where he acquitted himself with great distinction under severe pressure. Major Sikhosana was an outstanding … Commission: Committee on Amnesty. (2000)…

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1983

Portia Modise

… and began playing with the Soweto Rangers at the under-10 level. She played as a central striker. She started …

B-0099532

1951

Helen Zille

… arrested in Mitchells Plain for protesting against drugs, under the Regulation of Gatherings Act. Zille and her …

B-0009259

1924-1994

Elias Mathope Motsoaledi

… of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Motsoaledi was detained in1963 under the new 90-day detention laws , and was sentenced to …

B-0095282

1906-1999

Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)

… labour, in addition to the week she had been sentenced to under the Riotous Assemblies Act . However, after four months …

B-0008116

1957

Anna Zieminski

… African National Gallery, Cape Town, South Africa. 1996: 'Under the Tropic'. National Museum of Wales, Cardiff, Wales. …

B-0068665

1935-1981

Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge

… when he was detained for 190 days and later convicted under the Suppression of Communism Act for his political … for another five years. In March 1976, he…

B-0141691

1976

Dumisani Mbatha

… aged 16,was among a group of students and youths detained under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act in Johannesburg on 16 …

B-0149632

1985

Klass Makhosana Mahlangu

… attacks against his supporters and people who live under his chieftaincy. In 1984 he got elected he moved to …

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1869-1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

… or prime minister to the local ruler. India was then under British rule. His father died before Gandhi could … Pretoria, Gandhi read about 80 books on…

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1957-1998

Simon Nkoli

… and he was made to work on the farm alongside them under the strict governance of the farm’s white owner. He … in the township of Sebokeng and continued his…

B-0150068

1809-1882

Nathaniel James Merriman

… private journals, published without his knowledge in 1853 under the title The Kafir, the Hottentot and the frontier …

B-0144781

1940-1981

John Marinus Ferus

… Congress (SACPO) at the age of 19. In 1962 he was detained under the 90 day detention law , which was renewed three …

B-0141678

1933

Audrey Coleman

… (TRC) on the work the detention and death of people under the Apartheid government. …

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Jacob Matome

… been another of those who had during a NAD meeting sat under the ‘Moordboom’ tree, creating a tense atmosphere. It … From the book, Forgotten People -…

B-0149360

1913-1979

Mary Moodley

… There was a rise in number of people who were arrested under the State of Emergency : by 6 May 1960, 18 000 people … other side. During 1964, both Mary and…

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