SAHO global search

1926-2013

Maqashu Leonard Mdingi

… ANC followers. ”‰He was assaulted and made to stand on one leg for long periods.  He was then, wrapped in a cloth … exile. He was a grass-roots trade union…

B-0147984

1950-1990

Muntu Myeza

… where he also did his early education. Myeza attended part of his senior high school education at Orlando West High … petrol bombed, however little damage…

B-0121056

Ngila Micheal Muendane

… Organisation for Trade Union Unity.  Ngila Muendane is one of the consulting editor of an encyclopaedia on Africa, … he presented the SABC TV youth programme…

B-0146588

1946-1977

Stephen Bantu Biko

… Four. Although his friends never saw him study, he was one of the brightest kids in the class, and he would help the … who had been expelled from Lovedale…

B-0007855

1847-1914

Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey

… Sekhukhune  in 1876. He did not take a very active part in the first  Anglo-Boer War (1881) , but as field … and when war was declared, De la Rey was…

B-0007987

2012

Thembinkosi Gwelani

… Koppie to take food to his cousin, Musa Gwelani, who was part of the strike. Thembinkosi was shot in the back of the …

B-0121603

2012

Thobile Mpumza

… Lonmin in 2009.He was dismissed in May 2011 after taking part in an unprotected strike and was volunteering at Lonmin …

B-0121636

1878-1914

Jopie (Josef Johannes) Fourie

… Botha ’s decision to invade German South West Africa as part of the international war effort against Germany. He was …

B-0008079

1935-2012

Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood

… of the United Democratic Front (UDF) in 1983. He was part of the Transvaal Delegation to the launch of the UDF in … weekly by Apmai’s family for years. In…

B-0071944

1926

Tlou Theophilus Cholo

… less than what was needed in South Africa. Cholo was one of the founding members of the South African Congress of … skills. He belonged to the Luthuli…

B-0149417

1945

Graça Simbine Machel

… storage facilities, supply routes, and two training camps, one run by Chinese instructors, the other by Russians. She … that humanitarian mine clearance…

B-0008357

1770

Chief Dingiswayo

… as chief was to change his name to Dingiswayo, meaning ‘one in distress,' an allusion to the hard times he had … Shaka to his support but the Zulu regiments…

B-0067421

1825-1904

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger

… of Steynsburg. At the age of ten his family set out as part of the Great Trek and he was brought up within the … the formation of the Kruger National Park,…

B-0064847

1950-2015

Virginia Engel

… economic exploitation as a child influenced her to take part in the struggle. Primary and High School teachers also … Regional Secretary for the Western Cape…

B-0008047

1931-2018

Eric Mtshali

… same year he assisted in collecting ‘freedom demands’ as part of the African National Congress  (ANC)’s process of … The following year he joined the ANC. In…

B-0094345

2012

Jackson Lehupa

… after his death, “I heard that it’s a practice on the part of the mine to agree to take family members in place of …

B-0121635

Brigalia Bam

… Brigalia worked for the Women’s Workers Programme that was part of the International Food and Allied Workers Association …

B-0007818

1960

Sydney Derrick Sipho Mdanda

… in numerous group exhibitions in SA and has taken part in print exchange programmes in SA and in Europe. He has …

B-0008534

1955

Thamsanqa Rutherford (Thami) Jali

… went to the Institute of Contemporary Art, London, to take part in the Zabalaza Festival. At present he is working in …

B-0008194

1919

Joseph Albert Mokoena

… National Congress (ANC), though he did not take an active part in politics. From 1945 to 1957 he was a lecturer at Fort …

B-0067980

1948

Sumboornam Pillay

… further reinforced by his religious teachings in Shaivism, one of the pillars of the Hindu religion. Later, this … beliefs taught her. As a result, she…

B-0150469

1947-1985

Matthew Goniwe

… certificate.  As a boy, Goniwe played rugby and took part in boxing for a club in the township.  His love of music … was the first person to burn his pass…

B-0064852

1915-2003

Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat

… entering the country, as he was not accompanied by any one of his parents. He smuggled his way into the country and … Study Group and the Natal Indian…

B-0008013

1862-1919

Louis Botha

… Anglo-Boer War (1899-1902) from March 1900, and he was one of the architects of the Union of South Africa. His … and 'Boota'. His paternal grandfather Philip…

B-0144640

1921-2016

Elizabeth Komikie Gumede

… Recorded as one of the most tortured women political prisoners under the … confinement for years during the 1970s. Moved from one prison to the next, she…

B-0151052

1965

Joseph Mathunjwa

… protest of 3 000 underground workers at Douglas Colliery, one of the oldest mines of Ingwe Coal, now known as BHP … He later announced to NUM that he was no…

B-0149217

1925

Tamsanqa Tasque Tshume

… powerful ANC branch in New Brighton, he played an active part in organizing for the 1955 Congress of the people. He …

B-0121649

2018

Vondela Landingwe

… that ravaged the townships of Cape Town. Landingwe was part of the police forum that was in the forefront of riding …

B-0125519

1948

Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla

… political organisations, she returned to South Africa as part of the ANC’s negotiating team and is currently a member …

B-0008348

1909

Selby Bangani Ngcobo

… a student at the University of Natal he took an active part in the  All African Convention (AAC) meeting of December …

B-0008774