SAHO global search

1908-1970

Paul Herman Robinson

… was captured later that year south of El-Alamein. He was part of a team of SA artists responsible for the art work in …

B-0008962

1954

Reggie Williams

… pushed these countries to get involved. Reggie Williams is one such individual who has been covered by the dust of the … some of the abovementioned events…

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1944-1998

Basil Coetzee

… 1969. Consequently, Coetzee was forced to play his music part time while working at a factory in the 1970s and the … Vic Higgins, which remained his regular…

B-0095355

1873-1936

Sidney Percival Bunting

… International Socialist League (ISL), which later became part of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA). Like his … Africa to make the best of the…

B-0007901

1950

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

… in an exam. As an expelled student, Cooper could not take part in the launch of the  South African Student Organisation … for his role in political…

B-0007957

1940-2011

Wangari Maathai

… conservation and human rights. [i] She was born in Nyeri, part of the rural region of Kenya on the 1st of April 1940. … the manner in which the Green Belt…

B-0120967

1936-2016

Hermanus Gabriel Loots

… permitted the property of all to be seized for the debt of one’ [xi] . In the 1980’s this area would once again be the … daughter Margareth, by the security…

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18 May1940-2008

Alan Keith Brooks

… under the influence of Professor Jack Simons , who was one of the leading Marxist intellectuals in South Africa, and … Africanist Congress (PAC) against pass…

B-0148408

1920

Jaydew Nasib Singh

… South African Indian Congress  (SAIC) and played a leading part in organising Indian-African co-operation following the …

B-0009066

1780-1867

King Faku ka Ngqungqushe

… in the Mpondoland region, which is in the north eastern part of the former Transkei homeland situated in the … as many scholars have often incorrectly…

B-0151697

1869-1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

… move out of doors after 9 p.m. without a special permit. One day Gandhi, who had received from the State Attorney a … on for another month. He agreed little…

B-0008089

1928-2007

Peter Moonsammy

…  and the  Transvaal Indian Congress  (TIC). They were part of many of the major anti apartheid campaigns of the … of MK. Paul was closely tied to the…

B-0144753

1892-1985

Dr James Sebe Moroka

… critical of the Bills, he made himself available to take part in the Native Representative Council  (NRC), which was … labour existed between the two…

B-0068105

1931

Abednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo

… of Communism Act. He fled to Swaziland and became part of the PAC's external mission, attending meetings of the …

B-0068237

1915-1971

H. A. Naidoo

… mine strike of 1946. The following year he took an active part in trying to reconcile Africans and Indians in the …

B-0008731

1790-1868

King Mzilikazi

… Zimbabwe. He was born ca. 1790 near Mkuze, Zululand (now part of South Africa). The son of Matshobana whom many had … Proving himself a fearless warrior,…

B-0068162

1928-2009

Ahmed Essop “Quarter” Khota

… was a member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress and a part of the corps of activists that contributed to the major … Nanabhai recalled that, “Every child…

B-0064874

1955

Shirley Gunn

… union movement in the Clothing Workers’ Union. Gunn became part of community organisations that became a platform to … Committee  (CAHAC), the Housing…

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1697-1734

Jan Smiesing

… confines of the Slave Lodge, this was a huge a perk and one reserved solely for Lodge teachers. [xxiv] … (a people and language from Tamil Nadu, in the…

B-0122372

1911-1980

Lillian Masediba Ngoyi

… Workers Union (GWU)  under Solly Sachs, and soon became one of its leading figures. Impressed by the spirit of  … African Women  (FEDSAW) was formed in 1954,…

B-0068245

1876-1958

Mabel Palmer

… become a prominent feminist campaigner. Dr Palmer was one of the first women graduates of Glasgow University, … Technology – DUT) in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal…

B-0150485

1851-1932

Joseph Booth

… history of central and southern Africa, Booth was one of the earliest proponents of the principle of "Africa … separatism. Booth had in the meantime made at…

B-0007868

1918-1990

Frank Alexander Landman

… the National Convention [x] . The Landman family home was one among many around the country to be raided by the police … topical”. Meanwhile Frank taught…

B-0122626

1954

Vincent Oliphant

… cultural organisation. In 1996 he was invited to take part in the annual Poetry International Festival in …

B-0008852

1920

Jacob Dumdum Nyaose

… into the early 1960s after Nyaose had been jailed for his part in the PAC's antipass campaign. He was released in 1962, …

B-0068294

Yazeed Kamaldien

… degree at Peninsula Technikon, which he completed in 2001. Part of the course was a section on photojournalism. Extra …

B-0008228

1954

Michael Barry

… at UCT. While studying at Michaelis, Barry worked part time as shelter supervisor at the Haven Night Shelter in …

B-0093743

1656-1734

Anna De Koningh

… married Oloff Bergh, a very well to-do gentleman who was one of Governor Simon van der Stel’s favourites at the Cape. … of a slave and an ex-slave herself,…

B-0122374

1932-2024

Peter Sexford Magubane

… Pageview ) Johannesburg, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He is one of South Africa’s most distinguished award winning … in Bloemfontein. Joining Drum allowed…

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1933-2019

Cloete Breytenbach

… as a mouthpiece of the apartheid regime in those days and one of Breytenbach’s first assignments was photographing … Hamilton Naki  on the 3rd of December…

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