SAHO global search

1959

Kiren Thathia

… in History of Art, specialising in Indian Art, at UDW, before leaving Durban to take up a teaching post in Gauteng, …

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1918-2011

Judge Erns Jansen

… of the few who were appointed on merit.  He was an Appeal Court judge for 20 years. A judgment he wrote in 1983 in … South African Appeal Court judge. …

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Alois Mate

… resistance led to the issuing of ‘summonses to appear in court on charges of holding an unlawful assembly in …

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1959-2011

Zimasile Ngqawana

… up with his grandparents. He was forced to leave school before completing his high school education. Ngqawana began … career singing in traditional…

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1927-2018

Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe

… continued incarceration.  In 1997 Mrs Sobukwe appeared before the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) in her … mixed broken glass into his food, make a…

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1953-2005

Prince Senzangakhona James Mahlangu

… Waterval where he completed Standard 6 (Grade 8) in 1970 before going on to Mayisha High in the same area. Here he … Mahlangu was among ten people who were…

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1901-1983

Dora Tamana

… her four sisters had to help work on their father’s plot, before and after school, where they cultivated potatoes, …

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Peter Engblom

… the Bavarian State Educational Institute for Photography before returning to Zululand. In 1997 he created a CD-ROM …

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1966

Hangula Shonyeka

… under the 180-day clause.In reply to a question put to him before parliament on 29 March 1983 on Mr Shonyeka's …

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2012

Patrick Akhona Jijase

… Cape. He began working for Lonmin in July 2012, one month before the massacre. On 16 August 2012 Patrick was killed at …

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1967

Mpush Makambi

… to the nearby village and the Botswana army got to him before the SADF did. He was treated at Francistown in … South Africa Champion and defended the title…

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1868-1913

King Dinuzulu

… where he evaded capture for three months. In 1889, a court ”” the impartiality of which was in doubt ”” found …

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1945

Paul Stopforth

… works include the Harvard Film Archive; the Constitutional Court of South Africa; Tufts University Gallery; the National …

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1935

Don Mattera

… up in the mixed area of Johannesburg called Sophiatown before the apartheid government moved his family to Westbury; … gang member and spent time in jail as…

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1911-1985

Susanna Helena Kok

… Hospital for leprosy patients in Pretoria , and shortly before her death she assisted in a study of nerve conduction … rather than the less successful skin…

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1931-2019

Isaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho

… ANC, Maphotho became involved in underground activities before he left the country for Dar es Salaam on 28 February … He was duly tried and sentenced to…

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1933

Allister Sparks

… The Rand Daily Mail as its correspondent and columnist before becoming the assistant director in 1967. In 1974 he became the editor of The Sunday Express…

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1906-1979

Cecil Williams

… After his arrival, he worked as an English school teacher before switching to journalism during Second World War. … the Congress of Democrats (COD). On 28…

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1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… America (USA), she met many of the industry’s stars, but before she could find personal success, she was forced to … worked as a secretary in the British…

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1966-1987

Norman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen

… in 1982 and later that year to Bulgaria for more training, before being infiltrated into the country five years after … case unresolved. Three people knew…

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1922-2004

Evelyn Ntoko Mase

… to construct a thorough biography of Evelyn Ntoko Mase before and after her relationship with Nelson Mandela. She … married in a humble fashion at the Native…

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1935-1988

Sydney Kumalo

… that the final large scale work completed by Sydney Kumalo before his death is a three-metre high bronze figure of a … a modern rendering in bronze of an…

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1827-1903

Janet Burnside Soga

… She was keen on the children becoming proficient in Xhosa before receiving their Scottish education. On arrival in … where he served as a medical missionary…

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2012

Makhosandile Mkhonjwa

… the death of Makhosandile’s father who died four months before August 2012. I am lost without my husband. I do not …

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1937

Fanele Mbali

… Treasurer of the Cape Province (during the years from 1940 to 1954). It was Bokwe’s speech that inspired Mbali to …

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1933-2001

Donald James Woods

… in Cardiff (Wales), Toronto (Canada), and London (England) before rejoining the Dispatch in 1960.  In 1962 he married … passports, over South African…

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1949-1991

Mhlabunzima Joseph Maphumulo

… not a good thing and so sought to counteract it.In 1979 court order thwarted Buthelezi's attempt to unseat Maphumulo …

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1962

Molatodi Thomas Lehupela

… Lehupela learned how to do wood sculpture. It was not long before he was known throughout Thaba' Nchu. Despite the fact …

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1928-2011

Dorothy Adams

… Dulcie September , and spread to other areas. According to court records, groups were established in Athlone, Maitland, … her release in November 1963, Adams…

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1895-1985

Cythna Lindenberg Letty

… of various animal diseases and abnormalities. This was before the time of colour photographs. In 1927 she was moved …

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