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1882-1966

Constance Greaves

… was the "native study". The genre emerged in SA at this time as a result of efforts by the likes of Leo Francois to …

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1918-1973

Barend Jacobus (Ben) Erasmus

… involved in the Transvaal Rugby Football Union. At the time of his death in 1973 he was still an executive member of …

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1920-2017

Violet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)

… she single-handedly took care of her four children at the time. In 1961, Joe Matlou was sent to establish an ANC office …

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1956-1985

Andries Raditsela

… in Benoni, Ladysmith, and Durban plants. During this time, Raditsela also served in the branch executive of the …

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Professor Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu

… He was forbidden from meeting with one or more people at a time and he was not permitted to publish or be quoted. In the …

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1932-1995

Barney Simon

… South Africa—died June 30, 1995, Johannesburg), was a long-time force behind the growth of indigenous South African …

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1878-1941

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

… Boer commandos during the South African War. During his time there he learned to speak High Dutch. Following the war …

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1951

Helen Zille

… and the Independent Media Diversity Trust. During this time, Zille was also the press officer for the University of …

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1927-2018

Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe

… in a labour dispute with hospital management at the time. She was one of the strike leaders when Mr Robert …

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1911-1980

Lillian Masediba Ngoyi

… under the 1960 state of emergency. She spent much of this time in solitary confinement. Lillian Ngoyi known as the …

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1940-1981

John Marinus Ferus

… Congress (ANC) flag was openly raised for the first time since the organisation was banned in 1960. …

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1982

Petrus Nzima Nyawose

… attention to workers’ education. There was very little time for a home life, so the youngest of their three … to the Freedom Charter and the Congress…

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Mohamed Farouk Asvat

… Songs (poetry) ● A Celebration Of Flames (poetry) ● The Time Of Our Lives (poetry) ● Bra Frooks … (poetry)* ● The … Zinyoka - in contravention of his banning…

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Jomo Kenyatta

… as a clerk for an Asian contractor. It was around this time that he took to wearing a traditional beaded belt known … (having given up his job with the…

B-0099749

1906-1966

August Aime Balkema

… Dutch typographer and calligrapher of his day. (At the time his home was also a refuge for Jews.) When Balkema … work ever to have been published in South…

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1914-2000

Constance Stuart Larrabee

… writers, society and theatrical personalities of the time. She enjoyed travelling through South Africa and during … her to cover the war for Libertas…

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1926-2021

Maniben Sita

… badly injured and one died. Sita, who was thirteen at the time, overheard her father’s account of the dreadful events … (UNISA) while taking up a teachers’…

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1905-1982

John Collins

… Socialist. He was appointed so that he would devote more time to Christian Action and to set up the organization’s … Collins held a memorial at St Paul’s…

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Klaas Matlala

… She worked on a farm to earn money to visit him from time to time. Matlala also received money and clothing from the Human …

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Rodger Bosch

Rodger Bosch has been working in the photographic field for 30 years, capturing arresting images of news and cultural events. Over the years, he has…

B-0149883

1937-2002

Mono Badela

… professor, getting there via political imprisonment, time in exile and a job in the alternative press? The answer … 1977. His articles caught my eye as a…

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1947-1985

Matthew Goniwe

… was appointed rural organiser for the UDF. At the same time he was placed under surveillance by the Cradock security … late 1984, Cradock and the township of…

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1858-1929

Mary Elizabeth Davis

… sons and four daughters. She devoted a great deal of her time to social welfare work and to the interests of women in … the Oslo International Council of…

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1959

Phathekile Holomisa

… 1980’s where he received a Bachelor of Law. During that time, he also obtained a Bachelor of Arts from the University … he sought out the ANC, which was in…

B-0149330

1973

Mary Margaret Ngalo

… to one month in prison with her eldest son, who was at the time still a baby. Her husband (along with other ANC … from South Africa with other ANC militants…

B-0150323

1915-1983

B J Vorster [John Vorster]

… over for him and he was declared free again, for the first time since September 1942. By this time, in 1944, it was plain that Germany would lose the war, ……

B-0009211

1891-1955

Dora Nginza

… New Brighton population which numbered around 7 000 at the time. In 1923 she married Chief Henry Nginza and in the same …

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1958-2004

Martin Tose

… and a painter during his late teens. Tose attended part-time art classes at the Open School in Braamfontein, …

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1941

Azaria Mbatha

… Lutheran Church (ELC) Art and Craft Centre, which at that time was attended mainly by female students. Gowenius agreed …

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