SAHO global search

1922-1999

Julius Nyerere

… Unity (OAU) , together with Kwame Nkrumah. At the same time, his government’s support was crucial for the progress …

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1795-1875

Abraham Faure

… and then as Registrar of the Synod, and was at the same time Church archivist and administrator. He pleaded for a …

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1947-2017

Raymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri

… nestled comfortably with the political conditions of the time. The impact was more mobilisation of a people hungry for …

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1964

Joseph Manana

… Black Man’, Professor Kopano Ratele writes: ”¦ at the same time, the erosion of sameness, of a natural, stable black …

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1895-1972

Neville Allan Lewis

… of tones on the skins of his black sitters, at the same time his own efforts were merely ‘a monotonous monochromatic …

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1897-1974

Leo Marquard

… Leo Marquard’s home was also petrol bombed.  At the time he was busy was organizing the Students’ Defence Fund. …

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1928-1999

Dr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer

… sold his practice in order to concentrate on politics full-time. He subsequently retained his seat in parliament thus …

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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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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…

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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…

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1955-2021

Cecyl Esau

… pamphleteering his father would take him along. At that time Esau did not grasp everything but found the activities, … developed a keener interest in…

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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…

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1953

Ashley La Grange

… allowed him to rent a council flat. After a year, a part-time photography teacher post came up at a local secondary … sets of swimming lessons for a Renault…

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1942

Terry Bell

… ).   In Zambia he worked as journalist, editor and part-time adult educator.  Bell was forced to leave in 1970 when, …

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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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1906

George Arthur Heard

… without a trace on 8 August 1945 caused a sensation at the time and remains a mystery.  After attending St Andrew's …

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1981

Graeme Craig Smith

… - including the highest score by a South African at the time (277) and a record breaking innings at Lords Cricket … wicket partner Herschelle Gibbs’s 175…

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1940-2023

Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad

… them from attending public gatherings. During this time, he was often detained for short periods for violating … Africa into exile. He lived in London, and…

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