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1955-1991

Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo

… his contributions, published under various pen names. If one looks at his articles over the years, one can trace his philosophical, ideological and…

B-0068699

1787-1828

Shaka Zulu

… he was about twenty-three years old, he was drafted into one of the Mthethwa regiments where he found a satisfaction … and, rising rapidly in Dingiswayo's…

B-0009265

1906

Martha Mohlakoane

… joined the  African National Congress  in 1939 and was one of the leaders of the Orange Free State women in the …

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1967

Nkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo

… played an outstanding role in that process. He became one of the first community liaison officers to coordinate the … Development Forum (KDF).  He became the…

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1933-1993

Eschel Mostert Rhoodie

… Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. … and huge financial support of top political…

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1977

Makhaya Ntini

… and packed off to Dale College in King William’s Town, one of the country's best regarded cricketing nurseries. … failed a fitness test. He made his South…

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1977-2006

Lebo Mathosa

… Theo Nhlengethwa and Junior Sokhela. Boom Shaka became one of the most successful Kwaito groups of the 90’s. Their … category of the UK’s Music of Black…

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1915-1995

Yusuf Cachalia

… of May 1 and June 26 in 1950, and in 1951 he became one of the two representatives of the SAIC on the Joint … and Cachalia to obtain government permission to…

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1891-1965

Dr Silas Modiri Molema

… pamphlets on health. Dr. Molema was a good speaker and one of the foremost African scholars. He married the daughter of Rev. M.J. Moshoele, one-time…

B-0068069

1940

Ebrahim Ismail Asvat

… served three terms of imprisonment in 1908–09: jailed for one week in November 1908 for hawking without licence; … who was left in charge of his store, was…

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1947

Henry Mshololo

… objects such as wooden spoons and meat platters. One of his special interests is carving violins and …

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1860-1930

Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo

… in the Johannesburg prison. Gandhi hailed Thambi Naidoo as one of the most important figures in the history of the … ranged in length from a few weeks to six…

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1862-1931

Percy Fitzpatrick

… the Bushveld and other children's books. Fitzpatrick was one of the leaders of Johannesburg's Reform Committee which …

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James J. Majoro

… Mineworkers' Union. He later became its secretary and was one of the accused in the trial that followed the 1946 mine …

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1917-2004

Villa Baker

… had many socialite friends, but they deserted her, with one exception. Lewis was eventually arrested and detained … house arrest, banned from practising law,…

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1899-1976

Dora Taylor

… 1930s. Through these meetings, she came into contact with one of the foremost black intellectual, I.B Tabata , who was … Trek (a Cape Town periodical). By…

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1951-1985

Sparrow Mkonto

… his wife Sindiswa also from Cradock in 1972. They had one child, Lonwabo. Mkonto lived and worked under trying … employers to fire him on a spurious charge…

B-0064863

1897-1962

Richard Granville Baloyi

… Claims, and draft a Bill of Rights. From 1944 Baloyi was one of the leaders of the anti-pass campaign.     In 1937 he … of the Africans. On this occasion…

B-0007816

1924-2004

Peter McKenzie Brown

… of KwaZulu-Natal. Brown was widely respected and one of the longest banned White South Africans during … to a wide range of people. He observed: "(Brown) was…

B-0007890

1913-2009

Nöel Robb

… of the Marion Institute which runs nursery schools, one in District Six and the other in Bridgetown on the Cape Flats Robb was one of the founding members of…

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1920-1964

Vuyisile Mini

… and Dockworkers' Union, which embarked in the 1950s, on one of the longest protests for a wage increase, and fought … elected secretary of the ANC Cape…

B-0008562

1940

Sindiso Mfenyana

… as a boarder at St. James Primary school in Cradock . One of his most vivid memories of Apartheid came when he was … whereby prominent African National…

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1898-1969

Nana Sita

… responsibility that has been cast upon each and every one of us when we decided to challenge the might of the Union … greatest Empire of our times? "It is…

B-0009073

1939-2025

Sunny Girja Singh

… Natal. At the time, the trial was described as one of the biggest in the history of the province.  They were … — did conditions for these prisoners improve a…

B-0124272

1939-2001

Laurent Kabila

… to lead the revolt against Mobutu, Kabila was joined by one of the most prominent communist revolutionary leaders, … In the mid-1990s Kabila returned to…

B-0124602

1936-2008

Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo

… in MK activities. Masondo spent 13 years in prison, he was one of the first MK members to be imprisoned on Robben … failure in 2005, he died on Sunday 20…

B-0008476

1935-2008

Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)

… of the riots, four of her sons went into political exile, one of which came back and was tried by the courts for having … travelled to Swaziland to ensure…

B-0008472

1870-1955

Allerley Glossop

… Journalists of the day acclaimed her as "emphatically one of our national artists", with "her quaint brush and … Cape Argus, Nov. 1904). Hope was expressed…

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