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1940-2010

Frederik van Zyl Slabbert

… attempt to pressure the government to negotiate with all political groups. Slabbert resigned from his position as … an irrelevant institution in the context…

B-0068655

1943-2009

Jan van Eck

… to demand answers regarding the disappearance of political activists - most notably Stanza Bopape from the … civil war that had for years wrecked that…

B-0009188

1944-1989

David Joseph Webster

… critique of government policies with anti-apartheid political activism. David's reputation as an anthropologist … order to obtain news and to track down the…

B-0009218

1943-2009

Winston Monwabisi Ngozi

… they smell the blood of a slaughtered cow. This album had political connotations and fostered awareness in the Black … and they released the album Jika ; an…

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Myron Peter

… training based on the radical Paolo Frere method for political conscientisation in his community. While in the ASH … Democratic Front (UDF) . As a community…

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1926-1995

Joe Slovo

… he became well known for his work as a defence lawyer in political trials. He married Ruth First , daughter of SACP … under the Suppression of Communism Act,…

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1923-2016

Audrey ‘Bobbie’ Cobden

… married her husband, Harry Cobden, in 1955. Although her political work at times left very little room for a personal … the poor and the elderly” (Cobden,…

B-0150398

1941-1971

Ahmed Timol

… of Egypt. His teacher warned him that the speech was political. He completed his matriculation in 1959 at the … into the Roodepoort Youth Study Group (RYSG),…

B-0068942

1969-1989

Robert Anthony Basil Waterwitch

… especially jazz, and a gifted guitar player, Waterwitch’s political awakening came in high school. A student at St. … that he was a member of MK. In a mini…

B-0149832

1919-2017

Peter Henry Abrahams

… Black recognition, visibility and the right to be seen as political agents of their own destiny. According to Abrahams … away from Marxism and towards Pan…

B-0085147

1912-1964

Daniel R Koza

… from the early 1930s, he was known as a Trotskyist in his political leanings. In the 1940s he was associated with the  … Political activist  …

B-0067728

1982

Victor M Mgadi

… Victor M Mgadi was a political activist with the African National Congress(ANC) …

B-0076960

1934-2002

Jonas Malheiro Savimbi

… interrupted due to police harassment as a result of his political activities. The Portuguese secret police detained … where in 1965 he completed his…

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1950-1990

Muntu Myeza

… Workers Union (BAWU) in 1972, and he became in student political activities and joined the South African Students … the evening following the rally, Myeza…

B-0121056

unknown-2011

Rev George Wauchope

… He skipped bail and in February 1989 fled to Zimbabwe as a political refugee.  Wauchope trained for the ministry in … Wauchope to return home. While they all…

B-0065257

1927-2011

Elsie Nair

… Union. Elsie met her husband, Billy Nair , a friend of political activist Poomoney Moodley , when Elsie would visit … 1964, along with former president…

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1903-1972

J B Marks

… very poor. This strike led to his expulsion from school. A political activist and trade unionist, he joined the African … SACP. In 1931 he was barred from…

B-0008450

1959

Thandi Modise

… in the camp. After training she worked in the camps as a political commissar. Modise also received political education, sitting in open classrooms, under…

B-0008591

1908-2003

Ismail Ahmed Cachalia

… Indians and to forge co-operation with other militant political organisations amongst African, Coloured and White … passive resistance campaign led to the…

B-0007912

1933

Audrey Coleman

Audrey Coleman was born in 1933. When she was twenty years old she married businessman Max Coleman. They had four sons, and became active members of the…

B-0149513

1963

Mike Hutchings

… to the Afrapix collective. Hutchings covered the political conflict in South Africa in the 1980s, leading up to the unbanning of political organizations, the…

B-0149882

Albert Dlomo

… He was also one of the leaders of protest mounted by political prisoner against inhumane prison conditions. As a … Houston G and Magubane B,  The ANC…

B-0147407

1949-2014

Jabu Sithole

… the military wing of the ANC. He was detained for his political and community activism and spent two years - 1986 – … country. Upon his release from prison,…

B-0149218

1949

Sadecque Variava

… movement should move forward, how to define ‘black’ as a political subject, what Indians, Coloureds and Africans had … SRC to abolish initiation practices,…

B-0149677

1928-2009

Curtis Nkondo

… and handed in their passes. This was the first decisive political act on his part. He was arrested in 1962, while he … on teaching and athletics, and gave…

B-0068743

1947

Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele

… of the village of Kranspoort that also contributed to her political awakening. The dispute centred on whether the … of Blacks’ defiance to the apartheid…

B-0068381

1930-2018

David Goldblatt

… . In the 1950s, David started photographing the unfolding political campaigns mounted by the Congress Alliance, however … Nationalist government, he…

B-0008106

1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… from his Hindi teacher in school. Whilst in college his political consciousness was shaped by Jawaharlal Nehru, … Section for Middle East and Africa (in the…

B-0082253

1913-1996

George Gangen Ponnen

… all workers in any action they were going to take. The response from the women was good. The management learnt of … did not materialise because they were…

B-0068316

1947

Dr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy

… and other prevailing conditions led to his involvement in political activism as a student. On 6 September 1966, Dr. … The special branch then cracked down…

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