SAHO global search

1966-1987

Norman “Billy Holiday” Pietersen

… we Sizwe (MK) veterans and became an MK guerrilla. At the time of his recruitment, Pietersen was 15-years-old and the … and her three daughters had been in…

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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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Paul Ramadiba Mokgathle

… going to make your peace with the Government?’ “ The last time had been two years previously. His constant response …

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1938-2009

Nosipho Dastile

… to the Little Flower Primary School where she was a full-time teacher. Following the growing political activism in … at the age of 71 after battling a long…

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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, ……

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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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1939-2024

Breyten Breytenbach

… death row. Resident in Paris, he currently divides his time between Europe, South Africa and the USA, mostly writing … Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis, Nimrod…

B-0007886

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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1935

Don Mattera

… charged with the murder of a rival gang member and spent time in jail as an awaiting trialist before his acquittal. It …

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1886-1973

Maria Laubser

… work proved ‘too advanced’ for public acceptances at the time, but today, Laubser’s artworks are sought-after.  …

B-0008300

1914-2006

Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo

… at any teacher training college for a black person at that time and so she began a career in teaching. In her late …

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1892

Herbert Henry Curson

… College in London from 1911 to 1914. During this time he won 14 medals and qualified as a member of the Royal …

B-0007967

1889-1916

Harold Cressy

… of the Cape's segregated education system. At the same time he continued his studies and obtained his matriculation …

B-0007962

1952

Tiyani Lybon Mabasa

… teaching at Meadowlands High School. It was around this time, that he joined the Black People’s Convention (BCP) led …

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1933-1986

Fabian Defu Ribeiro

… a practice in the Winterveld, a very poor area during that time, and treated patients for free. During the 1970’s he …

B-0008955

1912-2001

Milwa Mnyaluza “George” Pemba

… South African who shall be remembered and admired for all time. Pemba, was also a writer of note, and penned at least …

B-0008875

1912

Goolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad

… representative in Western Transvaal . At the same time he organised support for the NEUF in the same area. In … for the TIC in the Western Transvaal . At the…

B-0008860

1919-1976

Dr James Lowell Zwelinzima Njongwe

… In the 1960 emergency, however, he was jailed for some time in East London. From late 1963 until December 1973 he …

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Nomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela

… was appointed SA Consul General to New York. At the time of her departure from Pretoria, she was serving as the …

B-0068250

1936

Bhekisisa Harold Nxasana

… involved in promoting the revival of SACTU. At the same time he worked briefly for the General Factory Workers … Press| G. Gerhart, T. Barnes, et al, n.d…

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Molefe Pheto

… In 1977 he became exiled to Britain after spending some time in prison as a political prisoner as a member of the …

B-0122658

1927

Ayesha Bibi “Asa” Dawood

… India to visit her paternal grandmother. It is during her time in India that she met Yusuf Mukadam, who would be her …

B-0007976

1956

Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

… she joined the ANC Women’s Section secretariat full-time and worked as an assistant editor for Voice of Women , …

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1919-1999

Phyllis Altman

… where they lived for three years. It was during this time that she wrote The law of the vultures , based on her …

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1906-1979

Cecil Williams

… was an anti apartheid production. With him being gay at a time when homosexuality was considered an illegal lifestyle …

B-0068742

1948

Zanemvula Kizito Mda

… of Arts, at the University of Cape Town, studying part-time until he presented his thesis for assessment on 8 … Arrogance, was a satire which he directed. He…

B-0008533

1935-1988

Sydney Kumalo

… Ancestors) Group, a loose association formed during the time they exhibited with Guenther. Other members included … gave up teaching in 1965, he rapidly…

B-0008287

1928-2013

Judge Jan Hendrik Steyn

… Thompson. The early years were not easy. He lectured part-time at both Stellenbosch and Cape Town universities, wrote … Namibia in The Hague, and was…

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