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1957-1980

Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)

… the communities and activists. Jabane and Tsotsobe were part of the unit that carried out one of MK’s most daring operations; an attack on Booysens … was…

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1945-2025

Theresa Solomon

… several civic organisations, which eventually merged into one umbrella civic organisation, the Cape Areas Housing Action Committee (CAHAC). CAHAC was one of…

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1924-1960

Ephraim Chaka

… bicycle every day to work. Chaka worked as a block-man at one of the local butcher shops. Ephraim Chaka's bicycle that … the last time he saw his father…

B-0125868

1899-1995

Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana

… and journalist. In 1926 he joined the CPSA, becoming one of its most loyal African adherents in the years that … from 1945, of Inkululeko, the Communist…

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1944

Kaizer Motaung

… and his former team Atlanta Chiefs. Kaizer Chiefs is now one of the biggest teams in the country. Motaung also … His first son, Thabo, died in 2012. He was…

B-0096409

1957-2006

Monty Johannes Motloung

… in the use of explosives and military combat. He was part of a group of ten, prepared for operations in the …

B-0008669

1880-1919

Cecilia Makiwane

… the first black professional nurse. In 1912, Makiwane took part in what was probably the first women’s anti-pass …

B-0008407

1906-1996

Laduma Ncwaba Mikaeli Madela

… collation of his texts into a Bantubibel in 1977 in part addresses Christianity and its rejection of traditional …

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1936

Luli Callinicos

… youth, and wrote several protest letters to newspapers as part of a concerted campaign after the banning of the African …

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Robert Moffat

… He went to other regions as far as the Ndebele Kingdom, part of modern-day Zimbabwe. Some of his experiences in the …

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1927-2013

Francois Roux

… chalk and charcoal. From 1970 to 1978, Roux served as a part time lecturer in painting at the Cape Technikon and …

B-0096207

2013

Ephraim Nkwe

… that they were free and would not be detained.  Nkwe was part of a SAYCO delegation that visited the African National …

B-0095834

1950-2012

Zwelakhe Sisulu

… (WASA)], he was served with a three year banning order as part of a government crackdown on the media. Sisulu was a …

B-0093770

1920-2002

Lionel Rusty Bernstein

… work at an architect’s office, while studying architecture part-time at the University of the Witwatersrand. After …

B-0007843

1953

Fanie Jason

… the Kumbh Mela religious festival. Jason has taken part in various exhibitions nationally and internationally …

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1925

Gertrude Shope

… Congress (ANC) , and soon afterwards left teaching as part of the campaign to boycott Bantu Education . She moved …

B-0068449

1941-1971

Ahmed Timol

… South Africa in 1918, at the age of 12, from India. He was one of six children, with two sisters, Zubeida and Aysha and … that they join in order to…

B-0068942

1928-2009

Curtis Nkondo

… through high school and all nine trained to be teachers. One is a professor of English at Harvard University, United … passes. This was the first decisive…

B-0068743

1940

James Edward April

… , Barney Desai and Duma Nokwe from the ANC. April was part of a small group that left for Czechoslovakia in June … to travel south. The plan was for two…

B-0007792

1906-1999

Dr. Kesaveloo Goonaruthnum Naidoo (Dr Goonam)

… caste connotations, and became known as Dr Goonam. During one of her visits, a child allegedly remarked “Oh mummy, the … became involved in the Natal Indian…

B-0008116

1931-1994

Lucas Ted Sithole

… up in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He was one of ten sons of a Zulu lay priest in the Zion Christian … himself Ted or Teddy, a name reflected…

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Boy Mvemve

… he too still wonders to this day. Sisulu reckons that one reason they were both not blown to pieces could have had … hurt them more than the bomb itself…

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1899-1975

Julius Louis Saks

… and the Worshipful Company of spectacle makers, one of the guilds and Liveried Companies established by Royal …

B-0144737

1930-2019

Hassim Mohamed Seedat

… at the Springfield Teachers Training College, being part of the first group of teachers to qualify from this … South African Chapter based in Durban. The…

B-0141676

1918-2002

Wolfie Kodesh

… related to the movement of comrades became evident. He was part of the counter intelligence committee tasked with … Mandela went underground, he spent two…

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1919-2008

Noni Jabavu

… to live there for many years. She went on to become one of the first African female writers and journalists. In … she loved and of the people she met. The…

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Patrick Chamusso

… to red carpet. History always depends on who writes it - one man’s terrorist is another man’s freedom fighter. … He has also made peace with Sasol, and the…

B-0153110

1979-2019

Leigh Davids

… She worked to show how gender is not simply related to one’s biological sex but to do with one’s internal sense of identity. In 2018 Leigh was part of an art…

B-0150017

1920-1973

Robert M. Resha

… that he was a particularly active member of the ANC and one of the leading activists in the Sophiatown Anti-Removal … is busy creating situations of divide…

B-0008948

1931-1998

Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe

… Branch Committee. She earned a living as a hawker. She was one of the leaders against the removals from Cato Manor in 1956, and also one of the leaders of…

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