SAHO global search

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…

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1930-2018

David Goldblatt

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

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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…

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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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1923-1986

Moses Mabhida

… as a waiter and manual labourer. Mabhida’s two early political motivators were his father, a dedicated member of … military training, as MK commissar became…

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1945-2005

Faith Gasa

… of the IFP. In 1991, she was appointed secretary of the political party. Gasa was also the chairperson of the IFP … initiatives during a series of violent…

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1917-1998

Winnie Motlalepule Kgware

… High School because of his involvement in the struggle for political liberation and it was then that he registered as a … journalist. It was only after the…

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1927-2011

Professor Carel Boshoff

… that hoped to rescue Afrikaner cultural identity from the political crisis that followed the constitutional bill of … relations. The Afrikaner Volkswag…

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1935-2019

Dorothy Masuka

… in the 1950s, she provided a lot of insight into socio-political issues of township life. It was as result of this … was threatened while living in Zimbabwe…

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1938

Ngoako David Thebehali

… was  Father Trevor Huddleston , who influenced David’s political views. The school was instrumental in shaping political activists such as  Oliver Tambo  and…

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1936-2011

Joseph Johannes Marks

… Cissie Gool  and her father, Dr  Abdulla Abdurahman , both political activists,he joined the South African Colored … was jailed three times in the Eighties…

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1929-2024

James Matthews

… despite official repression and harassment. His brand of political writing powerfully articulated the demands and … an exceptionally gifted intellectual…

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1903-1979

Josie Palmer

… connection between workers’ struggles and the oppressive political system that governed the country at the time. The … unite women from all walks of life…

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1971

Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba

… Programme. Publications Gigaba M, "Land Invasions during political transition: the Wiggins saga in Cato Manor" at The … Gigaba, M. and Maharaj, B. (1996): …

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1935-2013

Sipo Elijah Mzimela

… the African National Congress (ANC) and became involved in political protest against Apartheid. He left South Africa in … under Mzimela’s direction that…

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1932-2010

Sheena Duncan

… years. Sheena joined the movement in 1963 to fight the political causes of suffering, especially those brought about … the reality that injustice in SA was…

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1934-2010

Bertha Gxowa (Mashaba)

… strengthened her involvement in politics. However, her political activities soon turned to focus on women’s issues. … cause of Black people. In 1990, after…

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1936-2021

Frederik Willem de Klerk

… (now Gauteng) on 18 March 1936. F.W. de Klerk grew up in a political family, with both his father and grandfather … Senate. His brother is Dr Willem (Wimpie)…

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1921-1999

Baruch Hirson

… League, a South African Trotskyist group, as a full-time political organiser and became a key figure in the … isolated. As a result, it could not develop…

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1874-1932

Michiel Hendrik Nesser

… of “Ons Klyntji” and “Die Patriot” in 1899. Unfortunately political differences with Du Toit led him to quit his …

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John Gomas

… Africa  (CP) in the late 1920s and was elected to the CPSA political bureau in 1933. He was the western Cape provincial …

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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…

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18 May1940-2008

Alan Keith Brooks

… South African Communist Party (SACP) .  However, Brooks’ political turning point was the Sharpeville Massacre in 1960 … of the same cell of the SACP in…

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1871-1946

John Langalibalele Dube

… played an important role in shaping the social and political scene in South Africa. The missionary influence was … T Washington, whose ideas dominated Dube’s…

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1875-1927

James E. Kwegyir Aggrey

… by blacks, not on integration or the achievement of political rights. His appeals for racial harmony reinforced …

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1908-2000

Jock Leyden

… of sport; but he was also much admired for his theatre and political cartoons. He was singled out by Time magazine as …

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1960

Ismail Vadi

… of the Witwatersrand. Ismail Vadi has had a varied political career. He was an activist in the  Transvaal Indian …

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1749-1823

Jacob Abraham de Mist

… was appointed Governor-General. He was influential in the political life of Batavia, managing to calm conflict between …

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1945

Pieter Dirk-Uys

… often using satire to address pressing social and political issues …

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1958-1985

Vernom ‘Rogers’ Nkadimeng

… and later proceeded to Czechoslovakia to specialise in political training before was deployed to  South African …

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