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Unknown-1929

Hermanus Lethebe

… Six weeks later, one Joseph Weeks was tried for murder before a visiting judge and an all White jury at …

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1962

Chris Kirchhoff

… spend his early years in Norway and Massachusetts before returning to Johannesburg to complete his schooling.  …

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1874-1939

Charlotte Maxeke

… . It was here that Maxeke participated in the king’s court, a privilege unheard of for a woman. However, they …

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1956

Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa

… regarding the construction of the new Constitutional Court. She serves as Board Member on several selection …

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Reverend Makhenkesi Arnold Stofile

… with perjury and two could not be found to testify in court. The case of Arnold Stofile was an inspiring example of …

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1961-2010

Raymond Basil van Staden

… to stay afloat. Both men tried to save Christiaan before the rescue craft arrived, which was too small to take … being to return for the two men. But bothe…

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1907-1988

Sushila Gandhi

… she was not able to save the paper, which closed down before her death at the age of 82. Sushila was also …

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1932-2009

Aidan Walsh

… 1987. From 1979 to 1987, he worked as curator at the NSA before beginning to work as a full-time painter in 1987. His …

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1931

Abednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo

… meetings of the Organisation of African Unity and speaking before the Special Political Committee of the United Nations. …

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1906-1947

Molly Wolton

… In mid-1929 she left South Africa with her husband and before her return in 1931, studied for some time at the Lenin …

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1922-2014

Stanley Huette Uys

… of the magazine Libertas. He returned briefly to the Mail before joining the Johannesburg Sunday Times as drama critic. … MP, Helen Suzman , fought a lonely…

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Nicholaas Frederic de Waal

… and studied law. He travelled to Europe and America before settling in South Africa in 1880. He met JH Hofmeyr … disputes between candidates of the Afrikaner…

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1884-1933

Richard Msimang

… the strike and the ensuing events. Msimang gave evidence before the commission on behalf of the TNC. In April 1918 the … during the SANNC's anti-pass…

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1917-2013

Mfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose

… his primary schooling at Kwa Mdingi Lower Primary School before going on to Kwa Mdingi High School. He later attended … led to the historic first democratic…

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1916-1965

Dr Arthur Elias Letele

… charter. This clause stated that all men should be equal before the law. In 1955 Letele was elected as the … did become involved in Lesotho's politics once…

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1930-2017

Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba

… taken to Marshall Square and held in solitary confinement before being taken to the railway headquarters for … Langlaagte police station under the 90 day…

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1956

Patric Tariq Mellet

… improved. Tariq had already been in two foster homes before this time. Later he spent 3 years in a cruel … were at the receiving end of many tortures and…

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1927

Dinah Molefe

… and 1983. She learnt to make traditional pots at home, before she went to the ELC Art and Craft Centre, Rorke’s …

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1875-1945

Samuel E. K. Mqhayi

… adopted it as their recognised national anthem, sung before Royalty and on big public occasions." The anthem was …

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1955

Michael Davis

… at the University of Witwatersrand for over three years before deciding to study at the Michaelis School of Fine Art …

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1976

Fenuel Mogatusi

… from epilepsy.His sister had visited him on the day before his death.Although the prisons department terms him as …

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1951

David Lurie

… (Philosophy, Economics) and taught (Philosophy) at UCT before going to the London School of Economics where he did …

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1969

Kim Ludbrook

… he became the Chief Photographer at  The Saturday Star  before moving onto  The Star  where he is presently a senior …

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1925-2020

Harold Strachan

… and prison terms during the 1960s and 1970s. Before his arrest, he worked underground with Govan Mbeki in …

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T W Thibedi

… Before joining the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) …

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1926-2021

Maniben Sita

… an executive member and chairman of the Pretoria branch before becoming president of the TIC. Her father encouraged … of her family were imprisoned during…

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1960

David Dabede Mabuza

… damages from Phosa. The lawsuit was dismissed in the High Court in 2017. The two men were involved in another …

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1950

Mandla Langa

… Langa , who served as chief justice for the Constitutional Court of South Africa, as well as  his other brother Ben …

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1944

Subbiah Moodley

… it had to be conducted in the Pietermaritzburg Supreme Court. Moodley was sentenced to three years in prison and, in …

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1964

Suzanne ‘Zan’ Louw

… Hiddingh Hall Campus, UCT (1986, banned by authorities before it opened) and Renaissance Printmakers Exhibition, The …

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