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1924

Ben Baartman

… Learning that there were good prospects of getting political asylum in Swaziland and that it was a staging post … to add to the large community of South…

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1878-1941

Simon Petros (Peter) Matseke

… came to play an important role in social, educational and political areas. He was elected to the Pretoria Location … 1933 to June 1934 and November 1938 to…

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1949

Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile

… where her father had been appointed librarian. Many political figures were either students or lecturers at the … position when the government imposed a…

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1932-1968

Benson Tsele

… an elite group that had undergone years of military, political and physical training to return to South Africa, … Congress (ANC) . This was no mean feat at a…

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1943-2008

Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo

… Dhlomo called for a national convention of leaders of all political persuasions in South Africa. He warned that black … popularly known as the Inkatha…

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1959

Fholisani Sydney Mufamadi

… members of the Congress of South African Students with political activities. In 1981 he left the teaching profession … the workers, and he was fired for…

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2003

Stanley Mabizela

… It was here that Mabizela met Griffiths Mxenge another ANC political activist. Mabizela successfully passed his Junior … to further his education. During…

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1938-2005

Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka

… and in November 1958 he completed his Matric. Phokanoka’s political influence came from various places and experiences. … he read the New Age and Contact…

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1930-2018

Billy Modise

… people and his personal experiences of racism served as a political awakening for Modise. Just after completing his … the struggle against Apartheid. Due to…

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Boy Mvemve

… by the harassment, jailing and the possibility of political assassination of key political activists that was a common occurrence at the time. Before exile,…

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1921-2009

Livingstone Mqotsi

… they made it very clear that a man with Mr. Mqotsi's political beliefs may not enter any of the schools under … of the Council demanding that he be dismissed…

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1955-2021

Cecyl Esau

… grasp everything but found the activities, like going to political meetings, very stimulating. It was only about three … group at high school, which…

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1937-2021

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim

… election promise to repatriate Indians. He began to attend political meetings with his elder brother, Gora, during the  … station and was prohibited from…

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Dr Morris Zwi

… he grew up in South Africa, under the abhorrent Apartheid political system. Zwi contributed towards the 1983 edition of …

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Dr Morris Zwi

… he grew up in South Africa, under the abhorrent Apartheid political system. Zwi was also a contributor towards the 1983 …

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Victor V. T. Mbobo

… executive committee in December 1949, but he cut short his political career a year later when he moved to Umtata to … of African Politics in South Africa:…

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1885

Nehemiah Tile

… superior, who was critical of his involvement in Tembu political and tribal affairs. Tile then left the Wesleyans …

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1945

Professor Raymond Suttner

… University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg. He was a political prisoner sentenced for ANC underground activities …

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1948-2020

Achmat Dangor

… by the South African government from 1973 to 1978 for his political activities.   Since the end of the apartheid, … he worked alongside  Archbishop Desmond…

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1850-1913

Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer

… of Cecil John Rhodes from 1890 to 1893. He was a political opponent of Cecil John Rhodes . For instance, in … his seat that he had held since 1874, but he…

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1961-1994

Feroza Adam

… Adam was born on the 16 August 1961. She was drawn into political activity in 1976 while she was a student at … to be reckoned with. She identified as a…

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1926

Johannes Jacobus Degenaar

… became the head of a separate and new Department of Political Philosophy, where he continued to demonstrate his … de Chardin and Camus, to philosophical…

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1889-1916

Harold Cressy

… because Dr Abdullah Abdurahman, president of the African Political Organisation (APO) and Cape Town city counsellor, … involved himself in APO activities. He…

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1931-2019

Isaac Lesiba ‘Bra Ike’ Maphotho

… (ANC) and soon became an active member. His area of political operation was Atteridgeville, Benoni where he soon became recognised as a strong and principled…

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1928-2013

Phyllis Naidoo

… Std 6 level. It was in this cause that she made her first political speech at the YMCA in Beatrice Street. In 1958, she … way out of South Africa. In 1961,…

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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,…

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1927-2021

Thembi Shange Nobadula

… days after the massacre. Thus, began Nobadula’s life as a political exile. Together with a group of other refugees, the … The event was an overwhelming…

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1986

Blessing Mabaso

… (TRC) found that the killings were associated with a political objective. The families of the deceased were …

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1922-2003

Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker

… and soon afterwards was banned from participating in any political organisation. Naicker was forced into exile in the … Teacher, attorney, political prisoner…

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1961

Dali Tambo

… of Paris where he acquired a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Affairs in 1981. In 1983, … with Tambo he asked him why he had not…

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