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Billy Paddock

… on the Students Representative Council (SRC), becoming one of its Vice-Presidents. Paddock was committed to the … on his position and was considering working…

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1952-2004

Sipho Gumede

… this on his new label, Sheer Sound . In 1999 Sipho formed part of the backing band during American jazz pianist Joe … – Humanity From Me to You Blues for my…

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1957

Cedric Nunn

… Will Separate Us) held in Bern in 1983. In 1994 he was part of a team of photographers documenting South Africa’s … – A series of portraits of young parents…

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Myron Peter

… in the nearby coloured township of Wentworth. The ASH was part of the county wide initiative of black activists in the … spearheaded by the Black Community…

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1854-1925

Alfred Milner

… were impressed by Milner's intensity, whereas he for his part immediately understood the fundamental unity of South … protests against their exclusion from…

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1905-1992

Helen Joseph

… African Women (FEDSAW) in the 1950s. In 1955, she was one of the leaders who read out the clauses of the Freedom … of the People. The Women's March on 9…

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1940-2013

Adrian Leftwich

… same period through its sabotage campaign. In the early part of 1963 Robert Watson, a student at UCT who had served … anti-guerrilla campaigns, and Leftwich…

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1930-2005

Hamilton Naki

… cleaning cages to more advanced laboratory work. Naki was one of four highly talented technicians in the research … before his death in 2001, and Naki…

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1959

Thandi Modise

… reaction from police. When Modise was shot at by police one day as she was walking down the road, she became … Tanzania . In a camp of four companies, only…

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Stanley Silwana

… Stanley Silwana was one of the first African recruits to the  Communist Party of … he was jailed for three months in Cape Town after being one of the first…

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1960

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

… Livingstone High School in Claremont , Cape Town. She took part in student politics at Livingstone and was elected to …

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1899-1980

Reverend Walker Stanley Gawe

… Regina in 1936 and during World War II. Reverend Gawe took part in the Defiance of Unjust Laws Campaign in 1952, and …

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1940

Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali

… and in 1974 the University of Iowa invited him to be a part of the International Writers’ Program. Despite …

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1955

Jimi Matthews

… of South Africa: The Cordoned Heart (which was a part of the exhibition produced by the Second Carnegie …

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1867-1946

Josiah Tshangana Gumede

… policies in place to educate and liberate African females. One of Josiah’s fellow-pupils was Charlotte Makanya, who … to personal differences between Gumede…

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1953

Ashley La Grange

… two jobs for most of his life. Ashley la Grange was  also one of many photographers that contributed towards the … which allowed him to rent a council flat…

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1932-1968

Benson Tsele

… Rhodesian army. The Um khonto we Sizwe (MK) guerrilla was part of the Luthuli Detachment, an elite group that had … forces had established bases near the…

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1929-2007

Harriet Ngubane

… her family of seven children intact while studying. One of her children is Dr. Sibusiso Sibisi, the CEO of the … PhD graduate Absolom Vilakazi. Ngubane's…

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Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia

… and was used to a life of luxury and comfort, yet he was one of the strongest supporters of the Satyagraha Campaign. … Cachalia's courage. Gandhi himself…

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1450-1500

Bartolomeu Dias

… João II of Portugal financed Dias’s expedition. Dias took part in Cabral's expedition that discovered Brazil, but … made journeys down the west and east…

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1924-1978

Robert Sobukwe

… Cape Province. He was the youngest of five boys and one girl. His father worked as a municipal labourer and a part-time woodcutter, his mother as a domestic…

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1955-2021

Cecyl Esau

… to listen to broadcasts on shortwave radio and this became one of his hobbies. During the first elections for the … worked as a rural organiser for the UDF…

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1915-1976

Johanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers

… leader and organizer Johanna Hendrina (Joey) Scheepers was one of the four daughters of Sarel Gerhardus Breitenbach and … the GWU decided on arbitration,…

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1927-2023

Blanche la Guma

… queues in Athlone as the lorries came and saw that each one got her share without doing herself more. We had to go … locations in certain areas. They were…

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1945-1996

Ruth Naomi Leon

… Fund. Due to all the groups and initiatives she was a part of, Leon is recognised for her work towards improving … or against sexual orientation, she…

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1897-1961

Elias Phakane Moretsele

… club that was formed so that its members could help one another and provide social upliftment. This underscored … by virtue of the Suppression of Communism…

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1925-1968

Patrick Mosell Molaoa

… Johannesburg, and Kimberley until matriculation. He was one of the first activists of the African National Congress … in July 1959 he was elected its…

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1897-1972

Nils Severin Andersen

… been reproduced locally by E Schweikerdt (Pty) Ltd; and one from the collection of King Haakon VII of Norway was … at Durban Art Gallery whiles still a…

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1921-2010

Gordon Mulholland

… and children whose parents couldn't afford to keep them. One of five siblings, Mulholland was the only one to survive childhood. He then attended Marist…

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1938-2011

Jannie “Jan Bek” Momberg

… Party since 1957, and rose through the ranks to become one of its distinguished parliamentarians. Little is known of … his passing away in 2011. During this…

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