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Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima

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… seen as a traitor to the cause of the struggle.  Nelson Mandela  once described him as “a sell-out in the proper sense of the word.” Matanzima and Mandela came from the same royal family, with Matanzima being … Transkei.html ) (Accessed: 18 March 2004). Kumbaca, N. (2003). “Official funeral for Matanzima”, …

Mary Dorothy Benson

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… heard a knock on her door and when she opened, Nelson Mandela was standing in front of her. She had been expecting Oliver Tambo and was surprised to see Mandela, who had illegally slipped out of South Africa on a … quick trip to London. Benson later described how in 1996, Mandela (on another visit), paced up and down her apartment, …

Key players in the various passive resistance campaigns

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… Naidoo Defiance Campaign 1952 Antony Lembede Nelson Mandela Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma Helen Joseph Leon Levy John K … Freda Troup Patrick Duncan Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960 Nelson Mandela Albert Luthuli Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe Lillian Ngoyi … Defiance Campaign 1989 Alan Boesak Fw De Klerk Nelson Mandela Cyril Ramaphosa Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso Jay Naidoo …

Marc Shoul

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… works in Johannesburg. Studied photography at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and the Peninsula Technicon. … Awards 2010. Permanent Collection: Beyond Walmer at Nelson Mandela Metropolitan Museum. Galleries Flatland … Born: Port … works in Johannesburg. Studied photography at the Nelson Mandela Metropolitan University and the Peninsula Technicon. …

Anthony Sampson

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… formed relationships with future leaders such as Nelson Mandela , and writers like Nadine Gordimer. On his return to … the Rivonia Trial , where he was invited to advise Mandela on his speech. Sampson is reported to have given the … Africa). Sampson also wrote an official biography of Mandela, entitled Mandela: The Authorised Biography (1999), …

Frederik Willem de Klerk

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… leader of the  African National Congress  (ANC), Nelson Mandela . On 2 February 1990, de Klerk lifted the ban on the … and the  Pan Africanist Congress  (PAC). On 11 February Mandela was released. Negotiations with Mandela and other party leaders were held for the peaceful …

John Matshikiza

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… of Matshikiza earliest published poems, And I Watch It in Mandela (1974), was recently republished in a Nelson Mandela anthology: 'It is not for the safety of silence that … which no prison can kill in this man; and I watch it in Mandela’. Extract from And I Watch It in Mandela (1974). His …

Biography of George Hallett by Hunter Kolon

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… 1, 2017 Updated November 23, 2020 George Hallett—More than Mandela Abstract George Hallett, a South African photographer … well known for his award-winning photography of Nelson Mandela during the election near the end of his time in … Writes Back. Oxford: James Currey. Print. Jayawardane, N. (2013). The Photographer who Showed Nelson Mandela to the …

Joel Joffe

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… was called to the South African bar. In his autobiography, Mandela described Joffe’s role as being “the general behind … played a crucial role in the defence team when Nelson Mandela and his comrades were tried for sabotage in the Rivonia Trial between 1963 and 1964. Mandela’s wife, Winnie approached him to defend her husband …

African National Congress (ANC) office bearers

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… Albert Luthuli 1952 - 1967 Oliver Tambo 1967 - 1991 Nelson Mandela 1991 - 1997 Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki 1997 - 2007 Jacob … from 1952 - present Deputy President Period Nelson Mandela 1952 - 1958 Oliver Tambo 1958 - 1985 Nelson Mandela 1985 - 1991 Walter Sisulu 1991 - 1994 Thabo Mvuyelwa …

Mandela: Message to India

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… 2011 Updated October 3, 2016 South African History Online Mandela: Message to India 18 June 1994 [ On the occasion of … Social Action Forum (New Delhi, June 11, 1994), Nelson Mandela sent a message in his capacity as the President of … of the African National Congress. Here the excerpts from Mandela's messages which bring out the bonds of solidarity …

Gauteng Province

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… trial (in which many struggle leaders, including Nelson Mandela, were sent to jail for more than 20 years, took … city Discovery of the Gold in 1884 Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela Nelson Mandela 1995 Rugby World Cup Exhibition : Towards a peoples …

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

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… Updated 04/06/2024 Personal Information Winnie Madikizela-Mandela Born: 26/09/1936 in Mbongweni, Transkei, Eastern … School of Social Work in Johannesburg , where Nelson Mandela (who was already gaining national renown), was the … lawyer she would soon marry, and his legal partner, Nelson Mandela. It also transpired that Tambo happened to be from …

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

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… the ANC. He was her guide and mentor, as he was to Nelson Mandela, and to many others who interacted with him. Much of … a youth wing of the ANC. Sisulu, along with Lembede, Mandela, Oliver Tambo, and Ashley Mda, was elected to the … Suppression of Communism Act. In December 1952, Sisulu, Mandela, Moroka and others were tried under the Suppression …

Nelson Mandela Timeline 1930-1939

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… Joshi, E. Mall and S.B. Medh oppose the SAIC line. 1934 Mandela is sixteen years old and together with other young … "...with an iron hand and an abiding sense of fairness", Mandela later remembered. 10 November, Pixley ka Isaka Seme … again in June, 1936. 1936 After two years at Clarkebury, Mandela is sent further away to Healdtown, a bigger …

Nelson Mandela Timeline 1910-1919

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… of Kantolo in Pondoland. 1918   18 July, Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela is born in the small Tembu village of Mvezo on the … born to Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Hendry Mphakanyiswa Gadla Mandela, a minor hereditary chief.   Chief Gadla Mandela is one of a score of grandsons of Ngubengcuka, the …

Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley

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… Island. Moodley was in the same cell block as Nelson Mandela . The two later developed a friendship and they … Africa (MWASA). Moodley covered the release of Nelson Mandela from prison and was overcome with emotions having … in Robben Island. However, he later become skeptical of Mandela in 1995, when Mandela arrived at the Rugby World Cup …

Nelson Mandela Timeline 1800-1899

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… 2014 Updated March 4, 2022 1800: Historical Context Nelson Mandela traces his lineage back to the Thembu Chief Nxeko, … dies. Jongintaba Dalinyebo would later become Nelson Mandela 's guardian, entrusted to him by Mandela's father on his death bed. 1894 Pondoland, the …

Rivonia Trial 1963 - 1964

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… was arguably the most profound moment in the trial, Nelson Mandela made a speech in the dock in which he condemned the … soon after the overthrow of the state’. In this cabinet, Mandela was Deputy Minister and Minister of Defence, while … the Natal MK and had a photographic memory. He implicated Mandela and his co-accused by recalling various meetings and …

Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada Timeline: 1929 - 2017

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… Yusuf Dadoo , I.C. Meer , Yusuf and Molvi Cachalia and J.N. Singh , Kathrada is involved in the anti-war (World War … for the holdingcells below ground level. Source: Nelson Mandela Foundation 1945 When Kathrada is in Standard Nine … Kathrada has his first and only real argument with Nelson Mandela. The argument revolved around preparations for the …

African National Congress Timeline 1980-1989

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… launches a campaign for the release of Nelson Mandela , and receives enormous support in South Africa and … by many organisations and leaders. A Release Nelson Mandela Committee is formed with Nokukhanya Luthuli (wife of … president of the ANC Women’s League dies. 20 March, Zinzi Mandela expresses the spirit of the ‘Release Mandela’ …

Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa

Biography
… his trial he famously subpoenaed then-imprisoned  Nelson Mandela  as a witness. Mandela’s sworn statement was read in court, the first time … his trial he famously subpoenaed then-imprisoned  Nelson Mandela  as a witness. Mandela’s sworn statement was read in …

Colonel Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa

Biography
… his trial he famously subpoenaed then-imprisoned  Nelson Mandela  as a witness. Mandela’s sworn statement was read in court, the first time … his trial he famously subpoenaed then-imprisoned  Nelson Mandela  as a witness. Mandela’s sworn statement was read in …

Sea Point

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… international corporation – which used an image of Nelson Mandela in the piece’s description. A group of protestors, … Province Cape Town, Western Province Response by Nelson Mandela to De Klerk’s 2 July 1992 memorandum Synopsis … international corporation – which used an image of Nelson Mandela in the piece’s description. A group of protestors, …

Rowley Israel Arenstein

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… whom Buthelezi mingled at the Arenstein house were Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu – who always visited Rowley when … a legal advisor for the Inkatha Freedom Party. When Winnie Mandela was denounced for her association with the Mandela United Football Club, Arenstein offered to help her, …

Father Trevor Huddleston

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… the Group Areas Act in 1950, Huddleston, along with Nelson Mandela , Helen Joseph  and Ruth First  became involved in … one. During this time he developed close friendships with Mandela and Oliver Tambo . In 1954 Huddleston gave Hugh … delivered a worldwide petition calling for the release of Mandela. Huddleston also addressed the United Nations Special …

Juda Ngwenya

Biography
… of great hope, including the iconic image of when Nelson Mandela voted in the first democratic elections on April 27, 1994 at Inanda, Natal (now Kwazulu-Natal). Mandela was elected president and Ngwenya later gave him a … as a freelance photographer and took images for the Nelson Mandela Foundation. He participated in the Foundation’s …

Debating Lineages of Socialism in Africa Webinars

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… State, the Department of Development Studies at Nelson Mandela University, the Archie Mafeje Chair in Critical … Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures. Hosted by Nelson Mandela University. Convenor: Janet Cherry. 15 November 2021, … Forward to Socialism/Socialist Futures. Hosted by Nelson Mandela University. Convenor: Janet Cherry. 25 November 2021, …

Mahomed “Chota” Motala

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… of the African National Congress, including Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu , with whom he became friends. … Fort prison with other treason trialists, including Nelson Mandela. During the trial, Motala spent much of his time with … said he had "wonderful times" with Walter Sisulu, Nelson Mandela, Oliver Tambo , Z. K. Matthews , Luthuli and others. …

Peter Magubane Timeline 1932-

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… day. Official Photographer for Former President Nelson Mandela, until Nelson Mandela became President of South Africa in 1994. 1997 Mother … Meritorious Service Class II from former President Nelson Mandela. 2003 Awarded Honorary Doctorate (Degree DLITT ET …

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