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Ngoza Mvelase

According to documentation related to Ngoza Mvelase’s banishment, community conflict in the Msinga District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] in previous years…

B-0149334

1937-2021

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim

… was released after the Appellate Division ruled that the courts had no jurisdiction to try him because of his …

B-0008038

1936-2018

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

… choice but to fit in around his clandestine activities. [xiii] Their most intimate and prolonged encounters occurred … leave to appeal and her bail was…

B-0008431

1969

Jacob Monakgotla

Mr Jacob Monnakgotla was detained under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act on 29 January 1969 with nine other Bakubung tribesmen on charges of assault with…

B-0149627

Joseph (Anti-Pass) M. Kumalo

During the 1955-1956 Evaton bus boycott Kumalo was banished in terms of the 1927 Native Administration Act to Duiwelskloof. From there he was brought to stand…

B-0149493

Marion Monica Sparg

Marion Monica Sparg was born in East London and was one of six children. She grew-up in a white middle-class English-speaking South African family in the…

B-0147251

1977

Mzukisi Nobhadula

Mr Mzukisi Nobhadula died in detention on 20 December 1977 at the North End Prison in Port Elizabeth.Mr Nobhadula was an awaiting-trial prisoner on a charge of…

B-0149978

Phikinkani Zulu

There was conflict in the Tokazi location in the Usutu Area, Nongoma District, Natal [now Kwazulu-Natal], around Bantu Affairs (BA), betterment and the role…

B-0149257

1977

Aaron Khoza

Mr Aaron Khoza,aged 35,from Kagiso was detained on 9 December 1976 in Krugersdorp in terms of section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act. He was transferred to…

B-0149654

1938

Dorothy Alexander

Dorothy Alexander was born on 7 August 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, the third of six children[1]. One of her siblings was Neville Alexander…

B-0150277

1970

George Mokate Ramafoku

George Mokate Ramafoku is the only person, banished post-1948, who was also banished prior to 1948.    His banishment order, of 8 May 1935, notes that Chief…

B-0148407

1886-1957

Jacob Hendrik Pierneef

… Castle 1940 - Two large pictures, Johannesburg Magistrates Courts 1955 - Broadcast House, Johannesburg. Pierneef died on …

B-0008887

Jackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane

Jackson (Balisile) Nkosiyane, Twalimfene Joyi, Bangilizwe Joyi and McGregor Mgolombane were all banished on 30 May 1958 from Thembuland, Umtata District, …

B-0149302

1922-2011

Dorothy Cleminshaw

… support for many who were arrested; she attended trials in courts and supported families of friends. She wrote letters …

B-0149290

1939

Thomas Madikwe Manthata

Thomas Madikwe Manthata was born November 29,1939 in Soekmekaar in the Northern Transvaal.His parents had no formal education.He completed teacher trainiong…

B-0141687

Alex Tikana

Anger at the unilateral imposition of state policies and attempts to appoint pliant pro- Kaizer Matanzima, (chief of the Thembu people) headmen resulted in…

B-0149299

Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe

There had been periodic unrest at Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province) from the 1930s onwards. During the 1950s,…

B-0148405

1911-1991

Taubie Kushlick

… to law. The action for damages never came before the courts but her threat smouldered for many months. One of …

B-0008289

1918

Shapurji Sorabji

Shapurji Sorabji was born in Adajan, India. He belonged to a well-known Parsi family in Bombay and was a cousin of Parsee Rustomjee, a loyal friend of Gandhi…

B-0149256

Nelson Zulu

There was conflict in the Tokazi location in the Usutu Area, Nongoma District, Natal [now Kwazulu-Natal], around Bantu Affairs (BA), betterment and the role…

B-0149264

Emsley Manne Dipico

Emsley Manne Dipico, activist, politician and former Premier of the Northern Cape Provincial Legislature, was born in  Greenpoint, Kimberley. Emsley Manne…

B-0150536

1899-1975

Julius Louis Saks

  Optometrist Julius Louis Saks was the first son of Sidney and Deborah Saks. His family emigrated to South Africa from England in 1905. Sidney Saks became a…

B-0144737

Elliot Mngadi

Elliot Mngadi was born in Roosboom around 1918. Alongside Peter Brown also a leading member of the LP, Mngadi spearheaded the cause of black farmers in Natal…

B-0149214

1974

Stella Nyanzi

Dr Stella Nyanzi was born in Masaka District, Buganda Kingdom in Uganda on 16 June 1974. Also known as Nnalongo (which means mother of twins), she is a medical…

B-0150196

1977-2008

Eudy Simelane

Eudy Simelane was born on 11 March 1977 in KwaThema, Springs, Transvaal (Gauteng). An active LGBTQI+ activist, she was one of the first women to live as openly…

B-0149208

1918-2011

Judge Erns Jansen

  Judge Erns Jansen was born in Pietermaritzburg on 27 June 1918.  He was the son of Ernest Jansen, Minister of Native Affairs in the National Party…

B-0149432

Alois Mate

The Makoba’s Council was described as ‘a powerful and dangerous group of tribesmen.’ Alois Mate was considered to be ‘the brains of the Council although he…

B-0149326

1927-2019

Adelaine Florence Hain

… and to the security police. She patrolled Pretoria’s courts trying to discover teenage defendants who’d …

B-0149616