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1919

Peter Kaya Selepe

… Legion and of the  African National Congress . At the time of his arrest for treason, he was living in Dube …

B-0149423

Tlou Matlala

… Cape]. He was the son of Mokoena Matlala, aged 12 at the time of his banishment and heir to the chieftainship. His …

B-0149361

Madibeng Chris Mokoditoa

… secretary of the University of Christian Movement at the time of his first ban in 1973. In 1975, Mokoditoa …

B-0148081

2019

Herbert Mabuza

Herbert Mabuza was an outstanding photographer, who was promoted to the position of managing editor at the Sunday Times and later to the same position at the…

B-0141675

1790-1868

King Mzilikazi

… when he heard that Moffat wanted to visit him again, this time accompanied by a group of explorers who were undertaking … forces. But again, they were beaten…

B-0068162

1928-2010

Professor Fatima Meer

… at the University of Natal, a remarkable achievement at a time when few of her contemporaries achieved university … not uncommon amongst the Sunni Bhora…

B-0065346

1933-2020

Denis Theodore Goldberg

… to MK in the Western Cape. Bodenstein  (his wife at the time) also came from a political background with both her … house in Bloemfontein, where he died in…

B-0008105

1909-1961

David Pratt

… this man, but lay him up for a month or more to give him time to think things over." (The Star, 13 September 1960). … hit the Prime Minister in the right…

B-0068322

Winston Field

… office from 17 December 1962 to 13 April 1964. During his time in office, Britain had maintained that it would not … his visits to London in June 1963 and…

B-0149215

1932-2008

Miriam Makeba

… was born in March 4th, in 1932 Johannesburg , during a time of economic depression. Her mother, a domestic worker, … According to her biography, the 1980s…

B-0008394

Nise Bulelwa Malange

… formed township in the Ciskei . She describes it as the time in which she started taking politics incredibly … terrible, so I [became] … more politicized. …

B-0008413

1928-1986

Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo

… so unsafe that literally we feel we may be shot at any time". Insulated, perhaps, by the belief that Kaiser, his … K.D. was not prepared to let him off so…

B-0088575

1920-1964

Vuyisile Mini

… term in Pretoria prison for MK activities at the time of Mini's execution. He recalled the last moments of … he was given a heroes funeral in Port Elizabeth…

B-0008562

1927-2020

Advocate George Bizos

… was a prominent citizen, having been the mayor at one time. In 1941, when Bizos was thirteen years old, seven … African’. The ban lasted over 30 years. …

B-0007857

1910-1977

Percy John "Jack" Hodgson

… and membership of some 20 organisations. From this time onwards, together with many others, he was forced to … in South Africa from the United Kingdom…

B-0008166

1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… and Marxism like many of the young people at that time. In late 1943 his interest in South Africa was sparked … about mine workers going to Johannesburg. At…

B-0082253

1963

Saul Simon Nhlapo

… assaults, arson and murders actually started from the time he took an active part in the management of the Evaton …

B-0148517

1940-2013

Adrian Leftwich

… Following the capture of top MK leaders in 1963, some time towards the end of 1963 or early 1964, the NCL prepared … up a document entitled Reasons for…

B-0141659

Babalekile Anderson Gigaba

… and confusion reportedly ensued.  Gigaba was, at that time, out on bail on a charge of conspiring to commit murder.  …

B-0148467

Moses Mphahlele

… graduated with a teacher's certificate. He taught for some time, then became an interpreter. Skota describes him as a … • Gerhart G.M and Karis T. (ed)(1977)…

B-0149429

Karel Tip

… under the mentorship of Rick Turner . It was during this time that Tip’s opposition to apartheid developed and he …

B-0149244

1914

Aaron Mahlangu

… part in a strike at a power station. He became a full-time trade union secretary after entering the laundry …

B-0144692

1916-2006

Anton Edward Rupert

… degree at the same institution, where he lectured for some time after completing his studies. His first business …

B-0121674

1917-1998

Winnie Motlalepule Kgware

… an organization that was banned from the campus at the time. In 1962-1963 she and her husband toured the United … Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis, Nimrod Mkele …

B-0070046

1927-2011

Professor Carel Boshoff

… early life on a cattle farm in the Waterberg. During this time he had met  J G Strijdom  and  H F Verwoerd  who …

B-0007874

1930-2006

Mazisi Raymond Kunene

… major works, in both English and isiZulu, during this time. His three epics, Emperor Shaka the Great, 1979; Anthem …

B-0008288

1915-2003

Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima

… Africa to give chiefs more local power, but at the same time use them as puppets to control the homelands. In 1963 …

B-0008481

1915-1984

Thelma Gutsche

… of the Africana Museum Advisory Committee. Around the same time she also served as a founding member, trustee and life …

B-0008135

1942

Vera Gow (Adams)

… forms of social living in the Western Cape . During this time, District Six was declared a white area, and …

B-0008119