SAHO global search

1925-2013

Colin Wells Eglin

… to the Pinelands town council. In 1953 Eglin became a political campaign manager for his friend Zac de Beer , who … also instrumental in establishing…

B-0008044

1940-2010

Frederik van Zyl Slabbert

… attempt to pressure the government to negotiate with all political groups. Slabbert resigned from his position as … an irrelevant institution in the context…

B-0068655

1944-1989

David Joseph Webster

… critique of government policies with anti-apartheid political activism. David's reputation as an anthropologist … order to obtain news and to track down the…

B-0009218

1943-2009

Winston Monwabisi Ngozi

… they smell the blood of a slaughtered cow. This album had political connotations and fostered awareness in the Black … and they released the album Jika ; an…

B-0095437

Myron Peter

… training based on the radical Paolo Frere method for political conscientisation in his community. While in the ASH … Democratic Front (UDF) . As a community…

B-0008880

1926-1995

Joe Slovo

… he became well known for his work as a defence lawyer in political trials. He married Ruth First , daughter of SACP … under the Suppression of Communism Act,…

B-0009082

1969-1989

Robert Anthony Basil Waterwitch

… especially jazz, and a gifted guitar player, Waterwitch’s political awakening came in high school. A student at St. … that he was a member of MK. In a mini…

B-0149832

1941-1971

Ahmed Timol

… of Egypt. His teacher warned him that the speech was political. He completed his matriculation in 1959 at the … into the Roodepoort Youth Study Group (RYSG),…

B-0068942

1934-2002

Jonas Malheiro Savimbi

… interrupted due to police harassment as a result of his political activities. The Portuguese secret police detained … where in 1965 he completed his…

B-0151989

1912-1964

Daniel R Koza

… from the early 1930s, he was known as a Trotskyist in his political leanings. In the 1940s he was associated with the  … Political activist  …

B-0067728

1982

Victor M Mgadi

… Victor M Mgadi was a political activist with the African National Congress(ANC) …

B-0076960

1950-1990

Muntu Myeza

… Workers Union (BAWU) in 1972, and he became in student political activities and joined the South African Students … the evening following the rally, Myeza…

B-0121056

unknown-2011

Rev George Wauchope

… He skipped bail and in February 1989 fled to Zimbabwe as a political refugee.  Wauchope trained for the ministry in … Wauchope to return home. While they all…

B-0065257

1927-2011

Elsie Nair

… Union. Elsie met her husband, Billy Nair , a friend of political activist Poomoney Moodley , when Elsie would visit … 1964, along with former president…

B-0096462

1903-1972

J B Marks

… very poor. This strike led to his expulsion from school. A political activist and trade unionist, he joined the African … SACP. In 1931 he was barred from…

B-0008450

1959

Thandi Modise

… in the camp. After training she worked in the camps as a political commissar. Modise also received political education, sitting in open classrooms, under…

B-0008591

1908-2003

Ismail Ahmed Cachalia

… Indians and to forge co-operation with other militant political organisations amongst African, Coloured and White … passive resistance campaign led to the…

B-0007912

1933

Audrey Coleman

Audrey Coleman was born in 1933. When she was twenty years old she married businessman Max Coleman. They had four sons, and became active members of the…

B-0149513

1963

Mike Hutchings

… to the Afrapix collective. Hutchings covered the political conflict in South Africa in the 1980s, leading up to the unbanning of political organizations, the…

B-0149882

1949

Sadecque Variava

… movement should move forward, how to define ‘black’ as a political subject, what Indians, Coloureds and Africans had … SRC to abolish initiation practices,…

B-0149677

1881-1951

Pixley ka Isaka Seme

… designed to exclude them from participating in mainstream political institutions and which sought to regulate their … Seme’s insight into forms of resistance…

B-0009017

1928-2009

Curtis Nkondo

… and handed in their passes. This was the first decisive political act on his part. He was arrested in 1962, while he … on teaching and athletics, and gave…

B-0068743

1947

Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele

… of the village of Kranspoort that also contributed to her political awakening. The dispute centred on whether the … of Blacks’ defiance to the apartheid…

B-0068381

1930-2018

David Goldblatt

… . In the 1950s, David started photographing the unfolding political campaigns mounted by the Congress Alliance, however … Nationalist government, he…

B-0008106

1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… from his Hindi teacher in school. Whilst in college his political consciousness was shaped by Jawaharlal Nehru, … Section for Middle East and Africa (in the…

B-0082253

1947

Dr Gurunathen (Guru) Kistnasamy

… and other prevailing conditions led to his involvement in political activism as a student. On 6 September 1966, Dr. … The special branch then cracked down…

B-0123670

1967-1989

Coline Williams

… brother Ashley and the last born, Selina, were raised in a political conscious household—their grandmother encouraging their political awareness. [1]…

B-0149719

1956

Pumzile Mayapi

… for terrorism and sabotage. Mayapi was released with other political prisoners after the first political amnesty was granted in February 1990. … Member of…

B-0149222

1955

Lloyd Spencer

… the kind of social life that had become so vital to the economic survival of their city centres. Albion Street was …

B-0149881

1956

Paul Weinberg

… High School, and obtained his undergraduate BA degree in political science, economic history and law from the University of Natal. In …

B-0068755