SAHO global search

1922-2003

Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker

… and soon afterwards was banned from participating in any political organisation. Naicker was forced into exile in the … Teacher, attorney, political prisoner…

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1928-2013

Phyllis Naidoo

… Std 6 level. It was in this cause that she made her first political speech at the YMCA in Beatrice Street. In 1958, she … way out of South Africa. In 1961,…

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1961

Dali Tambo

… of Paris where he acquired a Bachelor of Arts in Political Science and International Affairs in 1981. In 1983, … with Tambo he asked him why he had not…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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,…

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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,…

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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),…

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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  …

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1982

Victor M Mgadi

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

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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…

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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]…

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1973

Mary Margaret Ngalo

… unite women from all walks of life regardless of race or political affiliation, in the fight against apartheid. In … ANC official. While in Tanzania, she…

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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…

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1955

Lloyd Spencer

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

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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…

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1930-2018

David Goldblatt

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

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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…

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1945-2005

Faith Gasa

… of the IFP. In 1991, she was appointed secretary of the political party. Gasa was also the chairperson of the IFP … initiatives during a series of violent…

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