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1915-1972

William Frederick Nkomo

… beliefs as the ANC advocated non-violence at that specific time. While teaching Nkomo obtained a scholarship to study …

B-0008800

1947-2010

Busisiwe Victoria Mhlongo

… Portuguese musicians who were touring Mozambique at the time were so impressed that they invited her to join their …

B-0065035

1812-1893

Johannes Willem (Jan) Viljoen

… him from death after the Transvaal Boers had in the mean time become engaged in a war with the Bechuana tribes. Sekomi …

B-0068728

1925-2000

Alfred Baphetuxolo Nzo

… National Conference held in South Africa for the first time after the unbanning of the liberation movements. He was …

B-0068295

1931-1964

Suliman “Babla” Saloojee

… who he married on 1st July 1962, recalls that the last time she saw him he had a bandage on his head. When she tried …

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1921-1993

Andries Treurnicht

… the Dutch Reformed Church (DRC) in Oudshoorn. During his time there he played rugby for South Western Districts and …

B-0009155

1938

Ngoako David Thebehali

… department at the University of Witwatersrand during which time he also married. He then enrolled with the University of …

B-0009134

1928-2004

Dolly Rathebe

… expression went into utter decline and was to take a long time to recover. Although Rathebe’s career was to be briefly …

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Vusi Mahlasela

… to the people . It comprises of songs as far back as the time when he first started out singing. During his 20 years …

B-0096899

1944

Graeme Pollock

… and issued a joint statement: “We cricketers feel that the time has come for an expression of our views. We fully …

B-0096457

1924-2011

Henry Mutile Fazzie

… of white shops and businesses in Port Elizabeth.At the time the Consumer Boycott Committee which comprised people … Gerhart, G. M. & Karis, T. (eds) (1977)…

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1943-1967

Basil Paul Petersen February

… and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) in 1964. It was around this time that February met fellow comrade James April . He and … Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis, Nimrod Mkele …

B-0071685

1935

Judge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs

… the effects of the bomb blast, he devoted himself full-time to preparations for a new democratic Constitution for …

B-0008976

1953

Jeffrey Thamsanqa Radebe

… was active in the ANC's political department. By the time he left he was head of this department. He was released …

B-0064866

1940-2012

Matlakana Philemon Tefu

… the beginning of 1962, Tefu gave up his job to work full time for the PAC.  By the end of the year he was promoted …

B-0085151

1945

Refiloe Jackie Phelile Sedibe

… Soon after her 17th birthday, it was decided the time had come for her to become a fully-fledged guerrilla. …

B-0093133

1920-1977

Elmon Malele

… 9am to 3pm and that he had been kept standing the whole time .They claimed that Mr Malele had suddenly grimaced and …

B-0008416

1946

Malcolm Payne

… of Conceptualism in South Africa. This was not the first time he had represented South Africa as in 1995, he …

B-0008870

1957

Saleem Badat

… clarifies contemporary challenges, and a memoir on his time as the first black vice-chancellor of the historically …

B-0099279

1925-2015

Ruth Mompati

… of the ANC’s National Executive Council. During this time, she also formed part of the president’s office of the …

B-0068085

1897-1961

Elias Phakane Moretsele

… the Africanists who rejected its multiracial basis. At the time, especially within the ANC in Johannesburg's western …

B-0068097

1957-1980

Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)

… throughout Soweto in the late 1970s and 1980s. By this time the unit, which had within its ranks hardened guerrilla … also known as a “Bazooka”, was used for…

B-0148808

1979

Lewis Baker

… the Act in the preceding fifteen years. Now, for the first time, the State had been able to secure a conviction against … banned from practising law, allowed…

B-0149398

1949

Renfrew Leslie Christie

… to the better their prison conditions. During Christie’s time in prison, his ex-girlfriend from his Wits years, … Angola. He also met Dimitri Tsafendas , who…

B-0147009

1923-2011

William Tilden McClain

… London School of Oriental and African Studies. During this time McClain began to attend meetings of the African National … at the National University of…

B-0148783

1913

Simon P. Mkalipi

… various illegal meetings, he was already in prison at the time of the December 1956 treason arrests. He returned to …

B-0144716

Mxolisi Moyo

Mxolisi Moyo studied photography at the Open School, Johannesburg. He has worked for Post, World and the Tembisa Times. He works mostly in Alexandra and…

B-0149787

Emsley Manne Dipico

… Magistrate Court for an effective 5 years in prison. Spent time at the Diepkloof Prison (Sun City) and Pollsmoor Prison …

B-0150536

1984

Siphiwe Tshabalala

… Erzurumspor of the Super Lig – the top tier in Turkey. His time with the club was brief, however, and after just one …

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