SAHO global search

1939-2022

Francis Wilson

… of the newly created Rhodes Livingstone Institute. Due to political pressure, in 1941 Godfrey Wilson was forced to … Sharpeville police shootings, the…

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1852-1927

Elizabeth Maria Molteno

… facilitation of meetings between Mr Gandhi and her many political connections. Women had a highly restricted role in … Claremont , Cape Town , she introduced…

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1949-2016

Rocky Malebane-Metsing

… as youth protests spread from Soweto to the region. His political activity drew the attention of the security police. … decided that the only way forward was…

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1922-1992

Hassan Howa

… proponent of non-racial sport. Strongly influenced by the political movements of the Western Cape, with its … isolation of apartheid sport as part of the…

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1899-1976

Dora Taylor

… Convention  (1935). Tabata played a key role in the political and intellectual development of Dora Taylor. Dora … of the Marxist tradition. When the Lenin…

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1931-1998

Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe

… others were dropped on 18 December 1957,she resumed her political work,was elected to the ANC's National … her Durban relatives.South Africa's longest…

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1879-1958

Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha

… Between 1914 and 1920, Ndabezitha studied extramural Political Science Courses at the South African School of … now the University of Witwatersrand…

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1967-1991

Vuyani Mabaxa

… in youth politics and as a young community leader. His political and community activism resulted in Mabaxa spending … for the high levels of violence, both…

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Nicholaas Frederic de Waal

… he opened a news agency in November 1881, propagating his political ideas. He took over a newspaper owned by Heathcote … to be held on December 6 1900?, …

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1884-1933

Richard Msimang

… practice in Johannesburg. At about that time he befriended political aware and overseas-educated black lawyers such as … Mangena, who both influenced the way…

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1856-1919

Saul Msane

… occupation which secured him a substantial income. His political involvement started in 1900. In 1901 he became a … he was nicknamed Isita sa Bantu (enemy of…

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1949

Joseph Alfers

… fulfill bursary obligations, he was dismissed in 1973 for political activities contrary to Section 12(1)(b) of the … Civil Service Act, as a result of…

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1954-1979

Selaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi

… missions in South Africa mobilising, spreading the political message and recruiting cadres as being part of his … reluctantly - after a clarion call from his…

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Ambrose Makiwane

… where enrolled to study Law. Makiwane continued with his political activism at Fort Hare under the mentorship of ANC … particularly in the Eastern Cape…

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1917-2013

Mfanasekaya Pearce Linda Gqobose

… school in King Williams Town.Gqobose became involved in political struggles when he was a student at Lovedale College … attacks on the apartheid regime. The…

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Billy Paddock

… completed the famous long-distance Comrades Marathon. His political consciousness was awakened at the University of … majority rule he had so longed to see,…

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1938-1988

Percy Peter Qoboza

… was a hybrid township of cinemas, shebeens, jazz dens, political meetings and “tsotsi” gangsters. He initially went … Schoeman, E. & Andor, L.E. (eds) (1999)…

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1935-1981

Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge

… convicted under the Suppression of Communism Act for his political activities in the ANC. He served a two-year … not enough to gain him admission because of…

B-0141691

1914-2016

Selloane Ethel Leisa

… her home into a safe house, providing refuge for ANC political activists fleeing from the security police as the … unite women from all walks of life…

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Mceleli Bongwefile Buthelezi

… Rhodes University, 2012. From the book, Forgotten People - Political Banishment under Apartheid by Professor S. Badat …

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1907-1983

Michael Guthrie Scott

… in from the countryside, drawn to the city like a magnet. Political deadlock and departmental confusion led to delays … German law and relinquish further…

B-0084331

1953

Steven Eli Friedman

… to democracy before and after the 1994 elections. As a political scientist in the new South Africa, Friedman has …

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1879-1940

Charles Templeman Loram

… for example, warning the Joint Councils against taking political positions and opposing the creation of a National … of African Politics in South Africa:…

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1954

Vincent Oliphant

… varied than those in his first book and included socio-political as well as personal (specifically, love) poems. The …

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1925-2020

Harold Strachan

… his full sentence at Pretoria Prison. Due to Strachan’s political commitments, he had little opportunity to truly … Political activist, Banned person,…

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1910-1960s

Jameson Gilbert Coka

… In the  Communist Party  he found a more congenial political home, and in the party organ, Umsebenzi,  he found … Thomas Karis, Nimrod Mkele .From Protest to…

B-0007951

1920

Isaac Osier Horvitch

… Act he became Chairman of the Forum Club, a multi-racial political discussion club. He was arrested on 5 December 1956 …

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1927

S. J. J. Lesolang

… of African Politics in South Africa: 1882-1964, Vol.4 Political Profiles 1882 - 1964. Hoover Institution Pres: …

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Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

… in 1945, PR Pather continued to be involved in public and political affairs. The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian … from India, South Africa and the South…

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