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1956-2003

Muziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba

… functions as a vital vocabulary that relates cultural, political and personal experience’. He died in 2003. …

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1919

Isaac Zakes Nkosi

… important. Founded in the 1950s, mbaqanga soon took on a political dimension. Zakes Nkosi recorded an album titled Our …

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1895-1962

Elliot Tonjeni

… the Communist paper, as an instrument for promoting political consciousness among African and Coloured workers, …

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1930

Matthew Nkoana

… and got a job on the  Bantu World,  working his way up to political columnist, in which capacity he became a supporter … Political columnist for the Bantu…

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1931

Abednego Bhekabantu Ngcobo

… of African Unity and speaking before the Special Political Committee of the United Nations. Shortly after …

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1915-1971

H. A. Naidoo

… with the divisions that had up to that time plagued Indian political organisations and prevented them from making common … of African Politics in South…

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1958-2004

Khotso Seatlholo

… released in 1990, when South Africa was in the midst of a political transition. After his release from prison, … Political activist, President of SSRC …

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1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… about the evils of apartheid and the torture endured by political prisoners at the hands of the country’s racist … to the UN to testify, this time…

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1914-1998

Archibald Jacob Gumede

… in Sophiatown. He views this period as one of personal political development, during which he had the opportunity to … them to certain geographical areas and…

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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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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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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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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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Moses Mphahlele

… time, then became an interpreter. Skota describes him as a political protégé of  S. M. Makgatho . In the late 1920s he … of African Politics in South Africa:…

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Karel Tip

… Natal in Durban. However, Tip soon drifted into studying Political Science under the mentorship of Rick Turner . It …

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1979

Lewis Baker

… African Communist Party (SACP). The couple continued their political activities after they were married. During the … the family went into exile in London…

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1932-2024

Peter Sexford Magubane

… he left Drum magazine, Magubane covered most of the major political events in the country and befriended  the leading political figures  of the liberation…

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