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1900

Thomas Mbeki

… became one of his principal lieutenants, serving for a time as Transvaal provincial secretary. According to Kadalie, … • Gerhart G.M and Karis T. (ed)(1977)…

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1987-2010

Donald Thumamina Mboto

… Kokstad and had not yet secured formal employment at the time of his passing. A gentle and considerate person, Mboto …

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Mtetunzima Ganyile

… and constantly attempted to recruit people.  At the time that his banishment order was issued in 17 October 1960, …

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Chris Qwazi

… started out as a freelancer in the 1980s at a time of increased resistance against Apartheid  in  Port …

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1908-1993

Dulcie Howes

… in ballroom, Spanish and Greek dance, and at the same time acquainting herself with the production of professional … may well just have been in the right…

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1939-2022

Francis Wilson

… was born in May 1939 in Livingstone, Zambia. During this time his father was the director of the newly created Rhodes …

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1922-2010

Eulalie Doreen Stott

… profile since not many women held such positions at the time. This led to her being invited to be the Founding …

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1950

Jacob Sello (Jackie) Selebi

… and organised crime. Despite being head of police at the time, Selebi claimed that he was not aware that his friend …

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1852-1927

Elizabeth Maria Molteno

… against British policy in southern Africa. At this time she was also a contributor to “Songs of the Veld” (1902) …

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1911-1985

Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle

… the formation of many unions in Pretoria. He became full-time General Secretary of the Non-European Distributive …

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1949-2016

Rocky Malebane-Metsing

… ANC in 2010, and now runs various businesses and is a part-time member of council. …

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1935-2009

Cassim Saloojee

… early 1980, Saloojee’s sons who were in High School at the time and surprisingly politically aware further involved him …

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1908-1992

Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay

… (Thailema) Pillay remained a committed activist until the time of her death on19 December 1991.   …

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1942-2017

Joe “Sdumo” Mafela

… with the expectations of local authorities at the time. Tshiawelo was set aside for Africans considered to have …

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1899-1976

Dora Taylor

… to the privileges that came with being white at the time. Despite this, Dora underwent a radical change of …

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1920-1973

Robert M. Resha

… and powerful on the public platform.” In 1955, at the time of the banishment order, he was living in Sophiatown, …

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1922-2005

John O’ Malley

… his matric at Jeppe Boys High in Johannesburg. By this time the World War II had been broken out. O'Malley thus …

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1874-1965

Josephine Ethel (Josie) Wood

… in the form of so-called block loans of 80 titles at a time. Wood also induced the national and provincial …

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1935

Durant Basi Sihlali

… and radical: he resisted avant-garde art trends of the time and insisted on representing realities of urban life for …

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1879-1958

Madhlangala Dukuza Ndabezitha

… was the British President General of South Africa at the time.  On 5 July 1913, he was a delegate to an SANNC meeting …

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1967-1991

Vuyani Mabaxa

… building of the youth movement in Diepkloof that at the time was affiliated to the United Democratic Front (UDF). He …

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Nicholaas Frederic de Waal

… to have disapproved of the meeting, nevertheless at the time said Merriman was being unduly apprehensive, and that it …

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1955

Shirley Gunn

… and 21 people were injured. Gunn who was pregnant at the time with their son Haroon heard on radio on 10 January 1989 …

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Ambrose Makiwane

… university under the Department of Bantu Education. At the time the university was racially mixed with blacks, coloureds …

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1924-2021

Kenneth Kaunda

… in politics. In 1949 he returned to Lubwa to become a part-time teacher, but resigned in 1951 and became Organising …

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1916-1987

Margaret Mary Smith

… after their wedding, her husband, J.L.B Smith, who by this time was an Honorary Curator for the East London Museum, was …

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1916-1965

Dr Arthur Elias Letele

… erupted in Kimberley and Letele was again arrested, this time for inciting violence. He was found guilty and was given … Africa Biography . Pretoria: HSRC…

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1934-2006

Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make

… writer and poet Maya Angelou from 1960-1963, during his time in Cairo. Make also held the position of lecturer at the … Bugg-Levine, Thomas Karis, Nimrod…

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1914-2004

Ray Alexander Simons

… into the African National Congress (ANC) . During this time, her husband lectured in the bush camps in Angola and …

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