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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…

B-0089634

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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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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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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1823-1888

Johannes Henricus Brand

… Brand assumed the presidency, the region was mired in an economic slump. To deal with the crisis in the treasury, … Britain and the Cape. He was convinced…

B-0123392

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…

B-0141531

1923-2011

William Tilden McClain

William Tilden McClain, son of Mary and Harry McClain and an elder brother to David Jack McClain was born on 14 January 1923 in Shelbyville, Indiana. McClain…

B-0148783

1947-1976

Mapetla Frank Mohapi

… of the Zimele Trust Fund established to assist released political prisoners.     Three months after he was elected … as an administrator of a trust that took…

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1928-2010

Professor Fatima Meer

… career as an academic, writer, Human Rights activist and political activist. Moosa valued education and ensured that … university education. Becoming an…

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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:…

B-0008334

1954

Vincent Oliphant

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

B-0008852

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 …

B-0008177

1930-2013

Ismail Jacob Mohamed

… that workers were of crucial importance, that their political participation was imperative to the liberation of … of the exiled, renewing his acquaintance…

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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…

B-0068301

1929-1967

Selbourne Charlton Sobizwa “Selby” Mvusi

… National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) and other student political groups. He was actively involved in student … based in Durban Selby became part of the…

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1905-1982

John Collins

… became friends and Collins questioned his own conservative political formation. After the Great Depression of 1929 he … Tambo  , Walter Sisulu , Albert…

B-0095263

1933

Mildred Lesiea

… . While living in Elsies River that Mildred was drawn into political activity against the introduction of Bantu … , played an active role in encouraging…

B-0083813

1958-1991

Bheki Mlangeni

… at the University of Witwatersrand. He was detained for political activities in 1985 at Sun City (Diepkloof Prison, … that either the army or the police were…

B-0149380

1920-1991

Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu

… Campaign in 1952 . This Campaign, a crucially important political factor in the period prior to the banning of the (ANC) and other political organisations in…

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