SAHO global search

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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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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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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Mceleli Bongwefile Buthelezi

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

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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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1932

Irene Menell (nee Manderstam)

Born in 1932, Irene Menell (nee Manderstam) spent her early life moving from one place to the next, completing her primary and secondary schooling in the…

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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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1942

Joseph Nong Thloloe

… Member of the PAC, political detainee, chairman of the South African National …

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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…

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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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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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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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Gopal Krishna Gokhale

… Fergusson College as Professor of Mathematics, English, Political Economy. In 1899 he was elected to the Bombay … Political activist …

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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…

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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…

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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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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…

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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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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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