SAHO global search

1936-2016

Indres Naidoo

… of the Transvaal Indian Congress in 1958, and he was one of the founders of the Human Rights Committee in 1973. He … kicking and pushing me, saying ‘Now we…

B-0095270

1906

Martha Mohlakoane

… joined the  African National Congress  in 1939 and was one of the leaders of the Orange Free State women in the …

B-0008604

1967

Nkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo

… played an outstanding role in that process. He became one of the first community liaison officers to coordinate the … Development Forum (KDF).  He became the…

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1933-1993

Eschel Mostert Rhoodie

… Dr. Eschel Rhoodie was born in 1933 and was one of the key players in the 1978-79 ‘Information Scandal’. … and huge financial support of top political…

B-0008953

1977-2006

Lebo Mathosa

… Theo Nhlengethwa and Junior Sokhela. Boom Shaka became one of the most successful Kwaito groups of the 90’s. Their … category of the UK’s Music of Black…

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1915-1995

Yusuf Cachalia

… of May 1 and June 26 in 1950, and in 1951 he became one of the two representatives of the SAIC on the Joint … and Cachalia to obtain government permission to…

B-0007913

1940

Ebrahim Ismail Asvat

… served three terms of imprisonment in 1908–09: jailed for one week in November 1908 for hawking without licence; … who was left in charge of his store, was…

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1891-1965

Dr Silas Modiri Molema

… pamphlets on health. Dr. Molema was a good speaker and one of the foremost African scholars. He married the daughter of Rev. M.J. Moshoele, one-time…

B-0068069

1936-2009

Jeanette Eleanor Kasrils

… National Congress  (ANC's) armed wing in 1960. She was part of a Natal MK network that included the late Billy Nair … of South Africa as a republic. By 1961,…

B-0008230

1947

Henry Mshololo

… objects such as wooden spoons and meat platters. One of his special interests is carving violins and …

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1862-1931

Percy Fitzpatrick

… the Bushveld and other children's books. Fitzpatrick was one of the leaders of Johannesburg's Reform Committee which …

B-0008073

James J. Majoro

… Mineworkers' Union. He later became its secretary and was one of the accused in the trial that followed the 1946 mine …

B-0008389

1917-2004

Villa Baker

… had many socialite friends, but they deserted her, with one exception. Lewis was eventually arrested and detained … house arrest, banned from practising law,…

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1899-1976

Dora Taylor

… 1930s. Through these meetings, she came into contact with one of the foremost black intellectual, I.B Tabata , who was … Trek (a Cape Town periodical). By…

B-0089634

20 January-1967

Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)

… to carry passes or deliberately entering areas where one's presence was prohibited. Arrest, Trial, and … only in prison files and family memories. This…

B-0153080

1962-2013

Jacob “Baby Jake” Matlala

… as a businessman and motivational speaker and often took part in charity events to raise funds for the needy and those …

B-0008489

1940-2006

Louis Problem Mkhize

… were then sent to Baku for a sea-landing course. He became part of the team that was to infiltrate the country through …

B-0067867

1933

Allister Sparks

… generation settler, with his forbearers having arrived as part of the famous 1820 contingent. Despite his white …

B-0124819

1951-1985

Sparrow Mkonto

… his wife Sindiswa also from Cradock in 1972. They had one child, Lonwabo. Mkonto lived and worked under trying … employers to fire him on a spurious charge…

B-0064863

1897-1962

Richard Granville Baloyi

… Claims, and draft a Bill of Rights. From 1944 Baloyi was one of the leaders of the anti-pass campaign.     In 1937 he … of the Africans. On this occasion…

B-0007816

1924-2004

Peter McKenzie Brown

… of KwaZulu-Natal. Brown was widely respected and one of the longest banned White South Africans during … to a wide range of people. He observed: "(Brown) was…

B-0007890

1898-1969

Nana Sita

… responsibility that has been cast upon each and every one of us when we decided to challenge the might of the Union … greatest Empire of our times? "It is…

B-0009073

1936-2008

Andrew Mandla Lekoto Masondo

… in MK activities. Masondo spent 13 years in prison, he was one of the first MK members to be imprisoned on Robben … failure in 2005, he died on Sunday 20…

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1935-2008

Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)

… of the riots, four of her sons went into political exile, one of which came back and was tried by the courts for having … travelled to Swaziland to ensure…

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1930-1985

Molly Blackburn

… 1930.  She was the daughter of Elgar Bellhouse who was at one time the chairperson of the Progressive Party (PP) in … shootings at Langa on 21 March 1985…

B-0007860

1909-1997

Frances Baard

… committe members. The following year in 1955 Baard became one of the few female members of its national executive of … death in 1997. In August 1983, at the…

B-0007802

1945

Milner Langa Kabane

… born in the Transkei. Kabane studied at Healdtown.  He was one of the first students to enroll at the University of Fort …

B-0008222

1925

Stanley B. Lollan

… B.  Lollan was born in Johannesburg in 1925, he became one of the few significant coloured activists in the …

B-0008332

1933-2002

Norma Kitson

… born to Jewish parents in 1933 in Berea, Durban . She was one of four children, and had an elder sister Joan and …

B-0008265

1943-2017

Govin Reddy

… or drama series on a car battery-powered radio was a large part of the young Reddy’s entertainment when not playing ball … public rallies and wrote…

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