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1947-1974

Abram Ramothibi Onkgopotse Tiro

… Isaacson, the Principal of was put under pressure by the Apartheid government to fire him. Travelling to all parts of … instantly. Tiro was buried in…

B-0009149

1943

Bonisile John Kani

… by The Island in 1973. Sizwe Banzi is Dead addresses the apartheid regime’s restrictive pass laws while The Island is … the Market Theatre, Johannesburg. The…

B-0094591

1941

Navanethem (Navi) Pillay

… from different political organizations detained by the apartheid government. In her first case, after starting her … of Durban Westville (now UKZN). In 1995,…

B-0124151

Ngila Micheal Muendane

… liberatory issues, including the UN Special Committee on Apartheid, The OAU, ILO, Non-aligned Movement, Anti-Apartheid Committee and the African Organisation…

B-0146588

1955-2016

Emile Maurice

… equity and representation in the context of colonial and apartheid marginalisation. …

B-0121732

2018

Vondela Landingwe

… the non-racial South African Rugby Union (SARU) during the apartheid era. He was also a brilliant swimmer, and served as …

B-0125519

1922

George Edward Peake

… was subjected to house-arrest in 1964. In early 1968 the Apartheid government banished him from his homeland and Peake …

B-0068302

Ben Khoapa

… director of SPROCAS (Study Project on Christianity in an Apartheid Society). Khoapa was placed under house arrest in … Movement, Director of Study Project on…

B-0073075

1929-2006

Arthur Albert Hugh Adams

… Students. Soon, Adams became actively involved in the anti-apartheid movement. After being arrested twice, Adams … 1959’ triptych. The work anticipates an…

B-0007774

1956

Richard Steele

… the extent at which the then government sold and justified apartheid as just. Steele returned to South Africa in 1976 … but also woke him to the reality of…

B-0074123

1938-1999

Ezrom Legae

… visual commentaries on the pathos and degradation of apartheid - a critique he extended to the persistence of poverty and racism in the post-apartheid years…

B-0008309

1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… and reporter. His job of exposing the hidden crimes of Apartheid proved a remarkable experience in investigative … were insufficient. Gqabi was gunned down…

B-0008120

1932-2002

Soromini Kallichurum

… The history of the Natal University Medical School in the Apartheid 1980s was one of turmoil. A discontented student … medical icon and a fearless protector…

B-0098100

1873-1917

Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube

… would lead South African artists in their fight against Apartheid in the early 1960s. The talent of John and Nokutela … bear children) and injustice of human…

B-0093906

1933

Motsoko Pheko

… of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC).  Due to his anti-apartheid activities, Pheko was imprisoned in South Africa.  … Southern Africa (1976) The Early Church…

B-0081677

1929-2011

Arthur Goldreich

… Communist Party which was forced underground by the apartheid state. Lilliesleaf Farm also became the secret … of the Palestinian people,comparing its…

B-0065024

1928-2010

Jean Clarice Middleton

… Mandela and the ANC leadership were jailed for life. The Apartheid government, furious at the launching of the armed … London. At that time, Middleton then…

B-0074116

1947

Aaron Mosibudi Mangena

… at Olifantsfontein in 1972.Mangena continued with his anti-apartheid political activities and became involved in a local … of his political involvement,…

B-0093814

1944

Mongane Wally Serote

… and Don Mattera spurred on the political ideals of anti-apartheid popular movements. Many of these works aimed at … campaigns that ultimately contributed to…

B-0068945

1924-2009

Dennis Brutus

… which spearheaded the international sports boycott against apartheid South Africa.  He was elected as this body’s … Britain on a one-way permit.In 1966, he…

B-0007892

Benjamin Johnson Langa

… he made his submission on behalf of the ANC to the TRC. Apartheid security police used their agents within the ANC to … their commander. He was a wrong man…

B-0080452

1932-2016

Mewa Ramgobin

… leading figures in the growth and the revival of the anti apartheid movement. His first banning order expired in 1970. … prisoners to coincide with the 10th…

B-0008936

1937

Sylvia Neame

… not guilty. Uniquely, this was the only trial during the apartheid era that had seven White women in detention. Neame, … political activists who were held at…

B-0095076

1942-2018

Gerald Patrick Kearney

… servant .As a young boy he heard pastoral letters opposing apartheid from Archbishop Denis Hurley that were read in his … a university student, who spoke…

B-0125558

1928

Michael Kitso Dingake

… on 5 May 1981 and repatriated to Botswana, although the apartheid regime had, ostensibly for trial purposes, claimed … writer who published the following…

B-0064882

1934-2012

Ellen Lambert

… After the banning of the ANC, Lambert carried on her anti-apartheid political activity underground. Consequently, she … Front (UDF), a Congress of the People…

B-0093590

1950

Peter Hain

… Liberal Party's youth wing and also the Britain Anti-Apartheid Movement,winning election to its National Committee …

B-0095199

1954

Wendy Schwegmann

… that played a key role in documenting the resistance to apartheid in the 1980s. At the time she was freelancing for …

B-0008998

1959-1985

Nomkhosi Mary Mini

… National Congress (ANC) member to be executed by the apartheid state.  Nomkhosi Mary Mini was born into a …

B-0008564

1947-1972

Mthuli ka Shezi

… courage and contribution to the performing arts and anti-apartheid activism.  …

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