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1916

Philemon Mathole

… the Moroka Advisory Board. He joined the African National Congress in 1947 and participated in the Defiance Campaign of …

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Margaret Chuene Mncadi

… where she became active in the local African National Congress (ANC) . In 1956 she moved to Natal and took over the … Physician, member of the African…

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1904-1983

Alex Hepple

… Alfred Nzo , Secretary-General of the African National Congress (ANC), wrote that he 'was known and loved by the … dated 21 November 1983), and SACTU's (…

B-0066278

1930-1994

Elijah Barayi

… the Defiance campaign .He was the first president of the Congress Of South Africa Trade Unions (COSATU). Barayi worked … on public platforms. In December…

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1948

Alec Erwin

… until 1985. He then held the same position within the Congress of South African Trade Unions (COSATU) between 1986 … 1990 he became an Executive member of…

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1954

Bulelani Thandabantu Ngcuka

… was already too involved in the ruling  African National Congress  (ANC) to exercise judicial independence. Ngcuka … confrontation with leading figures of…

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1888-1948

James M. Thaele

… and Bransby Ndobe, the western Cape  African National Congress  (ANC) with Thaele as president had spread its … ANC," based in the rural districts, and…

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1924

Ben Baartman

… Association and in 1947, he joined the African National Congress (ANC). In 1953, keen to get involved in organizing … also became ‘a committee member of…

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1964

Ntela Richard Sikhosana

… Robben Island prisoner, member of the African National Congress and South African Communist Party and South African … exile in Mozambique, where he joined…

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Professor Harry Ranwedzi Nengwekhulu

… in setting up meetings between the African National Congress (ANC) and Steve Biko. In February 1977 the Black People’s Convention (BPC) held an extraordinary…

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David Perumal

… six (grade eight) and had joined the Natal Indian Youth Congress (NIYC) at the age of 17. He had joined the NIYC, he … Ebrahim (Ebie) recruited Perumal into…

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1949

Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile

… this she established contact with the  African National Congress 's underground structures. When Baleka’s brother, a … ANC’s national executive committee and…

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1927-2018

Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe

… being sent there by the then Fort Hare African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) to deliver a letter to Walter … member and the first president of the…

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Kisten Moonsamy

… of working class activists who grew from the Natal Indian Congress (NIC) to become a formidable force in the struggle … Pamphlet issued by the African…

B-0149342

1948

Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso

… same year Mayekiso was central to the formation of the  Congress of South African and Trade Unions  (Cosatu), and … that drew up its constitution and planned…

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1926

Balelekeng Sam Masemola

… Masemola worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and helped to steer his branch in …

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1841-1948

M. N. Bhola

… organizer of the women's section of the African National Congress (ANC) from the mid-1920s onward in the Western Cape …

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John S. P. Motloheloa

… mid-1950s he was acting secretary of the African National Congress (ANC) in the Western Cape. He attended the 1956 …

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1920

Joel Mabi Lengisi

… Lengisi later moved to  East London African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) leader.  In October 1952, … he was reportedly seen speaking to two African…

B-0141697

1935-2018

Ronald Vernie Dellums

… for his radical political beliefs. Dellums was elected to Congress at the age of 35 years. He emerged as the most … for sanctions against South Africa…

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1935-2018

Ronald Vernie Dellums

… for his radical political beliefs. Dellums was elected to Congress at the age of 35 years. He emerged as the most … for sanctions against South Africa…

B-0149683

1935

Lydia Kompe

… time union employee. She was involved in establishing the Congress of South African Trade Unions  (Cosatu) in 1985. In … In 1994 Kompe was one of the women…

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1981

William Khanyile

… belonging to a banned organisation, the African National Congress  (ANC). He was sentenced to eight years in prison … exile in Maputo and began working for…

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1962

Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu

… advocate, legal expert, and former African National Congress ( ANC) stalwart. Mpofu was born on 2 September 1962 … comrades and him together with other…

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1944-2013

Mxolisi Mgxashe

… Mgxashe was born in 1944. He joined the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC) in Cape Town in the 1960s and took part in the …

B-0149228

1933

Mildred Lesiea

… . Local meetings were organised by the African National Congress (ANC). The Eureka African Primary School was the … the Treasurer of the local branch of the…

B-0083813

1935-1981

Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge

… Mxenge joined the Youth League of the African National Congress (ANCYL). After obtaining his BA degree, he … attorney for the defence of eighteen Pan…

B-0141691

1905-1930

Johannes Nkosi

… anti-pass campaign of the  South African Native National Congress (SANNC and African National Congress (ANC)  after 1923) and became an organizer in the ……

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Mohammed Tikly

… Subsequently, he joined the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, an affiliate of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) where his political activism began. After…

B-0149415

1927

S. Mac Lepolesa

… State in the 1940s, he organized for the  African National Congress  (ANC) and served as the national ANC …

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