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1923

James “Jobe” Hadebe

… clubs" for children. He also acted as Transvaal Provincial Secretary of the ANC, in the Transvaal, in the 1950s. … Congress (ANC) Hadebe served as Transvaal…

B-0008138

1880

Sir Ernest Oppenheimer

… Oppenheimer was active in civil life and in 1908 he was elected to the city council, becoming mayor in 1912. He … a leading figure in the new diamond field…

B-0008856

1931-2000

Hendrik Jacobus (Kobie) Coetsee

… on the students’ council for extra-mural studies and was elected chairman of the youth branch of the National Party … factor in Coetsee’s upbringing. In 1968…

B-0007948

1908-1993

Manonmoney "Ama" Naidoo

… Campaign  of Defiance against Unjust Laws in1952. She was elected to the executive of the Federation of South African … Indian Congress (TIC) was revived in…

B-0068196

1950

Martin Plaut

… with the Anti-Apartheid Movement as part of his role as Secretary of the Labour Party’s Africa Committee and was the Secretary of the Africa Committee of the…

B-0068305

1911-2004

Freda Levson

… Mompati . Freda Levson, was appointed its administrative secretary, and for four years the fund provided welfare and … exile. In 1961 she handed over the…

B-0064873

1955

Laura Jean Levetan

… Town. At UCT she became active in NUS AS programs and was elected to the UCT SRC in 1976 where she was NUSAS Projects … out of the Sow eto uprising from 1976…

B-0149486

1892-1977

Moses Kottler

… to hold exhibitions all over the country. New members were elected by existing members by means of secret-ballot. The …

B-0008275

1902-1972

Rosa Hope

… was subsequently shown at the RA. She was then elected an ARE. In 1935 she visited South Africa, and her …

B-0008175

1931

Matsobane Morris Matsemela

… been a member of the ANC Youth League . In 1959, he was elected as chairperson of the Selbourne ANC Branch. In 1960 …

B-0068679

1920-2002

Lionel Rusty Bernstein

… the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) and both got elected as Distric Committee in 1941. In 1942 Bernstein enrol … Writer, Political Activist, Architect…

B-0007843

1922-1985

John Nyathi Pokela

… his release in 1980, Pokela went into exile where he was elected to replace Vusumuzi Make who voluntarily stepped down …

B-0008902

1891-1970

Arthur William Blaxall

… of the International Fellowship of Reconciliation, and secretary of the South African Christian Council. Over the …

B-0007861

1937

Bennie Bethuel Albert RaKhoapa Khoapa

… manager with a rubber company in Natal, he became national secretary for South African Young Men's Christian …

B-0080398

1930

Zachius Botlhoko Molete

… of Africanists around  P. K. Leballo  and was later chosen secretary for publicity and information when the  PAC  was … PAC Secretary for Publicity and…

B-0068070

1909-1994

Oscar Mpetha

… and Canning Workers' Union and in 1951 became its general secretary. He joined the  African National Congress  ANC in … Organiser and later General Secretary…

B-0068120

1895-1970

Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

… to take a strong interest in public affairs. He was made secretary of the Aryan Young Men's Progressive Association, … Pietermaritzburg. At the age of 19, he…

B-0144797

1956

Dikobe Ben Martins

… National Congress (ANC) and the South African Communist (SACP) after his release from Robben – Island and Johannesburg … Congress (ANC); the South African…

B-0008455

1862-1919

Louis Botha

… refused to condone this, Lord Roberts reported to the Secretary for War that organized resistance had ceased. …

B-0144640

1938-2009

Nosipho Dastile

… Front (UDF) in Uitenhage. As her activism grew, she was elected as the Uitenhage Women’s Organisation’s first … from 1994 until 1999, she was among the first…

B-0150235

Shirish Nanabhai

… to delegates to the Congress of the People in 1955. He was elected to the executive of the TIYC in 1956. In 1957, he … driving Joe Matthews – a leading…

B-0149851

1945

Reverend Allan Aubrey Boesak

… of Black Reformed Christians in Southern Africa) and elected Boesak as chairman. The alliance's statement … Africa's white Dutch Reformed Church, and…

B-0007862

1874-1939

Charlotte Maxeke

… that she wrote in Xhosa , also reinforces this. SAHO has elected to go with the sources that locate Ramokgopa in the … the Joint Council of Europeans and…

B-0008503

1905-1988

Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu

… convent in Melmoth. At the same time (early 1960s), he was elected president of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and … in the organization for seven years…

B-0009262

1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… in charge of action against apartheid, first as principal secretary of the Special Committee Against Apartheid and then … and their supporters around the…

B-0082253

1959-2016

Junaid Ahmed

… and in mainstream theatres. Ahmed was the General Secretary of the Congress of South African Writers (COSAW) … General Secretary of the Congress of South…

B-0122211

Nombuso Mchunu

… Garment workers union, Nombuso moved to become the general secretary of the Chemical and Industrial Workers’ Union, … General secretary of the Chemical and…

B-0067935

1977

Lawrence Ndzanga

… Mr Lawrence Ndzanga,aged 53, a former secretary of the Railway Workers Union and a national …

B-0144826

1909-1985

Moses Josiah Madiba

… read in Northern Sotho schools. Madiba was the first secretary of the Maune branch of the Transvaal. African Teachers' Association (TATA) in 1930. He was…

B-0008363