SAHO global search

1941-1995

Kenule Beeson Saro-Wiwa

… Nigeria due to his newspaper writing. Saro-Wiwa served in one presidential administration in the late 1980s. But his … the principal opposition leader in…

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1888-1963

Bernard Lazarus Sigamoney

… socialist and Indian trade unionist. He is considered one of the few Indian leaders of his day who attempted to … the African and coloured cricket boards to…

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1928-2008

Cleopas Madoda Nsibande

… African Congress of Trade Unions  (SACTU). He was also one of the key campaigners who mobilised people for the … Luthuli, Nelson Mandela and Oliver Tambo. In…

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1940

Mary Maria Burton

… was born on 19 January 1940 in Buenos Aires, Argentina. One of three children of Molly and Peter Ingouville, Burton … democratic elections in 1994, Burton…

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Kisten Moonsamy

… Kisten “Zed” Moonsamy was part of a remarkable generation of working class activists …

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1952

Gert Petrus Swart

… and has held a number of solo exhibitions, including one at the TAG. He is represented in the collection of that …

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1914

Josepha Selhorst

… from 1949 in South Africa and Italy and held a number of one-person exhibitions, here and abroad. She undertook a …

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2012

Mongezeleli Ntenetya

… His younger brother works in the mines. There is no one supporting the family, because even his brother supports …

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Joseph Fansio Mati

… police raided Mati’s house and he was arrested. Mati was one of 29 who were arrested on the same day, all under the … ANC, such as the Science and Literature…

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1949-2014

Jabu Sithole

… the glue that held the detainee community together and as one “who never got the blues because he was always singing … 24 years before his passing away,…

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Tim Bruwer

… Odd one out Over the years many people have asked me how it came … northern border of the country a month later to play my part as a reserve soldier in the…

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1928-2023

Chief Mangosuthu Gatsha Buthelezi

… an honorary degree.  At the funeral of Robert Sobukwe , a part of the crowd, angered by his presence, taunted him as a … with the king and later withheld his…

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1944-2013

Mxolisi Mgxashe

… Congress (PAC) in Cape Town in the 1960s and took part in the march, in Cape Town’s Langa Township on 21 March …

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1960

Khela Ngobese

… talent, his mother’s brother having been Arthur Buthelezi, one of the earlier generation of African artists along with …

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1922

Mary Goitsemang Ranta

… to women in the mid-1950s . In December 1956 she was one of the 19 women charged with treason, but charges against …

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1944-2009

Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini

… Dlamini was born in Benoni, Transvaal, on 10 October 1944, one of the five children of Anna and Gilbert Dlamini, a … they were able to challenge certain…

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1921-2020

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

… and his mother was chased out of his grandfather’s house. One of her aunts took her in and the child was born in her … as a builder meant that they never…

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1887

John Mtini

… John Mtini was the 'Grand Old Man' of the trial who took part in the 1929 anti-pass campaigns, the struggles of the …

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1939-2025

Dr Franklin Abraham Sonn

… until his diplomatic posting. Peninsula Technikon is now part of the Cape Peninsula University of Technology (CPUT). … .  He monitored Zambia's general…

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1981

William Khanyile

… By then he was already interested in Marxism and took part in study circles on the issue. Very soon after, he … Khanyile and John Nkadimeng led a SACTU…

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1928-2012

Joe Mkhwanazi

… the party’s national executive committee.  Later he became part of the PAC’s military commission, the body that oversaw … dismantling Apartheid gathered pace…

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1944-2017

Buchi Emecheta

… the time she was twenty two years old they were separated. One of the first works that Emecheta wrote was burned by her … Nigerian woman struggling to fit…

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1917-1998

Winnie Motlalepule Kgware

… protests against the Government’s restrictions on campus. One of her early acts at the university was to organise a … BPC was amongst the organizations that…

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1963

Justice Sfiso Mkame

… is at once captivating and engaging. In 2001 Ka-Mkame was one of the founder members of the Durban collective, 3rd Eye … future of the country, took to the…

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1882-1955

Mary Eveline Fincken

… number of singers in choral societies in northern England, one of her aunts being a singing teacher. She attended school … in October and November 1911. In…

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1978

Sibusiso Robert Duma

… may allude to a point where there is little life left and one comes home to await death. This is emphasised by the fact … came under the tutelage of Trevor…

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1931-1964

Suliman “Babla” Saloojee

… for 65 days,At the inquest the magistrate found that no one was to blame for Mr Saloojee's death.Moreover,nothing in … him were in any way irregular. He…

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1916

Job Patja Kekana

… work. He also spent time at Camberwell School of Art, one of London’s leading art and design school, in 1961, … issues – including a dislocated arm, the loss…

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1928-2017

Edward 'Eddie' John Daniels

… grew up and attended Sydney Street School. District 6 was one of the so-called “coloured” areas as classified by the … that embraces the core of Eddie's…

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1903-1979

Josie Palmer

… life. Mpama became involved in politics when she became one of the first Black women to join the CPSA in the … the country at the time. The CPSA sent her to…

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