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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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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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1895-1970

Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

… bodies. In the early 1920's PR joined the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). In 1924 he was appointed as one of the joint … by the leadership of the NIC and the…

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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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1933-2019

Jennifer Davis

… the liberation movements in Africa. She testified before Congress on U.S. financial ties to South Africa and also … on Africa played a key role in convincing…

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1943-2008

Patrick “Bra Pat” Matanjana

… was a member of the armed wing of the  African National Congress ,  Umkhonto weSizwe (MK)  and in 1967 he was …

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Gopal Krishna Gokhale

… Legislative Council and presided over the Indian National Congress Session in Benaras. He championed the cause of South …

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Vivienne Ncakeni

… at some of the foundation meetings of the African National Congress Youth League  (ANCYL). … African Teachers' Association and the African National Congress…

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J. S. Likhing

… of the Bechuanaland-Griqualand West,  African National Congress  (ANC) around 1930, and also an assistant chaplain …

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1906

Jacob Mafora

… and a gardener. He was President of the  African National Congress  (ANC) in the Orange Free State and ex-officio … President of the  African National…

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Dundubela Aubrey Mokoena

… 30 November 1983.  In 1999, his name appeared at Number 10 on the Gauteng African National Congress (ANC) Provincial List to go to the National …

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1915

Yusaf Ahmed Cachalia

… government. A leading figure in the South African Indian Congress in the 1940s and 1950s; he was instrumental in …

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Victor V. T. Mbobo

… him as a possible candidate for the  African National Congress  (ANC) presidency. He was elected to the ANC …

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Isaiah MacDonald Maseko

… A chairman of the Orlando  African National Congress  (ANC) during the 1952  Defiance Campaign  and …

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Dilizantaba Mji

… League. In 1952 he was elected to the  African National Congress  (ANC) national executive committee but soon … head the Transvaal Youth League, African…

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1910

Pitness (Stalwart) H. Simelane

… was born in 1910. He was a leader of the  African National Congress  in Natal in the 1950s. As a teacher in the 1930s he …

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1929

Peter Papela Nthite

… working as a truck driver. Joining the  African National Congress  during the 1952  Defiance Campaign , he became …

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Trineke Weijdema

… freedom movements. The KZA provided the African National Congress (ANC) with quite a large amount of money during its …

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Unknown

Bransby Ndobe

… ,  Bransby Ndobe  did much to organise  African National Congress  (ANC) branches between Cape Town and Port Elizabeth …

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Joseph Fansio Mati

… Mandela . As a result, Mati joined the African National Congress (ANC) and became an organiser for the ANC Youth League . He became a street steward for the…

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1914

Aaron Mahlangu

… was an Executive Committee Member of the  South African Congress of Trade Unions  from 1955-1956. He was an accused … Trade unionist, member of SACTU, 1956…

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1908-1975

Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer

… South Africa, Bram was called to the Johannesburg Bar on 10 January 1935. Initially briefs were slow to arrive. When … 1943 he helped  A. B. Xuma  revise the…

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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…

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1968-2019

Carol Moses

… until it closed. She was also an active member of the Congress of South African Students (COSAS) . In 1985, Moses … arrested in George, Western Cape, and…

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1923-2011

William Tilden McClain

… McClain began to attend meetings of the African National Congress and befriended members of the organisation. In 1960 … time propelled his involvement in the…

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Molefe Pheto

… as a member of the BMCA and of the African National Congress (ANC). During his captivity Pheto wrote many poems … Party (SACP), and Rodwell Mzotane for the…

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