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Douglas G. Wolton

… in 1921. He joined the CPSA in Cape Town in 1925 and was one of the party's activists most strongly in favor of an …

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1947-2013

Victor Mhleli Ntoni

… for the 1980s era Carling Circle of Jazz. Ntoni had only one solo album, “Heritage”, which was released in 2004. It …

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1938

Dorothy Hazel Alexander

… in the Eastern Cape , the third of six children [1] . One of her siblings was Neville Alexander . Since her father …

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1910-1984

Annie Silinga

… was almost illiterate, she had come to the forefront as one of the leaders of the women’s anti-pass campaign. In 1955 …

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1970

Heidi Saayman

… her studies Heidi took part in two group exhibitions, one on old age homes in Port Elizabeth called " Autumn Years" …

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1922-1998

Robert Elias Mokxotho Matji

… (ANC) and the South African Communist Party (SACP). One of the chief organizers of the Defiance Campaign in Port … Member of the African National Congress …

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1922-2001

Sonia Beryl Bunting

… was lead by Ahmed Kathrada . In 1955 Sonia Bunting was one of the platform speakers at the Congress of the People in …

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1922-1985

John Nyathi Pokela

… Pokela was one of the Africanist in the African National Congress Youth …

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Siva Pillay

… MK attack in Natal on 16 December 1961. However, due to one of their members (Bruno Mtolo), a police spy, the group …

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1852-1917

Isaac Williams Wauchope

… goodwill, ten young people were married from each faction. One couple was a Xhosa orphan girl and a Khoi man. The girl … had heard from their elders.” [25]…

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1909-1983

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo

… at University of Edinburgh, Yusuf Dadoo began a new chapter in his life that started by befriending his fellow … education of women. In March 1938, Dadoo was…

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1795-1840

King Dingane ka Senzangakhona

… fenced with bushes and had two entrances. The principal one faced the king’s huts, which were placed at the furthest … trek’ to visit Natal and consider…

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1928-2013

Phyllis Naidoo

… wife, Nel Sykes, who lived and worked at FOSA in Newlands. One day a patient named Govindasamy whose leaking TB gland … detention. A senior Security Officer…

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1872-1940

Dr Abdullah Abdurahman

… The improvement of educational facilities was thus one of the most important foci of Abdurahman's political … a direct result of him representing a marginal…

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1898-1967

Chief Albert John Mvumbi Luthuli

… of the ANC’s transition from a peaceful organisation into one committed to armed struggle. Luthuli was born in 1898 … High School. At this stage Adams…

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1924-2019

Robert Gabriel Mugabe

… who died in a car accident in 1979.Robert Mugabe was one of those African nationalists who shunned the 1978 accord … with Muzorewa as Prime Minister. In 1979…

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1956

Dikobe Ben Martins

… in Pietermaritzburg and ran art workshops and set up one of the earliest silk screen and poster making collectives … and culture to the Staffrider…

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1643-1674

Krotoa (Eva)

… and Dutch culture; as she passed back and forth between one society and the other, she exchanged her Dutch clothing … Whites and Natives were not prohibited…

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1925-2013

Colin Wells Eglin

… and then in 1958 Eglin became the Peninsula MP. He was one of the rebels who issued a declaration of dissent in … congress in Bloemfontein. In November the…

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1891-1922

Samuel Alfred (Taffy) Long

… legal defence for the accused. Long's case was the only one to undergo two trials””each of which was also the longest … cause. Subsequent labour histories…

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1905-1988

Bishop Alphaeus Hamilton Zulu

… president of the World Council of Churches (WCC) and was one of the leading figures in the organization for seven … Magwaza on 3 January 1929. They had six…

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1827-1903

Janet Burnside Soga

… the Saltmarket area of the city which, at that time, was one of the worst slums in Glasgow. The family members were … Her father was a weaver her mother a…

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1930-2018

Anne-Marie Wolpe

… six, Tessa five and Nick under six months.” She fled on a one-way ticket to London, leaving her children in the care of … She wrote three academic books on…

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1913-1990

Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng

… Amanzimtoti in Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) where he was one of the first students to obtain a post Matriculation … Orlando during their tour of South Africa…

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1985

Bathandwa Ndondo

… Later, Sergeant Silulami Gladstone Mose’s name emerged as one of the names mentioned on the telephone. He was an askari … world know what had happened. As…

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1925-1985

Alex la Guma

… Alex la Guma is known as one of South Africa’s foremost activist writers, both for his … of black South African writing. Chief among the critics is one of la…

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