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1891-1970

Arthur William Blaxall

… and conviction under the Suppression of Communism Act.In 1950s he joined the Liberty Party (LP) and attended the 1955 …

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1920-2015

Sylvester Stein

… for their accounts of life under apartheid. In the late 1950s, Stein left South Africa, and settled in London, where …

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Dan Tloome

… He remained a leader in this federation until the mid-1950s, also serving for some time as secretary of the African …

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1933

Adams Farid Ahmed

… that time as its full-time secretary-general. During the 1950s, he was arrested several times in protest campaigns. He …

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1929-2005

Isaac Bokala

… with whom he had eight children. Later, during the 1950s the family was forcibly moved from Newclare to Naledi …

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1926-2007

Edgar Dumile Ngoyi

… in the ANC as a member of the ANC Youth League in the 1950s. He actively involved organising activities of the …

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1926-2008

Michael Gagashe Zondi

… the Swedish Lutheran mission trade school. During the late 1950s he received instruction in Fine Arts at the UN, …

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1905-1977

Hyman Meir Basner

… United Nations on behalf of Africans.he went quiet in the 1950s with his politically activities. In 1952 Nelson Mandela …

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1906-1996

Laduma Ncwaba Mikaeli Madela

… from both his grandfathers and his father.  From the 1950s he recorded Zulu cultural and religious myths in words …

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c 1880s

Mweli Skota

… altered form in 1932 and in the mid-1960s). In the early 1950s he was associated with Selope Thema's conservative …

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1938-2000

Margaret Singana

… January in 1938 in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape . In the 1950s Margaret moved to Johannesburg in search of fame but, …

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1930

Plaatjies Joseph Paul

… member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress in the early 1950s and a delegate to the 1953 World Festival of Youth in …

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1913

Manasseh Tebatso Moerane

… School near Durban, and throughout the 1940s and early 1950s he played a prominent role in the Natal African …

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1940-1990

Ernest Cole

… 1 ). This series of photographic essays, set in the 1950s and 1960s, is an indictment of the inhumane conditions … “Soweto – A South African Myth -…

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1925-1982

Ruth First

… the finest pieces of social and labour journalism of the 1950s. Having grown up in a politically conscious home, … organiser and, like her, a communist…

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1900-1984

Princess Magogo

… Zulu custom, maintaining her dedication to music. By the 1950s, her music was widely recorded and played by the South …

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1919

Dr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco

… in the Natal African National Congress (ANC)in the 1950s,and a defendant for the entire. He attended Marianhill … doctor, national treasurer of the ANC Youth…

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1932-1997

Rissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai

… him to resign from 24 organizations. In the late 1950s Desai moved to Cape Town,changed his name to Shabaan …

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1903-1956

Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo

… fights a Christian king, Shepstone. The play starts in the 1950s, where Cetshwayo defeats his rival brother Mbuyazi for … the ANC Youth League. Dhlomo is…

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1924-1993

Cornelius Judah Fazzie

… of Communism Act with other campaign leaders.In the late 1950s Fazzie was the manager of a general dealer's store in …

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1946-2014

Mafika Pascal Gwala

… passed in 1950. As he matured to adolescence through the 1950s and the early 1960s, the Nationalist controlled … Act, Act No 45 were among the many acts…

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1934-1985

Sipho Samuel Hashe

… Cape) in 1934. He relocated to Port Elizabeth in the 1950s.  During this period he became a member of the African … National Congress (ANC) and Umkhonto…

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1932

Dr. Frene Noshir Ginwala

… in protest against the apartheid regime [14] . In the 1950s, the apartheid regime had begun to implement its … towards a common goal. The Defiance Campaign…

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1937-2019

Zubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet

… , Transvaal (now Gauteng ). Mayet began writing in the mid-1950s while at high school. She studied for two years at a …

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1909-1997

Frances Baard

… formed an ANC Women's League in Port Elizabeth in the 1950s. In 1954 the two women were active in building up the …

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1926-1933

Nellie Jibiliza

… in politics. Jibiliza became particularly active in the 1950s as a member of African National Congress Women’s League …

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1920-1977

Marimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker

… organiser for sugar workers, and for some time in the 1950s was Durban branch editor-manager of the left-wing … and leading role in the major campaigns and…

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Boas Moiloa

… , was a key figure in the Bahurutshe resistance of the 1950s.  He was from Linokana Reserve (Zeerust), Marico …

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Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe

… North West Province) from the 1930s onwards. During the 1950s, the regent, Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe, and his councilors …

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1932-2013

Louis Luyt

… as a railway clerk. During his rugby career in the 1950s, he captained the Orange Free State province. By the …

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