SAHO global search

1941-1989

Maggie Mikula

… wooden meat-platters greatly influenced her work. In the 1980s Mikula began incorporating beadwork and weaving into …

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1920-2000

Lucy Buyaphi Mvubelo

… her call for continued investment in the country in the 1980s. Her political stance put her in conflict with South …

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1932-1999

Florence Mkhize

… Mkhize led the Release Mandela Campaign in Natal. In the 1980s she led the people of Lamontville during the education …

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1955

Jimi Matthews

… stayed until returning to South Africa in 1982. During the 1980s, Matthews worked as a freelance photojournalist and …

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1937-1998

Ernest Malgas

… he joined Umkhonto we Sizwe and helped launch and lead the 1980s civic movement in the Eastern Cape,even though he was …

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John Jacques William Aitchison

… of 55,000 copies in the Natal Midlands.  During the 1980s and early 1990s, Aitchison and the Centre were noted … violence.  John Jacques William Aitchison…

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1941

Sue Williamson

… people's exact words and precise narratives’. [1] In the 1980s, Williamson became known for her series of … book is as much an account of resistance art in…

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1950-2008

Yunus Ismail Mahomed

… (PWC) which resonated across the country and through the 1980s as a model of democratic grassroots mobilization, … Sithole , Lechesa Tsenoli and Baba Dlamini…

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1952

Jeevenundhan (Jeeva) Rajgopaul

… the Barricades: Popular Resistance in South Africa in the 1980s , 1989 With Our Own Hands , 2001 …

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1952

Ari Sitas

… an activist and one of the key intellectuals of the post 1980s generation in South Africa.  He is a professor and the …

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1924-1993

Cornelius Judah Fazzie

… of South Africa Trade Unions (FOSATU) in the early 1980s. …

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1958-2008

Ncumisa Chwayita Kondlo

… she was also active in the Black Students Movement in the 1980s. Kondlo joined the South African Youth Congress (SAYCO) …

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1932

Nkosinathi Benson Fihla

… was later relaxed so that he could find employment. In the 1980s, while working as an insurance salesman and then a …

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2016

Juda Ngwenya

… during the states of emergency in South Africa in the 1980s. The work of 40 photographers were on display, with …

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1909-1997

Frances Baard

… unionist and a women's leader from the late 1940s to the 1980s. She moved in with a friend in Port Elizabeth where she …

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1954

William Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr

… declaration of a State of Emergency throughout the early 1980s meant that the UDF was virtually banned in 1988 and … Parliament in 1994 where he served until…

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1945-2004

Sheila Weinberg

… and the liberation movement in her constituency. In the 1980s, Weinberg was also central to the activities of the … and support to civics, trade unions and…

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1966-2019

Sandile Dikeni

… while in detention for his anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s. He became sought after for his performances and rose …

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1920-2002

Ismail "Tatamkhulu Afrika" Joubert

… wing of the African National Congress (ANC) in the early 1980s. As a result of political activities he was arrested …

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1960-1999

Sifiso Nkabinde

… been ignored due to his political connections. During the 1980s Nkabinde started making inroads in the political arena. …

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Unknown-2019

Julia Nicol

… worked actively as an anti-apartheid activist in the late 1980s and early 90s, particularly concerned with the …

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1922-1999

Julius Nyerere

… means family links or brotherhood in Swahili language. The main idea of his project and theory was to recover local … movement. Julius Nyerere is also known…

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1960

Steve Dyer

… period that Steve chose the saxophone and flute as his main instruments of expression …

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1963

Mike Hutchings

… covered the political conflict in South Africa in the 1980s, leading up to the unbanning of political …

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2008

Alfred Toto Metele

… Apartheid system at all cost. He was detained again in the 1980s along with Dlaki Vabazi for 9 months as they refused to …

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1964

Joseph Manana

… He has been working as an artist since the mid 1980s and is largely self-taught. A few years ago he received …

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1944

Kevin Dowling

… a refuge, meeting point and site of struggle in the late 1980s and early 1990s. Testifying at the Truth and … refuge for activists in the Boputhatswana…

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1936-2009

Dawood Parker

… of readers and what they were reading. In the early 1980s he played a pivotal role in resuscitating the Unity …

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1951

Helen Zille

… forced the Rand Daily Mail to make a correction. In the 1980s, Zille was involved in NGOs and was a member of several …

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1957

Anna Zieminski

… key role in documenting the resistance to apartheid in the 1980s. During this period her photographs were widely …

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