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1927-2019

Adelaine Florence Hain

… letter warning her not to undertake any more “subversive activity”. She inquired as to what precisely this was and was …

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1928-2007

Peter Moonsammy

Peter Moonsammy was born on 25 March 1928 in Market St, Johannesburg. Moonsamy was  the elder brother of Paul and Dasu Joseph who were Transvaal Indian…

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1915-1989

Leo Linda Sihlali

Leo Linda Sihlali was born on 9 September 1915 in Butterworth. He went to primary school in Tarkastad where his mother worked as a teacher. On completion he…

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1926

Balelekeng Sam Masemola

Born in 1926, Masemola worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1949 and helped to steer his branch in Alexandra Township away from …

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1934-1985

Sipho Samuel Hashe

Sipho Samuel Charles Hashe was born in Middledrift, Ngcabasa Village (Eastern Cape) in 1934. He relocated to Port Elizabeth in the 1950s.  During this period…

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1925

Lillian Diedericks

Lillian Diedericks was born in 1925 in the oldest part of New Brighton township, Red Location (near the railway line), in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Her…

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1964-2025

Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels

Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels, affectionately known as "Ma G" throughout Mitchells Plain, grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her…

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1927

S. Mac Lepolesa

As a trader in the Orange Free State in the 1940s, he organized for the African National Congress (ANC) and served as the national ANC deputy-speaker. He was a…

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1967

Mpush Makambi

Mpush Makambi was born in 1967 in Mdantsane, Eastern Cape. At school, Makambi was sporty but boxing was his first love. He turned professional in 1983 with a…

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1958

Iqbal Shaik Mohammed

Mohammed Iqbal Shaik was born in Vrededorp, Johannesburg on 26 August 1958. He became politically active when he was a student leader at the M.L. Sultan…

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1957-2010

Molefi Paul Sefularo

Dr Molefi Paul Sefularo was born on 9 July 1957, in Potchefstroom, North West Province. In addition to public health management diplomas from the University…

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1933-2013

Colin Gardner

Professor Colin Gardner was born on 26 June 1933, in London, Britain. He came to South Africa with his parents in 1947. He matriculated at Maritzburg College,…

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Alfred Msutu

Alfred Msutu was appointed Chief of Tyefu Location in the Peddie district, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] in January 1905.  He was, however, suspended…

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1922-1997

Hettie McCleod

… Act and forced out of teaching because of her political activity. She subsequently found employment as a supervisor …

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1923

W Mati

Born in 1923, Mati worked as a clerk. He joined the African National Congress in 1946. He was active in the 1949 bus boycott in Port Elizabeth. Mati served…

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Mohammed Tikly

Mohammed Tikly became involved in the liberation struggle in South Africa when he was in secondary school, in the 1950s.  He lived in Pietersburg, (now…

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1927

S. J. J. Lesolang

S. J. J. Lesolang was born and educated in the Transvaal, he taught at Kilnerton during the 1940s and was president of the Transvaal African Teachers'…

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1949

Nowongile Cynthia Molo

Nowongile Cynthia Molo was born in 1949 in the former Transkei (now Eastern Cape). She completed the Junior Certificate (Form 3) at Bethel College. She has…

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1963

Saul Simon Nhlapo

Saul Simon Nhlapo, from Evaton Township, Vereeniging District, Transvaal [now Gauteng], was considered a “ringleader”and was reportedly: The man most feared…

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1929-2014

Peter Clarke

… lot of building going on and I still commented on all this activity going on, buildings going up and everybody employed …

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1958-2021

Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy

Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy was born in Durban on 1 September 1958. He was the youngest of four sons. The family resided in Sea Cow Lake and later…

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1945

Premanathan “Prema” Naidoo

… in a factory.   From the late 1960s, when all political activity seemed to have been suppressed by massive repression …

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Karel Tip

Karel Tip was born and raised in Durban. Tip attended a comparatively multi-racial primary school which he “tended to soften the [racial] lines a little” (LRC…

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1962

Jacob Koti Dikobo

Jacob Koti Dikobo was born on 22 April 1962 in the village of Bataung (Makgophong) in Zebediela, Limpopo, where he also grew up. He went to Khureng Primary…

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1979

Lewis Baker

Lewis Baker was married to Villa Baker. He was a civil rights lawyer, and a member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). The couple continued their…

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1968-2019

Carol Moses

Carol Moses was born on 7 April 1968 in Oudtshoorn, Western Cape, one of seven siblings. She grew up on a farm outside Oudtshoorn. Moses was a struggle…

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Janub Gool

Janub Gool, also known as 'Jane', was a founding member of the Non-European Unity Movement (NEUM) and an active figure in the All African Convention and the…

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1918-2011

Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu

… leave to attend her mother’s funeral in Xolobe. Political activity Albertina’s introduction to politics was directly … with the ANC leadership in Botswana …

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1948-2020

Achmat Dangor

Achmat Dangor, an award winning novelist and poet,  was born in Newclare, Johannesburg, Transvaal (now known as Gauteng), South Africa in 1948. He lived with…

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1930-2019

Hassim Mohamed Seedat

Hassim Seedat, was born in Newcastle, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal), in 1930. His family came to Newcastle as traders in the late 1880s. He attended St Oswalds…

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