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1910-2002

Bettie du Toit

… meant to interview were afraid to be seen with her for the fear that they might also be banned or imprisoned. Despite …

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1911-2004

Freda Levson

… together and published them as a book entitled In Face of Fear: Michael Scott’s Challenge to South Africa in London in …

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1960

Sebitji Frans Matlala

Sebitji Frans Matlala’s wife recounted My husband was taken away by train fromMatlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane, Limpopo].  I…

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1946

Ashlatha Rambally

… after encouraging her students to write poetry and other writings, critiquing what they saw to be wrong in their …

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1921-2009

Livingstone Mqotsi

… apartheid regime in 1990 as can be seen from some of his writings: ANC's Constitutional Guidelines: Recipe for …

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1944

Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)

… parents did not allow her to get too close to them out of fear of the consequences that would come from their political …

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Mngqingo Pikani

At a 1953 meeting in Lusikisiki, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] betterment and the Bantu Authorities (BA) were rejected in the presence of the Paramount…

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1961

Janet Mary Cherry

… artist and singer and a former champion show jumper. Her writings include Umkhonto we Sizwe (2011) and various papers …

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1925-1982

Ruth First

… , with Albie Sachs  as patron. To read a collection of writings by Ruth First, visit The Ruth First Papers at …

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1917-2000

Mary Thipe

… comrades. Thipe was a brave woman who refused to show any fear towards the security police. For example, when one of …

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Abraham Mogale

On 27 February 1958, banishment orders were made out for three key Bahurutshe figures - Abraham Mogale, Kenneth Mosenyi and David Moiloa. Abraham Mogale was…

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Dieter 'Felix' Gerhardt

… with her children, claiming that she lived in constant fear of the Soviet security services. She subsequently …

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1800

Bishop Samuel Adjai Crowther

… The following morning the miserable slaves, trembling with fear, were allowed to come on deck.  They were soon to …

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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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1982

Jabulile Nyawose

Jabulile Nyawose and her husband Petrus Nyawose worked long hours for Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU), focusing on delivery to members and paying attention…

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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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1990

Saul Sibusiso “Minus Khosing” Mashinini

Sibusiso Mashinini was born to Johannes and Catherine. Unlike his brothers and sisters, he was very quiet and more helpful at home. He was remarkably…

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1995

Enver Hassim

… was allegedly linked with forging passports. There was a fear that both he and Zulei might to be called as state …

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1950-2008

Yunus Ismail Mahomed

… of conscience, and as a teen in 1966, a time of great fear under a blanket of repression, he courageously …

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1957-1980

Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)

… rent defaulters were stymied. This unit alleviated the fear and sense of terror that the police inflicted upon the …

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1931-2003

Ebrahim Badsha

Ebrahim Badsha was born on 13 March 1931, in Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu Natal). Badsha was one of the pioneer Black artists in Natal. He grew up in a large…

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1921-1984

Peter Becker

… , founder of the Matabele, was published in 1962. Rule of fear: the life and times of Dingane, King of the Zulu and …

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1929

Günther Komnick

… of death. “In the camp you develop your instincts for fear, for survival and to recognise danger. At the time I …

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1918-2002

Wolfie Kodesh

… later commented about Kodesh in his autobiography, “I fear that I took over his life, infringing on both his work …

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1946

Chief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk

… research into Khoi history and identity, including various writings on early colonial explorations of South Africa, to …

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1937-2007

Eve Hall

Eve Hall was born on 20 March 1937 in Paris, France, to a Jewish father and a German mother. When the Second World War broke out, her father was on a visit to…

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1953-2014

Sally Gross

… went missing, Gross was urged to flee the country for fear of her life. In May 1977, she left South Africa as a …

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1953-2019

Bongani Mnguni

Bongani Mnguni was a South African photographer and photojournalist who dedicated his life to exposing the brutality of the apartheid system.  Mnguni was…

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1938

Dan Sleigh

South African novelist and historian Daniel (Dan) Sleigh was born on 3 November 1938, on a farm, Geelbeksfontein, near Langebaan in the Western Cape. He was…

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1928

James Randolph Vigne

James Randolph Vigne was born in 1928 in Kimberley and grew up in Port-Elizabeth. He went to school at St Andrew’s College in Grahamstown where he enjoyed a…

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