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1936

Lionel Davis

… includes developing education materials on prisoners and political imprisonment on the Island. On the Island he is … Artist and ex Robben Island political…

B-0007975

1923-1987

Massabalala (Bonnie) Yengwa

… of the conservative A.W.G. Champion and to promote the political career of Albert Luthuli , first as Champion's … From Protest to Challenge, Political…

B-0009251

1938-1990

Mtutuzeli Dudu Pukwana

… by the security police under the apartheid regime. The political turmoil in the country led to the group opting to …

B-0095716

1934-2013

Ian Berry

… the next few months Berry was exposed to a great deal of political violence, starting with the Sharpeville massacre. …

B-0007844

1947

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke

… his tertiary education. He obtained a BA in English and Political Science, as well as a B Juris degree and later …

B-0077610

1915-1979

Vera Ponnen

… this to make a living. She however continued to carry out political work underground. In 1967, Vera went with her …

B-0068317

1929-1994

Ruth Gosschalk

… called for a stay -at -home campaign. As a result of her political activities, Gosschalk was detained by the police in … Political activist, Member of the…

B-0080096

1930-1985

Molly Blackburn

… African black communities such as poverty, violence and political injustice and the anger this caused through her … Thomas Karis, Nimrod Mkele .From Protest…

B-0007860

1929-2011

Margaret Nash

… traits that served her well when she went against powerful political figures during the height of apartheid in South …

B-0067757

1961

Brett Murray

… and is my comfortable and uncomfortable inheritance. The political and social force beyond the confines of my family …

B-0008712

1955

William Kentridge

… "I am interested in a political art, that is to say an art of ambiguity, …

B-0008242

1929-2021

Norman Levy

… at the London School of Economics and earned a PhD in Economic History. In 1979 he joined the ANC’s London …

B-0008327

1895-1970

Poonoosamy Ruthnam Pather

… in 1945, PR Pather continued to be involved in public and political affairs. The Asiatic Land Tenure and Indian … from India, South Africa and the South…

B-0144797

1936-2016

Hermanus Gabriel Loots

… culminated into the ‘ Stuart Report .’ [i] According to political journalist Martin Plaut, ‘there would have been … According to the family, if anyone had…

B-0120752

1929

Peter Hlaole Molotsi

… Lesotho and other places in the Orange Free State. His political consciousness developed at high school. There were … Affairs. His task was to engender…

B-0068076

1932-1997

Abdool Karrim Essak

… Fordsburg. His years at Wits were charged with intensive political study. He belonged to an organisation called the … that the punitive transfers permitted…

B-0008052

Bisho Jarsa

… she reverted to as she grew older. Mr Alexander, who was a political prisoner in the 1960s, sharing Robben Island with … Alexander. By the 1950s and 60s he…

B-0099923

1958

Jack Mkhuseli

… he did.  The Pityanas helped to mould some of Jack’s early political views.  Jack returned to school in 1978 and became … that emerged as bankrollers of the…

B-0008573

Benjamin Johnson Langa

… in the kwaMashu region with the aim of establishing some political formation in Kwa-Mashu. As a result, after a series … was a prominent human rights lawyer…

B-0080452

1958

Mkhuseli Khusta Jack

… he did.  The Pityanas helped to mould some of Jack’s early political views. Jack returned to school in 1978 and became … that emerged as bankrollers of the…

B-0067959

1932-2016

Mewa Ramgobin

… remaking of Phoenix Settlement into an important site of political cultural activity and a monument to the teachings … Paton , which spearhead the call for…

B-0008936

1945-2004

Sheila Weinberg

… parents suffered periods of detention and exile for their political activities and during this time the young Weinberg … returned to South Africa in 1991…

B-0009223

1959

Jane Alexander

… Alexander’s work is notable for its absence of direct political signifiers –even her figures are mostly rendered in … Alexander’s work is characterised by…

B-0007786

1942-2018

Gerald Patrick Kearney

… African girls, north of Durban, where he was introduced to political activists such as Mewa Ramgobin who lived at the … dealing with social justice. Kearney…

B-0125558

1967-1988

Nontsikelelo June-Rose Cothoza

… and on school premises, attempting to stifle student political mobilisation. Any attempts towards political organisation and discussions held by students…

B-0149952

Matsie Angelina Motshekga [Angie Motshekga]

… She was then appointed the Minister of Basic Education. Political career During the 1980s, Motshekga was a member of … that failure has plagued Motshekga’s…

B-0152607

Chief Maqoma

… remembered for his extraordinary tenacity, flexibility and political and martial skills, who tragically became the …

B-0008442