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1917-2009

Helen Suzman

… of the Witwatersrand (WITS). Helen was to become one of South Africa's most famous white parliamentarians and … unpopular issues. Visiting political…

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1955

Ngoako Abel Ramatlhodi

… in jail for a possession of unlicensed firearm. During one of his visitation Ramatlhodi was made to squat for the … government. He is married to Ouma…

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1942

Feziwe Bookholane

… with five other people, two from Johannesburg  and one from Port Elizabeth. At the same time she also helped … the quality of food in that prison also…

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1919-1984

Cassim Amra

… wrote many of the articles for the paper. Peter Abraham , one of South Africa’s best known poets of this period, … of the Nationalist Bloc of the NIC ." It…

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Aubrey Mokoena

… very young age through Bantu Education . He remembers how one day they were suddenly no longer provided with meals at … how slogans about Bantu Education…

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1928-2016

Simon Gqubule

… first Black principal of John Wesley College (which was part of the Federal Theological Seminary at Fort Hare) and … England, in 1990. At the end of 1991,…

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1927-2019

Adelaine Florence Hain

… by discreet conversations with two left-wing teachers. One introduced her to the songs and film of Paul Robeson, the … Sam to operate a computer and aged 64…

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1924-2010

Harry Heinz Schwarz

… throughout the 1930s. Being only able to afford a one room flat in Kloof Street initially, Schwarz slept in a … He became an observer (navigator and bomb…

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1920-1977

Marimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker

… of the left-wing newspaper New Age . In the 1940s he was one of those responsible for bringing militant leadership … of the People campaign in Natal in 1954…

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1928

Michael Kitso Dingake

… Bus Boycott of 1957, Potato Boycott, Sophiatown removals, One Pound-a-Day, the Women Anti-Pass Campaign of 1959, the … Unilateral Declaration of Independence…

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1935-1988

Sydney Kumalo

… in Sophiatown, Johannesburg, on 13 April 1935. His was one of the families who had to move out of the "white" city … contemporary African "style". Kumalo…

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1663

Autshumao (Herry the Strandloper)

… by  Jan Van Riebeck . The following year Autshumao and one other prisoner escaped by stealing a rowing boat, which …

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1909-1944

Samuel Makoanyane

… than the missionaries that he originally modelled. At one point Makoanyane used materials such as wood, feathers …

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1949-2010

Robert Edward Jansen

… 1949.  The Cape Doctor, as he was popularly known, was one of South Africa’s most celebrated alto saxophonist, …

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1934-2012

Ellen Lambert

… (ANC) at the age of 19 in 1953. She subsequently became one of the volunteers who campaigned for the Freedom Charter …

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1910-1969

Florence Matomela

… that ended in the burning of permits. She was one of the first women volunteers in the 1952 Defiance …

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1954

Wendy Schwegmann

… a regular contributor to  Staffrider . Schwegmann had a one woman exhibition in 1980 at the Market Photo Gallery in …

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1963

Saul Simon Nhlapo

… murders actually started from the time he took an active part in the management of the Evaton bus boycott, and …

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1967-1988

Mlungiseleli Velaphi

… in rural guerrilla warfare. He was selected to form part of a nine-person MK unit tasked with infiltrating the … struggle as well as other military veterans…

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1928-2009

Suliman Moosa Esakjee

… Campaign  and was also jailed for 30 days for his part in the  1952 Defiance Campaign  against unjust laws. He …

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1923-2013

Denis Mayer

… and worked predominantly at National Bolts in Boksburg, part of the Anglo-Vaal Group. In the 1950s he marched in the …

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1949

Joseph Alfers

… published and exhibited under the auspices of Afrapix as part of the ‘ Cordoned Heart ’, the book and exhibition …

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1924-2021

Kenneth Kaunda

… in politics. In 1949 he returned to Lubwa to become a part-time teacher, but resigned in 1951 and became Organising …

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1938-1979

David Sibeko

… the Black Consciousness leader  Steve Biko , Sibeko took part in a ceremony held by the United Nations Special …

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1957-2020

Vejaynand ‘Vejay’ Indurjith Ramlakan

… a founding member of the United Democratic Front (UDF). As part of the command structures of MK in the then province of … that he wanted to show Rajbansi…

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1926-2016

Nicolaas Cornelius Carstens

… and Eddie Calvert. At his height, Carstens was considered one of the top ten accordionists in the world. Carstens was …

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1900-1963

Roseberry Tandwefika Bokwe

… of the Cape ANC from the 1940s through 1954. He was one of the directors of  Inkundla ya Bantu,  a member of the  …

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1912-1969

Nell Kaye

… Michaelis School of Fine Art at UCT in the 1950s. She was one of the few professional sculptors, aside from Ivan …

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1917-1958

Christopher W. M. Gell

… Christopher Gell was born in Edinburgh, Scotland, in 1917. One of the most respected White champions of the African …

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1980

Clive Zamani Xaba

… Magwa and Thando Mama. Barely out of high school, Xaba in one of his untitled paintings addresses an issue that …

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