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1949

Lefifi Tladi

… fell victim to apartheid’s forced removals as a so-called Black spot . A Black spot was an area that Black people bought legally in what the government…

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Chris Qwazi

… 1989. Qwazi, documented the history of the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organization 3 (Sipho Hashe, Qaqawuli Godolozi , …

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1925-2010

Ethel Walt

… would lead her to become the Transvaal chairperson of the Black Sash , a founding trustee of the Black Sash Trust, and the driving force behind the Transvaal…

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1924-2010

Harry Heinz Schwarz

… Council, Schwarz focused on opposing forced evictions of black and coloured people in Johannesburg, and attempted to … time in South African history that…

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1949-2007

Percival Henry Frederick “Percy” Sonn

… in the unity process aimed at integrating both white and black players into the sport that marked the re-admission of … instrumental in fighting the racial…

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Hettie Du Preez

… a non-racial union with a large female membership, the black branches of the GWU never formally affiliated with …

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1856-1919

Saul Msane

… manager for a gold mine in Johannesburg. He later became a black labour recruitment agent for black labourers, a paying occupation which secured him a … was…

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1964

Joseph Manana

… (plate 310) examine current issues surrounding threatened (black) masculinities.  In an essay entitled ‘The End of the Black Man’, Professor Kopano Ratele…

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1957

Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma

… the obvious differences in the lifestyles of white and black staff. At the Dutch Reformed Mission a cruder ethos … km to Elliot to go to church rather than…

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1941-2020

Joseph 'Headman' Shabalala

… renowned South African vocal group, Ladysmith Black Mambazo. His parents, Jonathan Mluwane Shabalala and … the group became famous for in a dream, formed…

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Shirish Nanabhai

… whipped were his only companionship. During this time, black warders would sometimes slip him a daily newspaper or … how close he was to that event must have…

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1944-2020

Rajes Pillay

… later attended Perseverance High, a mixed school for the black community, where she matriculated in the early 1960s. … secretary to the Students…

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Molefe Pheto

… In 1970, as a young man he was active member of the Black Consciousness Movement of Azania (BMCA) for which he was detained in 1975. He was the director of a…

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1949

Cynthia Shange

… her to enter the Miss South Africa competition for Black beauty queens. Shange won the Miss Black South Africa title and that made her the first Black beauty…

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1928-1986

Paramount Chief Sabata Dalindyebo

… advisers" were banished. Sabata did not waver in the face of this dire example. In 1961, he organised a meeting of …

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1924-2020

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

… oppression of the people of Southern Africa. He had to face many obstacles and antagonisms, coming from the Western …

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1873-1936

Sidney Percival Bunting

… of his life. He was especially concerned with the fate of black workers in South Africa and eventually became a … in 1924. Bunting firmly believed in the…

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1950

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

… (UDW). He saw this as another form of segregating Black people along ethnicity. Politics gained the upper hand … it was through their discussions that the…

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1953

Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana

… Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal ). A co-founding member of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) alongside Steve Biko , she … her to the double oppression that was…

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1941-1978

Rick Turner

… He was highly influential in the re-emergence of the Black labour movement and one of the first in the White-left to appreciate the significance of the Black…

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1937-2019

Zubeida “Juby” "Sharon Davis" Mayet

… she was appointed Deputy Chief Sub-Editor — a first for black women journalists. Mayet’s writing reflected her … and apartheid. She was a founding member of…

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1917-2000

Mary Thipe

… against the apartheid government’s strategies to keep Black families on the back foot, but she also fought against … boycott that was in response to the…

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1935-1988

Sydney Alex Kumalo

… his father, a house painter to work. During this time, the Black societies in South Africa were challenged by modernity … to school at Madibane High in…

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1903-1979

Josie Palmer

… would later adopt the surname ‘Mpama’ when she moved to a Black township to be with her husband, Edwin Mofutsanyana , a … involved in politics when she…

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1932-2010

Sheena Duncan

… Her mother, Jean Sinclair , was one of the founders of Black Sash movement, in 1955, and its National President for … in a voluntary capacity, she held…

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1894-1980

Violet Margaret Livingstone Ballinger

… parliamentary debate from one focusing on control of the black population to one concentrating on the long-term welfare of the black population. Ballinger…

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1938

David Nthubu Koloane

… In 1977 Koloane co-founded the Federated Union of Black Artists (FUBA) Gallery and became its first curator. … first art gallery in Johannesburg to provide a…

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1908-1996

Jean Sinclair

… the Women’s Defence of the Constitution League (Black Sash) in 1955, of which she became the first president. … resettlements and discrimination, and was…

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1916-1981

Mary Susan Malahlela-Xakana

… believed to be a curse. Malahele-Xakana became the first Black woman to register as a medical doctor in South Africa … Fund to study medicine. Medical…

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