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Aaron Khoza
Mr Aaron Khoza,aged 35,from Kagiso was detained on 9 December 1976 in Krugersdorp in terms of section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act. He was transferred to…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress on the 25th Anniversary of the formation of Umkhonto We Sizwe, 16 December 1986
Umkhonto We Sizwe - "Born of the people" This day 25 years ago bomb blasts in several main centres rocked South Africa. Thus was born Umkhonto we Sizwe, the…
BiographyThandi Modise
Thandi Modise, the youngest of six children, was born on 25 December 1959 in Huhudi township near Vryburg in the North West. Her father, Frans Modise, a…
Ruth Alexander
Ruth Alexander was the daughter of a well-known Hebrew scholar, Solomon Schechter. She was educated at schools in Cambridge, England and New York, United…
BiographySebitji 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…
BiographyAnn Tobias
Ann Tobias was a member of the Liberal Party of South Africa during Apartheid. The party strongly opposed Apartheid policies and the government would go on to…
BiographyMary Butcher Turok
Mary Butcher Turok is the wife of the anti-apartheid activist, parliamentarian and Professor Ben Turok, who played a prominent role in the writing of the…
ArchiveMuslim students association : And we wished to be gracious to those who were being oppressed in the land to make them leaders and make them heirs.
Silksceened; black and green; Muslim students association : And we wished to be gracious to those who were being oppressed in the land to make them leaders…
UDF Poster ‘WE DEMAND: SADF & POLICE OUT OF THE TOWNSHIPS! : UDF : SUPPORT THE CONSUMER BOYCOTT!’ by United Democratic Front (UDF), 20/08/1983 - 20/08-1991
BiographyKgosi Abram Ramotshere Moiloa
Kgosi[Chief] Abram Ramotshere Pogiso Moiloa, a key figure in the Bahurutshe resistance of the 1950s, took office in 1932 at the age of 22. He went up ‘to…
Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli
Treaty Mahlouoe Mopeli, originally a resident in the Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State [now Free State Province], was issued…
BiographyJohn Koenakeefe Mohl
John Koenakeefe Mohl was born on 29 September 1903 in Dinokana, Zeerust in the North-West Province. Mohl's father was a carpenter who sculpted objects such as…
BiographyMakhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi
Butshingi was born in Engcobo, Transkei on 28 February 1906, the second child of Valelo James Butshingi and Angeline Nokwenjenje (nee Thuswa). He attended…
BiographyJoel Mabi Lengisi
Joel Mabi Lengisi was born in 1920 at the Sitholeni Location, Engcobo, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], Lengisi later moved to East London African…
BiographyKabelo Sello Duiker
Kabelo Sello Duiker was born in Orlando West, Soweto, Johannesburg. Duiker was the eldest of three brothers and his parents were well-educated and affluent…
BiographyPaulus Howell Mopeli
Paulus Howell Mopeli (alias Mopelinyana), originally from Witzieshoek Native Reserve, Harrismith District, Orange Free State (now Free State Province)…
BiographyJohn Ndevasia Muafangejo
John Ndevasia Muafangejo was born on 5 October 1943 in Etunda lo Nghadi, Ovamboland, Angola. In 1956 Muafangejo moved to die Anglican mission station at Epinga…
ArchiveWho is Navi Pillay, the South African judge who won the Nobel prize? We asked her biographer
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
Christopher Daluxolo Mpofu (popularly known as Dali Mpofu) is a South African advocate, legal expert, and former African National Congress (ANC) stalwart…
ArchiveArmed and Trained: Nelson Mandela’s 1962 military mission as Commander in Chief of Umkhonto we Sizwe and provenance for his buried Makarov pistol by Garth Conan Benneyworth
BiographyNyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi
Nyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi was born in Alexandra Township, Johannesburg on 18th of August in 1950. Cindi began his primary education at Entokozweni…
BiographyAlex Tikana
Anger at the unilateral imposition of state policies and attempts to appoint pliant pro- Kaizer Matanzima, (chief of the Thembu people) headmen resulted in…
BiographySefelaro Magashule
A member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Died of natural causes in Tanzania
BiographyHendrik Andries Hanekom
Hendrik Andries Hanekom was born on 17 June 1893. He was the son of Hendrik Hanekom. Hanekom was educated at Beaufort West where he matriculated. He never…
BiographyEric Maga
Eric Maga (Jongile Mzwandile) was executed by order of the uMkhonto we Sizwe( MK) Military Tribunal in Angola in 1984.
BiographyErnest Magqwashane
Member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Was killed in Angola during a training accident.
BiographyJohn Majola
A member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Killed in Swaziland after being abducted.
BiographyLetlapa Mphahlele
Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…
BiographyAndrew Madi
Member of the African National Congress (ANC) and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK). Died in exile in Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) in 1979.
BiographyJudus Mahlangu
Judus Mahlangu was born on 14 January 1951 in Brakpan, Transvaal. Mahlangu matriculated at KwaPhakama High School in Springs in 1969 where he first studied art…