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1951

Helen Zille

… skills helped her uncover the truth behind the  Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) leader, Steve Biko's death … member of several anti-apartheid…

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1949

Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile

… went to teach in Durban where she soon became active in  Black-consciousness  affiliated organisations and through … structures. When Baleka’s brother, a…

B-0008248

1940

Gille De Vlieg

… It was not until 1982 that she joined the Johannesburg Black Sash as a volunteer and she was soon put onto their … and  ANC  during this time. One of her…

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1829-1871

Tiyo Soga

… On a visit to Scotland in 1857, he became the first black South African to be ordained in an established church. …

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1940

Maggie Oewies-Shongwe

… she became highly aware of the inequality experienced by Black labourers at the time, especially those who worked in …

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1977-2008

Eudy Simelane

… on South Africa’s LGBTQI+ community, particularly the black lesbian community in townships. Following a trial, two …

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Kenneth Mosenyi

… to apply for pass books and mobilised residents of the ‘black spots’ to refuse to move to the reserve. Because of …

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Elliot Shabangu

… as the Vice-President of the UDF Transvaal. When the Black and Allied Workers Union (BAWU) split Shabangu became …

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1936-1973

Benni Gwigwi Mrwebi

… by many of his peers and followers. He became the first black South African to form and lead a full 14-piece band in … to speak to and about the realities…

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1957

Michael Madimetja Teffo

… pen and ink drawings in New York at the Nassau County Black History Museum, and he received praise for the moving … made settling down in an art career…

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1941

Azaria Mbatha

… 1976: Brooklyn Museum and Public Library, New York, USA (Black SA Contemporary Graphics). 1979: NSA””tour (group). … Art Centre, Durban. 1981: Jabulani…

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1914-2006

Nnoseng Ellen Kate Khuzwayo

… could be attained at any teacher training college for a black person at that time and so she began a career in … months. Ellen’s activities included being…

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1970

Leleti Khumalo

… Actress. Khumalo was a force to be reckoned with as a black South African actress during apartheid era.In 1991, … I was a little girl, I just thought it was…

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1952

Tiyani Lybon Mabasa

… High School. It was around this time, that he joined the Black People’s Convention (BCP) led by Steve Biko.In 1976, … (SACHED) in Johannesburg. When most…

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1947-1985

Twasile Champion Galela

… was also a sports person who loved martial arts and had a black belt in karate. He was co-opted to Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO) whilst he…

B-0068168

1917-1978

Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh

… Indians move in concert, and sometimes in collision, with black South Africans.” The novel, set in the 1940s partly in … not only within a family but with…

B-0009065

1919-1999

Phyllis Altman

… and fighting for better for working conditions for the black workers in South Africa. Altman took part in the … of political prisoners and an education…

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1925

Lillian Diedericks

… home by the apartheid government in 1940 when it became a Black only zone. Although she did not complete school, having … discriminatory pass laws of 1950,…

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1942

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

… one of apartheid's most offensively racist laws , bringing Black education under the control of the government and extending apartheid to black schools…

B-0008516

1956

Kay Hassan

… organisation devoted itself to the promotion of work by black artists, staging exhibitions in Britain and South … sales in order to escape the formulaic…

B-0099557

1954-2008

John Matshikiza

… fame in 1958 with his musical King Kong, which had an all-black cast. King Kong helped launch the careers of singer, … was also a founder writer for Drum,…

B-0008496

1940-2010

Frederik van Zyl Slabbert

… 1973. Through his work in sociology and his contact with Black people through his studies and the church, and … political problems. He felt that negotiation…

B-0068655

1937-1999

Simon Nkabinde

… was the most prominent of the basso-profundo “groaners” of black South African music. He was the well-known musician of … choir of his brother, Zeph. The…

B-0095274

1916-1988

John Taolo Gaetsewe

… other all-white enclaves, ignoring the problems of their black fellow-workers, he attacked them. At a mass rally to … in the 1950s, Gaetsewe stated that it…

B-0095598

1921-2015

Norman Stewart Middleton

… regime was using the CRC, the Bantustans, the urban Black councils and the  South African Indian Council (SAIC) … of South Africa  (Tucsa). His attempts to…

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1892-1985

Dr James Sebe Moroka

… from Scotland. MacDonald was planning to educate young Black students in Scotland, and although Moroka’s parents … a farm just outside Thaba Nchu, where he…

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1966

James Hamakwayo

… The early records that were kept by the Black Sash and South Africa Institute of Race Relations …

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1950-1990

Muntu Myeza

… degree. While studying he became a founder member of the Black Allied Workers Union (BAWU) in 1972, and he became in … of the Mozambican independence in…

B-0121056

1955

Jabulani Sam Nhlengethwa

… part-time at the Johannesburg -based Federative Union of Black Artists (FUBA) and travelled extensively. He studied at … in Johannesburg in 1991, mainly to…

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