SAHO global search

1946-2011

John James Issel

… by Adam Small. When  Steve Biko  and Barney Pityana led black students out of the predominantly white National Union … During his final year at university,…

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1980

Mmusi Aloysias Maimane

… the National Assembly in May 2014 – making him the first black male to hold the position in South Africa’s history. A … Helen Zille as leader of the party…

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1940-1990

Ernest Cole

… Sunday Express . Cole was therefore South Africa’s first black freelance photographer. Cole managed to outwit the Race … is an indictment of the inhumane…

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1942

Ali Bacher

… continued as a nominally non-racial organisation, but most black players and administrators followed Howa out of the … in early 1990 against a background of…

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1911-1991

Taubie Kushlick

… disastrous was Taubie's only attempt to join the tide of black South African theatre. Again the material appeared foolproof George Gershwin's black American…

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1920-2004

Nimrod Sekeramane Nathale

… Europe to speak at public meetings on the struggle of the black South African working class. He made speaking tours … Trades Council. He was in Derry to…

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1945

Omar Badsha

… the Bantu, Indian, Coloured Arts Group (BICA), the first black arts group in Durban. His uncle Moosa Badsha was a shop assistant and photojournalist who…

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1961

Janet Mary Cherry

… the Wages Commission, doing support work for independent black trade unions, and in worker education and adult … also had first-hand experience of the needs…

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1925-1985

Alex la Guma

… National Congress (ANC) and the chief architect of the ‘Black Republic’ thesis, which was based on Lenin’s 1920 … The ‘realist debate’ has been topical in…

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1939-1997

Enos Mabuza

… of Education in 1972, to become one of the youngest Black educationists in his country. He became a one of the …

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1938

Noria Mabasa

… to venture into woodcarving. Her skill made her the first black woman, and the only Venda woman in South Africa, to …

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1936-2010

Lewis Nkosi

… Plays: The Rhythm of Violence (1963) Malcolm (1972) The Black Psychiatrist (2001) Essays: Home and Exile (1965) Home …

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1850s-1911

Pambani Jeremiah Mzimba

… in 1875 was ordained as the first South African-trained black Presbyterian Church minister on 2 December 1875. He …

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1953

Derek Andre Hanekom

… from the cabinet, reputedly for his reluctance to favour black commercial farmers over smallholders, but he remained …

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1899-1980

Reverend Walker Stanley Gawe

… JG,both of King William's Town supported the workof the black consciousness movement and concurred in offering an …

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1934-1989

William Stewart Ainslie

… rare. In the 1980’s Bill founded the Federated Union of Black Artists in Johannesburg. He died in Johannesburg in …

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1933-2017

Miriam Tlali

… Arts, Culture, Science and Technology for being the first Black woman to publish a novel. In 1995, the Department also … Novelist, short-story writer and the…

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Jomo Kenyatta

… to be returned Improved educational opportunities for Black Africans The repeal of hut and poll taxes Representation for Black Africans in the Legislative…

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1937-1986

Bessie Amelia Head

… information on her father exists other than that he was a black man who worked as a groom on the Emery estate. The … the earliest gender perspectives and…

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1961

Jo Ractliffe

… projections. However her main chosen medium is the analog black and white image which captures a reality bordering on … were made five years after the end of…

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1918-2002

Arnold Selby

… the hazards of joining the struggle for the rights of the black majority, he became involved in the trade union … 1960), a Johannesburg weekly paper covering…

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1937-2002

Mono Badela

… that helped to put major trade unions, along with the PE Black Civic Organisation (Pebco) and the Congress of SA … that helped to put major trade unions,…

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1909-2002

Leslie Rubin

… the LPSA campaigned for a franchise-based vote for Black South Africans, but this later changed to a call for a …

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1921-2004

Ambrose Mzimkhulu Makiwane

Ambrose Makiwane was born in 29th of November in1921 near Cala in the Transkei. He attended Clarkebury School and was expelled after participating in a student…

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1958

Nokugcina Elsie Mhlophe

… in the collaboration CD for children with Ladysmith Black Mambazo - released by Music for Little People in …

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1930-2006

Amos Langdown

… of the grain of the wood and the balancing of the black and white areas of the design. Although influenced by …

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1879-1959

Marion Gill

… done using hand pressure. She also made woodcuts in black and white. Gill exhibited at the Royal Scottish …

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1950

Nyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi

… eve of his examinations.  In 1972 he became part of the Black People’s Convention (BPC) during its formationand … An activist and trade unionist. Secretary…

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1977

Makhaya Ntini

… became popular amongst national selectors as a talented Black player and found himself touring Australia at the end …

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1875-1928

George Matthias Winkles

… finances. He earned a poor living from retouching black and white photographs. He also painted local landscapes …

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