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1955-1985

Malesella Benjamin Moloise

… Central Prison for his supposed role in the 1982 murder of a black security policeman. However, the African National Congress claimed responsibility for the…

B-0076034

1934-2011

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal

… Kader Abdul Asmal was born on 8th of October in 1934, in the small rural town of Stanger, … the school stay-at-home.  Asmal met African National Congress …

B-0007798

1928-1980

Kate Dinkwetsi Molale

… car accident. In 1954 she was elected as Secretary General of the Sophiatown branch of the African National Congress (ANC) . She was actively involved in…

B-0067991

1916-1976

Dawood Seedat

… Dawood Seedat (1916-1976) was the grandson of a Ladysmith, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) trader M.E. Seedat, … the late 1930s, he had been a member of the Natal…

B-0068419

1940

James Edward April

… James Edward April was born on 20th of March in 1940, in Bokmakeri Athlone, Cape Town, Western … to boycott. He joined the South African Coloured People’s…

B-0007792

1935-2012

Abdul ‘Apamai’ Rahman Dawood

… he was affectionately known was born in India to a family of progressive community activists in October 1935. He was … Dawood joined an underground cell of…

B-0071944

1995

Enver Hassim

… Enver Hassim was born in the Transvaal, where he was part of a large family, with two brothers and four sisters. His … Hassim also interacted with a number…

B-0080308

1903-1956

Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo

… son to Ezra and Sardinia Dhlomo. Ezra came from a line of ancestors connected to a royal Zulu family from the … mobilization in Natal. The creation of the…

B-0084446

Stanley Silwana

… Stanley Silwana was one of the first African recruits to the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA), he joined the Young Communist League … where he became…

B-0009055

1980

Pule Mabe

… to study for a BTech in Journalism at Tshwane University of Technology (TUT), where he also served as the president of … political prominence when he was in…

B-0152039

1870-1945

Nadirshah Ardeshir Cama

… passing the Intermediate Examination at the University of Bombay, he worked in the Bombay Port Trust from 1891 to … He was elected Vice-President of the…

B-0148512

1948-2003

Magwaza Alfred Maphalala

… 1973 Durban strikes. As a result he spent a large portion of his working life working for various trade unions in Natal … the underground structures of both…

B-0148464

1924-2008

Zolile Malindi

… Zolile Malindi was born on 16th of May in 1924 Gqogqora village ,a 14 miles from Tsomo in the … and within a few years had joined the African National…

B-0141683

1915-2003

Abdul Khalek Mohamed Docrat

… Docrat was born in the village of Kathor, India on 15 September 1915. His grandfather was a … the left wing, or Nationalist Block, of the  Natal Indian…

B-0008013

1944

Subbiah Moodley

… Subbiah Moodley is probably the most anonymous of the early uMkhonto weSizwe (MK), the military wing of the African National Congress (ANC), recruits. He was…

B-0124725

1935

Judge Albert Louis “Albie” Sachs

… , had arrived in South Africa from Lithuania at the age of six, on the eve of the First World War, and his mother, … Unjust Laws Campaign. Three years later,…

B-0008976

1925-2000

Alfred Baphetuxolo Nzo

… born on 19 June 1925 at Benoni, Transvaal, into a family of five children. His father was a clerk at Modder B mine, … in 1945. At Fort Hare he joined …

B-0068295

1916-2006

Anton Edward Rupert

… in the south-central Karoo. He enrolled at the University of Pretoria for a medical degree, however, due to lack of … did not support the struggle. Between…

B-0121674

1931-2018

Eric Mtshali

… year he assisted in collecting ‘freedom demands’ as part of the African National Congress  (ANC)’s process of writing the Freedom Charter . In … year he…

B-0094345

1936-2021

Frederik Willem de Klerk

… Jan de Klerk, was a Cabinet Minister and the President of the South African Senate. His brother is Dr Willem … met with the imprisoned leader of the  African…

B-0007985

1942-1985

Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge

… morning after his murder. She vehemently refuted the claim of police General Coetzee that the African National Congress (ANC) had murdered her husband. The…

B-0008720

1950

Peter Jones

… Peter Cyril Jones was born in 1950 on 7th of December in Somerset West in Western Cape . Jones after … road block in Grahamstown. Jones said that the Pan…

B-0008211

1922

Mary Goitsemang Ranta

… Garment Workers’ Union . She joined the  African National Congress (ANC)  in 1948, was elected to the Transvaal executive of the  ANC Women’s League  in 1954…

B-0068382

1931-1964

Suliman “Babla” Saloojee

… Saloojee was born on 5 February 1931 in the small town of Belfast in the then eastern Transvaal, now Mpumalanga. … to be delivered to them. Babla joined the…

B-0064871

1936-2015

Letsau Nelson Diale

… January 1936 at Ga-Masemola in Limpopo where he spent most of his childhood years. He attended school in Sekobetlane … by his employer. In 1956 Diale joined…

B-0068675

George Montsioa

… Born at Mafeking in 1885, grandson of the great and distinguished Natural Ruler of the Barolong Tribe. He received his early education at his … was appointed…

B-0008634

1906

David H Mgugunyeka

… in the defiance campaign in Cape Western, and in Langa Congress activities. …

B-0008556

1940-2012

Matlakana Philemon Tefu

… Tefu was born in 1940 and grew up in the township of Riversdale in Pretoria. In 1954 his family was forcibly … together en route to work. After the Pan…

B-0085151