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John Collins
… Collins got a telegram from Ambrose Reeves, Bishop of Johannesburg, asking Collins to help raise funds for the …
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Jabulani “Mzala” Nxumalo
… the London region to the ANC’s Consultative Conference in Johannesburg in December 1990 but was prevented by ill-health …
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Mary Moodley
… was imprisoned at the Women’s Prison, at the Old Fort in Johannesburg and was released after a month. She then went …
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Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim
… 1959 Ebrahim was a delegate to the Anti-Pass Conference in Johannesburg addressed by Oliver Tambo. The meeting decided … Relations , Race Relations Survey, 1987/88 and 1988/89, Johannesburg, 1988 and 1989.| Sunday Times , 3 March 1991. …
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Nthato Harrison Motlana
… New Africa Investments Limited (Nail), was listed on the Johannesburg Stock Exchange in 1994. As executive chairman … Johnnie, created from the unbundling by Anglo American of Johannesburg Consolidated Investments. Nail's collaboration …
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Dr. Abu Baker Asvat
… to pursue medical careers. In 1961, Asvat graduated from Johannesburg Indian High School and left South Africa to … he found a job as an intern at the Coronation Hospital in Johannesburg. He worked directly under Yosuf (Joe) Veriava … a well-paying medical job in Lenasia or elsewhere in Johannesburg, Asvat felt his services were most needed in the …
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Jennifer Davis
… Jennifer was born in Johannesburg, South Africa in 1933. She grew up in what she …
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Rajes Pillay
… She was denied entry to the Witwatersrand University in Johannesburg and the University of Cape Town to study law in …
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Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
… the university in solidarity with the students of Soweto (Johannesburg, Transvaal – now Gauteng) and other townships …
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There is further unrest (27-31 July) in the townships throughout the country including those of Alexandra (Northern Johannesbur
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Frank Chikane, former secretary-general of the South African Council of Churches and current politician, is born in Johannesbur
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Louis Botha
… spread so far that a meeting was held at the Wanderers, Johannesburg, to oppose the Lyttelton Constitution. Here, … hand. In June, fighting and violent outrages broke out in Johannesburg and many people died. The government conceded to … Botha swiftly intervened. Then blacks went on strike in Johannesburg and were sternly dealt with. This gave rise to …
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Dawood Seedat
… in South Africa were doomed.’ He addressed a meeting in Johannesburg on 1 October 1952 to celebrate the third …
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Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
… she had to apply for a special dispensation to travel to Johannesburg where she had to report at the John Vorster … Campbell, C. et al. (2004) Great South Africans . Johannesburg. pp. 162-3| Dr. Mamphela Aletta Ramphele …
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Jonathan Clegg
… 'Johnny' Clegg passed away on 16 July 2019 at his home in Johannesburg, Gauteng, South Africa. He is survived by his … Williams, L., (2007), Johannesburg: The Bradt City Guide , (Globe Pequot Press), …
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John Xavier Merriman
… Later still in the late 1880s, he took part in the Johannesburg Gold rush . In 1892 he bought a farm, …
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Bishop Mmutlanyane Stanley Mogoba
… was transferred to Leeuwkop prison which is just outside Johannesburg where they were humiliated by being stripped. …
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Curtis Nkondo
… against the new constitution. Nkondo was arrested again in Johannesburg alongside 16 other leaders of the UDF and … Curtis Nkondo, St Charles Catholic Church, Victory Park, Johannesburg , from the South African Government Information …
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Miriam Makeba
… Miriam Makeba was born in March 4th, in 1932 Johannesburg , during a time of economic depression. Her …
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Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
… another by Peter Abrahams about mine workers going to Johannesburg. At the same time, Indian newspapers reported …
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Marcus Solomon
… the country to develop contacts. Thus, Alexander went to Johannesburg, Elizabeth van der Heyden, to Namibia, and … he had left political literature, then took the train to Johannesburg and met Fikile Bam. They both hoped to leave the …
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A year-old baby girl, Khensani Mitilene, is shot dead on her mother’s back when "a war" breaks out in the Johannesbur
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Pixley Seme (also called Pixley ka Isaka Seme), politician and co-founder of the African National Congress, dies in Johannesbur
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B J Vorster [John Vorster]
… the seat. In the same year he was admitted to the bar in Johannesburg, and practised as an advocate until 1958. Prime … Age newspaper and prohibited meetings on the steps of the Johannesburg City Hall. The Snyman Commission into the Paarl … and mind-breaking piece of administrative despotism’. The Johannesburg Bar warned that it would abrogate the rule of …
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Urban Removals - the Destruction of Sophiatown
… This feature examines the history of forced removals in Johannesburg up to the destruction of Sophiatown. It begins by establishing the link between the destruction of Johannesburg’s inner city slum yards and the significant … explained. Another significant issue is the role of the Johannesburg Municipal Council (JMC) in the destruction of …
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Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti
… from his area and from the Transkei , sending them to Johannesburg for military training. He was also in charge of …
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Local Government
… was replaced by a more permanent structure in August 1888. Johannesburg soon became the first town in the ZAR to draw up … requests were made to Pretoria for the proclamation of Johannesburg as a town, this was never acceded to. Instead, … implemented from, Pretoria. By 1888, living conditions in Johannesburg had become perilous, and in June the Sanitary …
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General Jan Christiaan Smuts
… later married Krige in 1897 and together they settled in Johannesburg. A year later, he gave up his private law …
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Omar Badsha
… awarded the Ellen Khuzwayo Award from the University of Johannesburg, and in 2025, the University of Fort Hare …
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Robert Carl-Heinz Shell
… of the Slave Society at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1838 (Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1994); Sandy … of the Slave Society at the Cape of Good Hope, 1652-1838 (Johannesburg: Witwatersrand University Press, 1994).|Sandy …
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