SAHO global search

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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1977-2006

Lebo Mathosa

… in the Best African Act category of the UK’s Music of Black Origin (MOBO) awards. One of her most memorable …

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1786-1870

King Moshoeshoe I

… Emmanuel Mbathoana (1904-1966), became the first Black bishop of the Roman Catholic Church in Southern Africa. …

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1958-2008

Ncumisa Chwayita Kondlo

… , Eastern Cape where she was also active in the Black Students Movement in the 1980s. Kondlo joined the South …

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1950

Thenjiwe Mtintso

… in the South African Student Organisation (SASO) and Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). Her activism in student … Biko, N., Maaba, B. & Vizikhungo, M. (2004…

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1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… this point, Benson had never considered the plight of Black people in her country of birth but Paton’s novel opened … Benson acted as his secretary and he…

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1932-2018

Roelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha

… Botha told reports that South Africa could be ruled by a Black President in the future, provided agreement was reached … by means of a letter to the State…

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1952

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

… 6 of the Terrorism Act. On his release he joined the Black People’ Convention (BPC) , holding posts on various … Group Limited and SASRIA. He is the past…

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1941

Navanethem (Navi) Pillay

… also under house arrest. In 1967, Pillay became the first Black woman to open her own law practice in Natal. She … In the mid 1970s, Pillay defended detained…

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1940

Sindiso Mfenyana

… trying to build bridges between the Coloured and Black communities. On 23 May 1951 Sindiso’s mother passed … pupils the plan for the ANC Defiance Campaign ,…

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1802-1887

Frederick Timpson I’Ons

… also commissioned by military officers to do portraits of Black chiefs like Maqoma, Sandile and Khama. His depictions …

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1912-1974

Johanna Catharina Cornelius

… of Sachs and for spending all her time organising black people. The strong structure of the union enabled them …

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1924-2009

Ricardo Rangel

… now Maputo, the capital of Mozambique. His mother was a black Mozambiquan and his father was a Greek businessman from …

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1970-2004

Phaswane Mpe

… novel, Welcome to Our Hillbrow depicts the struggles of Black people to find an identity in post-Apartheid South …

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1955-1985

Qaqawuli Godolozi

… company as a clerk. He then joined the Port Elizabeth Black Civic Organisation (PEBCO). PEBCO was an affiliate of …

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1947

Deputy Chief Justice Dikgang Moseneke

… of the Witwatersrand. He is a founder member of the Black Lawyers' Association and of the National Association of …

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1915-1979

Vera Ponnen

… Democrats , and was therefore involved in many strikes of black workers fighting for better wages and conditions and …

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1929-2011

Margaret Nash

… of various anti-Apartheid organisations, among which the Black Sash (member of the National Executive committee) and … Committee of the  Liberal Party of…

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David Bruce

… Afrika" (God Bless Africa), the national anthem of the Black resistance, moments after the sentence was handed down. …

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1908-1966

Arthur Nuthall Fula

… Fula was a pioneer in his own right, becoming the first Black African author to write in Afrikaans – a language that … Novelist, poet, first Black African…

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1920-2002

Frances Rix Ames

… Steve Biko , an anti-apartheid activist and leader of the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM) , died in detention on 12 …

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