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BiographySir Sydney Kentridge
… refused to accept an appointment to the bench under the Apartheid government. He served as a judge of the Appeal … citing the Home Secretary for contempt of…
BiographyBulelani Thandabantu Ngcuka
… for three years on charges of high treason against the apartheid state. His crime was that he had refused to testify … by Ngcuka, made allegations that he…
BiographyHorst Gerhard Hermann Kleinschmidt
… administrations in southern Africa and, finally, by apartheid. Kleinschmidt attended the University of the … payment to prevent her from becoming a martyr to…
BiographyHarold Strachan
… with Selby Mvusi in the 1950s. Strachan was an anti-apartheid activist and was one of the few early members of … we Sizwe (MK) , the military wing of the ANC…
Growing up in the new South Africa: Childhood and Adolescence in post-apartheid Cape Town by Rachel Bray, Imke Gooskens, Lauren Kahn, Sue Moses, Jeremy Seekings
… in the New South Africa: Childhood and Adolescence in Post-Apartheid Cape Town … in the new South Africa: Childhood and Adolescence in post-apartheid Cape…
‘United Nations must take action to Destroy Apartheid’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political Committee of the General Assembly, New York, 29 October 1963
… ‘United Nations must take action to Destroy Apartheid’, Statement at the meeting of the Special Political …
BiographyKasturba Gandhi
… also an inspiration for Gandhi, who drew on his dislike of urban life. Tolstoy considered agricultural labour to be a … Satyagraha campaign was revived ,…
BiographyMahomed Dawood Barmania
… India with his family. The young Mahomed Barmania attended City College, Calcutta (now Kolkata), India and the … and the local school board. Upon his death…
BiographyLeleti Khumalo
… be reckoned with as a black South African actress during apartheid era.In 1991, together with Whoopi Goldberg, Khumalo … the story of a 1976 student uprising…
BiographyBreyten Breytenbach
… Breytenbach was an opponent of the apartheid regime, whose work represented a milestone in the … at the University of Cape Town in 1958. His opposition to…
BiographyAllister Sparks
… Mail was the major voice of the liberal opposition to the Apartheid government and Sparks made a name for himself when he revealed that the committed…
BiographyNdeutala Selma Hishongwa
… Stockholm and Växjö University. Hishongwa wrote Marrying Apartheid , a novel about a newlywed couple in northern … marriage. It depicts the ways that the…
BiographySuzanne ‘Zan’ Louw
… townships. There she witnessed the heavy-handedness of the apartheid government’s security forces, experiences that she … Several of these works contrast the…
BiographyKesval “Kay” Moonsamy
… freedom in South Africa. As a trade unionist during the apartheid era, he was among the leading people who actively fought against the apartheid system…
BiographyMartin Plaut
… on Africa and the Middle East. He liaised with the Anti-Apartheid Movement as part of his role as Secretary of the … the Party on many bodies, including the…
BiographyProfessor Bernard Magubane
… this time, he became one of the founders of the anti-Apartheid movement in the United States of America. In 1967, … the 1980s. Once again he became a major…
BiographyEthel Walt
… of leisure and privilege while ignoring the realities of apartheid. However, her courage and conviction forced her to … away from this comfort to fight…
BiographyGlenn Moss
… which aimed to educate White students on resistance to Apartheid. As a result of his political activities, the Apartheid Government withdrew Moss’s passport…
BiographyChristopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
… participating in radical movements such as the anti-apartheid movement and the Soweto Uprising organised by the … protests and campaigns directed at…
ArchiveThe Doctor of District Six: Exploring the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for District Six of Cape Town (1904-1940) by Eve Wong
… the Private and Family History of Dr. Abdullah Abdurahman, City Councillor for District Six of Cape Town (1904-1940) by …
Sizakele Sigxashe
… Congress (ANC) in 1959 and became involved in its anti apartheid activities. He left the country in 1964 and joined … Mongalo, Aziz Pahad and Mtu Jwili…
BiographyGovan Mbeki
… sentenced to life imprisonment in the Rivonia Trial by the apartheid regime in 1964. Upon his release in 1987, he was … immediately part of the people's…
BiographyOscar Mpetha
… of the United Democratic Front (UDF), an anti-apartheid body that incorporated many anti-apartheid organisations. Oscar was only released in October …
BiographyChris van Wyk
… Ravan Press, the publisher of dissident voices opposed to apartheid . In 1979, he published one of the most-quoted anti-apartheid poems, “In Detention”,…
BiographyHamilton Naki
… he was never involved in surgery on human subjects. Under Apartheid Hamilton was disadvantaged because he was barred … this reason, his role was gradually…
BiographyDonald James Woods
… As result Woods was prosecuted several times for violating apartheid’s publication laws. Woods in turn successfully sued the apartheid government for…
Statement by Oliver Tambo on behalf of Liberation Movements, at the International Conference of experts for the support of victims of Colonialism and Apartheid in Southern Africa Mobilise world support for African Liberation struggle, 09 April 1973, OSLO
… African Unity and the United Nations in the fight against apartheid and colonialism. The key word in the declared … people is raging wherever the forces of…
BiographyLawrence Folley
… Lotter who was employed by the Johannesburg Municipal City Orchestra. Marie had recently returned from four years …
BiographyHenry Gordon ‘Squire’ Makgothi
… of South African Airways personnel. According to the City Press , even at the age of 83 one would find Makgothi … S, (2011). Squire ”“ revolutionary until…
BiographyHendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn
… doctorate for her untiring work in connection with urban housing for the underprivileged. He was survived by his …