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1869-1948

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

… organised opposition to the Asiatic Registration Law (the Black Act). In March 1907, the Black Act was passed, requiring all Indians - young and old, … from…

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1935

Solomon Kerzner

… where the little white ball will land in the blur of black and red. You take your chances, and the rest is left up … change. Before you know it, the…

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1812-1917

Sir George Grey

… role, introduced white immigrants, and allowed loyal black allies like the Mfengu into the area, and German … diplomatic influence over cooperative Boer…

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1942-2020

George Hallett

… that the apartheid regime declared as white, forcing all black inhabitants to be evacuated and their property … Oslo, 2000 ´Eye Africa Expo', The Castle,…

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1905-1994

Advocate Israel “Isie” Aaron Maisels

… laws that had been passed for decades against the black peoples of South Africa and became increasingly harsh … South Africa to investigate the death in…

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1938

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

… of Leeds in Britain. wa Thiong’o wrote the play, The Black Hermit whilst still an undergraduate at Makerere. It …

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1956

Richard Steele

… attending protest meetings. The violence and anger in both Black people and the South African Defence Force (SADF) …

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1931-2011

Isaiah Stein

… club, Manchester United. Edwin Stein was the first Black person to become a  Manager of a football team, Barnet …

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1922

Elsa Joubert

… tale of the endless adversity and struggle of a humble black woman under Apartheid laws - had a major impact, both …

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1933-1965

Ingrid Jonker

… engaged with the cause of the poor and the lot of black South Africans from the position of a common humanity. …

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1913-1994

Stephen J.C. Dlamini

… of a worker was intrinsically linked to the oppression of black people. Dlamini was an accused in the Treason Trial of …

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1922-1963

Solwandle Looksmart Khulile Ngudle

… the 1940s or 1950s Ngudle witnessed bulldozers demolish black-owned homes in Kensington to make way for a White …

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1798-1853

Andries Wilhelmus Jacobus Pretorius

… was highly regarded by both the British and local Black leaders and when he died in Magaliesberg on 23 July …

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1873-1917

Nokutela (nee Mdima) Dube

… unique nursery for independence and self-employment among black South Africans and Africans of neighbouring British …

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1917-2009

Helen Suzman

… gender discrimination, especially discrimination against Black women. Suzman was a Member of Parliament (MP) for 36 …

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1942

Feziwe Bookholane

… to read books on her own, because she was the only black nun. She wrote to the Bishop to get a dispensation and …

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1925-2020

Andrew Mokete Mlangeni

… its secretary for the Johannesburg region, responsible for black groups. In 1951 he formally joined the ANC Youth …

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1933

Motsoko Pheko

… through African eyes (1969) My ups and downs: a black Christian in Southern Africa (1976) The Early Church in …

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1953-2008

Ivan Toms

… of the Campaign’s call for troops not to be deployed in Black townships. In February 1985, the Apartheid Government …

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1929-2011

Arthur Goldreich

… Young Painter Award the following year for his figures in black and white. In the  late 1950s he created the sets for  …

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1922-2013

Vesta Smith

… Smith also served on the Executive Committee of the Black People’s Convention (BPC). She was denied a passport by … Congress, member of the Executive…

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1932

Harold Rubin

… and formed his own quartet. The quartet snuck into the black township, Sophiatown, and made music with saxophonist …

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1932-2002

Curnick Muzuvukile Ndlovu

… prison. After the arrival of political prisoner from the Black Consciousness Movement , he successfully recruited some …

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1920-2018

Rica Hodgson

… the musical production King Kong that sought to promote black jazz musicians and non-racial performances. She was …

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Patrick Chamusso

… car, a Peugeot. The car dealers were suspicious of how a black man would have the money to buy such a car, so they …

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1956

Patric Tariq Mellet

… exhibition on the war against terrorism and subjected to a black “Mr X” giving a very gruesome story-line of ANC and … involved with after seeking out young…

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1917-1993

Oliver Tambo

… wrote his Junior Certificate (JC) examination, alongside Black and White students in the Transvaal (now Gauteng). For … but at the time, no tertiary medical…

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