SAHO global search

1967

Mpush Makambi

… career on hold in favour of politics. In the late mid-1980s he joined the  Pan Africanist Congress  (PAC) and was …

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1968

DJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)

… overseas, as well as the hip hop culture. In the early 1980s, Michael Jackson was huge in Mitchells Plain. Yet, … B-Boy dance culture. Despite the state of…

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1859-1929

Sir. Julius Jeppe

… Julius Jeppe passed away in London on 2 September 1929. A main suburban street in Pretoria and Jeppe Boys High School …

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1938

Ngugi wa Thiong’o

… the primary sources of post-colonial studies. In the late 1980s wa Thiong’o started writing in English again, to help …

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1927-2005

Kalushi Drake Koka

… the country.He was granted asylum in Britain in the 1980s and taught African history and culture at Nottinham …

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1964-2004

Brenda Nokuzola Fassie

… established herself as a great solo pop star. In the late 1980s, she began working with producer Sello “Chicco” Twala, …

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1932-2002

Soromini Kallichurum

… of the Natal University Medical School in the Apartheid 1980s was one of turmoil. A discontented student body …

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1922-2013

Vesta Smith

… Centre (LRC) and assisting  detainees throughout the 1980s. She joined the LRC in Johannesburg where she remained …

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1950-2012

Roy Padayachie

… member of the Natal Indian Congress (NIC). In the 1980s, he established the Chatsworth Early Learning Centre in …

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1956-2020

Santu Mofokeng

… anti-apartheid resistance and social conditions during the 1980s in South Africa. However, Mofokeng was an increasingly … of Humanities, Michigan 2010: Let's…

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1953

Steven Eli Friedman

… he became a labour correspondent 1979 and 1985. During the 1980s Friedman compiled a series of studies into the reform …

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Ishmael Mkhabela

… in conflict with the United Democratic Front (UDF) in the 1980s. He rejected talks with the UDF after complaining that …

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1948-2019

Stephen Joel Chifunyise

… in the Ministry of Education and Culture. From the 1980s Chifunyise started consulting for the United Nations … independence. Theatre in Zimbabwe since 1980…

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1871-1934

Theophilus Dymond Field

… active service in both South West Africa/ Namibia and the main theatre of the War in Europe. Prior to his departure to …

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1941

Jonas Mosa Gwangwa

… of Africa concert . Two years later he returned for The Main Event , a tour that also featured saxophonist, Hugh …

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Professor Brij Maharaj

… He was secretary of the Merebank Community Centre in the 1980s, which was affiliated with the United Democratic Front …

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1962-2007

Humphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza

… Congress (ANC) here in 1953. In the late 1970s and the 1980s, the township produced many political leaders and was … elements stoking anger in Lamontville in…

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1919-1987

James Madhlope Phillips

… raising funds for the ANC throughout the 1970s. In the 1980s when Phillips was in his sixties, he trained choirs in …

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1924-2021

Kenneth Kaunda

… at destabilisation of governments in the region. In the 1980s he focused chiefly on Zambia's huge foreign debt. He …

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1920-1991

Dorothy Nomazotsho Zihlangu

… At the beginning of the State of Emergency in the mid-1980s, Zihlangu went into hiding, but continued to work …

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1948-1996

Vuminkosi Zulu

… Hall, Ulundi; Museum fur Volkerkunde, Frankfurt am Main, West Germany; SANG; UN; UNISA; UZ. …

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1907-1995

Professor Harold Jack Simons

… detailed tracing of "the interactions between the two main streams of resistance to white domination: the national …

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1969

Lucas Radebe

… has become South Africa’s most capped soccer player. His main soccer position is centre-back, but he has also played …

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1905-1992

Helen Joseph

… of her illustrious political career, as she was one of the main organisers of the protest. Arrested on a charge of high …

B-0008217

1946

Chief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk

… organisations in the liberation struggle grew in the early 1980s. He joined the Steenberg Housing Action Committee in … Wyk continued to be politically…

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Thomas G. Karis

… publishing two articles in Foreign Affairs in the 1980s, “Revolution in the Making: Black Politics in South …

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1933-1986

Florence Barbara Ribeiro

… her family out of the shop, leaving it behind. In the 1980s she attended the World Women's Conference in Central …

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1930-2013

Professor Bernard Magubane

… and inspiration for many during the struggles of the 1980s. Once again he became a major force in the …

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1953

Nandisile Thoko Mpumlwana

… and non-governmental organisations (NGOs) in the 1980s, with her primary focus being on issues that affected …

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1951

Frank Chikane

… on various occasions between January 1977 and 1985. In the 1980s, Chikane became involved with the United Democratic …

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