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1947

Ben M. Skosana

… the US. Skosana has been a member of the  Inkatha Freedom Party  (IFP) since its formation in 1975. He has a deep …

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Dr Aubrey Maitshwe Mokoape

… a spokesperson of the Pan Africanist Congress youth, the party he joined as a schoolboy before the Sharpeville …

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Josias Madzunya

… to educate himself politically by attending Communist Party meetings. In 1951 he allied himself with Selope Thema's …

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1950

Jacob Sello (Jackie) Selebi

… he was appointed South Africa’s Ambassador to the United Nations (UN) in Geneva, a post that saw him chair two … African Ambassador and Permanent…

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1922

Sir Sydney Kentridge

… Court chambers, a QC, and was knighted in 1999 by the United Kingdom as Knight Commander of the Order of St. … Cape Town and KwaZulu-Natal and from Seton…

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1940

Ela Gandhi

… For Ela the defining moment for South Africa was the  United Democratic Front (UDF) , which brought all the … there, he wrote in the press and it was…

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1933

Stanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni

… to 1981, Professor Sangweni was Acting Director of the United Nations Economic Commission for Africa, based in … From 1982 – 1991, he was Senior Programme…

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1905-1930

Johannes Nkosi

… A martyr for the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA and SACP after 1953), was the son … communist night schools in Johannesburg. He impressed the party…

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1879-1940

Charles Templeman Loram

… become a professor of education at Yale University in the United States,and He died in New York City in 1940. …

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1956

Christopher Nceba Faku

…  (ANC) and also held an ANC/South African Communist Party (SACP) local government portfolio. In 1994, Faku was …

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1895-1962

Elliot Tonjeni

… later went to Cape Town, where he joined the  Communist Party of South Africa  (CPSA) and was active in the … Member of the Communist Party of South Africa …

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1909

Josias Ratshilumela Madzunya

… to educate himself politically by attending Communist Party meetings.In 1947 he became a  member of the African …

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1911-1985

Naboth Monyandioe Moreleba Mokgatle

… these were run by members of the South African Communist Party and gave him the opportunity to learn more about … activism was given impetus when he joined…

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1899-1976

Dora Taylor

… the majority breakaway group which formed the Workers' Party of South Africa. However, fearing opposition from an increasingly fascist state, the Workers'…

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1922-2005

John O’ Malley

… paper”. He recalled that he had been told by the National Party's mouthpiece in the Cape,  Die Burger , that under his … the Argus was left of the then …

B-0008853

1916-2014

Epainette Nomaka Mbeki

… 1938, Bettie du Toit  recruited MaMbeki into the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) in Durban, making her the second … agent for Inkululeko (the CPSA’s…

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Ambrose Makiwane

… Executive Committee for 6 months in 1969 for what the party termed “factional and disruptive activities and for … Ngakane, and Thami Bongo were officially…

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1933

Abdul Samad Minty

… he was a member of the Steering Committee of the first United Nations Office to the African Union (UN-OAU) … evidence as an individual expert on four…

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1930-2014

Nelson “Nana” Mahomo

… on March 20, 1960. He later represented the PAC in the United Front and traveled extensively on political missions. …

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1959-2010

Mthuthuzeli Tom

… He also became active in community organisations and the United Democratic Front (UDF). Tom was involved in talks that …

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1893-1975

Max Yergan

… as a forceful and persuasive speaker. On his return to the United States he was appointed to the faculty of City College …

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1954

William Andrew ‘Willie’ Hofmeyr

… Africa for student organisations [x] . Hofmeyr joined the United Democratic Front (UDF) at its launch in 1983, rising … the transition to democracy, meeting…

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1955

Phumzile Mlambo-Ngcuka

… the Natal Organisation of Women (NOW), an affiliate of the United Democratic Front (UDF), was formed in December 1983, … for a PhD in education at Warwick…

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1938-2018

Keorapetse William Kgositsile

… Spearhead magazine. The following year, he left for the United States of America (USA), where he studied at Lincoln … among others. From 1962 to 1975, he…

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1927-2009

Harriet Bolton

… August 1934 by James Bolton, a furniture worker from the United Kingdom. It was during this time that Bolton met … positions of general secretary and moved…

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1921

Richard Ernest van der Ross

… establishing and became the first president of the Labour Party of South Africa, which has contested elections for … "convention" movement, first president…

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1919-2010

Ian David Kitson

… the 25 August 1919, in Cape Town. He joined the Communist Party in 1940 when it was still a legal organization. After …

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Jomo Kenyatta

… In August 1932 Kenyatta (who had joined the Communist Party) travelled to Moscow to study economics at the Moscow … merged with the Kenya Independent…

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1908-1975

Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer

… 1942 Bram and Molly had become members of the  Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) . They never deviated from their … mineworkers’ strike in 1946 .The…

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