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BiographyJeanne Zaidel-Rudolph
… and was educated at Pretoria High School for Girls. As a student, she displayed an extraordinary gift for playing the …
BiographyDoc Bikitsha
… Lesotho. He was expelled for allegedly assaulting a fellow student, and came back to South Africa where he continued his …
BiographySatyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
… degree at the University of Natal, Durban, as a part time student. Whilst at university, Maharaj served on the … at the time. In addition he edited the…
BiographyNandisile Thoko Mpumlwana
… only at university ( University of Fort Hare ) and through student politics (as a member of the South African Student Organisation – SASO ) that she began to…
Samuel Chibane
… was born in Pretoria and became involved with the PAC as a student at Wilberforce Institute in Evaton, near Sharpeville …
BiographyEsdras Lusiba Ntloko
… (now Komani) in the Eastern Cape. He became active in student politics during the 1970s, and in 1976 he took part in the student uprising that spread through…
BiographyLionel Forman
… Can Hang For Treason'. Forman headed the South African Student delegation to international conferences. He was also …
BiographyMaggie Oewies-Shongwe
Maggie Oewies-Shongwe was born in 1940 in Namaqualand, Cape Province (now Northern Cape Province). As the youngest in the house, she often stayed at home with…
BiographyDr. Zacharias “Zac” Johannes De Beer
… active in the affairs of the United. In 1949 he stood for Student Representative Council at the university, becoming its president in 1950 as the candidate…
ArticleYouth Politics in South Africa in the 1970s
… for youth politics in South Africa. The South African Student Organisation (SASO) was gathering support from … Consciousness philosophy, complementing SASO…
BiographyStanley Mabizela
… in political activities. In 1958, Ambrose Makiwane led a student march at Alice and Mabizela was amongst the students … available as a venue for a meeting of…
BiographyMadimetja Lawrence Phokanoka
… of the organisation’s cell at Fort Hare which discussed student problems in hostels and relations between student bodies and the administration. He was later…
African Minds Higher Education Dynamics Series Vol. 2 - Student Politics in Africa Representation and Activism, edited by Thierry M Luescher, Manja Klemenčič and James Otieno Jowi
… African Minds Higher Education Dynamics Series Vol. 2 - Student Politics in Africa Representation and Activism, …
Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A
… bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A …
Makhaya Ntini, bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A
… bowler of the SA cricket team, is found guilty of raping a student and is replaced in the SA World Cup team by A …
ArticleCape Youth Congress (CAYCO)
… youth groups. It was the formation of CAYCO working with COSAS that spurred the development of youth structures … UDF. Peter Jacobs who also helped organise…
BiographyDaniel Sefudi Rakgoathe
… remained there until 1967 when he enroll as a fine arts student at UNISA. To satisfy the practical requirements for … to move to Rorke's Drift where he was…
BiographyJeremy Patrick Cronin
… degree in 1971. He was inspired by European and American student radicalism in 1968 and intellectually drawn to … through journalist Anthony Holiday and…
BiographyMavivi Myakayaka-Manzini
… high school, when she got involved in the South African Student Movement (SASM) in 1973. She continued her studies … banning and imprisonment of many of the…
ArticleSASO till SASCO
… Themba Sono was elected president of the South African Student Organisation (SASO). He was also co-founder of the … refer to as the adult wing of SASO. 1972…
BiographyCharles Nupen
… and probably was the key to persuading me to go into student politics and become a student political activist” (LRC Interview, 2007: 1). In 1971 … of NUSAS…
BiographyJohn James Issel
… of the Western Cape (UCW), older than the average student. Despite his desperation to obtain a university … year at university, Issel joined the Black…
ArchiveReflections of South African Student Leaders: 1994-2017 by Luescher, Webbstock and Bhengu
… Reflections of South African Student Leaders: 1994-2017 by Luescher, Webbstock and Bhengu …
ArchiveStatements by students arrested at Morris Isaacson High School on October 22, 1976
ArchiveA Call for Unity in the Arts - interview with Omar Badsha, Student Voice, 7 February 1994
… A Call for Unity in the Arts - interview with Omar Badsha, Student Voice, 7 February 1994 …
BiographyDawid (Dawie) Jacobus De Villiers
… an Honours in Philosophy. He was the 1962-3 chair of the Student Representative Council. He was opposed to the … the ranks of the NP at university, serving…
Basetsana Julia, aka “Bassie” Kumalo
… School in Orlando West. When Soweto was engulfed by student unrest in 1986 she was sent to school in Lenasia , an … suburb south of Johannesburg . It was…
BiographyEdward Sineke Tyaliti
In a letter to the NAD [Native Affairs Department] Secretary dated 14 August 1958, the CM [Chief Magistrate] claimed that [Kaizer] Matanzima was keen on…
Mary Margaret Ngalo
Mary Margaret Ngalo was born in Cradock, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province) to Tom and Leah Plaatjie. As the niece of Reverend Canon James A. Calata, who was…
BiographyEsther Franks
… of the Witwatersrand and was a member of the first Student Representative Council of the University. In 1925 she …