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Mtetunzima Ganyile

… revolt and ‘a strong supporter of the banned ANC [ African National Congress ].’ It was claimed that he planned …

B-0149269

1946-1987

Phindile Mfeti

…  compiling an archive of political resistance at the South African Institute of Race Relations (SAIRR) in Johannesburg. … travelled to Botswana to meet with…

B-0148800

1957-1990

Teboho MacDonald “Tsietsi” Mashinini

… among his peers.He joined  a local branch of the South African Students' Movement (SASM) in 1975. Mashinini’s … very confident.”As a teenager of his time, he…

B-0141698

1928-2012

Joe Mkhwanazi

… School.    Mkhwanazi began his political activism in the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL). When the …

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William Mothipa (Willie) Madisha

… United Democratic Front (UDF). After the unbanning of the African National Congress (ANC), Madisha became the first … He served as the Lebowakgomo branch…

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Elliot Shabangu

… was an active organiser at the street level for the African National Congress  (ANC) and the South African Congress of Trade Unions  (SACTU) in Dube, Soweto…

B-0149245

1957-1980

Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)

… known as a “Bazooka”, was used for the first time on South African soil. One of the unit’s other operations was the … dedication and determination. Even…

B-0148808

1949

Renfrew Leslie Christie

… of 17, Renfrew Leslie Christie found himself in the South African Army. He was on guard at Lenz ammunition dump (east … He was elected to work for the…

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Mark Shinners

… activities. They formed the Pretoria branch of the African Students Union of South Africa (ASUSA). The aim of ASUSA was to bring African students together…

B-0149332

1990

Nancy Graham Dick

… and Pauline Podbrey . However, she never joined the  South African Communist Party (SACP)  herself. In 1950 Dick was … in the service of the National Council…

B-0147394

1937-2007

Eve Hall

… journalists and development workers’. She joined the African National Congress (ANC) a day after the horrific 1960 … September 2020) Urdang S.J. (2011). 2011…

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1958-2020

John Liebenberg

… documenting Swapo’s War of Liberation and the South African occupation is widely used by historians, researchers … Milan, Museum Africa, Johannesburg,…

B-0149874

1947-1976

Mapetla Frank Mohapi

… of Black Consciousness, and became active in the South African Students Organisation (SASO)   regional secretary in … by Mohapi. He helped people leave the…

B-0148068

1953-2020

Walter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela

… this changed once he was introduced to a number of African writers who ignited his passion for literature. … Chakela discovered the works of some of the most…

B-0150280

1905

Ray Harmel (nee Adler)

… was placed under house-arrest, the by-then illegal South African Communist Party instructed him to got to London to … editorship of the Party's (illegal)…

B-0144668

1952-1981

Krishna Rabilal

… and fellow Merebank activist, Vis Pillay (Ivan) into the African National Congress (ANC) in South Africa. Following … of equipment. On the morning of 30…

B-0151749

1921-2016

Elizabeth Komikie Gumede

… who went on to serve as Major General in the South African National Defence Force (SANDF) . Gumede never … became paralysed. In April 2006, she received the…

B-0151052

1926-2013

Maqashu Leonard Mdingi

… Natal (now kwaZulu-Natal) and become involved with the African National Congress ( ANC ) , the South African Communist Party (SACP ), and the ANC-aligned…

B-0147984

1952

Molefi Nathanael Oliphant

… four soccer governing units that later formed the South African Football Association (SAFA), a position he held until … and Executive Member of the…

B-0144762

1901-1967

Alpheus Madaba Madiba

… of land in the northern Transvaal was actually inimical to African interest because in many areas better land was being … was banned while serving on the…

B-0141680

1931-1990

Kgalabi Jafta Masemola

… teacher in pretoria's Atteridgevill township.He joined the African National Congress Youth League (ANCYL) in 1958,was a founder member of the Pan African…

B-0141694

1960

Letlapa Mphahlele

… in Botswana, Adolf Hirschfeld, informed him that the South African Government had given Botswana a list of people they … members who were with him in prison…

B-0149516

1892-1969

Bertha Solomon

… in 1911 with a BA degree in Classics, and then the South African College where she received a MA degree. Thereafter … to Johannesburg and had two children…

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Elliot Mngadi

… in Natal, Mngadi who was also a landowner mobilized other African landowners to form an organization of their own. … areas such as the Dannhauser…

B-0149214

1960-2020

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela

… Mandela was born on 23 December 1960 in Soweto to South African struggle icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie … (1992). In 2013 she remarried, this time to former…

B-0150021

1862-1919

Louis Botha

… delivered a number of speeches stressing that South African interests should come before those of Empire and that … By 1913, the Afrikaner people were…

B-0144640

1942-1987

Job Shimankana Tabane

… in Hammanskraal north of Pretoria. Tabane began attending African National Congress  (ANC) and Pan Africanist Congress … with other liberation movements like…

B-0148458

1918-1977

Elijah Nkwenkwe Loza

… later at a bakery where he became an organizer foir the African Food and Canning Workers' Union.He joined the African National Congress (ANC) and Communist…

B-0141670

1935

Lydia Kompe

… She was involved in establishing the Congress of South African Trade Unions  (Cosatu) in 1985. In 1986, Kompe moved … affected him. In 1994 Kompe was one of…

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