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1952-1981

Robert Mokwena (George Sello)

Robert Mokwena, also known by his guerrilla name as George Sello, was born on 4 April 1952 in White City Jabavu, Soweto in the Transvaal (now known as Gauteng…

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1966-2019

Sandile Dikeni

Sandile Dikeni was born in Victoria West, Northern Cape in 1966. He began writing poetry while in detention for his anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s. He…

B-0149743

Ngoza Mvelase

According to documentation related to Ngoza Mvelase’s banishment, community conflict in the Msinga District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal] in previous years…

B-0149334

1886-1963

Hendrik Pieter Marthinus Steyn

… there is one single person who has done more to give the Afrikaner nation a Bible’. Steyn was the first person to use …

B-0009103

1976

Dumisani Mbatha

Mr Dumisani Mbatha aged 16,was among a group of students and youths detained under section 6(1) of the Terrorism Act in Johannesburg on 16 September 1976…

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1976

Bhungwana Saul Mngomezulu

According to documentation related to his banishment order, in 1965, after the death of Chief Zombizwe, Ntunja Mngomezulu was appointed chief of the Mngomezulu…

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1916-2006

Pieter Willem Botha

… Paul Roux district of the Orange Free State , the son of Afrikaner parents. He was the only son of Pieter Willem … Botha attempted to modify the Apartheid…

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1920-2003

Rev. Theo Kotze

… His father, a lawyer, had been gaoled for supporting the Afrikaner rebellion of 1914; but unlike other members of his …

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1855-1920

Olive Schreiner

… several years because of her public support of the Afrikaner cause. In 1909, her book Closer Union was …

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Boy Seopa

Boy Seopa was 18 years old when he was banished on 21 July 1953 from his original residence at Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Northern Transvaal …

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1924-2019

Robert Gabriel Mugabe

… was one of those African nationalists who shunned the 1978 accord between some so called moderate black nationalists … the ruling ZANU in what became known…

B-0122852

1949

Sadecque Variava

… educational departments, many of them members of the Afrikaner Broederbond. Nevertheless, the SRC had close links …

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1934-2002

Jonas Malheiro Savimbi

Jonas Malheiro Savimbi was born in Munhango, Moxico Province in eastern Angola on 3 August 1934.  Savimbi's primary education took place at Protestant mission…

B-0151989

1944

Khaya Biko

Early lifeKhaya Biko was born in Queenstown in the Eastern Cape in 1944, the second of four children of Mzingaye Biko, a police officer and later a clerk, and…

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Mhlabuvelile Hlamandana

Chief Mhlabuvelile Hlamandana (Faku), from Bizana District [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], refused to cooperate with the state around policies and…

B-0149276

1931-1990

Kgalabi Jafta Masemola

… known as “Bra Jeff” by many others, was born at Bon Accord near Pretoria on 12 December 1931. He lost both his …

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1913-1979

Mary Moodley

… and family experienced immense racism by the largely Afrikaner community. She became politically aware as result …

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1933

Mildred Lesiea

… who was also from Ladybrand. Francina’s mother was an Afrikaner and the children were brought up speaking both …

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1934-1985

Sipho Samuel Hashe

Sipho Samuel Charles Hashe was born in Middledrift, Ngcabasa Village (Eastern Cape) in 1934. He relocated to Port Elizabeth in the 1950s.  During this period…

B-0149425

1966-2012

Sicelo Shiceka

Sicelo Shiceka was born on 8 June 1966 in the village of Ingquza Hill, near Flagstaff, Lusikisiki in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) His greatest…

B-0148283

1964-2025

Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels

Narriman Gadija Bazier Samuels, affectionately known as "Ma G" throughout Mitchells Plain, grew up during the height of apartheid in South Africa. While her…

B-0153093

Alfred Msutu

Alfred Msutu was appointed Chief of Tyefu Location in the Peddie district, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape] in January 1905.  He was, however, suspended…

B-0149336

1910-1987

Mattheus Uys Krige

… Afrikaans author abroad. His departure from traditional Afrikaner nationalism and particular focus on the outside … that Krige did not come from the…

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Alex Tikana

Anger at the unilateral imposition of state policies and attempts to appoint pliant pro- Kaizer Matanzima, (chief of the Thembu people) headmen resulted in…

B-0149299

Jeremiah Rakoko Mabe

There had been periodic unrest at Mabieskraal (Pilansberg), Rustenburg District, Transvaal (now North West Province) from the 1930s onwards. During the 1950s,…

B-0148405

1935-1975

Edson Sithole

… (ANC) in December 1971. Its opposition to the tentative accord forced the British government to abandon that effort …

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1976

Luke Mazwembe

Mr Luke Mazwembe, aged 32 , a member of the Western Province Workers Advice Bureau and of the South African Student Association,was detained under section 22…

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1900-1976

Emil Sachs

… with the poor living and working conditions of the many Afrikaner girls from rural areas who came to work in the …

B-0068401

1826-1884

King Cetshwayo

… During his reign Mpande was faced with both British and Afrikaner settlers on his borders, and he continuously tried …

B-0066513

1910-1977

Percy John "Jack" Hodgson

… against the rise of fascism in South Africa in the form of Afrikaner nationalism and engaged fierce battles to defend …

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