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Mzondeki Makhunga

Mzondeki Makhunga, a resident from Ingwavuma District, Natal [now KwaZulu-Natal], was the head induna [chief headman] of Ntunja Mngomezulu in this area. In…

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Martin Nambala Wilpard

… Ovamboland.  In 1970, it was argued that he needed to live near a hospital due to his deteriorating health.  It was …

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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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1957-1980

Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)

… with the police in Meadowlands. They split up and went to live in different houses across Soweto. It was after one of …

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1901-1975

Vivian Fitzsimons

… throughout his life. In the Bird Street Museum he set up live exhibits of snakes in glass-fronted cases that proved so … and snake handler. This park, with…

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1925

Lillian Diedericks

Lillian Diedericks was born in 1925 in the oldest part of New Brighton township, Red Location (near the railway line), in Port Elizabeth, Eastern Cape. Her…

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20 January-1967

Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)

… their lives. These books determined where a person could live, work, and travel. Without the proper endorsements …

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1922-1998

Robert Mokxotho Matji

Robert Mokxotho Matji was born on 22 August 1922 in Pretoria, Transvaal (now Gauteng). He later moved to the Eastern Cape, settling in Port Elizabeth, where he…

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1912-2002

John Jack Curtis

… settled in Sydney. After Grace's death in 1999, he went to live in Cornwall UK with his daughter, Joyce, and her family. …

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Vella Pillay

… the right to acquire and own landed property and to only live in designated areas and more generally restricted to own … which designated whether or not they…

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1942

Pitika Ntuli

… He was a regular cultural commentator on SABC 2’s Weekend Live, and is often a guest on numerous radio and television …

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1955

Laura Jean Levetan

Laura Jean Levetan was born in Cape Town in 1955, the third child of Lionel and Marie Levetan. Their household was steeped in Anti-apartheid politics and Laura…

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1850-1933

Walter Ernest Stanford

… a riding accident. Subsequently, in 1857, he was sent to live with his uncle J.C. Warner, a missionary in charge of … was sickly and his mother hoped that…

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1945-2025

Theresa Solomon

Theresa Solomon was born in District Six, Cape Town, Western Cape, in 1945.  Solomon lived in Mitchells Plain, Cape Town, where she worked as a community…

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1940

John Maxwell Coetzee

J. M. Coetzee was born to German and English parents in Cape Town on 9 February 1940. Coetzee spent his childhood in there, as well as in Worcester, a…

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1958-1995

Nithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender

… the Indian community) he left the university residence to live with his family. The strong anti-apartheid position of …

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Paul Mokabe

Mokabe was one of the students who stood up against the introduction of Afrikaans as a medium of instruction in African schools in 1976. In 1977, Mokabe…

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1938

Dorothy Alexander

Dorothy Alexander was born on 7 August 1938 in Port Elizabeth in the Eastern Cape, the third of six children[1]. One of her siblings was Neville Alexander…

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1946-1987

Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka)

Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka) lived in KwaMashu, a township to the north of Durban, Natal (now KwaZulu-Natal) and was affiliated with the…

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1933

Stanislaus Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni

Professor Stanislaus (Stan) Skumbuzo Mzilankatha Sangweni was born on 13 September 1933 in Natal, (now kwaZulu-Natal). He studied at some of the best…

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Mark Shinners

 Mark Shinners grew up in Attridgeville in Pretoria. He became involved in politics as a teenager and joined the Pan Africanist Congress(PAC). This was shortly…

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Jeremiah Moraka

Jeremiah Moraka, a counsellor to Makwena Matlala, was banished from his residence in Matlala's Location, Pietersburg District, Transvaal [now Polokwane,…

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1943-2017

Govin Reddy

Govindasamy Reddy (Govin Reddy) was born on 16 June 1943 in Kranskloof, a farming area next to Claremont on the outskirts of Durban, Natal (now known as…

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1926

Rexon ‘Scotch’ Mathebula

… left Sophiatown when he was seven years old and went to live with an aunt at Letaba, Tzaneen in the Northern …

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1960

Sebitji Frans Matlala

…   Helen Joseph writes that“too ill and helpless to live alone, he had been looked after by the family of an …

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Jackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane

Jackson (Balisile) Nkosiyane, Twalimfene Joyi, Bangilizwe Joyi and McGregor Mgolombane were all banished on 30 May 1958 from Thembuland, Umtata District, …

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1850-1912

Henrietta Rebecca Stakesby Lewis

Henrietta (Ettie or Het) Rebecca Stakesby Lewis was born in 1850 at the Umpukani Mission Station, Orange Free State (now Free State Province), and grew up in…

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Ann Tobias

… entailed restrictions on where the banned person could live and who they could have contact with, required that they …

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1960

Letlapa Mphahlele

Letlapa Ngoato Mphahlele was born on 8 December 1960 in Rosenkrantz, Northern Transvaal (now Limpopo) to Radikubu and Nkone. He grew up in the village of…

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1921-2009

Livingstone Mqotsi

Livingstone Mqotsi (Livie) was born in the village of Rabula in the Keiskammahoek district in the former Ciskei, now Eastern Cape, on 18 April 1921. Mqotsi…

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