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1626-1699

Sheik Yusuf

… of Bantam, also known as Ageng (the Great). He supported his father-in-law against the Dutch East In dia Company … but in 1684 was banished to Ceylon, as the…

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1950-2017

Glynn Griffiths

… Africa,though he was a British citizen by birth through his parents and grandparents. (His paternal grandfather travelled from the South Wales … often…

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1924-2010

Harry Heinz Schwarz

… being thrown off a tram for being a Jew. In 1934, Schwarz, his younger brother Kurt and his mother Alma left Germany for South Africa travelling on the SS…

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1966

Dingaan Bongani Thobela

… was born at Baragwanath hospital on 24 September 1966. His mother named him Bongani, but his paternal grandmother decided he should have a different name…

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1966-2012

Sicelo Shiceka

… Lusikisiki in the Eastern Province (now Eastern Cape) His greatest influence was his grandfather, a warrior of the  1960 Pondo revolt  against … were found…

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1986

Ngwenduna Vanda

… Cape. He was killed in combat with the Transkeian forces. His body was exhumed from the Transkei where he had been … given a pauper's burial by the then…

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1946-2020

Eric Magamana Lubisi

… son and had five sisters. At the age of twelve, he and his family relocated to Mamelodi Johannesburg. Transvaal. He completed his matric at Mamelodi High…

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1953

Ashley La Grange

… in PE and philosophy and ran a swimming school to pay his way through a teaching diploma and a BFA and MFA in South … year’s fees. Ashley la Grange juggled…

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1940

John Maxwell Coetzee

… parents in Cape Town on 9 February 1940. Coetzee spent his childhood in there, as well as in Worcester, a … of the liberal South African party of General Jan…

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1958-2012

Aaron Sipho Madondo

… Aaron Sipho Madondo, the last of 11 children in his family was born on 6 August 1958 in Mofolo South, Soweto.  He began his primary school education at Gugu…

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1925

Tamsanqa Tasque Tshume

… Elizabeth, and inherited the political inclinations of his two uncles, Gladstone and Ben, both of whom were ANC …

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1887-1968

Frances Herman Gow

… U.Sand taught music at Tuskegee Institute until 1925. On his return to South Africa,Gow was appointed headmaster of …

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S. S. Tema

… passage of the  Programme of Action in 1949 , he withdrew his support for what he regarded as the "extremist" new …

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1922

Michael Hathorn

… both moved to work at the Durban Medical School.  After his detention in the Durban Central Prison in 1960, they …

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1953

Alan Arnold Aderem

… Alan Arnold Aderem was restricted to his Cape Town , Western Province (now Western Cape) home. His house arrrest restricted him to his home between the hours…

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2008

Alfred Toto Metele

… kept a close eye on  BCC members, especially Metele due to his devout  membership to the African National Congress (ANC) … to testify against fellow comrades…

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1930s-2014

David Patrick Russell

… the struggle against apartheid from an early age. He did his first degree at the University of Cape Town, and then … of the Resurrection, Mirfield, England,…

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David Ngwabeni

… East District, [Eastern Province, now Eastern Cape], had his banishment order issued on 19 June 1953. However, before … to three years imprisonment with…

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1934-2003

Buzwe Stanley Mabizela

… the ANC Youth League. A son to a farm worker, Mabizela did his primary education in Port Elizabeth where he also became … politicised. After passed Standard…

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Mhlabuvelile Hlamandana

… He was accused by state officials of being careless in his duties, disrupting the smooth functioning of the Isikelo … including arson and public violence in…

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1931-2003

Ebrahim Badsha

… in Natal. He grew up in a large Gujarati Muslim home. His father, Ismail Essop Badsha, came to the colony of Natal with his elder sister and her husband as…

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Kenneth Mosenyi

… involved in the  African National Congress  (ANC) prior to his return from Johannesburg in 1953 and had … to the ANC. Documentation related to his banishment…

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1968

Irvin Jim

… anti-apartheid movement but poverty forced him to abandon his education to work in a Port Elizabeth tyre factory. He … of metalworkers of South Africa (NUMSA…

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Phindile Mfethi

… May ’76 to 16 May ’77 in terms of the Terrorism Act. After his release he was immediately served with a banning and house arrest order restricting him to his…

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1918-2002

Wolfie Kodesh

… Wolfie Kodesh was born in Benoni on 18 October 1918. His paternal grandparents arrived in South Africa after fleeing the pogroms in Eastern Europe. His…

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Phindile Fethi

… restricted to Germiston, Transvaal (now Gauteng).  After his release, he was immediately served with a banning order restricting him to his house between 6pm…

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1949

Lex Mpati

… Lex Mpati was born in Durban. His maternal grandparents were from the Fort Beaufort, Eastern Cape, and this is where his parents sent him when he was a baby…

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1949

Renfrew Leslie Christie

… state was involved with nuclear weapons. This is when his hunt for Apartheid’s nuclear bombs started. While … times for political activism. Christie did not…

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1918-2008

David Hepburn Craighead

… He was born to parents of English and Scottish descent. His father, who worked as a mine manager passed away when … political and personal work was severely…

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1924-2002

Makholeka Matthews Meyiwa

… He then attended Mpolweni Mission where he completed his secondary school education. Meyiwa progressed to Adams College to study for his junior certificate…

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