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1971

Josiah Thugwane

… was growing up. He learned to read and write after winning his Gold medal at the Atlanta Olympics, 1996. He started as a … player and in 1990 started running…

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Johannes Matlala

… In relating his story of banishment to Helen Joseph , Johannes Matlala … Soon after, he was again arrested and banished, from his original residence at…

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Xego Michael

… Mike Xego started his political career in youth politics. He was a member of … a member of the African National Congress (ANC). After his release on 20…

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Maema Matlala

… cattle culling and other aspects of betterment. Soon after his return, ‘four uniformed policemen and three detectives arrived at his residence, Matlala's…

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1931-1990

Kgalabi Jafta Masemola

… Bon Accord near Pretoria on 12 December 1931. He lost both his parents at an early age and was raised by his sister. The family moved to Marabastad and then…

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1867-1942

Thomas Benjamin Davis

… he grew to love the sea, and eventually obtained his master’s certificate that would allow him to captain a ship. During the Second Anglo-Boer War (1899”…

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1935

Moyisile Douglas Tyutyu

… Port Elizabeth, Transkei (now Eastern Cape Province). His interest in politics was sparked from a young age when he … the 1950s when he was just eighteen…

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1961

Mogoeng Thomas Mogoeng

… North West Province. He was raised and spent most of his early life there. Justice Mogoeng is the eldest son of three sons of Gaboipone Mogoeng, his mother,…

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1979

Lewis Baker

… The family lost all they had, status and financially. When his sentence was over and he was released from prison, Lewis … 1970 the family went into exile in…

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18 May1940-2008

Alan Keith Brooks

… Brooks was born on 18 May 1940 in Bristol, United Kingdom. His father was a doctor by profession. His family moved to Southern Rhodesia (now Zimbabwe) where…

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1925-2008

Nthato Harrison Motlana

… ANC Youth League, multimillionaire. In the first part of his long life, Dr Motlana played a central role in the … He likes to state that he has never made…

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1979-2019

Leigh Davids

… and was still active in the industry at the time of her death. Davids worked for various organisations, including …

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1967

Mpush Makambi

… Eastern Cape. At school, Makambi was sporty but boxing was his first love. He turned professional in 1983 with a fight … disgruntled young man with the…

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1958

Iqbal Shaik Mohammed

… where he met Aboobaker Ismail who he had known since his youth. He joined  Umkhonto we Sizwe  (MK) and received … Democratic Republic for further military…

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Mngqingo Pikani

… of the Paramount Chief (PC). Govan Mbeki writes in his book, The Peasants Revolt, that‘one man by the name of Mngqingo (Pikani) turned his backside to Botha…

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Alfred Msutu

… other alleged misconduct,’ and, between 1933 and 1952 for his stance of non-cooperation with the authorities led to … demanded that Msutu pledge an oath that…

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Klaas Matlala

… Affairs Department (NAD), but bravely persisted with his opposition. On 3 June 1953, Matlala and his compatriots were taken to Sandfontein, and were served ……

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1935-2005

Lothar Neethling

… Among the orphans was Neethling, who at the time went by his biological parents’ name Tientz. He was adopted by GCF … J C Neethling. Neethling adopted the…

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1937-2002

Mono Badela

… paper's predecessor - the Sunday World, banned in 1977. His articles caught my eye as a young student at the time … encounter in 1979. Even more impressive…

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1954

Vincent Baloyi

… Johannesburg. Baloyi first attended school in Soweto where his family moved in 1961. He studied art at the Fred Clarke …

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1946-1972

Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe

… 1946 in Barberton, Eastern Transvaal. Shilakoe spent his childhood on an isolated mission station at Buchbeesreich …

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Ramnie Dinat

… on 9 December 1964 and held for three weeks due to his political activities. He was detained again in 1966 and …

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1929-2000

Esme Bodenstein

… in Pretoria Central Prison twice in 20 years before his release in 1985, following which he joined her in the …

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1923

James “Jobe” Hadebe

… personal and political reasons”, but that he would retain his ordinary membership of the Congress. He returned to South … to serve as an ANC representative…

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1926

Kesval “Kay” Moonsamy

… in the 1946 Passive Resistance Campaign , and on his 20th birthday was sent to Ixopo Prison where he was …

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1900

Thomas Mbeki

… Little is known of his background except that he was Xhosa-speaking and born …  (ICU) in the Transvaal in late 1924, Mbeki became one of his principal…

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1987-2010

Donald Thumamina Mboto

… and had not yet secured formal employment at the time of his passing. A gentle and considerate person, Mboto became … in the water at the St. Michaels Beach…

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Michael Matlala

… (‘Mikia’) Matlala took part in Wold War 1. According to his family, he was banished, from Matlala's Location, … wild animals,’ as it was near Kruger National…

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1960

Letlapa Mphahlele

… he was in Standard Eight (now Grade Ten), Mphahlele and his cousin Moses started a student union, the Union of Self … to Botswana as the PAC’s Assistant…

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