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Victor Nkosi

… Nkosi, Victor Nkosi’s father, was accused of encouraging his followers to “squat” on South African Development Trust land adjoining his area in Matsulu,…

B-0149261

1954

Vincent Baloyi

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

B-0007817

1946-1972

Cyprian Mpho Shilakoe

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

B-0009036

1929-2000

Esme Bodenstein

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

B-0094568

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…

B-0008138

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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Ramnie Dinat

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

B-0095275

1937-2010

Tholakele Madala

… Association (BLA) gave him an award in recognition of his human rights work. Described by a former colleague, … good, decent, modest and honourable man",…

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Elliot Mngadi

… of their own. Subsequently, Mngadi resigned from his job at the NAD and began working fulltime as an organizer … member of the executive council of the ANC…

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1966-2019

Sandile Dikeni

… in 1966. He began writing poetry while in detention for his anti-apartheid activism in the 1980s. He became sought after for his performances and rose to…

B-0149743

1933-1980

Tennyson Xola Makiwane

… 1933 into a prominent Transkei family Makiwane completed his secondary schooling at Lovedale in 1950 and entered Fort Hare University. Politicised during his…

B-0149474

1952-1981

Krishna Rabilal

… the hope he could make an impact on the community through his socio-welfare and community work. He was a member of the … Robben Island prisoner, at Day-Glo…

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Vusumuzi Vitus Mvelase

… weekends. In April ’73 he was convicted of contravening his banning order and sentenced to 30 days imprisonment, … defulted by taking up a job in Pinetown,…

B-0148176

1921-2004

Ambrose Mzimkhulu Makiwane

… a student strike. The son of two teachers, who also farmed.his parents could not afford to send him to university after he finished school delayed his…

B-0141679

1924-1999

Malcomess Johnson Mgabela Kondoti

… district of the Eastern Cape. Very soon after he was born, his father moved to East London to look for work, and the … carry a pass. For Kondoti the turning…

B-0149312

1953

Sandile Ngcobo

… labour disputes; and the eviction of black squatters. His Supreme Court experience involved preparing pleadings and … to South Africa and practised as an…

B-0008773

1915-1976

Johanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers

… of the four daughters of Sarel Gerhardus Breitenbach and his wife, Johanna Hendrina Strydom.  Johanna Scheepers was … 1949. Scheepers also was stepmother to…

B-0008992

1944

Khaya Biko

… active as both an athlete and a student activist. In 1963 his younger brother Steve joined him at the school. That … to two years, with fifteen months…

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Jackson (Balisile)) Nkosiyane

… Paramount Chief (PC) Dalindyebo’s ‘misconception of his position and powers.’ It was alleged that he was … chief.’ However, the PC was being misled by …

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William Mini

… trial. He had a magnificent bass voice, and \'in the Fort his voice rolled above the combined effort of all the others, … for breaking railway apartheid…

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1899-1983

Ernst Heinrich Daniël Arndt

… was born in Bloemfontein on 27 May 1899. He started his education at the Infants’ School and the Normal … to Grey College, where he matriculated.  Following…

B-0149524

1958-2020

Harry Garuba

… [2] He continued with a master’s degree and finished his PhD in 1988 at the same university. [3] During his studies, in 1981 he was appointed to lecture at…

B-0150128

1979-2019

Leigh Davids

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

B-0150017

1940

Pieter Streicher Steyn

… holds the distinction of having a toxigenic fungus bear his name, Aspergillus steynii .   He was honoured for his work on the ochratoxins, a group of fungal…

B-0149420

1940-2023

Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad

… (TIC) and later in the African National Congress (ANC). His father, Goolam Hoosein Ismail Pahad,  was active in the … non-racial, non-sexist and united South…

B-0148806

1809-1882

Nathaniel James Merriman

… of Street (Somersetshire) in 1840. In 3847 he offered his services to Bishop Gray and was appointed the first … Cape Colony. Arriving at the Cape in November…

B-0144781

1941-2021

Baldwin ‘Ben’ Sipho Ngubane

… government from 1 March 1997 until February 1999. During his tenure as Premier, Dr Ngubane is recognised for his role in bringing about peace and helping to…

B-0151032

1971

Paulus Howell Mopeli

… district of the [Eastern] Transvaal [now Mpumalanga]. His banishment order described him as ‘one of the … Chief of Witzieshoek Reserve, Charles Mopeli feared…

B-0148419

1908-1993

Dulcie Howes

… level was only realised in 1998, some years after her death. By all accounts never more than a competent performer, …

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Albert Dlomo

… a banned organisation but he was acquitted. Shortly after his release, the police re-detained him under the same law in … was detained in solitary…

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