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1929-2017

Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada

… Ahmed Mohamed "Kathy" Kathrada was born on 21 August 1929, to Indian immigrant parents in Schweizer Reneke, a small town in Western Transvaal [now North West…

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Joel Joffe

… Joffe was born to a Jewish family on 12 May, 1932 in Johannesburg, Transvaal … defence attorney of two Robben Islanders, namely, Ahmed Kathrada and Laloo…

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1926-2024

Zuleikha Mayat

… North West Province). Her father, Mohamed Bismilla, was a prominent business person who first came to South Africa … of her husband further brought her into…

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1931-1964

Suliman “Babla” Saloojee

… Babla was compelled to leave home in order to gain a basic education. After completing his education he worked … he was a member of the Picasso Club, along…

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1934-2012

Ellen Lambert

… amongst whom were Walter Sisulu , Babla Saloojee , Ahmed Kathrada and several others in mobilising people. After the … the United Democratic front (UDF) , in…

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1910-2001

Govan Mbeki

… African Communist Party (SACP) in the 1950's and remained a communist and a firm believer in the superior morality of socialism to his … . Together with…

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1933

Adams Farid Ahmed

… the 1952 Defiance Campaign.He was drawn to politics as a teenager in Johannesburg during Indian protest against the … Youth League and the Youth Communist…

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1922-2001

Sonia Beryl Bunting

… In 1951 she attended the World Youth Congress in Berlin as a member of a South African delegation that was lead by Ahmed Kathrada . In 1955 Sonia Bunting was…

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1934

Moosa “Mosie” Moolla

… town of Christiana on 12 June 1934 where his father ran a successful import-export business. The family was forced to … on public walls. Among its members…

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1958

Firoz Cachalia

… Professor Firoz Cachalia holds a BA degree, a BA (Hons) degree, an LLB and a Higher Diploma in Company … to serve on the Mahatma Gandhi Trust and the Ahmed…

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1912-2003

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

… May 1912. Sisulu was born out of wedlock. His father was a Mr. Dickenson, a white assistant magistrate. He was raised … he was arrested with Govan Mbeki,…

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1937

Sylvia Neame

… She had two older brothers, Peter and Graham, as well as a twin sister named Jennifer. She grew up in a sheltered … days. Neame had been dating fellow…

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1952

Barbara Anne Hogan

… at the University of Witwatersrand where she obtained a degree in Development Studies. While at Wits, Hogan joined a group of students who actively opposed…

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1929-1981

Joe Nzingo Gqabi

… Province. He completed the tenth grade and found work as a construction labourer after coming to Johannesburg in 1951. … His job of exposing the hidden…

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1928-2009

Suliman Moosa Esakjee

… Suliman Moosa Esakjee was born in 1928. He worked as a clerk, and was an active member of the  Transvaal Indian … of the Transvaal Indian Congress.  Esakjee…

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1930-2017

Ishwarlal Laloo Isu Chiba

… South African Communist Party (SACP) recruited by Ahmed Kathrada . Chiba joined uMkhonto we Sizwe  (MK) in 1961 also … to his commitment and leadership, he…

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1945

Premanathan “Prema” Naidoo

… Dennis Brutus . He had to leave school early to look for a job as his brother, Indres Naidoo, was imprisoned on Robben … We used to be raided regularly, at…

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1932

Dr Essop Essak Jassat

… Jassat, came from Takoli. His father was at various times a hawker and a shopkeeper.Dr Jassat matriculated from the Johannesburg … law, the Special Branch…

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1908-1993

Manonmoney "Ama" Naidoo

… labourers. Her mother married Govindasamy Pillay, a hawker from Mauritius. They established a business selling fruit and vegetables to hotels. Mononmony ……

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1926-2021

Maniben Sita

… Marabastad ,  Pretoria ) in Transvaal (now Gauteng), into a highly politically-active family. Her father,  Nana Sita , … and repressive laws. Between the two…

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1953-2020

Walter Kefuoe Fikeleph Chakela

… Walter Kefuoe Fikelephi Chakela was a revered playwright and poet born on 13 April 1953 in Vryburg, a small, conservative Afrikaner town in Transvaal (now…

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1927-1974

James Kantor

… on 26 February 1927 in Johannesburg to Abraham Kantor, a lawyer and Pauline ‘Polly’ (Braude) Kantor. James Kantor … James Kantor & Partners, in Johannesburg…

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1918-2013

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

… was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief councillor to the paramount chief of the … in Kliptown near Soweto. However…

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1898-1969

Nana Sita

… collection of articles. Nana Sita was born in Matwadi, a village in Gujarat, India, in 1898, in a family which was active in the Indian freedom movement. He …

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1892-1985

Dr James Sebe Moroka

… in Alice in the Eastern Cape, where he met Mr MacDonald, a church minister from Scotland. MacDonald was planning to … him overseas, MacDonald convinced them…

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1941-1971

Ahmed Timol

… in the southeast of Transvaal where his father opened a shop. Timol was forced to go to school in Standerton, as … family back to Roodepoort in 1956 where…

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1909-1983

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo

… in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in persuading the Indian community to link its … Yusuf Cachalia, Nelson Mandela, Oliver…

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Tim Bruwer

… amongst all the Afrikaners that I grew up with or knew, as a young man in the 1960s and early 1970s, came to an … government of the time. More recently…

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1915-1983

B J Vorster [John Vorster]

… He was, according to subsequent president FW de Klerk , ‘a thick-set man with heavy jowls and intense blue eyes who … for his deadpan sense of humour and his…

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