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1960-2020

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela

… Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela was born on 23 December 1960 in Soweto to South African struggle icons Nelson Mandela and Winnie Madikizela-Mandela . It…

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Elija Mandela Nkadimeng

… Elija Mandela Nkadimeng …

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1918-2013

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

… Childhood in the Eastern Cape Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was the son of Nonqaphi Nosekeni and Henry Mgadla Mandela, a chief and chief councillor to the…

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1936-2018

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

… School of Social Work in Johannesburg , where Nelson Mandela (who was already gaining national renown), was the … lawyer she would soon marry, and his legal…

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Elija Mandela Nkadimeng

… Elija Mandela Nkadimeng …

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1922-2004

Evelyn Ntoko Mase

… Ntoko Mase before and after her relationship with Nelson Mandela. She may have been averse to being in the public eye, … her life historically, has been that…

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1943-2020

Devikarani Priscilla Jana

… she was born into, stating in her book Fighting for Mandela, ‘everyone who wasn’t white was suffering’. [ii] … [x] Jana went on to become the personal…

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1911-2002

Dr. Percy Yutar

… abhorrent at the time. In 1963, Yutar prosecuted Nelson Mandela during the Rivonia Treason Trial and wanted the death sentence for him. Mandela was sentenced…

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1906-1979

Cecil Williams

… and opposition to racism led to his contact with Nelson Mandela.  After the banning of the ANC and the formation of … involved in underground work of MK. For…

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1927-2020

Advocate George Bizos

… political trials. He represented Walter Sisulu , Nelson Mandela and the other accused in the 1963 Rivonia Trial .  He first met Mandela at the University of…

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1957-2020

Vejaynand ‘Vejay’ Indurjith Ramlakan

… known as the University of KwaZulu-Natal - Nelson R. Mandela School of Medicine), Durban, in 1980. He joined  … he became Medical Commander for the President…

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1948-2020

Achmat Dangor

… of apartheid such as the Kagiso Trust and the Nelson Mandela’s Children Trust. He was approached by the late former  President Nelson Mandela  to join the…

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1915-2003

Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima

… seen as a traitor to the cause of the struggle.  Nelson Mandela  once described him as “a sell-out in the proper sense of the word.” Matanzima and Mandela…

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1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… heard a knock on her door and when she opened, Nelson Mandela was standing in front of her. She had been expecting Oliver Tambo and was surprised to see…

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1936-2021

Frederik Willem de Klerk

… leader of the  African National Congress  (ANC), Nelson Mandela . On 2 February 1990, de Klerk lifted the ban on the … and the  Pan Africanist Congress  (PAC…

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1926-2004

Anthony Sampson

… formed relationships with future leaders such as Nelson Mandela , and writers like Nadine Gordimer. On his return to … the Rivonia Trial , where he was…

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1954-2008

John Matshikiza

… of Matshikiza earliest published poems, And I Watch It in Mandela (1974), was recently republished in a Nelson Mandela anthology: 'It is not for the safety…

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Joel Joffe

… was called to the South African bar. In his autobiography, Mandela described Joffe’s role as being “the general behind … played a crucial role in the defence…

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1912-2003

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

… the ANC. He was her guide and mentor, as he was to Nelson Mandela, and to many others who interacted with him. Much of … a youth wing of the ANC. Sisulu,…

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1946-2006

Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley

… Island. Moodley was in the same cell block as Nelson Mandela . The two later developed a friendship and they … Africa (MWASA). Moodley covered the release of…

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1952-2008

Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa

… his trial he famously subpoenaed then-imprisoned  Nelson Mandela  as a witness. Mandela’s sworn statement was read in court, the first time …

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1952-2008

Colonel Sibusiso (Sihle) R. Mbongwa

… his trial he famously subpoenaed then-imprisoned  Nelson Mandela  as a witness. Mandela’s sworn statement was read in court, the first time …

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1918-1996

Rowley Israel Arenstein

… whom Buthelezi mingled at the Arenstein house were Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu – who always visited Rowley when … a legal advisor for the Inkatha…

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1913-1998

Father Trevor Huddleston

… the Group Areas Act in 1950, Huddleston, along with Nelson Mandela , Helen Joseph  and Ruth First  became involved in … one. During this time he developed…

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2016

Juda Ngwenya

… of great hope, including the iconic image of when Nelson Mandela voted in the first democratic elections on April 27, 1994 at Inanda, Natal (now Kwazulu…

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1921-2005

Mahomed “Chota” Motala

… of the African National Congress, including Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu , with whom he became friends. … Fort prison with other treason trialists,…

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1932-2013

Louis Luyt

… his role in a 1998 court case involving President  Nelson Mandela . President Mandela was called into the Pretoria High Court to defend his … of alleged…

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1961

Dali Tambo

… was very influential in the initiative of the 46664 Nelson Mandela concerts which first began at Wembley Stadium in … The world came out to celebrate his…

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1943

Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin

… a Zulu-English dictionary. Her parents' home was in the Mandela , Sisulu and Tutu area known in Soweto as the Triangle. As a child, she grew up playing with…

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1917-1997

Godfrey Mokgonane Pitje

… office. In 1951 he was succeeded as president by  Nelson Mandela  and retired from active politics. When teaching lost … Pitje took up law and served…

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