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… Yusuf Cachalia was born in Johannesburg on 15 January 1915. A … Council for the De­fiance Campaign along with James Moroka,Yusuf Dadoo,Walter Sisulu and J.B. Marks. He was arrested … 1995. Former President Nelson Mandela flew to Cachalia's funeral to pay his respect to his old friend. …

… Sheik Yusuf, ruler of Gowa on the Islands of Celebes in South East … He was also the brother of the Sultan of Macassar. In 1646 Yusuf went to Bantam in Java to spread the Islamic faith, … of noble descent. In the East it is asserted that Yusuf's remains were reburied in Macassar in 1705, at the foot of …

… Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South … anti- apartheid movement." - ES Reddy Early life Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo was born on 5 September 1909 in … the Dadoo family went on holiday to Gujarat, India. Dadoo’s memories of the trip included monsoons, attending madressa …

… Yusuf (Joe) Jacobs was born in District Six, Cape Town on 17 … mines in Kimberley in charge of mining teams. Jacob’s mother was Zubeida Carr. During the war years the family … at Bechet College of Education and obtained a Teacher’s Diploma. At the same time, he met up with other young …

… Western Cape, with about 800 defiers who signed up and Asa's home was the centre of the campaign. Asa then linked up … grandmother. It is during her time in India that she met Yusuf Mukadam, who would be her husband. In 1955, Asa and … most eminent leaders of the oppressed. In 1961 Asa married Yusuf who had followed her back to South Africa from India. …

… March 1905, in Cape Town, Western Cape. He was the son of Yusuf Gool, born in India, in 1864. He made his way to Cape … in 1885 and married a local Malay woman, Wagieda Ta’al. Yusuf started out as a hawker but later branched into the … He returned home in 1919 when Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi’s passive resistance campaign, against British colonial rule …

… Council in the mid-1940s he was instrumental in bringing  Yusuf Dadoo  and  G M Naicker  to positions of leadership in …

… at a grocery store on Prince Edward Street, in Durban’s Grey Street (now Dr Yusuf Dadoo) business district; his mother Sushiela Maharaj … He is a member of the International Geography Union’s Honors and Awards Committee. He was co-editor of the South …

… part of the Congress Alliance. He served as the SACPO’s general secretary from 1954 until 1961, when the government … strategy for the struggle, with Oliver Tambo as the Chair, Yusuf Dadoo the Vice Chair, Joe Matthews the secretary. Joe … married Gwen Miller in the Islington, London where Dr Yusuf Dadoo , the Chairperson of the SACP, was one of the …

… from the African majority. Together with his comrade, Yusuf Vawda, he organised boycotts of elections and … to government policies and the other doing the government’s bidding. When local activists and students were detained, …

… high school in the transvaal. In her teenage years she met Yusuf Dadoo , after he returned to South Africa from medical … of the NIC, were the leaders of the group. Zainab’s sister, Amina (Asvat) Cachalia , and her school friends … is the aunt of Abu-Baker Asvat and a sister-in-law of Yusuf Cachalia . …

… On 23 January 1909, Aswat followed Ahmed Mohamed Cachalia’s example by informing his creditors of his determination to … imprisonment), N.M. Naidoo, Govindjee, Raju Naidoo, Muthu, S.S. Pather, T. Candasamy Mudaley, S.R. Naidoo, Kaloo, … United Front (NEUF) when it was formed in 1938, with Dr. Yusuf Dadoo as secretary. Both his daughters, Zainab Asvat …

… close political relations with Dr. G. M. Naicker and Dr. Yusuf Dadoo . On 29 June 1946, Dr. Goonam was sentenced to … Gandhi, G. and Reddy, E.S. (eds) (1993)  Gandhi and South Africa, 1914-48 . Navajivan …

… Thandray, later secretary of the TIC, who became Amina’s mentor. When she was fifteen years old, she transferred as … and applied. This is when she first met her husband-to-be, Yusuf Cachalia , Secretary of the TIC, who was interviewing … while she was recuperated from a serious heart operation. Yusuf, her husband, was also placed under house arrest. Amina …

… of South Africa on 5 December 1908. At the time Cachalia’s father, who was the chairman of the British Indian … where he became a business partner of his younger brother Yusuf. In the early 1947 he led a batch of 30 volunteers who … In 1977 Cachalia was honored with the Padma Shri, India's highest award. With the unbanning of the liberation …

… University where he ran a campus newspaper, Wu’s views, and literary magazine, Umpa. He was elected … to the Springbok Legion and he edited the Springbok legion’s monthly newspaper called Fighting Talk. Bunting joined the … in London. He served in the SACP which was headed by Dr. Yusuf Dadoo in London. In the 1980’s edited the African …

… was born in Breyton, Transvaal on 3 November 1941 to Haji Yusuf Ahmed Timol and Hawa Ismail Dindar. His father came to … extra income. As a child, Timol suffered from asthma. Dr Yusuf Dadoo , leader of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) … South African Communist Party (SACP) was his doctor. Timol’s father and Dadoo were close friends.  Whilst still at high …

… in 1935. Here his grandfather ran a shop next to Dr. Yusuf Dadoo’s father’s store. After he was married, Saloojee’s father moved with …

… As a young man, Howa was deeply influenced by his father Yusuf Howa, who was a prominent member of the South African … for cricket, a game famously described as “the gentleman’s game of flannelled fools”.  After a memorable amateur … succeeded in ensuring that the Springboks (South Africa’s national cricket team) were banned from participation in …

… campaign. She was involved with all facets of the Party's work, and after being dismissed from a job for attending … of South African Women (FEDSAW) , which fought for women's rights and participated in drafting the pioneering Women's … are Chief Albert Luthuli , Father Trevor Huddleston and Yusuf Dadoo in 1955, Lilian Ngoyi in 1982, Nelson Mandela and …

… (now Northern Cape Province) where she grew up. Pillay’s father, T.V.R. Pillay, was president of the Kimberley … Vedic Society and secretary of the Cape Coloured People's Association. He was also a member of the Natal Indian … South Africa. In London, she came into contact with Dr Yusuf Dadoo and other South Africans in exile. Dr Dadoo used …

… duties were considered to be less taxing. [iii] Poomoney’s passion for fighting injustice was first ignited in the … when she accompanied her father to meetings in Durban ’s famous ‘Red Square’. [iv] Introduced to the discrimination … Mandela , Walter Sisulu , Billy Nair , Oliver Tambo and Yusuf Dadoo were read out. [x] The NIC commemorated her …

… on 1 December 1937 in a village called Eqolweni. Mbali’s father, Charlton Babana Mkhonto and his brother William … Queenstown in 1941 then moved to Middledrift, his mother’s birth place the following year. Here he began his primary … , the ANC Treasuer General.  Alongside Moses Mabhida and Yusuf Dadoo , he was part of the Avantura (boat) negotiations …

… Indian High School, he came under the influence of Dr. Yusuf Dadoo  and the Cachalia brothers, who were leaders of the freedom movement in the Transvaal. Kathrada’s political work began in 1941, at the early age of 12 when … other ardent resisters such as Dr  Monty Naicker , Dr. Yusuf Dadoo, Dr Goonam, George Singh, Mrs Cissie Gool , M.D. …

… was forced to go to work at an early age when his father’s business collapsed in 1930. Meer  moved to Durban to work … Dr AB Xuma of the African National Congress (ANC), Dr Yusuf Dadoo of the Transvaal Indian Congress (TIC) and Dr … the  Freedom Charter and the Treason Trial of 1956.” Meer’s political understanding was hugely influenced by the …

… organised numerous concerts in Europe during the 1980’s in protest against the inhuman injustices happening in … Little Steven (Steven van Zandt). Part of the organisation’s initiatives was to encourage international artists to … Mandela, Walter and Albertina Sisulu , Charlotte Maxeke , Yusuf Dadoo and King Mzilikazi Khumalo . Once completed the …

… and completed his primary schooling at St. Paul’s School and Marion School. He finished his secondary … Haffejee enrolled for inter-science at the Bhavan's College in Bombay and thereafter went Nagpur to study … affiliation is unclear but according to his older brother Yusuf Haffejee, he was politically active whilst he was in …

… international politics during this period sparked Mosie’s interest in current affairs. Boarding with a  Transvaal … distributing leaflets. He was elected to the organisation’s executive committee and then as the joint honorary … as  Walter Sisulu ,  Joe Slovo ,  Rusty Bernstein  and  Yusuf Cachalia  were banned under the Suppression of …

… young Black students in Scotland, and although Moroka’s parents were not keen to send him overseas, MacDonald … hijacked by forces opposed to nationalism. In 1950, Dr Yusuf Dadoo  and Sam Kahn , both members of the CPSA,were … and Moroka, JB Marks and Walter Sisulu served alongside Yusuf Dadoo and Yusuf Cachalia. The December conference in …

… under the leadership of figureheads such as Moses Kotane , Yusuf Dadoo and JB Marks . Following his graduation, Lipman … moved back to Johannesburg and worked for Greaterman’s Department Store as their in-house architect. Not only did … he also designed the Port Elizabeth and Welkom Greaterman’s stores. During this time, Lipman also joined the African …