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Phyllis Naidoo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Phyllis Naidoo

Teacher, lawyer, university lecturer, author, member of the NEUM, NIC, SACP, ANC and MK, Recipient of the Order Of Luthu...

Rajes Pillay
Biography
Dec 30, 2020

Rajes Pillay

exile, member of the Natal Indian Congress, African National Congress and uMkhonto weSizwe

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo

Medical doctor, banned person, political prisoner, exile,President of the Indian Social Reform Society, Chair of the Mad...

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

An active trade unionist and member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), she received military training in Angola and the Soviet U...

Adelaide Frances Tambo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Adelaide Frances Tambo

Nurse, chairperson of the George Goch branch of the ANCYL, founder member of the Afro-Asian Solidarity Movement and the ...

Ben Turok
Biography
Oct 15, 2011

Ben Turok

Surveyor, lecturer and secretary of the COD, arrested for treason in 1956, trade union organiser, elected unop...

Joe Slovo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Joe Slovo

Member of the South Africa Communist Party, founding member of the Congress of Democrats, accused in the 1956 Treason Tr...

Mongane Wally Serote
Biography
Nov 01, 2011

Mongane Wally Serote

Poet, novelist, political activist, exile, member of the Black Consciousness Movement and African National Congress, Com...

Ruth First
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ruth First

Member of the SACP and ANC, founder member of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD) and Author.

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
Biography
Jul 13, 2011

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

Political activist and a member of the African National Congress' armed wing, uMkhonto weSizwe and its National Executiv...

James Kantor
Biography
Jul 19, 2011

James Kantor

Lawyer, political prisoner, Rivonia Trialist and exile

Saleem Badat
Biography
Dec 14, 2018

Saleem Badat

Academic, author, Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University, the first black South African to hold this post in 102 years, Ed...

 Mavivi  Myakayaka-Manzini
Biography
Aug 30, 2013

Mavivi Myakayaka-Manzini

Political prisoner, exiled person, journalist, member of SASO and the ANC, Head of International Relations, ANC Womens L...

Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla

Youth co-ordinator at the Institute of Race Relations, Durban, teacher, legal advisor to the ANC Legal and Constitutiona...

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal

Minister of Education (1999 – 2004), Minister of Water Affairs,(1994 – 1999) and a member of Parliament in the National ...

Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad

member of the ANC, political prisoner, banned person, exile, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo
Biography
Jan 24, 2019

Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo

reporter, founder member of the Union of Black Journalists in South Africa, exiled person, lecturer, International Educa...

Terry Bell
Biography
Aug 05, 2020

Terry Bell

Journalist, author, social activist, teacher, educator, broadcaster, political prisoner, banned person, exile, member of...

Essop Goolam Pahad
Biography
Nov 22, 2022

Essop Goolam Pahad

Essop Goolam Pahad was an anti-apartheid activist who was a member of the ANC and was exiled because of what was called ...

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu

ANC Political Activist 

Govin Reddy
Biography
Mar 24, 2023

Govin Reddy

Political activist, political prisoner, banned person, exile, teacher, involved in the revival of the Natal Indian Congr...

J B Marks
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

J B Marks

Teacher, political activist,  trade unionist, banned person, political prisoner, exile, President of the Transvaal ...

Adelaine Florence Hain
Biography
Sep 18, 2019

Adelaine Florence Hain

Political prisoner, banned, exiled person, Anti Apartheid activist

Sonia Beryl Bunting
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sonia Beryl Bunting

Member of the SACP, Founder member of the Cape Town Friends of Cuba Society

Dorothy Masuka
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dorothy Masuka

Musician and Singer, exiled person

Gertrude Shope
Biography
Oct 08, 2011

Gertrude Shope

Teacher, member of the ANC, chairperson of the Central Western Jabavu Branch of the Federation of South African Women (F...

George Naicker
Biography
Sep 16, 2011

George Naicker

Trade unionist, member of the NIC, SACP, MK and ANC, Assistant Secretary of the Natal Indian Farmers Union, accused in t...

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959
Article
Sep 25, 2018

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959

Yusuf Dadoo Timeline: 1950 - 1959 1950 January 6-8, The Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA) holds its last lega...

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jacob Gedleyihlekisa Zuma

Member of the ANC and MK, Deputy-Secretary General of the ANC, Deputy President of South Africa, President of South Afri...

Yusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations
Article
Apr 03, 2011

Yusuf Dadoo Centenary Celebrations

In September 2009, SAHO in partnership with University of Johannesburg, Centre for Sociological Studies, organised the p...

Hugh Lewin
Biography
Jan 17, 2019

Hugh Lewin

Journalist, author, anti-apartheid activist, political prisoner, jailed for sabotage, exiled person, member of the Afric...

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ebrahim Ismail Ebrahim

Chair of the Greyville Branch of the NIC, NIC delegate to the Congress of the People, Kliptown, Member of the NIC, MK, A...

Gill Marcus
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Gill Marcus

Member of the African National Congress, business woman, Governor of the Reserve Bank.

Thembi Shange Nobadula
Biography
Jun 03, 2021

Thembi Shange Nobadula

Member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), one of the organisers and participants of the 1956 Women...

Brian Percy Bunting
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Brian Percy Bunting

Journalist, Native Representative in the House of Assembly,Western Cape, chief editor of the Guardian, editor of the Afr...

Lefifi Tladi
Biography
Dec 15, 2016

Lefifi Tladi

Poet, musician, painter, historian, teacher, philosopher

Esther Barsel
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Esther Barsel

Political activist, worked with SACTU and a member of the Young Communist League (YCL) and the South African Communist P...

Violet Weinberg
Biography
Mar 01, 2013

Violet Weinberg

Trade unionist, member of the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the ANC (African National Congress), political pr...

Magdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha
Biography
Oct 01, 2011

Magdaline ‘Maggie’ Resha

Nurse, Member of the ANC and office-bearer, National Executive Committee member of the Federation of South African Women...

Arthur Goldreich
Biography
May 27, 2011

Arthur Goldreich

Artist, industrial designer, architect, member of MK, political prisoner and lecturer