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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Biography
Jun 28, 2011

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Lawyer, anti-apartheid activist, banned person, ANC member, SACP member, MK Commander in Chief, 1956 Treason Trialist, R...

Theresa Solomon
Biography
Jul 08, 2025

Theresa Solomon

Community activist, political prisoner, member of the United Democratic Front and the African National Congress, Cape To...

Omar Badsha
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Omar Badsha

A self-taught, award winning artist and photographer. Badsha played an active role in the South African liberation strug...

Govan Mbeki
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Govan Mbeki

Teacher, author, member of the African National Congress  and a member of the South African Communist Party 

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

Stephen Bantu Biko
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Stephen Bantu Biko

Member of the SRC at University of Natal (Non-European section), first president of SASO, Chair of SASO Publications, Bl...

Jessie Yasmin Duarte
Biography
Apr 03, 2019

Jessie Yasmin Duarte

Former South African High Commissioner to Mozambique, provincial secretary of the Federation of Transvaal Women, banned ...

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela
Biography
Feb 28, 2020

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela

Former South African ambassador to Denmark, Politician, member of the Soweto Youth Congress, ANC and MK

Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba
Biography
Jan 13, 2012

Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba

African National Congress Youth League president, African National Congress NWC member, Chairman of South African Studen...

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...

Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn

Executive member of the Textile Workers Union in Port Elizabeth, founder member of the South African Congress of Tr...

Sheila Weinberg
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sheila Weinberg

Member of the African National Congress (ANC) and the SACP, secretary of the Human Rights Committee, member of the Johan...

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...

Father Trevor Huddleston
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Father Trevor Huddleston

Anglican priest, author, one of the first recipients of the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe Award, Chair of the Trustees of the...

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

ANC Political Activist and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, President of ANCWL, member of...

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...

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...

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

Vice President of the NIC,Member of the BC movement, Secretary of the BPC, Vice President of AZAPO, Vice Principal of UD...

Advocate George Bizos
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Advocate George Bizos

Advocate,Human Rights lawyer, Senior Counsel at the Legal Resources Centre in Johannesburg in the Constitutional Un...

Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
Biography
Jun 30, 2011

Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu

Albertina Sisulu 'the mother of the nation', activist and nurse, who has struggled for her whole life human rights and d...

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 ...

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...

Jeremy Patrick Cronin
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jeremy Patrick Cronin

Deputy General Secretary of SACP, Deputy Minister of Transport, theorist, poet and skilful writer. University Lecturer

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...

Adelaine Florence Hain
Biography
Sep 18, 2019

Adelaine Florence Hain

Political prisoner, banned, exiled person, Anti Apartheid activist

Rahima Moosa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Rahima Moosa

Shop steward for the Cape Town Food and Canning Workers’ Union, member of the Transvaal Indian Congress, helped organise...

Dorothy Masuka
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dorothy Masuka

Musician and Singer, exiled person

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...

Ela Gandhi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ela Gandhi

Peace activist, Social Worker, Founder of Natal Organisation of Women,  member of the NIC, ANC and the UDF, Member ...

Paul David
Biography
Aug 13, 2020

Paul David

Anti-Apartheid activist, liberation struggle hero, Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress Youth Congress, involved in th...

Hugh Lewin
Biography
Jan 17, 2019

Hugh Lewin

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

Alexander Lionel  Boraine 'Alex'
Biography
Aug 30, 2013

Alexander Lionel Boraine 'Alex'

Member of Parliament. Vice Chair of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission, author, Recipient of the South Government's...