SAHO global search

1980

Pule Mabe

… [1] . Mabe rose to political prominence when he was in the African National Congress Youth League ( ANCYL ) then led by … of the ANCYL. In 2012, Malema was…

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1909-1961

David Pratt

… churchgoer who took an interest in the lot of elderly people. His epilepsy, however, made him unpredictable and … hearing organ music. He interpreted the…

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1939

Wopko Jensma

… to use multiple languages in his poems to strike the message home. As a privileged White artist, he spoke openly about the injustices that were experienced…

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1947-2017

Raymond (Ray) Chikapa Enock Phiri

… , Look, Listen and Decide as well as the controversial People Don’t Talk So Let’s Talk . It came as no surprise when … known, was restricted for broadcast by…

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1935-1988

Dulcie Evonne September

… of apartheid. It was at the CPSU that she first met people such as Dr Kenneth Abrahams, his fiancée, Ottilia … League of South Africa (TLSA). Later,…

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1952

Tiyani Lybon Mabasa

… country through reading material published by the South African Student Organisation (SASO). His own experiences of … School. It was around this time, that…

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1932-1988

Johnstone Mfanafuthi Makhathini

… joined politics and devoted his time to organizing the people as an activist of the  African National Congress  (ANC). He became a key youth … several times…

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1920-1964

Vuyisile Mini

… also active in campaigns against forced removals of Black people from Korsten (where he lived) to Kwazakhele. After … repressive 1950s. Mini was tasked by…

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1904-1996

Nokukhanya Luthuli

… John Dube , founding member and first president of the African National Congress (ANC), founded this school in 1900. … other native reserves in some…

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1967-1991

Vuyani Mabaxa

… Union (Nehawu). In the 1980s, he was one of many young people, who contributed to the building of the youth movement … In 1982, Mabaxa became a member of the…

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1948-2019

Stephen Joel Chifunyise

… cultural policies not only in Zimbabwe but also in other African countries such as Botswana, Lesotho, Malawi, Eswatini … theatre form ‘Pungwe’ having been…

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1954-1979

Selaelo Charles 'Dan' Ramusi

… and dance. He was one of the organisers of the 1970 South African Student Organisation (SASO), Student Christian … in South Africa mobilising, spreading the…

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1968

DJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)

… McLaren. McLaren was making music by fusing together South African music, punk rock and hip hop. [4] This was Ready D’s … how it was the first time he was…

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1921-2004

Ambrose Mzimkhulu Makiwane

… the ANC to serve as a link between the ANC Executive and people on the ground particularly in the Eastern Cape. … the Makiwane the ANC widened and together…

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1780-1820

Makhanda Nxele

… an early liberation struggle against the encroachment of African land and African sovereignty. History has promoted two images of Makhanda; 1) Makhanda who…

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1922-2005

John O’ Malley

… in the army and later an executive on the mines in South African and Northern Rhodesia, currently called (Zambia). … on reporter's typewriters. Most of these…

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1951-1985

Sparrow Mkonto

… had poor workmanship, there was little employment and people who had jobs did not earn a good living. Simmering … (security policemen) Mgoduka, Faku and an…

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Patrick Chamusso

… person. I am here to help the poorest of the poor people.  As a young man, Patrick was not interested in … of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and leader of the South…

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1925-2009

Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams

… During the early 1950s a large majority of South African activists were banned by the Apartheid regime. One of … (SACTU) , and belonged to the South African…

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1813-1873

David Livingstone

… on July 31. Livingstone soon moved north to the Khatla people. It was here that he permanently injured his left … sleeping sickness and dysentery – as well…

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1858-1936

Dr. Walter Benson Rubusana

… of religion lent their moral authority to enlisting African labourers, wagon drivers, scouts and hundreds of … in its councils and actively involved in…

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1852-1917

Isaac Williams Wauchope

… the theft of the land, Isaac grew up to become a prominent African elite in the Eastern Cape. [3] Today he is most known … However, Isaac’s life prior to his…

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1919-2000

Mary Dorothy Benson

… happy home with all the racial prejudices of White South African of the time. At around the age of eighteen, the young … point, Benson had never considered…

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1910-1987

Mattheus Uys Krige

… contemporaries concerning both the war itself and South African politics in general. Therefore, this article focuses … grandparents’ retellings of adventures…

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1928-2013

Phyllis Naidoo

… students to make clothes for the children of these sick people. During that time Phyllis working with a Women’s … party politics and the kind of action…

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1938-2014

Patrick Vuyo Matshikiza

… Eastern Cape home, will go down in the annals of South African music as one of the jazz pioneers who played a … the composition,” Matshikiza later recalled. …

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1909-1983

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo

… Mohamed Dadoo played an outstanding role in the South African liberation movement for over half a century - in … majority, in building the unity of all the…

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1932-1997

Abdool Karrim Essak

… formidable group of intellectuals attracted many young people. This group was affiliated with the Unity Movement … at Fort Hare. His stay at Fort Hare…

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1903-1956

Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo

… simultaneously critical of European discrimination and African passivity. He condemned discriminatory laws, including the 1913 Land Act, and called for…

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1949-1985

Sicelo Mhlauli

… Boesak, Beyers Naude, Victoria Mxenge and Steve Tshwete. A message from ANC leader-in-exile Oliver Tambo was read to the tens of thousands of people who had…

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