PEOPLE INVOLVED

• ANC
• SAIC
• TIC
• Joint Planning Council
• Franchise Action Committee (FRAC)
• Banned under the Suppression of Communism Act
• Arrested leaders
• Women Activists

ANC leadership in 1950s

Bopape, David - Executive member of the ANC
Champion, A.W.G - (Former ANC President- Natal)
Kotane, Moses (NEC member- ANC)
Lutuli, A (Chief) - (ANC President Natal)
Mandela, Nelson (ANC Youth League President)
Marks, J.B - (ANC President-Transvaal)
Mokgatle, Naboth ( Pretoria district committee of the CPSA, General Secretary of the Non-European Distributive Workers' Union) (ANC Secretary- Transvaal)
Molema, S.M - (General-Treasurer)
Moroka, J.S (Dr) -(President-General)
Msimang, Selby - (ANC provincial secretary- Natal)
Ngwevela, Johnson - President of ANC (Western Cape region)
Njongwe, J.L.Z (Dr) (President of the Port Elizabeth Branch of the ANC)
Sisulu, Walter -(Secretary-General)

SAIC leadership in 1950s

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Cachalia, Yusuf (General-Secretary)
Dadoo, Yusuf (Dr) - (President)
Mistry, D.U
Naicker, G.M (Dr) (Former President)
Thandray, M. (Joint Secretary- Transvaal)

TIC leadership in 1950s

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Kathrada, Ahmed (President of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress)
Sita Nana (President)

Members of the Joint Planning Council

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Moroka, Dr J.S (from the ANC) - Chairperson
Marks, J.B (from the ANC)
Sisulu, Walter from the ANC)
Dadoo, Dr (SAIC) and
Cachalia, I from SAIC

Franchise Action Committee (FRAC)

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Carneson, F. (former CPSA member)
Gomas, John. (former CPSA member)
Kahn, Sam (former CPSA member)
Ngwevela, Johnson (former CPSA member)
Pillay, Sundry - (Chairman)
Sachs, E.S (Solly)
September, Regional - (Secretary former CPSA member)
Gool, Cissie
Rev. Van der Roos

Banned under the Suppression of Communism Act

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Bopape, D
Calata, J (Rev).
Dadoo, Dr
Kotane, M
Marks, J.B
Mhlaba, R
Ngwevela, Johnson
Sachs, E.S (Solly) (Secretary of the Garment Workers` Union)

Profiles of some leaders arrested during the defiance campaign

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Bopape, D
Cachalia, I
Dadoo, Dr
Kathrada, Ahmed
Kotane, M
Letele, Arthur
Mandela, Nelson
Marks, J.B
Matji
Matomela, Mrs F
Mhlaba, R
Moroka, Dr J.S
Phillips, James
Sachs, E.S
Sibande, Gert
Sisulu, Walter
Sita, Nana (Click here to read E.S Reddy article about Nana Sita)

Women Activists
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Calata, Mrs
Matomela Mrs F
Mkhize, B
Njongwe, Mrs
Gool, Cissie

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