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Key players in the various campaigns
This feature looks at the various important 'passive resistance' or 'non-violent' campaigns in 20th Century South Africa; therefore the lists of key players are broken down into their appropriate campaigns. Each name links to a biography. These list are not complete, if you would like to add a biography please click on the contribute tab.
The Satyagraha Campaign 1906-1914
- Mahatma Gandhi
- Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia
- Reverend Joseph J Doke
- Adajania Sorabji Shapurji
- Manilal Ghandi
- G. K. Gokhale
- Abdulla Haji Adam Jhaveri
- Herman Kallenbach
- Mahomed Hajee Dawood
- Henry Solomon Leon Polak
- Parsee Rastomjee
- Swami Nagappen Padayachee
- Valliama R Munuswami
Indian Passive Resistance 1946
- Ismaill Mohamed Cachalia
- Yusuf Dadoo
- Manonmoney (Ama) Naidoo
- H. A. Naidoo
- Thambi Naransamy Naidoo
- Dr G.M Naicker
- Sorabjee Rustomjee
- A. B. Xuma
- Hyman Basner
- Reverend Michael Scott
- Zainab Asvat
- Mrs "Cissy" Gool
- Md Naidoo
Defiance Campaign 1952
- Antony Lembede
- Nelson Mandela
- Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma
- Helen Joseph
- Leon Levy
- John K Nkadimeng
- Mkwayi Wilton
- Ahmed Mahomed Kathrada
- Bishop Reeves, Ambrose
- Govan Mbeki
- Albie Sachs
- Freda Troup
- Patrick Duncan
Anti-Pass Campaigns 1960
- Nelson Mandela
- Albert Luthuli
- Robert Mangaliso Sobukwe
- Lillian Ngoyi
- Potlako Leballo
- Patrick Duncan
- Phillip Kgosana
Defiance Campaign 1989
- Adam Boesak
- Fw De Klerk
- Nelson Mandela
- Cyril Ramaphosa
- Moses Mayekiso
- Jay Naidoo
- Billy Nair
- Bravin Gordon
- Murphey Morobe