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1924

Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo

… students and migrant workers founded the Ovamboland People’s Congress (OPC) on 2 August 1957 at a barbershop … 35 Somerset Road, Green Point in Cape Town…

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1947-1972

Mthuli ka Shezi

… he became vice president of the BCM affiliate, the Black People’s Convention (BPC). Through his writing, Shezi … audience. His play titled Shanti. Received…

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1952

Popo Molefe

… the need for change in South Africa, and joined the Black People’s Convention (BPC) in 1973 while still at school. The … Uprising . Molefe was a founding…

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1940

James Edward April

… for Coloureds, which the South African Coloured People’s Organisation (SACPO) resolved to boycott. He joined the South African Coloured People’s Congress …

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1938

Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn

… new housing development, specifically built for ‘Coloured people’ called Schauder. Sophia attended the local Saint … Textile Workers Union in Port Elizabeth…

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1939

Chief Malebogo

… the caves in the mountain. Though this terrified the people, it did not put an end to the fighting. Wishing to save his people, on 31st July, the chief…

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1916-1976

Dawood Seedat

… Street, Durban on 16 December 1930. Seedat witnessed four people being shot by police, among them Johannes Nkosi . … a mass meeting at Red Square, Durban,…

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1950-1990

Muntu Myeza

… the Mozambican independence in conjunction with the Black People’s Convention (BPC). The government through the … the ban, on 25 June 1974 Myeza led a crowd…

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unknown-2011

Rev George Wauchope

… Hare in the early 1970s, and went on to join the Black People’s Convention (BPC) . After BPC was banned in 1977 by … the first publicity secretary of the…

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1906-1967

George John Golding

… Union, an organisation that superseded the African People's Organisation (APO) and later rivaled the South African Coloured People's Organisation  (SACPO)as…

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1938

Nana Henrietta Moabi

… (BCM) particularly between 1968 and 1976, mobilising young people into the BCM especially in Soweto.   She was actively … she was recruited into the Poqo ,…

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1921-2012

Motsamai Keyecwe Mpho

… of the ANC in Western Transvaal. When the Congress of the People  was convened in Kliptown in 1955, Mpho led more than … Congress Alliance, Mpho was arrested…

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1921-1984

Peter Becker

… that his interest in the languages and customs of other people took root.  Becker was educated at primary schools in … and researching and writing three…

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1925-1985

Alex la Guma

… and in 1953 helped found the South African Coloured People’s Convention (SACPC) , which was changed to the South African Coloured People’s Congress (CPC) in…

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1950

Peter Jones

… years,” he says. Jones and Biko, both members of the Black People’s Convention , were travelling together when they were … Jones. “He was serious and…

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1944

Kenneth Hlaku Rachidi

… Africa. In 1972 Rachidi also became active in the  Black People’s Convention (BPC) established by SASO leaders. … lapsing of these banning orders, he joined…

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1950-2008

John Alfons Pandeni

… Namibian John Pandeni was one of hundreds of People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) SWAPO fighters who … People’s Liberation Army of Namibia (Plan) SWAPO…

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1936-2011

Bafana Cyril Dlamini

… alliance of ANC/ZAPU armed wings, MK and the Zimbabwe People’s Revolutionary Army (ZIPRA). Thus he was part of the … activities such as receiving and…

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1938

Robert Cedric Wilcox

… (Non-European Unity Movement), APDUSA (the African People’s Democratic Union of Southern Africa), political …

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1922-2013

Vesta Smith

… an ANC volunteer, Smith attended the 1955 Congress of the People in Kliptown and joined the ANC Women’s March , against … Smith also served on the Executive…

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1937-2002

Justice Gizenga Mpanza

… would force the government to target the ANC and that people were not prepared for a protracted violent battle with … Campaign, a joint military campaign of…

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1922-1988

Dr Ahmed Ismail Limbada

… practised unity between the Indian and African oppressed people and rejected the policy of appealing to the rulers for a change in the lot of the oppressed…

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Molefe Pheto

… institute. He was on the forefront of the cause for black people to determine their causes as artists and musicians as … When Mandela was released in 1990,…

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1959

Mzwakhe Mbuli

… Mzwakhe Mbuli, the “People’s Poet,” was born into a poor Zulu  family in … organsiations. if that happens maybe my tape and other people's works could be…

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1952

Tiyani Lybon Mabasa

… School. It was around this time, that he joined the Black People’s Convention (BCP) led by Steve Biko.In 1976, Mabasa … other comrades conceptualised the…

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1962-2007

Humphrey Phakade “Pax” Magwaza

… work in theatre and photography focused on ordinary people - the conditions of their lives, their hardships and … Philip Magwaza, rented a space to run his…

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1923-2013

Reginald (Reggie) September

… political debate on the inequalities suffered by black people. His political involvement began when he came under … Government threatened to take the vote…

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1786-1870

King Moshoeshoe I

… Moshoeshoe still managed to preserve his kingdom and his people’s existence. After the British signed the Treaty of … independence. King Moshoeshoe or…

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1956

Ben Mclennan

… under the Nationalist government’s policy of relocation of people.  Mclennan later worked as a parliamentary reporter … spoke very starkly to the desperation…

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1918-1990

Frank Alexander Landman

… school”. On legal advice, he avoided gatherings of three people or more in any other setting, including encounters in …  As an activist Frank found being…

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