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1937-1999

Marius Schoon

… Congress  (ANC) in Lubango, Angola. On 28 June 1984, a letter was delivered to the Schoon residence by Craig … Williamson who posed as a family friend…

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1888-1942

Ruth Alexander

… and also her personality too. Schreiner’s earliest extant letter to Alexander dates from December 1909, and they … A striking exception to this is Schreiner…

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1904-1983

Alex Hepple

… draconian apartheid policies of the South African regime' (Letter to Girlie Hepple dated 21 November 1983), and SACTU's … not have achieved what we did in…

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Douglas Ramokgopa

… meetings in the District.’ Simultaneously, there was a letter from the Native Commissioner (NC) in Matatiele … Affairs Department (BAD) Secretary, J.J…

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David Moiloa

… no allowance while in banishment. After receiving a letter from Helen Joseph in 1960, he wrote to her, ‘The … the Transvaal; since then till now I have never…

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1960

Penelope Jane Dunlop

… year. It was during this period that powers received a letter from then political prisoner, Nelson Mandela  encouraging her to continue singing. The letter…

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L.B. Mokele

… Eastern Transvaal (now Mpumalanga) was threatened in a letter that he would be named or listed if continued with his …

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1943

Joyce Sikhakhane-Rankin

… working with Mr Mandela’s personal papers, came across a letter, dated January 1971, in a book of “Family … addressed to “Nomvula”. At the bottom of the hand…

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1866-1935

Henry Burton

… both members of the electorate and various officials. In a letter to Burton, dated 19 September 1898, Jan Hendrik … to his farm, Voorspoed, in Tokai. Sol…

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1950

Doe Molefe

… Show). Katlehong Art Festival. Market Gallery (Post Mail Letter Box Show). Waterkloof House Preparatory School, …

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1970

Morris Ranoto

… She did not know where he had been banished until a letter arrived a year later. …

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20 January-1967

Petros Sipho Sibusiso Mkhize (Mkize)

… Mkhize, Central Prison, Private Bag 48, Pretoria." In one letter, he wrote to his family at Mathubesizwe Senior …

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Alois Mate

… from openly associating himself with the movement’. In a letter from the Magistrate at Matatiele to the Chief …

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Edward Sineke Tyaliti

… In a letter to the NAD [Native Affairs Department] Secretary dated … Sineke Tyaliti was particularly highlighted by the CM in a letter to the BAD [Bantu…

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1956-1985

Fort Calata

… while Fort Calata was still at school in 1976 he wrote a letter to the municipality in Cradock, informing them about … dirty streets and the bucket system…

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1950

Peter Hain

… himself against multiple legal challenges,survived a letter-bomb assassination attempt in 1972 and was acquitted …

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Alexander Kgobe

It was alleged that in 1958 Alexander Kgobe alias Malemane, from La Pucella, Potgietersrus District, Transvaal [now Mokopane, in Limpopo Province]  wrote…

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Piet Retief

… Using the missionary Francis Owen, Piet Retief sent a letter to Dingane telling him that he wished to live in peace with the Zulu people. In the same letter…

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1920-2015

Sylvester Stein

… settled in London, where he launched The London Property Letter, which was aimed at non-professionals interested in …

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1926-2024

Zuleikha Mayat

… the news of the passing of his friend, Kathrada penned a letter of condolence to Mayat’s brother, Abdul Haq, a former …

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1959-2016

Junaid Ahmed

… Ahmed’s last feature film was Happiness Is A Four Letter Word which was released in South Africa in February …

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William Mosehle Sekhukhune

Over 70 years old, William Mosehle Sekhukhune’s banishment order described him as a half-brother of Paramount Chief Sekhukhune. It was alleged that his status…

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1709-1785

Georg Schmidt

… In 1736, two years after his release, he received a letter from two clergymen in the Netherlands. They asked for …

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1892-1985

Dr James Sebe Moroka

… by 29 February 1952. The leaders of the ANC drafted a letter to President Malan. Although Moroka had not helped write the letter, it was to be submitted…

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1950

Nyangana Zithulele Absolom Cindi

… at the age of 23. On the 6 December 1973 Cindi wrote a letter of inviting the South West African Peoples …

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1960

Sebitji Frans Matlala

… I do not remember what year that was. I did not ever get a letter from him during all the years afterwards, even until …

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1931-1990

Kgalabi Jafta Masemola

 Kgalabi Jafta Masemola, “The Tiger of Azania”, also popularly known as “Bra Jeff” by many others, was born at Bon Accord near Pretoria on 12 December 1931. He…

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1949-1984

Jeanette Eva Schoon (née Curtis)

… be safer than living in Botswana. On 28 June 1984 , a letter bomb was delivered to the Schoon home by Craig …

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1937-Cape Town,South Africa

Jacqueline Daane-van Rensburg

… Tour to New Zealand. On 7 May 1973 she received a letter from the then Prime Minister of New Zealand, Mr. … the Netherlands and later, on 18 June 1976, she…

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1939-2012

Sedick Isaacs

… In his first month, Isaacs received a most welcome letter from his mother but his next letter came more than a year later as he had lost privileges …

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