Jadunath Sarkar

Sir Jadunath Sarkar CIE (10 December 1870 – 19 May 1958) was a prominent Indian historian especially of the Mughal dynasty. Contents   1Academic career 2Historiography 2.1Reception 3Honors 4Legacy 5List of works 6References 7Sources 8Further reading 9External links Academic career Sarkar was born in Karachmaria village in Natore, Bengal to Rajkumar Sarkar, the local Zamindar on 10 December 1870. In 1891, he graduated in English from Presidency

Zola Skweyiya

Zola Sidney Themba Skweyiya 14 April 1942 – 11 April 2018 was a South African politician who was Minister of Public Service and Administration from 1994 to 1999 and Minister of Social Development from 1999 to 2009. Skweyiya was re-elected to the National Executive Committee of the African National Congress in 2007. Contents   1Early

Walter Sisulu

Walter Max Ulyate Sisulu 18 May 1912 – 5 May 2003 was a South African anti-apartheid activist and member of the African National Congress (ANC), serving at times as Secretary-General and Deputy President of the organization. He was incarcerated at Robben Island, where he served more than 25 years’ imprisonment. Contents   1Family and education

Albertina Sisulu

Nontsikelelo Albertina Sisulu née Thethiwe; 21 October 1918 – 2 June 2011 was a South African anti-apartheid activist, and the wife of fellow activist Walter Sisulu (1912–2003). She was affectionately known as Ma Sisulu throughout her lifetime by the South African public. In 2004 she was voted 57th in the SABC3’s Great South Africans. She died on 2 June 2011 in her home

Ray Alexander Simons

Ray Alexander Simons née Alexandrowich; 31 December 1913 – 12 September 2004 was a South African communist, anti-apartheid activist, campaigner and trade unionist who helped draft the Women’s Charter. She moved to Cape Town in 1929 to escape the persecution of Jews and communists. Contents   1Early life 2Cape Town 3Exile life 4Personal life 5Award

Jack Simons (academic)

Jack Simons 1 February 1907 – 22 July 1995 was a South African university academic and anti-apartheid activist. Contents   1Early life 2Academic career 3Exile 4Later life 5References Early life Harold Jack Simons was born in 1907 in Riversdale, Cape Province to father Hyman Simons, who had come to South Africa with Cecil Rhodes and Gertrude Morkel a teacher. He matriculated

Annie Silinga

Annie Silinga was a South African anti-pass laws and anti-apartheid political activist. She is known for her role as the Cape Town African National Congress Women’s League President, a leader in the 1956 anti-pass Women’s March to the Union Buildings in Pretoria, South Africa and the only African woman in the 1956 treason trial in South Africa. Contents   1Personal life 2Political work 3Legacy 4See also

Joyce Sikakane

Joyce Nomafa Sikakane, later Sikakane-Rankin born 1943, is a South African journalist and activist. She was detained by the Apartheid South African government for 17 months for her anti-apartheid activism. Contents   1Biography 1.1Early life and education 1.2Career and activism 1.3Marriage 1.4Later life 1.5Other 2Publications 2.1Autobiography 3References 4External links Biography Early life and education Sikakane was

Letitia Sibeko

Letitia Sibeko born 1930–N/A was a South African anti-apartheid activist. She was member of the African National Congress, the ANC Women’s League as well as the Federation of South African Women. She later joined the Communist Party. Contents   1Early life 2Political activity 3External links 4See also 5References Early life Lindiwe Letitia Hina, better known

David Sibeko

David Bambatha Maphgumzana Sibeko 26 August 1938 in Johannesburg, South Africa – 12 June 1979 in Dar es Salaam, Tanzania was known as the “Malcolm X of South Africa” and began his political career as a journalist for the black South African Magazine Drum. During his tenure with that magazine, he became a leading figure