Joseph Mbuku Nhlanhla 4 December 1936 – 2 July 2008 was an African National Congress national executive and the former South African Intelligence Minister. Contents 1Early life 2ANC career 3Death 4External links 5References Early life Born in Sophiatown, near Johannesburg, Nhlanhla attended the Ikage Primary School in Alexandra and later matriculated from Kilnerton Training Institute in 1956. He joined
Looksmart Khulile Ngudle is considered a prominent figure in South Africa’s political history. He was a Member of the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP), an Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) Commander and South African Congress of Trade Unions (SACTU) leader in the Western Cape. Ngudle’s death is controversial, as he was the first person to die in detention during South Africa’s Apartheid Era. Contents
Lilian Masediba Matabane Ngoyi, “Mma Ngoyi“, 25 September 1911 – 13 March 1980, was a South African anti-apartheid activist. She was the first woman elected to the executive committee of the African National Congress, and helped launch the Federation of South African Women. Prior to becoming a machinist at a textile mill, where she was employed from 1945 to
Mary Nonyembezi Ngalo (nee Plaatjie) was a South African anti-apartheid activist and was also active in fighting for women’s rights. Mary Nonyembezi Margaret Ngalo (nee Plaatjie) was born in Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa. She was the daughter of Tom Cetywayo and Lillian Fihliwe “Leah” Plaatjie. She met and married Zenzile Ngalo in Cradock. She started participating in politics
Rita Alice Ndzanga née More born October 17, 1933 is an anti-apartheid activist and trade unionist in South Africa. Contents 1Biography 2See also 3References 3.1Citations 3.2Sources 4External links Biography Ndzanga was born on October 17, 1933 in Mogopa village, near Ventersdorp. Her family moved back and forth between Sophiatown and Mogopa during her childhood. Ndzanga didn’t finish high school,
Billy Nair 27 November 1929 – 23 October 2008 was a South African politician, a member of the National Assembly of South Africa, an anti-apartheid activist and a political prisoner in Robben Island. Nair was a long-serving political prisoner on Robben Island along with Nelson Mandela in the ‘B’ Block for political prisoners. His Prison card is the copy used in
Manonmoney Ama Naidoo OLS née Pillay November 1908 – 25 December 1993 or Ama Naidoo was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Contents 1Family and early life 2Political activism 3Death 4References Family and early life Naidoo was of South African Indian Tamil descent and was born in Asiatic Bazaar Pretoria. She had her primary school education in the Pretoria primary school. She was
Gangathura Mohambry Naicker 30 September 1910 – 12 January 1978 was a medical doctor and a South African anti-apartheid activist of Indian Tamil descent. Contents 1Early life 2Anti-Apartheid Activism 3Sources 4External links Early life His father was a trader, exporting bananas. He studied in Durban at Marine College and then at the age of 17 went to Britain to finish high school, and
Victoria Nonyamezelo Mxenge 1 January 1942, in King William’s Town, Eastern Cape – 1 August 1985, in Umlazi, Durban, Natal was a South African anti-apartheid activist; she was trained as a nurse and midwife, and later began practising law. Contents 1Life 2Work 3Death 4Legacy 5References 5.1Citations 5.2Sources 6External links Life Mxenge was born in
Griffiths Mlungisi Mxenge 27 February 1935 – 19 November 1981 was born in KwaRayi, a rural settlement outside of King Williams Town, Eastern Cape. He was a civil rights lawyer, a member of the African National Congress (ANC) and a South African anti-apartheid activist. Contents 1Early life 2Career 3Death 4Legacy 5See also 6External links