Oscar Mafakafaka Mpetha was born in Mount Fletcher 5 August 1909 and died on 15 November 1994. He was a South African trade unionist and political activist. Contents 1Personal life 2Political career 3See also 4References Personal life Mpetha was educated at local schools and at Adams College. In the 1930s, he married Rose Constance Nombunga Mpetha, they had
James Mpanza 1889–1970 was accused of both murder and fraud and he became a squatter leader in Johannesburg, South Africa from the mid-1940s until the late 1960s. In 1944 he led the land invasion that resulted in the founding of modern Soweto. Mpanza is known as ‘the father of Soweto’. Contents 1Life 2Legacy 3References 4Further
Elias Mathope Motsoaledi 26 July 1924 – 9 May 1994 was a South African anti-apartheid activist and one of the eight men sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia Trial in July 1963 and paternal uncle to South African politician and minister Aaron Motsoaledi. The Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality in Limpopo province was named after him. Contents 1Early life
Elias Mathope Motsoaledi 26 July 1924 – 9 May 1994 was a South African anti-apartheid activist and one of the eight men sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia Trial in July 1963 and paternal uncle to South African politician and minister Aaron Motsoaledi. The Elias Motsoaledi Local Municipality in Limpopo province was named after him. Contents 1Early life
Dr. Nthato Harrison Motlana 16 Feb 1925 – 1 December 2008 was a prominent South African businessman, physician and anti-apartheid activist. Contents 1Early life 2Life under Apartheid 3Life after apartheid 4Marriage 5Death 6References Early life He was born in Marapyane close to Pretoria.:203 He attended and matriculated at Kilnerton High School, Pretoria.:203 He then attended the University of Fort
Zephania Lekoame Mothopeng 10 September 1913 – 23 October 1990 was a South African political activist and member of the Pan-Africanist Congress (PAC). Contents 1Early life 2Political history 3Personal life 4Death and legacy 5References Early life Mothopeng was born near Vrede in Free State, and he had five siblings.:200 He was educated at St. Mary’s Anglican School, in Daggakraal,
James Sebe Moroka, OLG 16 March 1891 – 10 November 1985 was a medical doctor and a politician, who was the president of the African National Congress 1949–1952. Moroka was elected as the president of the ANC by the support of the African National Congress Youth League and its leaders Walter Sisulu and Nelson Mandela in December 1949. During Moroka’s presidency,
Rahima Moosa 14 October 1922 – 29 May 1993 was a member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and later the African National Congress. She is well known for the role she played in the national uprising of women on 9 August 1956. Moosa was also a shop steward for the Cape Town Food and Canning Workers
Moosa Moolla born 1934 is an Indian South African activist and diplomat. A member of the African National Congress, Moolla was arrested and eventually found not guilty in the 1956 Treason Trial. In 1961, he was arrested and tried for incitement at the time of the May 1961 stay-at-home protest. In May 1963, he was
Ruth Segomotsi Mompati 14 September 1925 – 12 May 2015 was a South African politician and a founding member of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW) in 1954. Mompati was one of the leaders of the Women’s March on 9 August 1956. Contents 1Early life and education 2Career 3Death 4References Early life and education Dr