Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo 16 September 1947 – 20 January 2019 was a South African anti-apartheid activist and diplomat, who served as the Permanent Representative of South Africa to the United Nations. Contents 1Early life 2Political life 3Death 4References 5External links Early life He was born in Kwambunda, Natal on the banks of the Blood River.
Duma Joshua Kumalo died 3 February 2006 was a South African human rights activist and one of the Sharpeville Six. He was condemned to death under the 1984 law of “common purpose”, which allowed a person to be convicted for having been in the vicinity of an offence, without personally committing it. In 1988, he
Ashley Kriel, a 20-year-old, coloured South African activist, was killed by police in Cape Town on 9 July 1987 for his role in advocating anti-apartheid actions. In 1999, Jeffrey Benzien was granted an amnesty by the South African Truth and Reconciliation Commission for his part in the killing. On his release from prison in February 1990, Nelson Mandela acknowledged Ashley Kriel’s sacrifice for the anti-apartheid struggle.
Moses Mauane Kotane 9 August 1905 – 19 May 1978 was a South African politician and activist. Kotane was secretary general of the South African Communist Party from 1939 until his death in 1978. Contents 1Biography 1.1Early life 1.2Trade unionism and early party politics 1.3Political legacy 1.4Personal life and death 2Honours 3References 4External links
Wolfie Kodesh April 6, 1918 – October 18, 2002 was a South African Communist party activist. Kodesh was born in the Transvaal mining town of Benoni. He became involved with the South African Communist party in 1938, selling the leftwing newspaper, the Guardian. Early life Wolfie Kodesh’s paternal grandparents arrived in South Africa after fleeing the
Winnie Motlalepula Kgware 1917 – 1998 was a South African anti-Apartheid activist within the Black Consciousness Movement (BCM). She was elected as the first president of the Black People’s Convention (BPC), a BCM-affiliated community-based organisation in 1972. Contents 1Early life 2Political life 3Accolades 4See also 5External links 6References Early life Winnie Kgware was born
Philip Ata Kgosana Born in now Makapanstad, North West, South Africa 12 October 1936 – 19 April 2017 was a leader of the Pan Africanist Congress in South Africa, and was known for leading a march at the age of 23 on 30 March 1960, where 30,000 protestors opposing the country’s pass laws marched from Langa to Cape Town, in one of the largest
Ahmed Mohamed Kathrada 21 August 1929 – 28 March 2017, sometimes known by the nickname “Kathy“, was a South African politician and anti-apartheid activist. Kathrada’s involvement in the anti-apartheid activities of the African National Congress (ANC) led him to his long-term imprisonment following the Rivonia Trial, in which he was held at Robben Island and Pollsmoor Prison. Following his release in 1990, he
James Kantor 26 February 1927 – 2 February 1974 was a South African lawyer and writer. James Kantor was born in Johannesburg. As a lawyer, he was renowned for his ability in criminal and matrimonial cases. Later, on moving to England, he became a writer. Contents 1Rivonia Trial 2Later life 3Notes 4References 5External links Rivonia
Helen Beatrice Joseph (née Fennell) 8 April 1905 – 25 December 1992 was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Born in Sussex, England, Helen graduated with a degree in English from the University of London in 1927 and then departed for India, where she taught for three years at Mahbubia School for girls in Hyderabad. In about 1930 she left India