Chris Hani 28 June 1942 – 10 April 1993, born Martin Thembisile Hani, was the leader of the South African Communist Party and chief of staff of uMkhonto we Sizwe, the armed wing of the African National Congress (ANC). He was a fierce opponent of the apartheid government, and was assassinated by Janusz Waluś, a Polish immigrant and sympathiser of the Conservative opposition on 10 April 1993, during the
Bertha Gxowa née Mashaba November 26, 1934 – November 19, 2010 was an anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist and trade unionist in South Africa. Contents 1Biography 2See also 3References 4External links Biography Gxowa was born in Germiston. She first started working as an office assistant in the South African Clothing Workers’ Union. Gxowa became involved in the African National Congress’s (ANC) Youth League and the Women’s
Themba Harry Gwala 30 July 1920 – 20 June 1995 was a revolutionary leader in the African National Congress (ANC) and South African Communist Party (SACP) in South Africa. Contents 1Biography 1.1Early career and activism 1.2Imprisonment 1.3“Lion of the Midlands” 2References Biography Early career and activism Harry Gwala trained as a teacher at Adams College and
Josiah Tshangana Gumede also J.T. Gumede was a South African politician and father of Archie Gumede. He was born on 9 October 1867 in Healdtown village, Fort Beaufort in the present-day Eastern Cape and died on 6 November 1946. His ancestry can be traced back to Chief Khondlo kaMncinci of the Qwabe. In all probability, he began his elementary schooling at the famous Healdtown
Joe Nzingo Gqabi 6 April 1929 – 31 July 1981 was a South African African National Congress activist, who was the ANC’s chief representative in Zimbabwe at the time of his assassination by South African Defence Force in Ashdown Park, Harare in 1981. Contents 1Early life 2Political activity 3Death 4Honours 5References Early life Gqabi was born in 1929 in Aliwal North in what is now known
Matthew Goniwe 27 December 1947 – 27 June 1985 was a South African anti-apartheid activist and one of The Cradock Four murdered by the South African police in 1985. Matthew Goniwe Personal details Born 26 December 1946 Cradock, Cape Province, Union of South Africa Died 27 June 1985 (aged 38) Cradock, Eastern Cape, South Africa Political party United Democratic Front
Phumzile John Gomomo 25 October 1945 – 22 January 2008 was South African Unionist and activist. Background and Career Phumzile John Gomomo was born on a farm in Adelaide on 25 October in 1945. He was one of seven children born to the late Ndabeni (Mnzotho) and Nonga Stofile (Mpondo). He received his primary education from Ntlaka
Arthur Goldreich 25 December 1929 – 24 May 2011 was a South African-Israeli abstract painter and a key figure in the anti-apartheid movement in the country of his birth and a critic of the form of Zionism practiced in Israel. Contents 1Early life 2Escape from jail 3Criticism of Israel 4References Early life Goldreich was born in Pietersburg, South Africa,
Denis Theodore Goldberg 11 April 1933 – 29 April 2020 was a South African social campaigner, who was active in the struggle against apartheid. He was accused No. 3 in the Rivonia Trial, alongside the better-known Nelson Mandela and Walter Sisulu, where he was also the youngest of the defendants. He was imprisoned for 22
Irene Grootboom c. 1969 – 2008 was a South African housing rights activist best known for her victory before the Constitutional Court in 2000. The Court found that the government had not met its obligation to provide adequate alternative housing for the residents of Cape Town’s Wallacedene informal settlement. The ruling provided clear legal support for housing-rights campaigns in South Africa