Sibusiso Mandlenkosi Emmanuel Bengu b 8 May 1934 is a prominent South African politician. Bengu was born in Kranskop, Natal and become a teacher in 1952. Sibusiso founded the Dlangezwa High School near Empangeni in 1969 and was principal until 1976. He completed a PhD in political sciences at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva in 1974 and in 1977 he was appointed a professor
Edward “Sonnyboy” Bhengu (8 November 1934 – 26 December 2010) was a South African activist and founding member of the Pan Africanist Congress of Azania. Edward ‘Sonnyboy’ Bhengu, also known affectionately as ‘Bra Sanza’, was the older brother of poet Don Mattera and was imprisoned numerous times for his anti-apartheid activities. He died in Soweto on 26 December 2010 of liver complications.
Lionel “Rusty” Bernstein 20 March 1920 – 23 June 2002 was a Jewish[1] South African anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner. He played a key role in political organizations such as the South African Communist Party (SACP) and the African National Congress (ANC). He helped form the Congress of Democrats to bolster white participation in the ANC, and he brought its allies together to
Jean Bernadt (née Alkin) 19 May 1914 – 9 April 2011 was a South African anti-apartheid activist. She was an active member of the Communist Party of South Africa (CPSA), the Congress of Democrats, the Federation of South African Women and the Black Sash among other institutions. In 1940 she married Himan (Himie) Bernadt and she had three children. Contents
Jeremy Baskin is a specialist in sustainable business practice. He is a director of the University of Cambridge’s Programme for Industry, running a global programme on Business & Poverty and a range of other programmes in Australia. Baskin is also a South African labour market analyst. Baskin became involved as a trade unionist in the militant black unions of South Africa in
Hymie Barsel 11 September 1920 – 13 March 1987 was a South African activist. Contents 1Early life 2Political involvement 3Family and politics 4Death 5References Early life Hymie Barsel was born on 11 September 1920 in Fordsburg, Johannesburg, South Africa to Faiga and Moishe Barsel, both of Litvak heritage. He was raised in a Zionist oriented home. He suffered from epilepsy which was ill understood
Esther Barsel born 17 October 1924, in Raguva, Lithuania; died 6 October 2008, in Johannesburg was a South African political activist and long-standing member of the South African Communist Party (SACP). She was a member of both her local African National Congress branch and the SACP’s Johannesburg Central Branch. Contents 1Biography 1.1Background 1.2Political career
Frances Goitsemang Baard 1 October 1909 – 1997 was a South African (ethnic Tswana) trade unionist, organiser for the African National Congress Women’s League and a Patron of the United Democratic Front, who was commemorated in the renaming of the Diamantveld District Municipality (Kimberley) as the Frances Baard District Municipality. Schoeman Street in Pretoria was
Dr. Zainab Asvat born c. 1920 – 30 November 2013 was a South African anti-apartheid activist. Asvat was trained as a medical doctor, but was politically active most of her life. Asvat was the first Muslim woman to become a doctor in South Africa. Her husband, Dr.Zain Kazi is a doctor and secretary of Transvaal Indian Congress Contents 1Early
Abu Baker Asvat (/ɑsfat/) 23 February 1943 – 27 January 1989, also known as Abu Asvat or Abu nicknamed Hurley was a South African medical doctor who practised in Soweto in the 1970s and 1980s. A founding member of Azapo, Asvat was the head of its health secretariat, and involved in initiatives aimed at improving the health of rural black South Africans during Apartheid. In 1989, Asvat