Nico shocked many people when he, as a white man with an impeccable Afrikaner pedigree, a prestigious university job and a comfortable home, and his wife, Ellen, abandoned their upper-class lifestyle to live with the residents of Mamelodi from where they opposed apartheid.
He was a politician, journalist, teacher and the second president of the ANC He studied theology and education abroad and taught at the Kilnerton Training Institute until when he helped form one of the first teachers' unions, the Transvaal African Teachers' Association TATA. In the seven years he was president of the ANC, he used the courts to challenge legislation that affected and undermined Africans in the urban areas, particularly laws relating to their freedom of movement.
He later retired from politics to become a preacher of the local Methodist Church before starting an independent African church. He lived and died in Riverside, near Mamelodi, in May aged Steve Biko was an anti-apartheid activist in the s and s. His quest for black unity led to his detention and subsequent death in police custody at the Pretoria Central Prison in Since then, he has been called a martyr of the anti-apartheid movement. While living, his writings and activism attempted to empower black people and he was famous for his slogan "black is beautiful".
In June of the same year he was elected as the branch secretary. He was a member of the South African Communist Party. He played a central role in many campaigns, including the Defiance Campaign of , the year in which he was first banned. Detained during the State of Emergency and again in under the notorious day Detention Law, Motsoaledi was sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia Trial. She played a leading role in the women's march against passes in and was actively involved in the drafting of the Freedom Charter in She was detained in and again in and held for 12 months in solitary confinement before being sentenced to five years imprisonment in in terms of the Suppression of Communism Act.
After her release in , she was banned to Mabopane. She was born in England. For 40 years, Helen was an inspiration and a symbol of defiance, integrity and courage. She was a founding member of the Congress of Democrats and one of the leaders who read out clauses of the Freedom Charter at the Congress of the People in Kliptown in Appalled by the plight of black women, she was pivotal in the formation of the Federation of South African Women. In , with the organisation's leadership, she spearheaded a march of 20 women to the Union Buildings in protest against the pass laws.
She was the first person to be placed under house arrest. She endured and survived threats, bullets shot through her bedroom window late at night and even a bomb wired to her front gate. Her last banning order was lifted when she was in her 80th year. Walter Sisulu joined the ANC in Sisulu became secretary-general of the ANC in , displacing the more passive older leadership — he held that post until Sisulu was a brilliant political networker and had a prominent planning role in the militant Umkhonto we Sizwe.
In October , he was charged in the Rivonia Trial and on 12 June , sentenced to life imprisonment for planning acts of sabotage. The following day Sisulu and other convicted Rivonia trialists were sent to Robben Island. He was released in after serving 26 years in prison. He was elected ANC deputy president in July , after its unbanning the year before.
He remained in the position until after South Africa's first democratic election in She is the only surviving leader of the historical event. She was also a volunteer in the Freedom Charter Campaign and had been a unionist since age 15 after poverty had forced her to leave school and work in a factory.
Dr William Frederick Nkomo was a medical doctor, educationist and community leader who tried to bring different races closer together. Until his death, he served as the Trustee of the Bantu Welfare Trust, which aimed to improve the lot of urban Africans and promote cooperation between black and white South Africans. In January , a few months before his death on 26 March of the same year, he was elected president of the South African Institute of Race Relations.
Lilian Masediba Ngoyi was born in Pretoria. On 9 August , she led the women's anti-pass march to the Union Buildings and personally knocked on Prime Minister Strijdom's door to hand over the petitions. In December , Ngoyi was arrested for high treason along with other leading figures.
She stood trial until as one of the accused in the four-year long Treason Trial. She was banned from to and again in During the time of her banning, Ngoyi's great energies were totally suppressed and she struggled to earn a decent living. She subsequently suffered heart trouble and died in March aged Thabo Sehume was a Black Consciousness Movement BCM and Azapo stalwart, a community worker and leader, a shrewd trade unionist and, above all, a revolutionary intellectual.
He was banned, put under house arrest and detained without trial countless times. He dedicated his time to working with the municipal workers union, general mobilisation work and the establishment of an advice centre for Tshwane, particularly the community of Atteridgeville.
Professor Es'kia Mphahlele was a writer, academic, artist and activist. His first book of short stories, Man Must Live, was published in He was banned from teaching by the apartheid government in Mphahlele supported himself and his family through a series of clerical jobs before leaving South Africa to teach in Botswana, Zambia, Nigeria and later France and the United States of America.
Mphahlele returned to South Africa in and joined the University of the Witwatersrand. During the s, Mphahlele became increasingly politicised. He joined the African National Congress in Mphahlele was the illustrious author of 2 autobiographies, more than 30 short stories, 2 verse plays and a fair number of poems. On the evening of 27 October , at the ripe age of 88, he passed away.
January Boy Masilela is the former secretary of defence and also served as the deputy secretary-general of the ANC. He served as an MK regional commissar in Angola through most of the s. He was killed in an apparent car accident near Bronkhorstspruit when he allegedly lost control of his luxury vehicle. During the Defiance Campaign in , he led a batch of resisters which included Walter Sisulu.
He was detained during the State of Emergency, banned and imprisoned for defying the Group Areas Act. He became one of the first volunteers to join Umkhonto we Sizwe and later spent 17 years on Robben Island. He later became the special advisor on traditional affairs for the then North West Premier, Popo Molefe. He died at the age of 75 in after a car accident. Former president Mandela spoke at his funeral in Ga-Rankuwa.
Due to police harassment, he moved to Brits where he was arrested and charged with sabotage and furthering the aims of the ANC. Consequently he was sentenced to 12 years imprisonment which he served on Robben Island from to He was released just before the historic Soweto Uprising and subsequently hunted down by the security branch.
Jeff Masemola formerly Jacob Maree Street. An Atteridgeville teacher and Pan Africanist Congress of Azania PAC anti-apartheid activist, that is regarded the longest serving political prisoner in South Africa after serving 28 years for conspiracy to commit sabotage.
Florence Barbara Ribeiro and her husband, Dr Fabian Ribeiro provided shelter and support to young activists throughout their lives, but was assassinated by agents of the state on 1 December Robert Sobukwe formerly Esselen Street. A political dissident who founded the Pan Africanist Congress in opposition to the apartheid regime. Madiba Drive formerly Vermeulen Street. Named after Nelson Mandela, one of the most famous political leaders in the world and former president of South Africa.
Mandela has received more than awards over four decades, including the Nobel Peace Prize. Sophie de Bruyn formerly Schubart Street. A founding member of the South African Congress of Trade Union, and one of the that led more than 20 women in a march to the Union Buildings. Kgosi Mampuru formerly Potgieter Street. A local chief during the 19th century that fiercely resisted colonial rule and was subsequently hanged by the colonial government in Johannes Ramokhoase formerly Proes Street.
Johannes Lebone Slo Ramokhoase was the first black mayor of Pretoria, in Jan Shoba formerly Duncan Street. January Masilela formerly Genl. Louis Botha Drive. Justice Mahomed formerly Walker Charles Street. Also see Short guide to the new South African town names. Es'kia Mphahlele was the author of two autobiographies, more than thirty short stories, two verse plays and a fair number of Pretoria is rich with history and blessed to have Ditsong Museums South Africa part of our community Your Favourites.
Home News. Restaurant Guide. Community Links. Where am I? Posted in Tourism Tourist Information. Elias Motswaledi formerly Church Street, from R to the west An anti-apartheid activist and one of the eight men sentenced to life imprisonment at the Rivonia Trial. Solomon Mahlangu formerly Hans Strijdom Avenue An ANC activist whp was accused by the apartheid government on charges of murder and terrorism, and was executed by hanging at the Pretoria Central Prison on 6 April Thabo Sehume formerly Andries Street Thabo Sehume was a community worker that dedicated his time to working with the municipal workers union, general mobilisation work and the establishment of an advice centre for Tshwane, particularly the community of Atteridgeville.
Florence Ribeiro Drive formerly Queen Wilhelmina Avenue Florence Barbara Ribeiro and her husband, Dr Fabian Ribeiro provided shelter and support to young activists throughout their lives, but was assassinated by agents of the state on 1 December Robert Sobukwe formerly Esselen Street A political dissident who founded the Pan Africanist Congress in opposition to the apartheid regime.
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