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Sibeko, David Maphgumzana

  • ZA-COM-08287
  • Person
  • 26 August 1938 - 12 June 1979
Journalist and political prisoner.

Sidelsky, Lazer

  • ZA-COM-01536
  • Person
  • 7 October 1911 - 17 May 2002

Sigcau, Stella

  • ZA-COM-02825
  • Person
  • 1937–2006
Anti-apartheid activist and politician. Joined the ANC Youth League while a student at the University of Fort Hare. She was politically active in the Transkei and was elected to the Transkei Legislative Assembly. She held several portfolios in the Transkei executive and campaigned to advanced women’s rights. Elected to parliament in 1994, she was minister of public enterprises from 1994-99, and then minister of public works until her death in 2006.

Sigxashe, Sizakele

  • ZA-COM-07027
  • Person
  • 1937–2011
Anti-apartheid activist, academic and public servant. Was involved in ANC activities as a young person and left the country in 1964 to work in the ANC in exile. He obtained a PhD in Economics in the Soviet Union and lectured at the University of Dar es Salaam in the 1970s. He joined Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and its intelligence arm in 1978. In 1994 he became the first director-general of the National Intelligence Agency.

Silvester, Victor

  • ZA-COM-10560
  • Person
  • 1900 - 1978
Silvester, Victor was an English dancer, author, musician and bandleader from the British dance band era. He was a significant figure in the development of ballroom dance during the first half of the 20th century, and his records sold 75 million copies from the 1930s through to the 1980s.

Simon of Cyrene

  • ZA-COM-10728
  • Person
Simon of Cyrene was the man compelled by the Romans to carry the cross of Jesus of Nazareth as Jesus was taken to his crucifixion, according to all three Synoptic Gospels. As they came out, they found a man of Cyrene, Simon by name, him they compelled to bear his cross.

Simon, Bob

  • ZA-COM-00524
  • Person
  • 29 May 1941 - 11 February 2015
Robert David "Bob" Simon was an American television correspondent for CBS News. During his career, he covered crises, war, and unrest in 67 countries. Simon reported the withdrawal of American troops from Vietnam, the Israeli-Lebanese Conflict in 1982, and the student protests in China's Tiananmen Square in 1989

Singana, Margaret

  • ZA-COM-08733
  • Person
  • 1 January 1938 - 22 April 2000

Singani, John

  • ZA-COM-00285
  • Person
  • ca. 1923 - ?

John Singani was taxi driver in the Port Elizabeth area in the 1950s and 1960s. He testified for the prosecution at the Rivonia trial.

Singh, Debi

  • ZA-COM-07812
  • Person
  • 1913 - 1970
Teacher, farmer, secretary of the Anti-Segregation Council, secretary of the passiveResistance Council of the Natal Indian Congress. he was imprisoned during Defiance Campaign in 1952, Treason Trial 1956 -1961, Indian passive resistance in South Africa 1946 to 1948.
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