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ZA COM ASColl-082
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Side by side : The autobiography of Helen Joseph
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(1905–1992)
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Teacher, social worker and anti-apartheid and women’s rights activist. Founding member of the COD. National secretary of Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW). Leading organiser of the Women’s March of 20,000 women to Pretoria’s Union Buildings. An accused in the 1956 Treason Trial. Placed under house arrest in 1962. Helped care for Zindziswa and Zenani Mandela when their parents were both imprisoned. Awarded the ANC’s highest honour, Isitwalandwe Seaparankoe, in 1992.
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NMCM ; Reading Room ; AS-J
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- Anti-apartheid struggle
- Freedom Charter
- Freedom Charter
- Treason Trial, 1956–1961
- Human rights
- Separate Representation of Voters Act
- Congress of the People
- Bantu Education Act
- State of Emergency, 1960
- General Law Amendment Act
- Illegal Organisations Act
- House Arrest
- If This Be Treason
- Terrorism Act
- Rivonia Trial
- Criminal Law Amendment Act
- Passive Resistance
- Unlawful Organisations Bill
- Native Administration Act
- Department of Native Affairs
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- Sussex
- Midhurst
- India
- Africa » South Africa
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Pretoria
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Pretoria » Union Buildings
- Kings College London
- Sussex
- Midhurst
- India
- Africa » South Africa
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Pretoria
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Pretoria » Union Buildings
- Kings College London
- Hyderabad
- Marshall Square
- Europe » Switzerland » Geneva
- Europe » United Kingdom » London
- Africa » South Africa » Parliament
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg » Soweto » Orlando
- Africa » South Africa » Free State » Bloemfontein
- Winberg
- Africa » South Africa » Free State
- Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » Uitenhage
- Lichtenberg
- Zeerust
- Africa » South Africa » Western Cape » Cape Town
- Africa » South Africa » Durban
- East Rand
- West Rand
- Africa » South Africa » Northern Cape » Kimberley
- Africa » South Africa » Eastern Cape » East London
- Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Ladysmith
- Hex River Valley
- Africa » Egypt
- Palestine
- Jerusalem
- Bethlehem
- Liverpool Street
- Cape Flats
- Elsies River
- Doornfontein
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg » Soweto » Meadowlands
- Evaton
- Africa » South Africa » KwaZulu-Natal » Groutville, Kwazulu-Natal
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg » Soweto
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg » Soweto » Kliptown
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Johannesburg » Alexandra
- Old Fort Prison
- Drill Hall
- Africa » South Africa » Gauteng » Germiston
- Bergville
- Newlands Police Station
- Pretoria Central Prison
- Pretoria Local Prison
- United States
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- Africa » Botswana
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- Standerton
- East Africa
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- Tomorrow's Sun
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- Adams, Farid (Subject)
- Aggett, Neil (Subject)
- Alexander, Ray (Subject)
- Arenstein, Rowley (Subject)
- Arenstein, Jackie (Subject)
- Baard, Frances (Subject)
- Budlender, Geoff (Subject)
- Bunting, Sonia (Subject)
- Buthelezi, Manas (Subject)
- Cachalia, Amina (Subject)
- Cachalia, Ismail Ahmed (Molvi) (Subject)
- Cachalia, Yusuf (Subject)
- Callaghan, Jim (Subject)
- Canterbury, Archbishop of (Subject)
- Dadoo, Yusuf Mohamed (Subject)
- Desmond, Cosmas (Subject)
- du Manoir (Father) (Subject)
- Fennell, Lilian (Subject)
- Gumede, Archie (Subject)
- Hadebe, James (Subject)
- Bizos, George (Subject)
- Joseph, Adelaide (Subject)
- Joseph, Billie (Subject)
- Magubane, Peter (Subject)
- Maisels, Isie (QC) (Subject)
- Makwena, Matlala (Subject)
- Matthews, Z. K. (Subject)
- Mayekiso, Caleb J (Subject)
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- Nokwe, Philemon Pearce Dumasile 'Duma' (Subject)
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- Schreiner, Olive (Subject)
- Sikhakane-Rankin, Joyce (Subject)
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- Sisulu, Walter Max Ulyate (Subject)
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- Slovo, Joe (Subject)
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- Letlalo, William (Subject)
- Levy, Norman (Subject)
- Mafekeng, Elizabeth (Subject)
- Naidoo, Naran (Roy) (Subject)
- Naidoo, Prema (Subject)
- Nkadimeng, Stephen (Subject)
- Phikinkane, Zulu (Subject)
- Pretorius, Paul (Subject)
- Rakale, Leo (Subject)
- Scheepers, Anna (Subject)
- Schermbrucker, Lesley (Subject)
- Shanley, Dorothy (Subject)
- Matlala, Sibitji (Subject)
- Tshangela, Theophilus (Subject)
- Tshangela, Theophilus (Subject)
- Waite, Barbara (Subject)
- de Bruyn, Sophia Theresa Williams (Subject)
- Botha, Louis (Subject)
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