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Hepple, Alexander

  • Person
  • 1904-1983

Alex Hepple, was the leader of the South African Labour Party from 1953-1958, and Member of Parliament. In 1962 he re-founded the Labour newspaper 'Forward', and published the paper until 1964.

He was also the founder and chairman of the Treason Trial Defence Fund from 1956-1961 and of the South African Defence and Aid Fund from 1960-1964. Together with his wife Josephine (Girlie) he established the International Defence and Aid Fund's (IDAF) Information Service in 1967 in London, after he had left South Africa in 1965 for the United Kingdom.

Hepple, Bob

  • Person
  • 1934-2015

Educated in Law at the University of the Witwatersrand, he became an Advocate at the Johannesburg Bar in 1962. He acted as a legal adviser for Nelson Mandela during his trial for incitement in 1962. He was arrested and charged as one of the Rivonia Trial accused in 1963. When the first Indictment was quashed, he was released and escaped to England in November 1963.

He became a leader and academic in the field of Labour Law, studying and teaching at leading Universities in the United Kingdom. He was awarded honorary doctorates in Law, and in 2004 the honour of Knight Bachelor was bestowed on him for his contributions to legal studies.

Herd, Richard Jeffrey

  • Person
  • 20th century

Richard Jeffrey Herd was the Chief Fire Officer in Benoni, Johannesburg, South Africa.

Herman Max Gluckman

  • Person
  • 20th century

Professor of Social Anthropology and author of numerous books on history and culture in Southern Africa.

Heymann, Isaac (Issy)

  • Person

Issy Heymann was born on the 24th December 1910 in Lithuania. At the age of nineteen, in 1931, Issy arrived in South Africa. In 1935 he became an executive member of the Native Trade Assistance Union and in 1936 he joined the South African Communist Party. He was also a member of the Jewish Workers Club.

Issy Heymann fought during the Second World War and when the war ended he became a member of the Springbok Legion. After the Communist Party was banned in 1950 he became a member of the Congress of Democrats

During the State of Emergency which was declared in 1960 Issy Heymann was detained for 90 days. He was arrested and jailed in 1966 and released in 1971.

Issy Heymann died in 1989.

Heymans, Hendrik (Hennie) Bernardus

  • Person
  • 1946-

Hendrik Bernardus (Hennie) Heymans was born in 1946 in Durban in Natal, where he went to school and matriculated in 1963. He started his Tertiary Education at the University of Natal and obtained and later proceeded to the Rand Afrikaans University in Johannesburg, where he completed a BA (Hons) in 1982, and a Masters degree in National Strategy in 1990. In 1988 he was delegated to attend a 3-months course in Political Warfare at the Fu Hsing Kang College in Taiwan.

His career in the SAP started off in 1964 as a Constable in the Uniform Branch at the SAP Wentworth, Durban. He proceeded through the ranks until his promotion to Brigadier in 1991, and retired from the SAP in 1993. From 1970-1984 he joined the structures of the Security Branch of the SAP, first in Natal and from 1978 at the SAP Headquarter in ohannesburg (John Vorster Square). His postings included the Atomic Energy Board, with three months at the Valindaba Nuclear Power stations, Commanding Officer of the Intelligence Section Johannesburg and Section Head at the Security Head Office. During that period, in 1974, he was seconded to the British South Africa Police (BSAP) Special Branch for three months at Magunji, then Rhodesia. From 1984-1986 he was also seconded to the State Security Council as SAP representative and Strategic Planner, and served on various national inter-departmental committees. During the years 1987-1989 he held positions as Section Head at the security Branch, the Nodal Point, and Community Relations, all at the SAP Head Office Johannesburg. In March 1990 he was appointed District Commissioner of the SAP in Welkom, and from January 1992 he served as the Regional Commander of the Uniform Branch of the SAP in Soweto, followed by his appointment to Chief Liaison and Research, at the Internal Stability Division of the SAP until 1993.

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