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Jacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Jacob “Dancing Shoes” Morake

Boxer, insurance clerk

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Letlapa Mphahlele
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Letlapa Mphahlele

Member of the PAC, Director of Operations of APLA, President of the PAC

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Wolfie Kodesh
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Wolfie Kodesh

Political activist, journalist, member of the SACP and ANC and banned person

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Lydia Kompe
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Lydia Kompe

Trade unionist, women organiser and Member of Parliament 

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Audrey Coleman
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Audrey Coleman

Anti Apartheid activist, member of Black Sash and the Detainees Parents Support Committee (DPSC).

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Kabelo Sello Duiker
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Kabelo Sello Duiker

Author, Screenwriter and Editor

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L.W.H Ackermann
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

L.W.H Ackermann

Justice of the South African Constitutional Court 1994 -

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João Albasini
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

João Albasini

White Chief of the Shangaan, elephant-hunter and trader

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Mono Badela
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Mono Badela

Eastern Cape Journalist, particularly known for his journalism that helped to put major trade unions, along with the PE ...

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Amy Biehl
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Amy Biehl

An American volunteer who was killed just before the 1994 democratic elections.

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Robert Broom
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Robert Broom

Physician and palaeontologist, discoverer of “Mrs Ples” or the most complete Australopithecus africanus skull.

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Richard S. Canca
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Richard S. Canca

Educator, attorney and political activist

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Johnson Dhlwati
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Johnson Dhlwati

Political activist and member of the ANC

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Gabriel Dichaba
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Gabriel Dichaba

Member of the ANC

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Vivian Fitzsimons
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Vivian Fitzsimons

Snake venom specialist

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