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Nontetha Nkwenkwe
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Nontetha Nkwenkwe

Seer, prophet and diviner

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Moses Mphahlele
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Moses Mphahlele

Secretary of the African National Congress in the Transvaal during the 1920s, teacher and interpreter, poet and musician...

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Joseph Mpoza
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Joseph Mpoza

Born in 1926, Joseph Mpoza was shop assistant. He played a leading role in Worcester strikes and trade union campaigns.

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Temba D. A. Mqota
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Temba D. A. Mqota

Joined African National Congress in 1946 and supported the Indian struggle against the "Ghetto" Act. Prominent in organi...

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Bheki Mvulane
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Bheki Mvulane

Political activist

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Sipho Samuel Hashe
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Sipho Samuel Hashe

Member of ANC, MK and PEBCO, Robben Island prisoner, General Secretary of PEBCO, member of UDF, one of the ‘PEBCO Three’

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David Rabkin
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

David Rabkin

Sub-editor,members of the ANC and SACP, charged with Terrorism and Internal Security Act and was sentenced to 10 years’ ...

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Peter Kaya Selepe
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Peter Kaya Selepe

Accused in the 1956 Treason Trial, Sergeant in the South African army in World War II, Member of Springbok Legion and of...

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Ishmael Mkhabela
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Ishmael Mkhabela

Member of the Soweto Action Committee, former President of AZAPO, social activist and community development practitioner...

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Viacheslav “Ivan” Shiryaev
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Viacheslav “Ivan” Shiryaev

Diplomat, military specialist, for his contribution to the struggle against apartheid and attainment of a democratic, no...

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Pieter Streicher Steyn
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Pieter Streicher Steyn

Engineer, researcher, professor, author, for his contribution to and achievements in chemistry and biosynthesis of Mycot...

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Raphael Magwaza
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Raphael Magwaza

He was born at Eshowe, KZN. He trained at Rorke’s Drift as a sculptor in 1972. He was a member of the Thupelo Art Worksh...

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Bertram Buxton Xiniwe
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Bertram Buxton Xiniwe

Hotel operator in King William's Town, elected to the Natives' Representative Council in 1937

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Tlou Theophilus Cholo
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

Tlou Theophilus Cholo

Trade unionist,  African National Congress member, uMkhonto weSizwe cadre and the Order of Luthuli award winner

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William Mothipa (Willie) Madisha
Biography
Sep 02, 2019

William Mothipa (Willie) Madisha

Teacher, Chairperson of the Northern Transvaal Teachers' Union, member of the UDF and the ANC, branch secretary of the S...

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