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Jacob Koti Dikobo
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Jacob Koti Dikobo

Youth Director of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA), Black Consciousness Movement activist and ...

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Joseph Nong Thloloe
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Joseph Nong Thloloe

Member of the PAC, political detainee, chairman of the South African National Editors' Forum(SANEF), president of the Un...

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Aaron Sipho Madondo
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Aaron Sipho Madondo

Member of the ANC and MK, political prisoner

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Kuben Naidoo
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Kuben Naidoo

  Political activist, political prisoner, member of Lenasia Students’ Union.

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Premanathan “Prema” Naidoo
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Premanathan “Prema” Naidoo

  Political activist, political prisoner, member of the Transvaal Indian Youth Congress, founder of the Human Rights Co...

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Mrs. N. Parenithama Pillay
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Mrs. N. Parenithama Pillay

Participated in the Indian miners’ strike of 1913, political prisoner. 

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Mithrasagaran “Murthie” Naidoo
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Mithrasagaran “Murthie” Naidoo

  political activist, political prisoner, banned person, listed as a Communist, member of the Parents of Detainees Comm...

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Graeme Craig Smith
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Graeme Craig Smith

South African cricket captain and opening batsman. Youngest cricket captain in South African history. First to reach one...

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Tom Walters
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Tom Walters

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA).

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David Welsh
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

David Welsh

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA).

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Ernest “Ernie” Wenzel
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Ernest “Ernie” Wenzel

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). Detained in 1960, and again in 1964.

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Barney Zackon
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Barney Zackon

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). Banned by the apartheid government.

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Maritz Van den Berg
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Maritz Van den Berg

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA). Detained in 1961. Banned by the apartheid government  

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Colyn Van Reenen
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Colyn Van Reenen

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA), detained in 1961.

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Ann Tobias
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Ann Tobias

A member of the Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA), banned by the apartheid government.

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