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Feb 17, 2011

Clarence Mlami Makwetu

Political activist, political prisoner and President of the PAC.

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Feb 17, 2011

Daniel Francois Malan

Dutch Reformed Church Minister, editor, National Party leader and First Prime Minister of the Union of South Africa, 194...

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Feb 17, 2011

Magnus Malan

Magnus Malan was South African Defence Minister in the apartheid governement for eleven years, between 1980 and 1991. In...

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Feb 17, 2011

Nise Bulelwa Malange

Scriptwriter, theatre director, poet, cultural worker and activist, trade unionist, conductor of creative writing worksh...

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Feb 17, 2011

Rocky Malebane-Metsing

Member of the African National Congress. Planned an attempted coup d'etat in Bophuthatswana. MEC for Agriculture in Nort...

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Feb 17, 2011

Chief Malebogo

Chief of Bahananwa people imprisoned for defending the independence of his chiefdoms against the Traansvaal Boers.

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Feb 17, 2011

Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make

Banished person, Civil Rights Activist, member of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League, active in the Evaton...

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Feb 17, 2011

Miriam Makeba

South African singer and human rights campaigner, Makeba was the first vocalist to put African music onto the internatio...

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Feb 17, 2011

Romeo Zamani Makhanya

Painter

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Feb 17, 2011

Mampe Mosia Makhaya

ANC Chief Representative in Cuba, served in the Foreign Affairs Department in numerous countries, recipient of the Order...

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Feb 17, 2011

Muziwenhlanhla Trevor Phila Makhoba

Artist

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Feb 17, 2011

Caesarina Kona Makhoere

Member of Black Sash, imprisoned for attempting to undergo military training.

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Feb 17, 2011

Charles Makhohliso

Trade unionist, Chairperson of the Langa Batchelors Quarters branch of the African National Congress (ANC), 1956 Treason...

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Feb 17, 2011

Ismail Mahomed

Advocate, first Black judge of the Supreme Court of South Africa

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Feb 17, 2011

Nelson “Nana” Mahomo

Businessman, member of the national executive committee of the Pan Africanist Congress, editor and filmaker  

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