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Feb 17, 2011

Stephen J.C. Dlamini

Trade unionist, Chairperson of the African Textile Workers’ Union, 1956 Treason Trialist, President of SACTU, Robben Isl...

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Feb 17, 2011

Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma

ANC member, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Health, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chair of the African Union

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Feb 17, 2011

Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini

Trade Unionist.

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Feb 17, 2011

Franciscus Jacobus Ludovicus De Vriendt

Flemish pioneer of Afrikaans theatre.

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Feb 17, 2011

Christiaan Rudolf De Wet

A great Boer general and rebel leader. His name is inextricably woven into the epic struggle of Afrikaners for independe...

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Feb 17, 2011

Bongiwe (Bongi) Dhlomo-Mautloa

Artist (printmaker), art administrator and activist 

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Feb 17, 2011

Oscar Dumisani Dhlomo

Member for Umbumbulu, KwaZulu Legislative Assembly, Minister of Education and Culture, KwaZulu, Secretary General, Inkat...

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Feb 17, 2011

Bartolomeu Dias

Portuguese navigator discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 and maritime explorer

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Feb 17, 2011

Justice John Mowbray Didcott

President of NUSAS, founder member of the Liberal Party, Chancellor of UDW, Judge of the Natal Provincial Division, memb...

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Feb 17, 2011

King Dingane ka Senzangakhona

King of the Zulus (1828 – 1840)

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Feb 17, 2011

Ethel de Keyser

Artist and underground ANC activist

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Feb 17, 2011

Frederik Willem de Klerk

State President of South Africa from 1989 to 1994. In 1990 he opened negotiations with previously banned anti-apartheid ...

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Feb 17, 2011

Johannes (Jan) de Klerk

teacher, member of the National Party and Minister of Education, Art & Science, Senator and Father of former Pres. F.W. ...

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Feb 17, 2011

Jacobus Herculaas de la Rey

Known as Koos de la Rey, a Boer general during the Second Boer War.

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Feb 17, 2011

Patricia De Lille

Politician, former member of PAC, trade unionist, founder and a leader of Independent Democrats (ID) and Mayor of Cape T...

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