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Baden Powell
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Baden Powell

Knighted by King Edward VII for his outstanding military career and for founding Scouting. His book 'Aids to Scouting', ...

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Jim Bailey
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jim Bailey

Founder of Drum magazine (1950) and The Golden City Post (1955), author, historian, poet and RAF pilot

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Ray Alexander Simons
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ray Alexander Simons

Secretary of the South African Communist Party and Trade Union stalwart, General Secretary of the Food and Canning Worke...

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Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander

Political activist and former PAC secretary general.

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Jane Alexander
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jane Alexander

Artist

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Joseph Alfers
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Joseph Alfers

Photographer, reporter, television and media producer

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Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Phyllis Altman

Political activist and trade unionist (1950s)

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John Henry Amshewitz
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

John Henry Amshewitz

 

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Nils Severin Andersen
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Nils Severin Andersen

Andersen came to SA when his mariner father settled at Saldahna Bay in 1911. In 1914 his family went to Durban, and he s...

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William H. "Bill" Andrews
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

William H. "Bill" Andrews

Pioneer of the trade union movement and first General Secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa.

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James Edward April
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

James Edward April

Teacher, member of the South African Coloured People’s Congress and MK, ANC, Robben Island prisoner.

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Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein

Journalist, Legal Advisor to Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, jailed from 1966-1970 under the Suppression of Communism Act, c...

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Raymond Ackerman
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Raymond Ackerman

Business Entreprenuer, who built the Checkers and Pick 'n Pay grocery store chains in South Africa.

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Adams Farid Ahmed
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Adams Farid Ahmed

Member of the SAIC and the SACP, 1956 Treason Trialist

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Feroza Adam
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Feroza Adam

Member of AZASO,FEDTRAW, UDF and ANC.

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