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Amien Kajee portrait
Biography
Amien Kajee
7 January 2020
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Steve Naidoo portrait
Biography
Steve Naidoo
7 January 2020
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Solly Vania portrait
Biography
Solly Vania
7 January 2020
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Marimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
Biography
Marimuthu Pragalathan “MP” Naicker
7 January 2020
Political leader, journalist, editor and an organiser for the Natal Indian Congress, the Communist Party and the Congres...
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Washington Bongco
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Washington Bongco
7 January 2020
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Fanny Klenerman
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Fanny Klenerman
7 January 2020
Fanny Klenerman was born in Lutzin in Latvia in 1897. They immigrated to South Africa just after 1900. She joined the CP...
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January 8th Statements - Statement of the National Executive Committee on the Occasion of the 107th Anniversary of the African National Congress presented by ANC president Cyril Ramaphosa, 12 January 2019
7 January 2020
Comrades and Friends Fellow South Africans, This year, the African National Congress celebrates 107 years of exist...
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Lekkersing, Namaqualand
Place
Lekkersing, Namaqualand
6 January 2020
The small settlement of Lekkersing, established in 1926 by Ryk Jasper Cloete, lies 60km east of Port Nolloth. It is said...
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Tsaarsbank Beach, West Coast
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Tsaarsbank Beach, West Coast
6 January 2020
The Cape West Coast of South Africa is known for its raw, rugged beaches and spectacular untouched landscapes. Although ...
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Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka) portrait
Biography
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka)
6 January 2020
Ntombikayise Priscilla Ngocobo (née Khubeka) lived in KwaMashu and was an MK member. She was abducted and murdered by Po...
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Tribute to Ben Turok – the brightest star of our movement
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Tribute to Ben Turok – the brightest star of our movement
6 January 2020
In his life of struggle, he survived a two-year treason trial, three years in prison and house arrest, until he escaped ...
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Headman Stanford Bacola
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Headman Stanford Bacola
20 December 2019
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Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal
Biography
Mohamed (Bob) Suleman Asmal
20 December 2019
Commerical traveller, executive member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and a member of the Evaton People’s Transport Co...
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Ben Baartman
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Ben Baartman
19 December 2019
Member of the ANC and SACTU, banished person
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Alan Arnold Aderem
Biography
Alan Arnold Aderem
19 December 2019
Alan Arnold Aderem was restricted to his Cape Town, Western Province (now Western Cape) home. His house arrres...
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