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John Liebenberg
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Jan 20, 2020

John Liebenberg

John Liebenberg was born in 1958, in Johannesburg where he also currently works and lives. He was introduced to Namib...

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Colette “Bubbles” Thorne
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Aug 22, 2019

Colette “Bubbles” Thorne

A part of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD), South African Communist Party (SACP) and the Modern Youth Socie...

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Feb 26, 2020

Lindiwe Charity Nyembezi Mthembu

Mthembu was an active member of the African National Congress (ANC) who escaped into exile to Angola and died in an ambu...

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Mar 26, 2012

Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson

Reverend Cedric Radcliffe Mayson, a former Methodist Minister was  restricted to Johannesburg. In 1973 he join...

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Andrew Clement Verster
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Feb 17, 2011

Andrew Clement Verster

Andrew Vester was born in Johannesburg in 1937. He obtained a National Diploma in Design (1959) from the Camberwell Coll...

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Jacob Koti Dikobo
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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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Cedric Radcliffe Mayson
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Aug 22, 2019

Cedric Radcliffe Mayson

A priest part of the South African Council of Churches (SACC).

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Jan 22, 2020

Brett Eloff

Brett Eloff is an independently employed professional photographer, residing and working principally in Johannesburg, So...

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Jan 20, 2020

Sandi Smit

Born in 1962, Sandy Smit was an ECC Media Committee member, Jodac member and Afrapix photographer. On the 15th of June, ...

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Jan 20, 2020

Zubeida Vallie

Zubeida Vallie was born in 1963 in Newlands, Cape Town from which she and her family were forcibly removed under the Gro...

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Rodger Bosch
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Jan 22, 2020

Rodger Bosch

Rodger Bosch has been working in the photographic field for 30 years, capturing arresting images of news and cultural ev...

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Joseph Masobila Mdluli
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Feb 16, 2012

Joseph Masobila Mdluli

Hawker, member of the ANC and MK

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Aaron Sipho Madondo
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Aug 22, 2019

Aaron Sipho Madondo

Member of the ANC and MK, political prisoner

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Carol Moses
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Sep 19, 2019

Carol Moses

Political activist, political detainee, Deputy Director for communication in the Department of Agriculture, Forestry and...

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Jabulani Sikhakhane
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Jan 22, 2020

Jabulani Sikhakhane

Mr Jabulani Sikhakhane has over 20 years’ experience in journalism and communications, with his main focus being on fina...

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