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Mike Hutchings
Biography
Jan 22, 2020

Mike Hutchings

Born in 1963 in London, Mike Hutchings grew up in various countries around Africa, before finishing basic schooling in S...

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Lloyd Spencer
Biography
Jan 22, 2020

Lloyd Spencer

Lloyd Spencer was born in South Africa in 1955. As a teenager, he had developed and printed his own medium format photos...

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Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso

Shop steward and later Secretary General of the Metal and Allied Workers Union, chairman of the Alexandra Action Committ...

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Mosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale

ANC political activist, former premier of Gauteng Province and currently Minister of Human Settlements

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Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa
Biography
Dec 04, 2013

Vusamazulu Credo Mutwa

Renowned traditional healer, author, artist and philosopher.

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Harry Garuba
Biography
Mar 31, 2020

Harry Garuba

An African postcolonial poet and academic who lectured at the University of Ibadan, the University of Zululand and the U...

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Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda

Teacher, political activist and founder member of the ANC Youth League.

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Simon Nkoli
Biography
Mar 10, 2020

Simon Nkoli

“If you are Black and gay in South Africa, then it really is all the same closet…inside is darkness and oppression. Outs...

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Alfred Milner
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Alfred Milner

British High Commissioner for South Africa and Governor of the Cape Colony between 1897 and 1899.

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Roelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Roelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha

 Law Adviser of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Member of Parliament and Minister of Foreign Affairs in South Africa

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Santu Mofokeng
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Santu Mofokeng

Photographer

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Rev. James Arthur Calata
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Rev. James Arthur Calata

Former Secretary-General of the ANC (1936-1949), political activist and Anglican clergyman

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Richard Sydney Canca
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Richard Sydney Canca

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Nesta Mathom Nala
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Nesta Mathom Nala

Award-winning South African Zulu potter

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Robert Mokwena (George Sello)
Biography
May 21, 2020

Robert Mokwena (George Sello)

uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) unit commander

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