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Mashwabata Alton Feketshana
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Mashwabata Alton Feketshana

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Nkosinathi Benson Fihla
Biography
Mar 19, 2012

Nkosinathi Benson Fihla

Banned person, Robben Island prisoner, Member of Parliament, Executive and Mayor of Nelson Mandela Bay M

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Nithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender
Biography
Apr 14, 2021

Nithianandan ‘Elvis' Ganese Govender

Member of South African Student Organisation, African National Congress, uMkhonto weSizwe, community-based organizer, De...

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Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)
Biography
Mar 26, 2012

Sheila Lapinsky (nee Barsel)

Anti-apartheid activist, gay rights activist, feminist, former Secretary-General of NUSAS, founding member of OLGA, lobb...

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Magasvarie Govender
Biography
Apr 23, 2021

Magasvarie Govender

Anti-apartheid activist, teacher, trade unionist, member of the Natal Indian Congress, African National Congress, United...

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Sahdhan Naidoo
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Sahdhan Naidoo

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Joseph Johannes Marks
Biography
Dec 21, 2011

Joseph Johannes Marks

Political activist, member of ANC, MK, UDF and SACP, Democratic Party Member of Parliament, Vice President of UDF

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Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
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Apr 28, 2021

Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy

Member of the African National Congress and uMkhonto weSizwe, veterinarian, worked on the African National Congress farm...

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Hassan Howa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Hassan Howa

Prominent activist in the struggle against racial segregation in competitive sports during apartheid

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Moses Mauane Kotane
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Feb 17, 2011

Moses Mauane Kotane

General secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa and Treasurer General of the African National Congress 

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Babette Brown
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May 14, 2021

Babette Brown

Anti-racism activist, writer, teacher, founding member of the Congress of Democrats (COD), founded Early Years Trainers ...

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Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
Biography
May 28, 2021

Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)

Provided a safe house for exiled South Africans living in Swaziland (now Eswatini), recipient of the Government’s Nation...

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Mar 26, 2012

Benjamin Johnson Langa

Secretary General and Cultural Officer of SASO, political activist, poet, member of MK and the ANC

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Ethel Walt
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Mar 01, 2013

Ethel Walt

Member of the Black Sash, founder of the Transvaal Rural Action Committee (TRAC) to fight forced removal

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Thembi Shange Nobadula
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Jun 03, 2021

Thembi Shange Nobadula

Member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), one of the organisers and participants of the 1956 Women...

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