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Bartolomeu Dias
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Bartolomeu Dias

Portuguese navigator discovered the Cape of Good Hope in 1488 and maritime explorer

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Dr. Abu Baker Asvat
Biography
May 25, 2012

Dr. Abu Baker Asvat

Activist. Azapo Comrade. Doctor. Cricketer. Humanitarian. Health Secretary of Azapo, President of the Transvaal Cri...

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Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Makhwenkwe Harrison Butshingi

Trade unionist and community leader.

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James Kantor
Biography
Jul 19, 2011

James Kantor

Lawyer, political prisoner, Rivonia Trialist and exile

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Miriam Makeba
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Miriam Makeba

South African singer and human rights campaigner, Makeba was the first vocalist to put African music onto the internatio...

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Dali Tambo
Biography
Feb 09, 2017

Dali Tambo

Activist, Filmmaker, TV-personality, businessman and son of the late Oliver Tambo.

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Peter Henry Abrahams
Biography
Jun 05, 2012

Peter Henry Abrahams

Author, journalist

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Allister Sparks
Biography
Apr 06, 2018

Allister Sparks

Anti- apartheid journalist, broadcaster, writer  

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Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma

ANC President, a teacher and medical doctor.

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Oupa Joshua Gqozo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Oupa Joshua Gqozo

Former Ciskei military ruler.

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Dr James Sebe Moroka
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Sep 06, 2011

Dr James Sebe Moroka

Medical doctor, AAC Treasurer, President of the African National Congress from 1949 to 1952.

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Jürgen Schadeberg
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jürgen Schadeberg

South African photographer and artist

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Azhar Cachalia
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Azhar Cachalia

Political activist, former treasurer of the United Democratic Front, Judge and Law Expert.

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Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia
Biography
Feb 26, 2017

Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia

Political prisoner, participated in the Indian and South African liberation struggles, journalist, member of the Natal I...

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Olive Schreiner
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Olive Schreiner

Feminist writer

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