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Peter Clarke
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Peter Clarke

Poet, book illustrator, artist, recipient of The National Order of Ikhamanga for excellence in the fields of arts and li...

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Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Cecil Edwin Frans Skotnes

Painter and woodcutter

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Moosa “Mosie” Moolla
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Aug 07, 2019

Moosa “Mosie” Moolla

TIC activist, member of COP National Secretariat, Treason trialist, 90 day detainee, MK and ANC member, editor of Spotli...

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Jonathan Clegg
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Feb 26, 2013

Jonathan Clegg

South African musician, anthropologist, recipient of the South African Presidential Award, The Order of Ikhamanga in Sil...

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Reginald (Reggie) September
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Reginald (Reggie) September

Trade unionist, General Secretary of the South African Coloured People's Organisation, Secretary of the Franchise Action...

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Fabian Defu Ribeiro
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Fabian Defu Ribeiro

Medical doctor.

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Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
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Feb 17, 2011

Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews

Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister of Botswana and Assistant Attorney General in Botswana, Chairman...

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Father Trevor Huddleston
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Father Trevor Huddleston

Anglican priest, author, one of the first recipients of the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe Award, Chair of the Trustees of the...

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Ben Turok
Biography
Oct 15, 2011

Ben Turok

Surveyor, lecturer and secretary of the COD, arrested for treason in 1956, trade union organiser, elected unop...

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Winston Monwabisi Ngozi
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Apr 11, 2013

Winston Monwabisi Ngozi

Jazz artist (saxophonist) 

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Connie September
Biography
Aug 07, 2013

Connie September

Trade Unionist, Deputy President COSATU, member of the ANC and Member of Parliament, Minister of Human Settlements. 

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Amina Cachalia
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Feb 17, 2011

Amina Cachalia

Political activist, member of the TIYC and TIC, treasurer of FEDSAW, patron of the Federation of Transvaal Women, arrest...

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Patrice Émery Lumumba
Biography
Nov 13, 2014

Patrice Émery Lumumba

First Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (now called Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
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Jan 07, 2015

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

An activist in the South African freedom movement, Director of the United Nations (UN) Centre against Apartheid, author,...

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Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu
Biography
Mar 02, 2012

Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu

Solomon Kalushi Mahlangu was born in Pretoria on 10 July in 1956. He was the second son of Martha Mahlangu. His father l...

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