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Helen Joseph
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Helen Joseph

Teacher, social worker, political activist, political prisoner, banned person, trade unionist, founder member of the Con...

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Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker
Biography
Sep 16, 2011

Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker

Teacher, attorney, political prisoner, General Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress and the South African Indian Congr...

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Dulcie Evonne September
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dulcie Evonne September

ANC member, anti-apartheid activist, and political prisoner who went into exile in London. She was later assassinated in...

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Norma Kitson
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Norma Kitson

Member of Congress of Democrats and British Communist Party, member of the technical unit of the South African Communist...

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Sushila Gandhi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sushila Gandhi

Politcal activist and newspaper publisher

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Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Biography
Apr 19, 2011

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger

Voortrekker, politician, President of the Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek (ZAR) from, prominent social and political figure, k...

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Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

An active trade unionist and member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), she received military training in Angola and the Soviet U...

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Ray Alexander Simons
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ray Alexander Simons

Secretary of the South African Communist Party and Trade Union stalwart, General Secretary of the Food and Canning Worke...

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Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela
Biography
Nov 22, 2013

Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela

Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela was born in 1962 in Soweto. Her parents, Nomasonto and Bafana were both traders. ...

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Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Yusuf Mohamed Dadoo

Medical doctor, banned person, political prisoner, exile,President of the Indian Social Reform Society, Chair of the Mad...

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Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba
Biography
Jan 13, 2012

Malusi Nkanyezi Gigaba

African National Congress Youth League president, African National Congress NWC member, Chairman of South African Studen...

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Mapetla Frank Mohapi
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Mapetla Frank Mohapi

political prisoner, political detainee, banned person, member of SASO, died in detention

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Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela
Biography
Feb 28, 2020

Zindziswa “Zindzi” Nobutho Mandela

Former South African ambassador to Denmark, Politician, member of the Soweto Youth Congress, ANC and MK

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Jan Gerard Sekoto
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jan Gerard Sekoto

South African artist and musician

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Margaret Roach Killie Campbell
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Margaret Roach Killie Campbell

Book collector, historian, writer and antiquarian

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