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King Sarhili kaHintsa
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Jul 06, 2017

King Sarhili kaHintsa

King of Xhosaland

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Sindiso Mfenyana
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Jul 07, 2017

Sindiso Mfenyana

Liberation struggle figure; member of MK in exile; member of ANC NEC in exile; diplomat; first Black Full Secretary to P...

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Aug 28, 2017

Dora Nginza

first the black women to train and qualify as a nurse in the Eastern Cape, community health worker, Chief

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Sam Tambani
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Jul 27, 2018

Sam Tambani

Political activist, trade unionist and community leader

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Makhanda Nxele
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Aug 30, 2018

Makhanda Nxele

Itola (War-Doctor)

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DJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)
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Oct 02, 2018

DJ Ready D (Deon Daniels)

DJ; music producer; TV and radio presenter; Director of Community and Youth Development for NPC, GCAP/SR4A; precision dr...

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Nov 13, 2018

Vondela Landingwe

Robben Island prisoner, MEC in the Western Cape government

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Charles Rawden Maclean (John Ross)
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Aug 16, 2019

Charles Rawden Maclean (John Ross)

His real name was Charles Rawden Maclean and he had run away to sea at the age of 12.

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Aug 07, 2019

Amos Ndwalane

Struggle veteran Amos Ndwalane, who escaped the noose by seven days due to the unbanning of the African National Congres...

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Aug 07, 2019

Denis Farrell

Denis Farrell’s aerial photograph in 1994 of a snaking queue of Soweto voters pipped that of Nelson Mandela casting his ...

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Aug 07, 2019

Appiah Saravanan (AS) Chetty

Trade unionist, social worker, political prisoner, banned person, member of the Natal Indian Congress, United Democratic...

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Hassim Mohamed Seedat
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Aug 07, 2019

Hassim Mohamed Seedat

Attorney, political prisoner, Natal Indian Congress treasurer, member of the Democratic Lawyers Association, first black...

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Peter Rudolf Gisela Horn
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Aug 07, 2019

Peter Rudolf Gisela Horn

Peter Rudolf Gisela Horn was born 7 December 1934 in Teplice, Czechoslovakia (currently in Czech Republic). At the end o...

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Ruth Elizabeth Arndt
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Feb 17, 2011

Ruth Elizabeth Arndt

Arndt was born in Canada in 1890 and died in South Africa in 1982. In South Africa, Arndt set about informing the govern...

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Johannes Jane Tane Kekana
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Feb 17, 2011

Johannes Jane Tane Kekana

Chief

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