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May 25, 2015

Virgile Joseph Bonhomme

Trade unionist, political activist, political prisoner, founder member and Chair of the Coloured Labour Party in Natal, ...

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Ebrahim Ismail Asvat
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Oct 16, 2014

Ebrahim Ismail Asvat

A passive resister from Vereeniging, Transvaal (now Gauteng), Member of Committee of British Indian Association (BIA) an...

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Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali
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Jan 19, 2015

Oswald Mbuyiseni Mtshali

poet, teacher, lexicographer, recipient of Olive Schreiner Prize, recipient of South African Lifetime Achievement Litera...

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Russel Botman
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Jul 07, 2014

Russel Botman

Political detainee, academic, author, minister of religion, theologian, thinker, President of the South African Council ...

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Sizakele Buzo
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Aug 22, 2019

Sizakele Buzo

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Sipho Kolisi
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Aug 22, 2019

Sipho Kolisi

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Theophilus Doctorson Khumalo
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Feb 06, 2014

Theophilus Doctorson Khumalo

Footballer, captain of the national South African soccer team and football coach.

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Mthuli ka Shezi
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Nov 07, 2013

Mthuli ka Shezi

Playwright and political activist

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Kaizer Motaung
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Sep 11, 2013

Kaizer Motaung

Professional football player, founder of Kaizer Chiefs Football Club and co-founder of the Premier Soccer League.

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Vernon Celliers Berrange
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Jul 19, 2013

Vernon Celliers Berrange

Banned person, member of the Springbok Legion and the South African Communist Party, human rights advocate, Queens Couns...

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Glenn Moss
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Aug 29, 2013

Glenn Moss

President, Witwatersrand University Students’ Representative Council, Deputy Vice-President, Nusas, Nusas  Chair, (Unive...

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Sydney Shall
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Jul 11, 2013

Sydney Shall

Volunteer in the Defiance Campaign. Active in student affairs at University of the Witwatersrand

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Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo
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Jul 03, 2013

Andimba Herman Toivo Ya Toivo

Deputy Chairman of the Modern Youth Society (MYS), Founder member of the Ovamboland People’s Congress (OPC), Member of t...

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Bernard Phetolo Molewa
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Aug 22, 2019

Bernard Phetolo Molewa

banned person

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Abram Moroe
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Aug 22, 2019

Abram Moroe

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