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Cassim Amra
Biography
May 24, 2013

Cassim Amra

Banned person, journalist, photographer, member of the NIC

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Leo Marquard
Biography
May 09, 2013

Leo Marquard

Founder member of NUSAS and the Liberal Party, member of the Editorial Board of Reality, founder member of the Institute...

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Laurence Neill Nathan
Biography
Feb 28, 2013

Laurence Neill Nathan

author, editor, conscientious objector, President of National Union of South African Students, national organiser of the...

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Jonty Driver
Biography
Feb 26, 2013

Jonty Driver

President of the National Union of South African Students (NUSAS), political detainee, educator, poet and writer.

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Zwelakhe Sisulu
Biography
Oct 09, 2012

Zwelakhe Sisulu

journalist, President of Media Workers Association of South Africa, business executive, former SABC CEO, 

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Michael Davis
Biography
Sep 28, 2012

Michael Davis

South African photographer and photojournalist

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Mathews Diseko
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Mathews Diseko

Explore this biographies item to learn more about South African history.

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Sefako Mapogo Makgatho
Biography
Dec 08, 2011

Sefako Mapogo Makgatho

Politician, journalist, teacher and president of the South African Native National Congress, 1917-24.

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Reverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu
Biography
Oct 28, 2011

Reverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu

Anglican Priest, full time worker for the Black Community Programmes, Director of Justice and Reconciliation for the Ang...

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Cecil Williams
Biography
Oct 21, 2011

Cecil Williams

Teacher, journalist, theatre director, political activist, Chair of the Springbok Legion

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James Madhlope Phillips
Biography
Sep 20, 2011

James Madhlope Phillips

Member of the ANC and SACP, Chairperson of the Garment Workers Union, Treasurer of the Transvaal affiliate of the Africa...

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Dr Irvin Khoza
Biography
May 27, 2011

Dr Irvin Khoza

Chairperson of the South African Premier Soccer League Team, Orlando Pirates Football Club, Chairperson of the South Afr...

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Enoch Mgijima
Biography
May 16, 2011

Enoch Mgijima

Leader of the Israelite sect involved in the Bulhoek massacre of 24 May 1921.

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Bonakele Milner Ntsangani
Biography
May 03, 2011

Bonakele Milner Ntsangani

Musician, charged in the 1956 Treason Trial, involved in the Rivonia Trial, Robben Island prisoner and served as an MK c...

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Manfred Zylla
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Manfred Zylla

Artist and critic of political injustices.

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