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Saul Msane
Biography
Sep 09, 2011

Saul Msane

Founder member of the Natal Native Congress (NNC), Secretary General of the ANC and journalist

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King Mzilikazi
Biography
Sep 13, 2011

King Mzilikazi

King of the Matabele

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Elias Phakane Moretsele
Biography
Sep 06, 2011

Elias Phakane Moretsele

Businessman, Transvaal President of the ANC and defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial

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Oscar Mpetha
Biography
Sep 07, 2011

Oscar Mpetha

Organiser and later General Secretary of the African Food and Canning Workers Union . President of the Cape ANC 

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Dr Silas Modiri Molema
Biography
Sep 01, 2011

Dr Silas Modiri Molema

Teacher, medical practitioner, National Secretary of the ANC, author.

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Johnson Phillip Mlambo
Biography
Aug 27, 2011

Johnson Phillip Mlambo

Founding member of the Pan Africanist Congress (PAC), Secretary for Foreign Affairs for the PAC in exile, PAC Chairman a...

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Joseph Sallie Molefi
Biography
Aug 30, 2011

Joseph Sallie Molefi

Banished person, journalist, organiser during the 1952 Defiance Campaign, 1956 Treason Trialist, Secretary of the ANCYL,...

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Robert John McBride
Biography
Aug 26, 2011

Robert John McBride

Member of AZASO, ANC and MK, death row political prisoner, Ekurhuleni Metro Police Commissioner

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Pious Goodman Mei
Biography
Aug 27, 2011

Pious Goodman Mei

Member of  the African National Congress,  organising secretary of the African Textile Workers' Union, member of the Nat...

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Daniel R Koza
Biography
Aug 11, 2011

Daniel R Koza

Political activist 

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Horatio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle
Biography
Aug 25, 2011

Horatio (Bud) Isaiah Mbelle

Teacher, first African to pass the Cape Civil Service Examination, court interpreter  at the Supreme Court at Grahamstow...

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Dr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla
Biography
Aug 10, 2011

Dr Mathume Joseph “Joe” Phaahla

Member of SASO, BPC, AZASO and the ANC, medical doctor, Secretary of the UDF (KZN), Former Deputy Minister of Rural Deve...

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Alex Hepple
Biography
Jul 18, 2011

Alex Hepple

Trade unionist, socialist, member of the anti-fascist movement, Member of the Transvaal Provincial Parliament, founder a...

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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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Isaiah Stein
Biography
May 03, 2011

Isaiah Stein

member of SACPO, exile, active in SANROC

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