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Ephraim Nkwe
Biography
Jun 07, 2013

Ephraim Nkwe

Student leader, member of SAYCO, Member of the ANCYL and ANC, Political Commissar of MK. 

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Hammington Silulami Majija
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Hammington Silulami Majija

Teacher and member of Liberal Party

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Jack Monamudi Matsepe
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Jack Monamudi Matsepe

Banished person.

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Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Jacobus Wilhelmus Sauer

Member of Parliament in the Cape, Minister of Native Affairs and Commissioner of Public Works.

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Job Shimankana Tabane
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Job Shimankana Tabane

Member of the African National Congress and uMkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and member of the ANC NEC

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John Smith Moffat
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

John Smith Moffat

Missionary; Assistant Commissioner in Bechuanaland (now Botswana); imperial agent used by Cecil John Rhodes to negotiate...

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Joseph Mpoza
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Joseph Mpoza

Born in 1926, Joseph Mpoza was shop assistant. He played a leading role in Worcester strikes and trade union campaigns.

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Joseph Fansio Mati
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Joseph Fansio Mati

Member of the ANC, ANCYL and MK, political prisoner and secretary of the UDF’s Border region.

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Joseph Nong Thloloe
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Joseph Nong Thloloe

Member of the PAC, political detainee, chairman of the South African National Editors' Forum(SANEF), president of the Un...

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Joshua Makue
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Joshua Makue

Teacher, tailor and member of the Industrial and Commercial Workers' Union. Participated in the 1946 Indian Passive Resi...

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John Jack Curtis
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

John Jack Curtis

Lay preacher, miner, night bomber pilot, World War II veteran, lecturer, member of the Progressive Party and the Christi...

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Khuzwayo Joe Mlangeni
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Khuzwayo Joe Mlangeni

Khuzwayo Joe Mlangeni was one of the first persons to be executed at the Pretoria Central Prison on 5 September 1961.

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Lot Kgagudi Maredi
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Lot Kgagudi Maredi

Banished person.

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Louis Leo Mtshizana
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Louis Leo Mtshizana

In summary: attorney, Member of the African National Congress, African National Congress Youth League, Society for Young...

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Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka
Biography
Dec 19, 2012

Madimetja Lawrence Phokanoka

Political activist, member of the African Students Association, the South African Communist Party, African National Cong...

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