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Jacob Koti Dikobo
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Jacob Koti Dikobo

Youth Director of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Southern Africa (ELCSA), Black Consciousness Movement activist and ...

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Cedric Radcliffe Mayson
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Aug 22, 2019

Cedric Radcliffe Mayson

A priest part of the South African Council of Churches (SACC).

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Joseph Masobila Mdluli
Biography
Feb 16, 2012

Joseph Masobila Mdluli

Hawker, member of the ANC and MK

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Aaron Sipho Madondo
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Aaron Sipho Madondo

Member of the ANC and MK, political prisoner

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Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso
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Feb 17, 2011

Moses Jongizizwe Mayekiso

Shop steward and later Secretary General of the Metal and Allied Workers Union, chairman of the Alexandra Action Committ...

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Mosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mosima Gabriel (Tokyo) Sexwale

ANC political activist, former premier of Gauteng Province and currently Minister of Human Settlements

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Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Solomzi Ashby Peter Mda

Teacher, political activist and founder member of the ANC Youth League.

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Alfred Milner
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Alfred Milner

British High Commissioner for South Africa and Governor of the Cape Colony between 1897 and 1899.

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Roelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha
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Feb 17, 2011

Roelof Frederik ‘Pik’ Botha

 Law Adviser of the Department of Foreign Affairs, Member of Parliament and Minister of Foreign Affairs in South Africa

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Rev. James Arthur Calata
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Rev. James Arthur Calata

Former Secretary-General of the ANC (1936-1949), political activist and Anglican clergyman

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Richard Sydney Canca
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Richard Sydney Canca

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Biography
May 21, 2020

Robert Mokwena (George Sello)

uMkhonto weSizwe (MK) unit commander

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Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Solomon Tshekisho Plaatje

Teacher, court interpreter and clerk to the Mafeking administrator of Native Affairs, author, journalist, linguist, and ...

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Zweledinga Pallo Jordan
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Zweledinga Pallo Jordan

Former Minister of Arts and Culture, political activist, analyst and writer.

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Amy Thornton
Biography
Mar 01, 2013

Amy Thornton

Anti-apartheid activist, member of SACP, MYS, and ANC, secretary of Joint Congress Committee, served on the Treason Tria...

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