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Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker
Biography
Sep 14, 2011

Dr Gangathura Mohambry (Monty) Naicker

Medical doctor, co-founder and first chairperson of the Anti-Segregation Council, President of the NIC

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Thomas Titus Nkobi
Biography
Sep 26, 2011

Thomas Titus Nkobi

Member of the national executive committee of the ANC, leader of the 1957 bus boycott in Alexandra Township,  Treasurer-...

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Ashlatha Rambally
Biography
Aug 26, 2020

Ashlatha Rambally

Anti-apartheid activist, feminist, member of SASO, the BCM, the BPC, and AZAPO, banned for three years

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Manilal Gandhi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Manilal Gandhi

Editor and political activist, member of the NIC and son of Mahatma Gandhi.

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Mewa Ramgobin
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Feb 17, 2011

Mewa Ramgobin

President of the Natal Indian Congress, Student leader active in NUSAS, President of the then ‘non-European’ SRC at Nata...

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Nokukhanya Luthuli
Biography
Jan 09, 2017

Nokukhanya Luthuli

Teacher and farmer, wife of Chief Albert John Luthuli, community leader, involved in the ANC and Daughters of Africa.

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Vejaynand ‘Vejay’ Indurjith Ramlakan
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Aug 22, 2019

Vejaynand ‘Vejay’ Indurjith Ramlakan

President of the Medical Students Representative Council at University of Natal (now University of KwaZulu-Natal), membe...

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Matthew Goniwe
Biography
Apr 20, 2011

Matthew Goniwe

Matthew Goniwe was born on 27 December 1947 in Lingelihle Township on the outskirts of Cradock in the Eastern Cape. His ...

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Fort Calata
Biography
May 03, 2011

Fort Calata

Teacher, community leader, political activist and member of the UDF. One of the ‘Cradock Four’ murdered by the South Afr...

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Reverend Beyers Naudé
Biography
Sep 21, 2011

Reverend Beyers Naudé

Youngest member of the Broederbond, Minister of the Dutch Reformed Church, moderator of the Southern Transvaal DRC synod...

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Iyavar Moonsamy Chetty
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Iyavar Moonsamy Chetty

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Saravanan Chetty
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Aug 22, 2019

Saravanan Chetty

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Sep 10, 2020

Houghton Mbuyiselo Soci

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Myron Peter
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Myron Peter

Anti-Apartheid activist, UDF activist, progressive media and cultural activist, documentary photographer, member of phot...

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Sep 21, 2020

Mary Matilda Brown

Mary Matilda Brown was born in Sea Point, Cape Town, Western Cape, South Africa on 20 July 1847. She advocated for socia...

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