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John Anthony Copelyn
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Aug 22, 2019

John Anthony Copelyn

A member of the Institute for Industrial Education (IIE).

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Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams
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Feb 17, 2011

Elizabeth Adriana (Nanna) Abrahams

Anti-Apartheid activist and trade unionist

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Robert Diko
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Aug 22, 2019

Robert Diko

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Michael Kitso Dingake
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May 03, 2011

Michael Kitso Dingake

Member of the ANC, SACP and MK, author and columnist

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Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng
Biography
Mar 29, 2012

Zephania ‘Zeph’ Lekoane Mothopeng

Teacher, banned person, political prisoner on Robben Island, lawyer, member of the ANCYL, member and President of the PA...

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Sep 14, 2020

Hettie Du Preez

leader of the Garment Workers Union, convenor of first conference of the Federation of South African Women, prominent ro...

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Sibongile Susan Mkhabela
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Sep 11, 2020

Sibongile Susan Mkhabela

Anti-apartheid activist, social worker, SSRC and SASM member, one of the student leaders of the 1976 Soweto Uprising, ba...

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Aug 26, 2020

Rebecca Lan

a member of Habonim, Modern Youth Society; social researcher; worked at the University of Cape Town’s Board of Studies; ...

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Wendy Heather Woods
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Aug 19, 2020

Wendy Heather Woods

Anti-apartheid activist, Black Sash member, founder of the Donald Woods Foundation, charity campaigner

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Haile Selassie I
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Oct 31, 2014

Haile Selassie I

Emperor of Ethiopia, exiled leader, Commander of Ethiopian Army, Messiah figure for Rastafarian religion

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Jul 09, 2020

Hettie McCleod

Teacher, member of the Communist Party of South Africa, Franchise Action Program and the South African Coloured People’s...

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Nosipho Dastile
Biography
May 21, 2020

Nosipho Dastile

Community activist, anti-apartheid activist, founding member of the UDF, first president of the Uitenhage Women’s Organi...

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Johanna Dube
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Aug 22, 2019

Johanna Dube

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Mary Thipe
Biography
May 12, 2020

Mary Thipe

Human rights activist, anti-apartheid activist, member of the ANC, the ANCWL and MK, involved in 1956 Women’s March, 195...

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Helen Newton Thompson
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Apr 29, 2020

Helen Newton Thompson

anti-apartheid political activist, founding member of the Black Sash

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