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Anton Ndoda Xaba
Biography
Oct 28, 2011

Anton Ndoda Xaba

Member of the African National Congress (ANC), Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) recruit and treasurer of MK veteran society.

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Reverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu
Biography
Oct 28, 2011

Reverend Mcebisi Osman Xundu

Anglican Priest, full time worker for the Black Community Programmes, Director of Justice and Reconciliation for the Ang...

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Arnold Selby
Biography
Oct 18, 2011

Arnold Selby

Freedom fighter.

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Cecil Williams
Biography
Oct 21, 2011

Cecil Williams

Teacher, journalist, theatre director, political activist, Chair of the Springbok Legion

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Sorabjee Rustomjee
Biography
Oct 01, 2011

Sorabjee Rustomjee

Passive resister, political prisoner, President of the Natal Indian Congress, Vice President of the Transvaal Indian Con...

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George Edward Peake
Biography
Sep 27, 2011

George Edward Peake

Founding member and national chairman of the South African Coloured People's Organisation, served in the navy in World W...

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George Gangen Ponnen
Biography
Sep 27, 2011

George Gangen Ponnen

Trade unionist, early member of SACTU, member of the CPSA and was the chair of the Durban District Committee from 1940 t...

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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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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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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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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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