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Patric Tariq Mellet
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Patric Tariq Mellet

Member of the Jewellers and Goldsmiths Union, ANC, SACP, SACTU, MK, ANC Printer, Grassroots Adult Education and Training...

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John A. Mavuso
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

John A. Mavuso

Member of the African National Congress national executive committee, defendant in the 1956 Treason Trial 

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C. J. Mayekiso
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

C. J. Mayekiso

Born in 1913 in Idutywa in the Transkei, Mayekiso was a textile worker and later became president of the African Textile...

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Philemon Mathole
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Philemon Mathole

Organiser for the African Mineworkers' Union. Participated in the Defiance Campaign of 1952. Elected secretary of the Tr...

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Leslie Massina
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Leslie Massina

Secretary of the Transvaal Council of Non-European Trade Unions, Deputy volunteer-in-chief for the Transvaal in the 1952...

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P. S. J. Manana
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

P. S. J. Manana

Political activist

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Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Vusumzi (Vusi) Linda Make

Banished person, Civil Rights Activist, member of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League, active in the Evaton...

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Charles Makhohliso
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Charles Makhohliso

Trade unionist, Chairperson of the Langa Batchelors Quarters branch of the African National Congress (ANC), 1956 Treason...

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James J. Majoro
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

James J. Majoro

Clerk, miner, founding member and secretary of the African Mineworkers' Union. Organizing secretary of the Orlando branc...

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Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sakumzi (Saki) Justice Macozoma

Student activist, businessperson, member of SASM, PEBCO, UDF and ANC National Executive Committee

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Reverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Reverend Zaccheus Richard Mahabane

Teacher, court interpreter, minister and first President-General of the ANC

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Dr Arthur Elias Letele
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Arthur Elias Letele

Doctor and ANC member 

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Cythna Lindenberg Letty
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Cythna Lindenberg Letty

Painter

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Stanley B. Lollan
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Stanley B. Lollan

Secretary of SACPO in the Transvaal and 1956 Treason Trialist

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Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Leonard (Len) Lee-Warden

Linotype operator and printer of The Guardian, Lee-Warden was elected as Native Representative for the Cape in 1954, and...

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