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Abdool Kader Hassim
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Abdool Kader Hassim

Lawyer, freedom fighter, founding member of APDUSA and Robben Island prisoner

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Madi Gray
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Oct 18, 2011

Madi Gray

Anti apartheid activist and ANC member.

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Violet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)
Biography
Oct 18, 2011

Violet Sarah Matlou (née Phiri)

Nursing sister, woman activist, for her outstanding contribution to the struggle for liberation and for the ideals of a ...

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Titi Kleya Hobo
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Titi Kleya Hobo

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James Thomas
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Aug 22, 2019

James Thomas

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Michael Guthrie Scott
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May 31, 2012

Michael Guthrie Scott

Ordained Anglican preacher, Anti-Apartheid Activist, Special Representative of the Herero people at the United Nations, ...

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Chief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
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May 29, 2012

Chief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk

Khiosan chief, community leader, political activist, trade unionist

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Mary Goitsemang Ranta
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Oct 01, 2011

Mary Goitsemang Ranta

Trade unionist and shop steward for the Garment Workers’ Union, elected to the Transvaal executive of the African Nation...

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Dr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang
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Jun 04, 2012

Dr. Mantombazana ‘Manto’ Tshabalala-Msimang

Exiled ANC leader 1962-1990, Medical Doctor, Deputy Justice Minister 1994-1998, Health Minister 1999-2008

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Vera Ponnen
Biography
Sep 27, 2011

Vera Ponnen

Member of the Housewives League and the South African Federation of Democratic Women, co-founder of the Non-European Sol...

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Mzwakhe Mbuli
Biography
May 29, 2012

Mzwakhe Mbuli

The musician and political activist Mzwakhe Mbuli has played an essential role in the musical culture of South Africa be...

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Sep 27, 2011

Thayanayagie (Thailema) Pillay

Political activist, political prisoner, organised women resisters from the Asiatic Bazaar for the 1946 Passive Resistanc...

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Klass Makhosana Mahlangu
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Klass Makhosana Mahlangu

Chief and Community leader in Ndzundza-Mabhoko tribe.

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Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
Biography
May 31, 2012

Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo

Political activist, academic, journalist, playwright, poet

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Nomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela
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Sep 22, 2011

Nomathamsanqa Xoliswa Ngwevela

Member of the ANC in exile, worked in the ANC Department of International Affairs, on the North American and European De...

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