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Rita Alice Ndzanga
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Sep 21, 2011

Rita Alice Ndzanga

Secretary of the Railway Workers Union, banned person

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Shulamith Muller
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Sep 12, 2011

Shulamith Muller

Attorney, Member of the South African Communist Party, National General Secretary of the National Union of Distributive ...

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Florence Mophosho
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Sep 06, 2011

Florence Mophosho

Full time organiser for the ANC, mobilised for the Congress of the People and the 1956 Women's March, headed the Women's...

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Kate Dinkwetsi Molale
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Aug 30, 2011

Kate Dinkwetsi Molale

Secretary General of the Sophiatown branch of the ANC, represented the ANC Women’s Section at the Women’s International ...

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Aug 27, 2011

Ida Fiyo Mntwana

First president of the African National Congress Women’s League, elected to the ANC Executive Committee, National ...

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Margaret Chuene Mncadi
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Aug 27, 2011

Margaret Chuene Mncadi

Physician, member of the African National Congress (ANC), Vice-president of the ANC Women's League in Natal  

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Bertha Mkhize
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Aug 27, 2011

Bertha Mkhize

  Tailor, member of the Industrial Workers’ Union (ICU), took part in campaigns against passes for women in

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Margaret Nash
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Aug 17, 2011

Margaret Nash

Member of the National Executive Committee of the  Liberal Party of South Africa (LPSA), Black Sash, South African ...

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Nöel Robb
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Jul 06, 2011

Nöel Robb

School teacher and Honorary Life President of the Black Sash. 

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Freda Levson
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May 03, 2011

Freda Levson

Political activist, administered the 1956 Treason Trial Defence Fund and IDAF worker

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Lutchmee Marie
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May 03, 2011

Lutchmee Marie

Community activist, member of the Ratepayers’ Association of Merebank, participated in protests and demonstrations. 

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Helen Zille
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Feb 17, 2011

Helen Zille

Journalist, Politician, Member of Parliament, Premier of the Western Cape and current leader of the Democratic Alliance ...

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Madie Hall-Xuma
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Feb 17, 2011

Madie Hall-Xuma

Headed the African National Congress Women's League, fund raiser for the ANC, founder of the popular Zenzele self-help m...

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James Kati
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Aug 22, 2019

James Kati

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Feb 17, 2011

Annie Silinga

Member of the ANC, member of the executive committee of the Federation of South African Women (FEDSAW), defend...

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