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Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Christopher Ndodebandla Dlamini

Trade Unionist.

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Rissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Rissik Haribhai "Barney" Desai

Political activist, Vice President of SACPO, journalist, lawyer and member of the PAC

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Dr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco
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Feb 17, 2011

Dr. Wilson Zamindlela "Zami" Conco

Medical doctor, national treasurer of the ANC Youth League in 1950s, member of the ANC, 1956 Treason trialist.

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Ohm Collins Chabane
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Feb 17, 2011

Ohm Collins Chabane

Member of the African National Congress (ANC) underground, prisoner on Robben Island, previous MEC for Limpopo’s Economi...

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Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson
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Feb 17, 2011

Chief Justice Arthur Chaskalson

Chief Justice of democratic South Africa, first President of the Constitutional Court of South Africa, President of the ...

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Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia
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Feb 17, 2011

Ahmed Mahomed Cachalia

Political Activist and political prisoner.

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Julius Phumelele Busa
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Feb 17, 2011

Julius Phumelele Busa

Trade unionist and ANC member

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Peter McKenzie Brown
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Feb 17, 2011

Peter McKenzie Brown

Liberal Party founding member, Natal Midlands farmer and philanthropist. 

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Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld
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Feb 17, 2011

Pieter Arnoldus Beyleveld

National organiser for the Labour Party, in 1952, President of the Congress of Democrats, President of the South African...

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Isaac Bokala
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Feb 17, 2011

Isaac Bokala

Teacher, member of the African National Congress (ANC) Youth League. Bokala was active in the 1952 Defiance Campaign, th...

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Adams Farid Ahmed
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Feb 17, 2011

Adams Farid Ahmed

Member of the SAIC and the SACP, 1956 Treason Trialist

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James Edward April
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Feb 17, 2011

James Edward April

Teacher, member of the South African Coloured People’s Congress and MK, ANC, Robben Island prisoner.

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Basil Coetzee
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Mar 28, 2013

Basil Coetzee

Musician, liberation struggle activist and volunteer.

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Robert Gabriel Mugabe
Biography
Feb 20, 2017

Robert Gabriel Mugabe

Teacher, liberation leader, first president of Zimbabwe

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Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)
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Aug 22, 2019

Petrus Linda Jabane (Lion of Chiawelo)

Member of the ANC, MK, was killed in combat engaging South African Security Forces, recipient of the National Order for ...

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