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Feb 17, 2011

Emma Thandi Mashinini

Trade Unionist

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Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo
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Feb 17, 2011

Govindasamy Krishnasamy Thambi Naidoo

Important figure in the history of Satyagraha (passive resistance) in South Africa, member of the Executive of the Trans...

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Ian David Kitson
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Feb 17, 2011

Ian David Kitson

Mechanical engineer, member of the SACP and the MK High Command

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Dr Abdullah Abdurahman
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Feb 17, 2011

Dr Abdullah Abdurahman

Medical Doctor, Cape Muslim leader & founder of the anti-apartheid movement, African People's Organisation and human...

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Mar 15, 2012

Jerome Vusi Kodisang

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Willem Kolisile
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Aug 22, 2019

Willem Kolisile

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Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela
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Feb 17, 2011

Barbara Mosima Joyce Masekela

Teacher, poet, head the ANC's Department of Arts and Culture, ANC's NEC member, executive director for public and corpor...

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David Edmond De Beer
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Aug 22, 2019

David Edmond De Beer

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Luzuko Bishop Denga
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Aug 22, 2019

Luzuko Bishop Denga

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Nise Bulelwa Malange
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Feb 17, 2011

Nise Bulelwa Malange

Scriptwriter, theatre director, poet, cultural worker and activist, trade unionist, conductor of creative writing worksh...

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Graça Simbine Machel
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Feb 17, 2011

Graça Simbine Machel

Deputy Director of the Frelimo Secondary School in Tanzania, member of Frelimo's Central Committee and the Minister ...

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Jansie Lourens
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Feb 17, 2011

Jansie Lourens

ANC operative and charged with treason

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Lesley Lawson
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Feb 17, 2011

Lesley Lawson

Photographer and a member of Afrapix

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Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile
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Feb 17, 2011

Baleka Mbete-Kgositsile

Teacher, member of SASO and the ANC, head of the Medu Arts Ensemble (Gaborone), Member of COSAW, Secretary General of th...

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Rissik Hiribai Desai
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Aug 22, 2019

Rissik Hiribai Desai

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