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Timothy Peter Jenkin
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Feb 17, 2011

Timothy Peter Jenkin

South African writer, former anti-apartheid activist and political prisoner. He is best known for his 1979 escape from P...

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Christina Jasson
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Feb 17, 2011

Christina Jasson

Trade unionist, SACTU member and 1956 Treason trialist

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Zubeida Jaffer
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Feb 17, 2011

Zubeida Jaffer

Journalist

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Patricia Horn
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Feb 17, 2011

Patricia Horn

Trade unionist and interntiona co-ordinator of StreetNet

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Barbara Anne Hogan
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Feb 17, 2011

Barbara Anne Hogan

Member of the ANC, Political prisoner, Member of Parliament and Cabinet Minister. 

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Ellen Phyllis Hellman
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Feb 17, 2011

Ellen Phyllis Hellman

Social anthropologist, academic, member of the SAIRR and the Progressive Party

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Johannes Nomandla Dhladhla
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Aug 22, 2019

Johannes Nomandla Dhladhla

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Mary Fitzgerald
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mary Fitzgerald

first woman trade unionist, first woman printer and first woman city councillor.

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Nontombi Lucy Dhlamini
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Nontombi Lucy Dhlamini

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Virginia Engel
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Feb 17, 2011

Virginia Engel

Member of NUSAS, SASO, UWO, co-ordinator of the SACTWU Welfare Trust and a trade unionist

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Bettie du Toit
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Feb 17, 2011

Bettie du Toit

Trade unionist

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Sheena Duncan
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Feb 17, 2011

Sheena Duncan

Teacher, politcal activist and leader of the women's organisation Black Sash.

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Pamela dos Santos (nee Beira)
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Feb 17, 2011

Pamela dos Santos (nee Beira)

Politcal activist, member of ANC Women's League

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Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Nkosazana Clarice Dlamini-Zuma

ANC member, Minister of Home Affairs, Minister of Health, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Chair of the African Union

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Ethel de Keyser
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ethel de Keyser

Artist and underground ANC activist

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