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Joseph Johannes Marks
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Dec 21, 2011

Joseph Johannes Marks

Political activist, member of ANC, MK, UDF and SACP, Democratic Party Member of Parliament, Vice President of UDF

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Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy
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Apr 28, 2021

Dr Somalingum (Leslie) Ponnusamy

Member of the African National Congress and uMkhonto weSizwe, veterinarian, worked on the African National Congress farm...

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Hassan Howa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Hassan Howa

Prominent activist in the struggle against racial segregation in competitive sports during apartheid

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Moses Mauane Kotane
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Feb 17, 2011

Moses Mauane Kotane

General secretary of the Communist Party of South Africa and Treasurer General of the African National Congress 

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Babette Brown
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May 14, 2021

Babette Brown

Anti-racism activist, writer, teacher, founding member of the Congress of Democrats (COD), founded Early Years Trainers ...

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Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)
Biography
May 28, 2021

Rebecca Makgomo Masilela (nee Kekana)

Provided a safe house for exiled South Africans living in Swaziland (now Eswatini), recipient of the Government’s Nation...

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Mar 26, 2012

Benjamin Johnson Langa

Secretary General and Cultural Officer of SASO, political activist, poet, member of MK and the ANC

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Ethel Walt
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Mar 01, 2013

Ethel Walt

Member of the Black Sash, founder of the Transvaal Rural Action Committee (TRAC) to fight forced removal

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Thembi Shange Nobadula
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Jun 03, 2021

Thembi Shange Nobadula

Member of the African National Congress Women’s League (ANCWL), one of the organisers and participants of the 1956 Women...

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Hector Pieterson
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Feb 17, 2011

Hector Pieterson

Student Activist, one of the first students to be killed in the 1976 student rebellion in Soweto, Johannesburg

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Khotso Seatlholo
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Feb 24, 2012

Khotso Seatlholo

Political activist, President of SSRC

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Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana
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Aug 27, 2011

Edwin Thabo Mofutsanyana

Teacher, miner, journalist, General Secretary of the CPSA, Editor of CPSA paper, Inkululeko, Member of the Afr...

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Clements Kadalie
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Clements Kadalie

Founder of the ICU and National secretary. Trade Unionist and Political Activist.

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Sam Kahn
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Feb 17, 2011

Sam Kahn

Lawyer, trade unionist, organiser for the NLL, member of the Central Committee of the Communist Party of South Africa (C...

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John Gomas
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Feb 17, 2011

John Gomas

Trade unionist, member of the SACP, NLL and ANC

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