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Frederick Gqola
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Frederick Gqola

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Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Jacqueline (Jackie) Arenstein

Journalist, Legal Advisor to Chief Mangosuthu Buthelezi, jailed from 1966-1970 under the Suppression of Communism Act, c...

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Jackson Mthembu
Biography
Sep 11, 2011

Jackson Mthembu

ANC National Spokesperson, Speaker and MEC in Mpumalanga Legislature, trade unionist

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Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Ansuyah Ratipul Singh

Medical doctor, community activist and author.

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Thandi Modise
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Thandi Modise

Minister of Defence and Military veterans, Former anti-apartheid guerilla, Chairperson of the National Council of Provin...

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King Faku ka Ngqungqushe
Biography
Jun 28, 2022

King Faku ka Ngqungqushe

King Faku ka Ngqungqushe was born around 1780 at the Qawukeni Great Palace near a small town called Lusikisiki in the Mp...

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Bernard Louis Gosschalk
Biography
Aug 22, 2019

Bernard Louis Gosschalk

A member of both the South African Congress of Democrats and the South African Communist Party.

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Alcott Skei Gwentshe
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Alcott Skei Gwentshe

President of the Cape ANCYL and the Chair of the ANC in East London, an organiser of the 1950 and 1952 Defiance Campaign...

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Professor Brij Maharaj
Biography
Jun 01, 2022

Professor Brij Maharaj

B-rated NRF Researcher, senior professor of Geography, author, editor, member of the Academy of Science of South Africa,...

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Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe
Biography
Jul 27, 2017

Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe

Political activist and health practitioner

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Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Kaiser Daliwonga Matanzima

Leader of the former homeland of Transkei between 1963-1985, Eastern Cape

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Krishna Rabilal
Biography
Aug 18, 2022

Krishna Rabilal

Community worker, revolutionary, soldier, martyr, member of the Natal Indian Congress, African National Congress and uMk...

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Gertrude Shope
Biography
Oct 08, 2011

Gertrude Shope

Teacher, member of the ANC, chairperson of the Central Western Jabavu Branch of the Federation of South African Women (F...

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Professor Fatima Meer
Biography
Jun 29, 2011

Professor Fatima Meer

Political leader, academic, publisher, author, human rights and gender activist and Gandhian.

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Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
Biography
Sep 02, 2022

Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile

Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile  also known as Sizwe or Tshonyi[1] was born on the 6th of October in 1957. He w...

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