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Dorothy Masuka
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dorothy Masuka

Musician and Singer, exiled person

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Bheki Cele
Biography
Sep 19, 2022

Bheki Cele

Teacher, Minister of Police (2018 - present), MEC for Transport, Safety and Security for Kwa-Zulu-Natal from 2004 to 200...

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Mary Malete
Biography
Sep 20, 2022

Mary Malete

Nurse, Senior Matron, President of the Federation of Unions of South Africa (FEDUSA), first President of the South Afric...

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Elizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng
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Aug 07, 2019

Elizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng

Trade unionist, National Vice-President of the ANC Women's League and member of the National Executive Committee of the 

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Jan van Riebeeck
Biography
Oct 17, 2011

Jan van Riebeeck

Founder and first commander of Cape Town, South Africa. van Riebeeck was an Administrator of the Dutch East India Compan...

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Janet Mary Cherry
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Janet Mary Cherry

General Secretary of the National Union of South African Students, Member of the United Democrat

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Rahima Moosa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Rahima Moosa

Shop steward for the Cape Town Food and Canning Workers’ Union, member of the Transvaal Indian Congress, helped organise...

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Oliver Tambo
Biography
Oct 31, 2012

Oliver Tambo

Teacher, lawyer, President and National Chairperson of the ANC.

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Helen Suzman
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Helen Suzman

Parliamentarian, Human Rights Activist, sole representative of opposition party (the Progressive Party) in parliament du...

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Molly Blackburn
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Feb 17, 2011

Molly Blackburn

South African political activist.

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Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

Chairman of the Student Christian Movement, member of SASO and BPC, former Secretary-General of the ANC, first secretary...

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Irvin Jim
Biography
Nov 22, 2022

Irvin Jim

Irvin Jim is a Trade Unionist who is a firm Marxist follower. He was the spokesperson for NOMUSA when it was removed fro...

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Mary Dorothy Benson
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Mary Dorothy Benson

Author, journalist, anti-apartheid activist, co-founded the Africa Bureau, first person to record the ANC’s history

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Sonia Beryl Bunting
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sonia Beryl Bunting

Member of the SACP, Founder member of the Cape Town Friends of Cuba Society

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Evelina de Bruin
Biography
Nov 08, 2012

Evelina de Bruin

Member of the ‘Upington 14', political prisoner

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