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Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
Biography
Oct 01, 2011

Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele

banned person, political prisoner, Member of SASO, BPC and BCP, medical doctor, academic, anthropologist, Vice Chancello...

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Denis Theodore Goldberg
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Denis Theodore Goldberg

A Leading member of Congress of Democrats and political activist who was sentenced with Mandela and others to life impri...

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Johanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Johanna (Joey) Hendrina Scheepers

Shopsteward, Secretary and Organizer of the central branch of the GWU of South Africa

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Bantu Holomisa
Biography
Jul 20, 2012

Bantu Holomisa

Major General (retired) of the Transkei Defence Force, Chairman of the Military Council of Transkei, leader of the Trans...

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Jeremy Vearey
Biography
Nov 20, 2018

Jeremy Vearey

Western Cape Deputy Commissioner in Charge of Detectives, former MK operative, teacher  

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Biography
May 02, 2023

Jonas Malheiro Savimbi

Founder and President of UNITA in Angola

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Josiah Khiphusizi Jele
Biography
Dec 01, 2011

Josiah Khiphusizi Jele

African National Congress (ANC) Director of International Affairs, ANC’s political commissar in Tanzania and Ambassador ...

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Tiego Moseneke
Biography
May 09, 2023

Tiego Moseneke

Student activist and leader, political prisoner, lawyer, member of the ANC and UDF

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Chris Hani
Biography
Apr 19, 2011

Chris Hani

Chief of Staff of Umkhonto we Sizwe and General-Secretary of the SACP.

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Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini (née Boto)

Nomkhitha Virginia Mashinini was born on the 9th of May, 1935, in the rural Bengu village of Lady Frere in the former Tr...

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Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Lindiwe Nonceba Sisulu

ANC Political Activist 

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Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Thabo Mvuyelwa Mbeki

President of South Africa, first deputy president in the new Government of National Unity.

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Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Davidson Don Tengo Jabavu

Academic and writer

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John Tengo Jabavu
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

John Tengo Jabavu

Founder of the first Bantu-language newspaper in South Africa, political leader in the Cape and educator.

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Essop Goolam Pahad
Biography
Nov 22, 2022

Essop Goolam Pahad

Essop Goolam Pahad was an anti-apartheid activist who was a member of the ANC and was exiled because of what was called ...

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