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Viola Hashe
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Mar 20, 2012

Viola Hashe

Labour activist, first women leader of SACWU and vice-president of SACTU

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Mar 19, 2012

Ruth Gosschalk

Political activist, Member of the Union of Jewish Women, regional secretary of the Federation of South African Women and...

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Mar 19, 2012

Dorothy Hazel Alexander

Teacher, member of Teachers League of South Africa, African Peoples Union of Southern Africa, political prisoner, banned...

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Dr Nomava Eslinah Shangase
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Mar 01, 2012

Dr Nomava Eslinah Shangase

Member of the ANC and MK and medical doctor

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Johanna Catharina Cornelius
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Nov 09, 2011

Johanna Catharina Cornelius

Trade Unionist, General Secretary of the Garment Worker’s Union 

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Philemon Pearce Nokwe
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Sep 26, 2011

Philemon Pearce Nokwe

Teacher and first African advocate of the Supreme Court of Transvaal. Chairperson of the Orlando branch of the CYL, memb...

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Derek Andre Hanekom
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Mar 15, 2012

Derek Andre Hanekom

A member of the African National Congress, was involved in intelligence.

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Titi Kleya Hobo
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Aug 22, 2019

Titi Kleya Hobo

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James Thomas
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Aug 22, 2019

James Thomas

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Michael Guthrie Scott
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May 31, 2012

Michael Guthrie Scott

Ordained Anglican preacher, Anti-Apartheid Activist, Special Representative of the Herero people at the United Nations, ...

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Chief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk
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May 29, 2012

Chief Hendrik ‘Hennie’ van Wyk

Khiosan chief, community leader, political activist, trade unionist

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Mary Goitsemang Ranta
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Oct 01, 2011

Mary Goitsemang Ranta

Trade unionist and shop steward for the Garment Workers’ Union, elected to the Transvaal executive of the African Nation...

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Vera Ponnen
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Sep 27, 2011

Vera Ponnen

Member of the Housewives League and the South African Federation of Democratic Women, co-founder of the Non-European Sol...

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Mzwakhe Mbuli
Biography
May 29, 2012

Mzwakhe Mbuli

The musician and political activist Mzwakhe Mbuli has played an essential role in the musical culture of South Africa be...

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Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo
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May 31, 2012

Herbert Isaac Ernest Dhlomo

Political activist, academic, journalist, playwright, poet

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