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Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils
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Feb 17, 2011

Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils

Member of the African National Congress (ANC); Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and secretary of the Congress of Democrats in the ...

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Advocate George Bizos
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Advocate George Bizos

Advocate,Human Rights lawyer, Senior Counsel at the Legal Resources Centre in Johannesburg in the Constitutional Un...

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Dawood Ismail Cajee
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Aug 22, 2019

Dawood Ismail Cajee

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Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Brigitte Sylvia Mabandla

Youth co-ordinator at the Institute of Race Relations, Durban, teacher, legal advisor to the ANC Legal and Constitutiona...

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John Matshikiza
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Feb 17, 2011

John Matshikiza

Writer, poet, dramatist and  political activist

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Billy Nair
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Feb 17, 2011

Billy Nair

Activist, Trade Unionist, Treason Trialist, Political Prisoner and later Member of Parliament.

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Ismail Ahmed Cachalia
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Feb 17, 2011

Ismail Ahmed Cachalia

Political activist and exile. A leading member of the Transvaal Indian Congress and the African National Congress. Promi...

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Achmad Cassiem
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Mar 19, 2012

Achmad Cassiem

Founder member of Qibla, member of the PAC, Robben Island political prisoner and advisor to the Islamic Human Rights Com...

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Alfred Temba Qabula
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Oct 11, 2012

Alfred Temba Qabula

Poet, writer and trade unionist      

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Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper
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Feb 17, 2011

Dr Sathasivan “Saths” Cooper

Vice President of the NIC,Member of the BC movement, Secretary of the BPC, Vice President of AZAPO, Vice Principal of UD...

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Sparrow Mkonto
Biography
May 03, 2011

Sparrow Mkonto

Trade union, community and political activist, member of CRADORA. One of the ‘Cradock Four’ murdered by the South Africa...

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Nkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo
Biography
Oct 18, 2011

Nkosinathi Christopher ‘Nko’ Mbuyabo

SACP member, organiser, administrator, community and political activist.

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Peter Jones
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Peter Jones

Activist and member of the Black People's Convention.  He was arrested with Steve Biko in 1977.

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Peter Sexford Magubane
Biography
Jul 24, 2019

Peter Sexford Magubane

South African photographer, politcal detainee and banned person

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Harriet Bolton
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Jul 27, 2011

Harriet Bolton

General Secretary of the Garment Workers’ Industrial Union (GWIU), Secretary of the Furniture Workers` Industrial Union ...

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