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Kenneth Kaunda
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Feb 17, 2011

Kenneth Kaunda

Teacher and first President of an independent Zambia Awarded Doctorate from UKZN passed away on the 17th of June 2021

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Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
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Jul 13, 2011

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

Political activist and a member of the African National Congress' armed wing, uMkhonto weSizwe and its National Executiv...

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Ben Skosana
Biography
Oct 11, 2011

Ben Skosana

Teacher, member of the Inkatha Freedom Party (IFP), a permanent representative of the IFP in London,  committee member o...

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Ruth First
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Feb 17, 2011

Ruth First

Member of the SACP and ANC, founder member of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD) and Author.

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Mongane Wally Serote
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Nov 01, 2011

Mongane Wally Serote

Poet, novelist, political activist, exile, member of the Black Consciousness Movement and African National Congress, Com...

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Mazisi Raymond Kunene
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Feb 17, 2011

Mazisi Raymond Kunene

Poet, academic and founder of the and-apartheid movement in Britain.

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Hilda Bernstein
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Feb 17, 2011

Hilda Bernstein

Member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth and the South African Communist Party, founding member of the F...

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Walter Ulyate Sisulu
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Jul 01, 2011

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

South African anti-apartheid activist, member of the African National Congress and one of the foremost influences in Sou...

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General Jan Christiaan Smuts
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Oct 11, 2011

General Jan Christiaan Smuts

Politician, world-famed statesman, soldier, naturalist, philosopher and former Prime Minister of South Africa

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Joe Slovo
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Feb 17, 2011

Joe Slovo

Member of the South Africa Communist Party, founding member of the Congress of Democrats, accused in the 1956 Treason Tr...

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John Langalibalele Dube
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Nov 23, 2011

John Langalibalele Dube

Educator, politician, author, minister of the Congregational (American Board) Church, founder member and first president...

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Ahmed Gora Ebrahim
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Oct 25, 2013

Ahmed Gora Ebrahim

Member of the PAC and later the ANC, PAC Chief Representative to various countries and its Secretary for Foreign Affairs...

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Sicelo Mhlauli
Biography
May 03, 2011

Sicelo Mhlauli

Headmaster, Member of Oudtshoorn Youth Organisation, Saamstaan activist. One of the ‘Cradock Four’ murdered ...

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Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
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May 30, 2024

Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu

Senior Counsel of the High Court of South Africa, member of the Economic Freedom Fighters

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
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Feb 17, 2011

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

ANC Political Activist and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, President of ANCWL, member of...

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