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Moosa “Mosie” Moolla
Biography
Aug 07, 2019

Moosa “Mosie” Moolla

TIC activist, member of COP National Secretariat, Treason trialist, 90 day detainee, MK and ANC member, editor of Spotli...

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Jonathan Clegg
Biography
Feb 26, 2013

Jonathan Clegg

South African musician, anthropologist, recipient of the South African Presidential Award, The Order of Ikhamanga in Sil...

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Reginald (Reggie) September
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Reginald (Reggie) September

Trade unionist, General Secretary of the South African Coloured People's Organisation, Secretary of the Franchise Action...

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Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews

Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister of Botswana and Assistant Attorney General in Botswana, Chairman...

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Father Trevor Huddleston
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Father Trevor Huddleston

Anglican priest, author, one of the first recipients of the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe Award, Chair of the Trustees of the...

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Ben Turok
Biography
Oct 15, 2011

Ben Turok

Surveyor, lecturer and secretary of the COD, arrested for treason in 1956, trade union organiser, elected unop...

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Connie September
Biography
Aug 07, 2013

Connie September

Trade Unionist, Deputy President COSATU, member of the ANC and Member of Parliament, Minister of Human Settlements. 

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Amina Cachalia
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Amina Cachalia

Political activist, member of the TIYC and TIC, treasurer of FEDSAW, patron of the Federation of Transvaal Women, arrest...

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Patrice Émery Lumumba
Biography
Nov 13, 2014

Patrice Émery Lumumba

First Prime Minister of the Republic of the Congo (now called Democratic Republic of the Congo)

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Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
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Jan 07, 2015

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

An activist in the South African freedom movement, Director of the United Nations (UN) Centre against Apartheid, author,...

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Govan Mbeki
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Govan Mbeki

Teacher, author, member of the African National Congress  and a member of the South African Communist Party 

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Adelaide Frances Tambo
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Feb 17, 2011

Adelaide Frances Tambo

Nurse, chairperson of the George Goch branch of the ANCYL, founder member of the Afro-Asian Solidarity Movement and the ...

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Fikile Charles Bam
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Feb 17, 2011

Fikile Charles Bam

Judge-President of the Lands Claim Court; Member of the Eastern Cape Bar; Member of Independent Mediation Services of So...

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Sheila Weinberg
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Feb 17, 2011

Sheila Weinberg

Member of the African National Congress (ANC) and the SACP, secretary of the Human Rights Committee, member of the Johan...

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Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor
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Feb 17, 2011

Grace Naledi Mandisa Pandor

Educationist, lecturer, Deputy Chief Whip of the ANC and former Minister of Education.

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