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Frantz Fanon
Biography
Nov 21, 2014

Frantz Fanon

Soldier, Psychiatrist, Rebel, father, freedom fighter, decorated soldier, Philosopher and Author of mind provoking books...

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Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela
Biography
Jun 28, 2011

Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela

Lawyer, anti-apartheid activist, banned person, ANC member, SACP member, MK Commander in Chief, 1956 Treason Trialist, R...

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Eulalie Doreen Stott
Biography
Feb 13, 2012

Eulalie Doreen Stott

Founding member of the Liberal Party, Anti-apartheid activist, President of the Black Sash and Founding member of the Wo...

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Olive Peace Landman
Biography
Jan 17, 2017

Olive Peace Landman

Schoolteacher, anti-apartheid activist, wife, mother, grandmother and great-grandmother.

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Mildred Lesiea
Biography
May 24, 2012

Mildred Lesiea

Trade unionist, political detainee, banned person, member of the ANC, ANCWL, SACP, FSAW and the UWO, Member of Parliamen...

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Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sophia Theresa Williams de Bruyn

Executive member of the Textile Workers Union in Port Elizabeth, founder member of the South African Congress of Tr...

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Helen Joseph
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Helen Joseph

Teacher, social worker, political activist, political prisoner, banned person, trade unionist, founder member of the Con...

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Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker
Biography
Sep 16, 2011

Narainsamy Thumbi Naicker

Teacher, attorney, political prisoner, General Secretary of the Natal Indian Congress and the South African Indian Congr...

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Dulcie Evonne September
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dulcie Evonne September

ANC member, anti-apartheid activist, and political prisoner who went into exile in London. She was later assassinated in...

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Norma Kitson
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Norma Kitson

Member of Congress of Democrats and British Communist Party, member of the technical unit of the South African Communist...

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Feb 17, 2011

Sushila Gandhi

Politcal activist and newspaper publisher

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Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger
Biography
Apr 19, 2011

Stephanus Johannes Paulus Kruger

Voortrekker, politician, President of the Zuid-Afrikaanse Republiek (ZAR) from, prominent social and political figure, k...

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Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Geraldine Fraser-Moleketi

An active trade unionist and member of Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK), she received military training in Angola and the Soviet U...

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Ray Alexander Simons
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ray Alexander Simons

Secretary of the South African Communist Party and Trade Union stalwart, General Secretary of the Food and Canning Worke...

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Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela
Biography
Nov 22, 2013

Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela

Thulisile Nomkhosi Madonsela was born in 1962 in Soweto. Her parents, Nomasonto and Bafana were both traders. ...

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