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Alcott Skei Gwentshe
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Alcott Skei Gwentshe

President of the Cape ANCYL and the Chair of the ANC in East London, an organiser of the 1950 and 1952 Defiance Campaign...

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Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe
Biography
Jul 27, 2017

Zondeni Veronica Sobukwe

Political activist and health practitioner

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Krishna Rabilal
Biography
Aug 18, 2022

Krishna Rabilal

Community worker, revolutionary, soldier, martyr, member of the Natal Indian Congress, African National Congress and uMk...

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Professor Fatima Meer
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Jun 29, 2011

Professor Fatima Meer

Political leader, academic, publisher, author, human rights and gender activist and Gandhian.

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Sister Bernard Ncube
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Sister Bernard Ncube

Member of the Companions Catholic Order, helped form local women’s organisations in the Transvaal region and in 1984 was...

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Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile
Biography
Sep 02, 2022

Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile

Gcinisizwe Sylvester Khwezi Kondile  also known as Sizwe or Tshonyi[1] was born on the 6th of October in 1957. He w...

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Dorothy Masuka
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dorothy Masuka

Musician and Singer, exiled person

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Bheki Cele
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Sep 19, 2022

Bheki Cele

Teacher, Minister of Police (2018 - present), MEC for Transport, Safety and Security for Kwa-Zulu-Natal from 2004 to 200...

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Elizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng
Biography
Aug 07, 2019

Elizabeth "Rocky" Mafekeng

Trade unionist, National Vice-President of the ANC Women's League and member of the National Executive Committee of the 

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Thandi Klaasen
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Thandi Klaasen

Musician

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Janet Mary Cherry
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Feb 17, 2011

Janet Mary Cherry

General Secretary of the National Union of South African Students, Member of the United Democrat

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Rahima Moosa
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Rahima Moosa

Shop steward for the Cape Town Food and Canning Workers’ Union, member of the Transvaal Indian Congress, helped organise...

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Oliver Tambo
Biography
Oct 31, 2012

Oliver Tambo

Teacher, lawyer, President and National Chairperson of the ANC.

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Molly Blackburn
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Feb 17, 2011

Molly Blackburn

South African political activist.

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Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa
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Feb 17, 2011

Cyril Matamela Ramaphosa

Chairman of the Student Christian Movement, member of SASO and BPC, former Secretary-General of the ANC, first secretary...

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