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Sonia Beryl Bunting
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Feb 17, 2011

Sonia Beryl Bunting

Member of the SACP, Founder member of the Cape Town Friends of Cuba Society

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Evelina de Bruin
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Nov 08, 2012

Evelina de Bruin

Member of the ‘Upington 14', political prisoner

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Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe
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Feb 17, 2011

Dorothy Nomzansi Nyembe

She joined the African National Congress (ANC) in 1952, and in 1954 participated in the establishment of the ANC Women’s...

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Josie Palmer
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Feb 17, 2011

Josie Palmer

Anti-apartheid activist, women’s rights activist, labour activist, member of the CPSA and Transvaal All-Women’s Union, f...

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Florence Matomela
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Feb 17, 2011

Florence Matomela

Teacher, anti-pass activist, and civil rights campaigner. Cape provincial organiser of the African National Congress Wom...

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Alan Stewart Paton
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Aug 24, 2011

Alan Stewart Paton

Renowned author of Cry, the Beloved Country, founding member and leader of the Liberal Party

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Fred Carneson
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Feb 17, 2011

Fred Carneson

Journalist and business manager of the New Age, member of the CPSA Central Committee, political prisoner and defendant i...

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Sandile Dikeni
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Nov 13, 2019

Sandile Dikeni

Political prisoner, poet, journalist, and editor

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Adelaine Florence Hain
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Sep 18, 2019

Adelaine Florence Hain

Political prisoner, banned, exiled person, Anti Apartheid activist

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Molly Fischer
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Feb 17, 2011

Molly Fischer

Political activist, member of the South African Communist Party and the Federation of South African Women.

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Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander
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Feb 17, 2011

Benny (!Khoisan X) Alexander

Political activist and former PAC secretary general.

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Benson Tsele
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Aug 22, 2019

Benson Tsele

Benson Tsele died on 21 March 1968 in combat against the then white supremacist Rhodesian army. The Umkhonto we Sizwe...

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J B Marks
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Feb 17, 2011

J B Marks

Teacher, political activist,  trade unionist, banned person, political prisoner, exile, President of the Transvaal ...

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Mar 24, 2023

Govin Reddy

Political activist, political prisoner, banned person, exile, teacher, involved in the revival of the Natal Indian Congr...

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Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele
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Oct 01, 2011

Dr Mamphela Aletta Ramphele

banned person, political prisoner, Member of SASO, BPC and BCP, medical doctor, academic, anthropologist, Vice Chancello...

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