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Ruth Mompati
Biography
Sep 05, 2011

Ruth Mompati

Member of Parliament, South African ambassador and mayor

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Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo
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Jan 24, 2019

Dumisani Shadrack Kumalo

reporter, founder member of the Union of Black Journalists in South Africa, exiled person, lecturer, International Educa...

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Cecyl Esau
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Aug 22, 2019

Cecyl Esau

Member of the Labour Party Youth Organisation, General Secretary of the Student Representative Council (SRC) at UWC, fou...

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Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi
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Feb 17, 2011

Mohandas Karamchand Gandhi

lawyer, founder of the Natal Indian Congress, political prisoner, leader of the Indian community in South Africa, politi...

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Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad
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Aug 22, 2019

Aziz Goolam Hoosein Pahad

member of the ANC, political prisoner, banned person, exile, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs

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Professor Kader Abdul Asmal
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Feb 17, 2011

Professor Kader Abdul Asmal

Minister of Education (1999 – 2004), Minister of Water Affairs,(1994 – 1999) and a member of Parliament in the National ...

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Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia
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Oct 05, 2023

Professor Hoosen Mahomed "Jerry" Coovadia

Natal Indian Congress, United Democratic Front and African National Congress activist, medical doctor, academic, researc...

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Dr. Neville Edward Alexander
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May 28, 2012

Dr. Neville Edward Alexander

Teacher, lecturer, banned person, author, advocate of multilingualism in post-apartheid South Africa, a strong proponent...

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Antjie Krog
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Feb 17, 2011

Antjie Krog

Journalist and poet

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Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu
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Jun 30, 2011

Albertina Nontsikelelo Sisulu

Albertina Sisulu 'the mother of the nation', activist and nurse, who has struggled for her whole life human rights and d...

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Sep 12, 2013

Jonathan Shapiro

Cartoonist and activist

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Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley
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Feb 17, 2011

Strinivasa “Strini” Moodley

Founding member of the Theatre Council of Natal (TECON), close associate of Steve Biko, SASO Publications Director , reg...

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Ahmed Timol
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Nov 01, 2011

Ahmed Timol

Teacher, member of the South African Communist Party, first political detainee to die at the hands of the Security Polic...

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Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils
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Feb 17, 2011

Ronald (Ronnie) Kasrils

Member of the African National Congress (ANC); Umkhonto we Sizwe (MK) and secretary of the Congress of Democrats in the ...

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Advocate George Bizos
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Feb 17, 2011

Advocate George Bizos

Advocate,Human Rights lawyer, Senior Counsel at the Legal Resources Centre in Johannesburg in the Constitutional Un...

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