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Edwin Cameron
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Edwin Cameron

Activist and advocator of equality, human rights, gay rights and health and HIV/aids rights. Cameron is a practicing law...

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Saleem Badat
Biography
Dec 14, 2018

Saleem Badat

Academic, author, Vice-Chancellor of Rhodes University, the first black South African to hold this post in 102 years, Ed...

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Alex la Guma
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Alex la Guma

Writer, member of the SACP, leader of the South African Coloured People's Organisation (SACPO) and a defendant in the 19...

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Epainette Nomaka Mbeki
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Jan 22, 2013

Epainette Nomaka Mbeki

Teacher, shopkeeper, member of the ANC and SACP, community activist

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Dr. Abu Baker Asvat
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May 25, 2012

Dr. Abu Baker Asvat

Activist. Azapo Comrade. Doctor. Cricketer. Humanitarian. Health Secretary of Azapo, President of the Transvaal Cri...

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James Kantor
Biography
Jul 19, 2011

James Kantor

Lawyer, political prisoner, Rivonia Trialist and exile

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Miriam Makeba
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Miriam Makeba

South African singer and human rights campaigner, Makeba was the first vocalist to put African music onto the internatio...

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Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Dr Alfred Bitini Xuma

ANC President, a teacher and medical doctor.

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Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia
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Feb 26, 2017

Natvarlal Dayalji “Natoo” Babenia

Political prisoner, participated in the Indian and South African liberation struggles, journalist, member of the Natal I...

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Goolam H. Gool
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Goolam H. Gool

Physician, member of the All African Convention committee, President of the NLL and politician, founder of the anti-CAD ...

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Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer
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Feb 17, 2011

Advocate Abram "Bram" Fischer

Lawyer and Chairman of the SACP

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Cheryl Carolus
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Feb 17, 2011

Cheryl Carolus

Student leader, teacher, General Secretary of the UDF, member of UWO and General Secretary of FEDSAW, Member of the SACP...

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Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj
Biography
Jul 13, 2011

Satyandranath “Mac” Maharaj

Political activist and a member of the African National Congress' armed wing, uMkhonto weSizwe and its National Executiv...

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Ruth First
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Ruth First

Member of the SACP and ANC, founder member of the South African Congress of Democrats (COD) and Author.

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Mongane Wally Serote
Biography
Nov 01, 2011

Mongane Wally Serote

Poet, novelist, political activist, exile, member of the Black Consciousness Movement and African National Congress, Com...

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