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Hilda Bernstein
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Hilda Bernstein

Member of the South African Labour Party League of Youth and the South African Communist Party, founding member of the F...

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Walter Ulyate Sisulu
Biography
Jul 01, 2011

Walter Ulyate Sisulu

South African anti-apartheid activist, member of the African National Congress and one of the foremost influences in Sou...

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Joe Slovo
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Joe Slovo

Member of the South Africa Communist Party, founding member of the Congress of Democrats, accused in the 1956 Treason Tr...

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John Langalibalele Dube
Biography
Nov 23, 2011

John Langalibalele Dube

Educator, politician, author, minister of the Congregational (American Board) Church, founder member and first president...

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Sicelo Mhlauli
Biography
May 03, 2011

Sicelo Mhlauli

Headmaster, Member of Oudtshoorn Youth Organisation, Saamstaan activist. One of the ‘Cradock Four’ murdered ...

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Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu
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May 30, 2024

Christopher “Dali” Daluxolo Mpofu

Senior Counsel of the High Court of South Africa, member of the Economic Freedom Fighters

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Winnie Madikizela-Mandela
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Winnie Madikizela-Mandela

ANC Political Activist and ex-wife of Nelson Mandela, Deputy Minister of Arts and Culture, President of ANCWL, member of...

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Moosa “Mosie” Moolla
Biography
Aug 07, 2019

Moosa “Mosie” Moolla

TIC activist, member of COP National Secretariat, Treason trialist, 90 day detainee, MK and ANC member, editor of Spotli...

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Jonathan Clegg
Biography
Feb 26, 2013

Jonathan Clegg

South African musician, anthropologist, recipient of the South African Presidential Award, The Order of Ikhamanga in Sil...

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Reginald (Reggie) September
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Reginald (Reggie) September

Trade unionist, General Secretary of the South African Coloured People's Organisation, Secretary of the Franchise Action...

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Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Vincent Joseph Gaobakwe Matthews

Assistant Secretary in the Office of the Prime Minister of Botswana and Assistant Attorney General in Botswana, Chairman...

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Father Trevor Huddleston
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Father Trevor Huddleston

Anglican priest, author, one of the first recipients of the Isitwalandwe/Seaparankoe Award, Chair of the Trustees of the...

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Ben Turok
Biography
Oct 15, 2011

Ben Turok

Surveyor, lecturer and secretary of the COD, arrested for treason in 1956, trade union organiser, elected unop...

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Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy
Biography
Jan 07, 2015

Enuga Sreenivasulu Reddy

An activist in the South African freedom movement, Director of the United Nations (UN) Centre against Apartheid, author,...

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Govan Mbeki
Biography
Feb 17, 2011

Govan Mbeki

Teacher, author, member of the African National Congress  and a member of the South African Communist Party 

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